Open Education for a Better World: A Mentoring Programme Fostering Design and Reuse of Open Educational Resources for Sustainable Development Goals

Tanja Urbančič; Anja Polajnar; Mitja Jermol

doi:10.5944/openpraxis.11.4.1026

Open Education for a Better World: A Mentoring Programme Fostering Design and Reuse of Open Educational Resources for Sustainable Development Goals

Open Praxis

Volume 11 (2019): Issue 4

By: Tanja Urbančič, Anja Polajnar and Mitja Jermol

Open Access

|Dec 2019

Abstract

An international online mentoring programme Open Education for a Better World (OE4BW) has been developed to unlock the potential of open education in achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The programme provides an innovative approach to building Open Educational Resources, connecting developers of educational materials with experts volunteering as mentors. The model of the programme has been carefully designed and tested in two subsequent implementations in years 2018 and 2019. Results have proved the model to be useful for building capacities in open education, while producing concrete educational materials with great potential for social impact. Analysis of results has been used to suggest further improvements needed for enabling the program to be used on an even larger scale. The paper presents the development of the OE4BW model, its main characteristics, implementation results and guidelines for the future.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5944/openpraxis.11.4.1026 | Journal eISSN: 2304-070X

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Language: English

Page range: 409 - 426

Submitted on: Jul 31, 2019

Accepted on: Oct 7, 2019

Published on: Dec 31, 2019

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

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

Open Educational Resources (OER),

Sustainable Development Goals (SDG),

Capacity Building,

IT for Education,

Online Mentoring

© 2019 Tanja Urbančič, Anja Polajnar, Mitja Jermol, published by International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE)
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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