by Catherine Cronin and Laura Czerniewicz Cross-posted at https://czernie.weebly.com/blog/higher-education-for-good-curating-a-cohesive-book Higher Education for Good: Teaching and Learning Futures is a book (soon to be published) that offers ways of thinking, conceptualising and creating possibilities for (re)making higher education, focusing on futures that foreground inclusion, equity, social justice, care and sustainability. In this post, we describe how…
HE4Good editorial principles: heterogeneity, care, and community
by Catherine Cronin and Laura Czerniewicz Cross-posted at https://czernie.weebly.com/blog/he4good-editorial-principles-heterogeneity-care-and-community In a few months, all being well, we will be preparing to launch the book Higher Education for Good: Teaching and Learning Futures (HE4Good). This open access book, a collection of work by over 70 authors in 18 countries, offers ways of thinking, conceptualising and creating…
OER23 part two: inclusive, hopeful and “warm space*”
After returning home from #OER23 I wrote a short blog post about the joy of returning to the conference as an in-person event – and the privilege of sharing an update on Higher Education for Good (co-edited with Laura Czerniewicz), particularly with several of the book’s contributors in the room. This “part two” blog post…
OER23 part one: Higher Education for Good
What a joy and a privilege to travel to Inverness, Scotland to participate in the Open Education Conference #OER23 last week. For me, the OER Conference is always special – both because of the warmth and openness of the community as well as the critical focus on open education research and practice. I’ve loved participating…
GO-GN Fellowship reflections
On 21 November 2022, the Global OER Graduate Network (GO-GN) launched a report reflecting on the GO-GN Fellowship scheme. Between 2020 and 2022, nine GO-GN Fellows undertook OER/OEP-related postdoctoral research projects in Africa, Europe, North America, South America and Australia. I was privileged to be a GO-GN Fellow in 2022 here in Ireland. My Fellowship…
Just Knowledge research partner: Galway Traveller Movement
Community Mapping Project: ‘Re-imagining Life on the Road’ Just Knowledge research partner: Galway Traveller Movement This blog post focuses on one of the three community partners participating in the Just Knowledge research project, namely the Galway Traveller Movement, reporting on progress to date. Just Knowledge: aim & methodology My GO-GN Fellowship project ‘Just Knowledge’ is…
Critical digital literacies, agency and hope
At the start of this summer, I gave a keynote at the annual AMICAL Conference titled ‘Critical digital literacies: Developing agency and sustaining hope in troubled times’. Yesterday, AMICAL kindly posted the videos from the conference, so I am sharing links to the keynote and to the conference here. Beyond the keynote itself, the list…
Just Knowledge research partner: Green Sod Ireland
This is the second blog post for ‘Just Knowledge’, my GO-GN Fellowship 2022 research project. This post was published yesterday on the GO-GN website at https://go-gn.net/research/just-knowledge-green/. I am re-publishing it here to have a record on my website. This post focuses on one of the three community partners participating in Just Knowledge, namely Green Sod…
Just Knowledge: Sharing Indigenous knowledge & Indigenous maps
At last week’s Open Education Conference (OER22), I shared an update on my GO-GN Fellowship project Just Knowledge. ‘Just Knowledge’ is a community-focused open knowledge research project guided by three core ideals: justice, equity and openness. Four community initiatives in the west of Ireland are participating in the project. I invited feedback following a…
Just Knowledge: my GO-GN Fellowship project
This is the first blog post for ‘Just Knowledge’, my GO-GN Fellowship 2022 research project. This post was published today on the GO-GN website at https://go-gn.net/research/just-knowledge-go-gn. I am re-publishing it here to have a record on my website. Just Knowledge is a community-focused, open knowledge research project guided by three core ideals: justice, equity and…