Shaping the Future by Looking at the Past of Openness in Education and Open Praxis: Rising on the Shoulders of Giants

Aras Bozkurt; Inés Gil-Jaurena

doi:10.55982/openpraxis.15.1.558

Shaping the Future by Looking at the Past of Openness in Education and Open Praxis: Rising on the Shoulders of Giants

Open Praxis

Volume 15 (2023): Issue 1

By: Aras Bozkurt and Inés Gil-Jaurena

Open Access

|May 2023

Abstract

The concept of openness is a driving force in the larger educational landscape, and the journal Open Praxis pays special attention to it. This editorial examines past publications by benefiting from data mining and analytics approaches to better understand what has been explored thus far to shape a better future and identify a vision that contributes to these values, along with other related topics. The analysis of publications revealed two broad themes: (1) openness as a praxis and (2) digital and online technologies as catalysts for openness. This editorial has portrayed a panoramic view of the earlier publications that can help build a strategic road map and offers a road map that would effectively contribute to the accumulation of scholarly knowledge.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.55982/openpraxis.15.1.558 | Journal eISSN: 2304-070X

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Language: English

Page range: 1 - 7

Submitted on: May 1, 2023

Accepted on: May 1, 2023

Published on: May 9, 2023

Published by: International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE)

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

open praxis,

openness in education,

open education,

open and distance learning,

theory and practice of openness in education

© 2023 Aras Bozkurt, Inés Gil-Jaurena, published by International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE)
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