Two years ago this week Higher Education for Good: Teaching and Learning Futures, edited by Laura Czerniewicz and myself, was published openly by Open Book Publishers. To our amazement, the publication has been downloaded over 27,000 times in two years. This is a testament to the work of the 70+ authors and artists, a panel…
A later timing this year (June instead of April) for ALT’s Open Education Conference meant that for a few months last year, some wondered whether the conference would be held at all. Most happily –for history’s sake and for the future– the 15th annual Open Education Conference #OER25 was held in London last week,…
In these immensely challenging times for higher education, with assaults on academic, personal and institutional freedom –and indeed existence– the work of education is more important than ever: sharing, solidarity, communality and care. Almost eighteen months ago, in the face of the growing polycrisis, 70+ authors & artists openly published a collective work of scholarship,…
For the past two years, it has often felt that we are living inside an unceasing clamour of claims, assertions, critiques, and questions about generative AI. What does generative AI mean for teaching, learning, assessment, and research? What does it mean for the future? What does it mean for the planet? And what does it…
Three years ago, in January 2022, I started a new chapter – leaving formal, full-time employment in the higher education sector to work independently. In that same month, Laura Czerniewicz and I published a call for chapters for a new book, an idea we had been slow-cooking for about six months (that book, Higher Education…
One year ago today, Higher Education for Good: Teaching and Learning Futures was published. The work of 70+ authors and artists, two-and-a-half years in the making (and many years in the imagining), and committed to open access and open practice, the book was published by Open Book Publishers in October 2023 and is freely available…
At the recent OER24 conference in Cork, Ireland, Laura Czerniewicz and I had the great honour of giving a joint keynote, in the company of another keynoter, the inimitable Rajiv Jhangiani. In addition, we were inspired by the range and depth of work shared by so many in the international open education community who presented…
On October 25th, 2023, the book Higher Education for Good: Teaching and Learning Futures was published. The book is an open-access collection of work by 70+ authors in 18 countries, edited by Laura Czerniewicz and me (further details about the book can be found here). The book’s starting point is that higher education is in…
Higher Education for Good: Teaching and Learning Futures has been published and will be formally launched next week – please see details below. The book, edited by Laura Czerniewicz and myself, has been published openly (with a CC BY-NC license) by Open Book Publishers. This means that the book is free to access and to…
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…