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Then. Now. The Future: Directions for Open Education in the Changing World of Higher Education In-Person / Online
Abstract:
In this presentation, Dr. Glenda Cox will be looking back at the Cape Town open education declaration (2007) and the 10 directions suggested at the 10 year anniversary in 2017. Dr. Cox will include discussions of student protests calling for the decolonisation of the curriculum, first held in 2015 and now 10 years later where are we in higher education (HE) in South Africa. 2027 will be another 10 years - a 20 year anniversary – what have we achieved and what needs to be added? What will HE look like to 2035? Many of us will be happily retired but the students in the room will the academics of the future. How do we take steps towards the transformation of our current neoliberal, competitive HE? What steps do we take to include students in decolonising our curricula and where does Open fit in?
We are hosting an in-person watch party for University of Regina members. Registration is required (see below).
- For online registrants, the Zoom link will be included in the confirmation email.
- For in-person watch party registrants, the location will be included in the confirmation email.
- Date:
- Thursday, May 15, 2025
- Time:
- 11:00am - 12:00pm
- Time Zone:
- Saskatchewan Time (change)
- Location:
- CTL Seminar Room - AH 105.6
Speaker bio:
Associate Professor Dr. Glenda Cox works in the Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching (CILT: http://www.cilt.uct.ac.za/) at the University of Cape Town. She holds the UNESCO chair in Open Education and Social Justice and is a member of the UNITWIN network on Open Education. She is a Board member of the Open Education Global organization. She is on the editorial board of the International Journal of Students as Partners and she currently leads the Digital Open Textbooks for Development (DOT4D) initiative.