Opening speech for the Open Education Globale Francophone on 12 November 2020 online

1. Open Education Global
Willem van Valkenburg
President of the Board OEGlobal
@wfvanvalkenburg

2. http://www.oeglobal.org
WHO WE ARE
Global, non-profit organization,
a member-based network
supporting the development and use of open
education around the world
visioning a world where everyone, everywhere
has access to the high-quality education and
training they desire; where education is seen as
an essential, shared, and collaborative social
good.

3. OUR ROLE
● Community building
● Convening & events
● Grassroots & leadership
● Advocacy & awareness
● Curating, communicating,
and showcasing
● Facilitating & matchmaking

4. SPECIAL PROJECTS
Collaboration is a fundamental
principle of open education. We
achieve more together than we do
apart
UNESCO OER
Recommendation
CCCOER, OELATAM
REGIONAL
Nodes that provide a local
forum for open education
Open
Education
Global
WHAT WE DO
GLOBAL
Events organized on behalf
of members and the
community
Open
Education
Week
OE Global Conference
OE4BW
OE Awards for
Excellence

5. Photo by Lina Trochez on Unsplash
Open Education Global’s Place Within the
Open (Education) Ecosystem

6. Photo by Filip Kominik on Unsplash

7. 7
Open Science project lines
and cross-cutting themes

8. UN Sustainable Development Goals

9. https://en.unesco.org/themes/building-knowledge-societies/oer/recommendation

10. Objectives
1. Building capacity of stakeholders to create access,
re-use, adapt and redistribute OER;
2. Developing supportive policy;
3. Encouraging inclusive and equitable quality OER;
4. Nurturing the creation of sustainability models for OER;
5. Facilitating international cooperation.
https://en.unesco.org/themes/building-knowledge-societies/oer/dynamic-coalition

11. Photo by Iñaki del Olmo on Unsplash

12. ● Become a member
● Join a regional node
● Network on Connect
● Get involved in open initiatives
& special projects
WHAT YOU CAN DO
W.F.vanValkenburg@tudelft.nl
@wfvanvalkenburg