A tuition free international

online mentoring programme

Unlock the potential of open education in achieving the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)

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HOW

it works

The programme enrolls mentees from all over the world to, under a guidance of internationally recognized mentors, develop and implement OERs based on the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

The process is person focused, led by the mentee and supported by the mentor through dialogue. Mentee owns the process and takes the main responsibilitiy for defining his/her needs for gaining from the mentoring relationship what is intended.

 The role of the mentor is to help the mentee find their own solutions. Mentoring relationship is unique, based on the mentee’s individual needs and the mentor’s area of expertise. 

Find more information about the programme in the article by T. Urbančič, A. Polajnar, and M. Jermol titled “Open education for a better world: a mentoring programme fostering design and reuse of open educational resources for sustainable development goals,” available here.

Open Education for Better World mentoring program was awarded by  Open Education Global with »Open Collaboration Award for Excellence«.

The program Open Education for a Better World was mentioned 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐂𝐎 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞s –  https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000386595

Click on banners and explore the videos from past events to get basic knowledge, practical advice and hands-on experience:

Open Education Eduscope 2020
Open Education Design Workshop 2019
Open Education Design - Course for Practitioners 2018

WHO ARE

the initiators

The initiators developed the international online mentoring programme Open Education for a Better World (OE4BW), which has been designed to unlock the potential of Open Education in achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals.  The Initiators also manage the programme, which provides an innovative approach to building Open Educational Resources, connecting developers of educational materials with experts volunteering as mentors.

Tanja Urbančič, OE4BW Initiator

Tanja Urbančič

Tanja Urbančič was Dean of School of Engineering and Management at the University of Nova Gorica, where, among others, she introduced and led the Master’s study program Leadership in Open Education for several years. She also thaught knowledge management, coordinated student’s projects and acted as a supervisor at the undergraduate and graduate level. 

Mitja Jermol, OE4BW Initiator

Mitja Jermol

Mitja Jermol is holder of UNESCO Chair on Open Technologies for Open Educational Resources and Open Learning and head of the Centre for Knowledge Transfer in Information Technologies (CT3) at Jožef Stefan Institute. He has been doing research and development on artificial intelligence, cybernetics, cognitive systems and e-learning.

UNESCO Chair on Open Technologies for Open Educational Resources and Open Education

ENTREPRENEURSHIP THROUGH

expertise & guidance

The members of the Advisory Board provide strategic advice and guidelines to the development of the international online mentoring programme Open Education for a Better World (OE4BW).

KNOWLEDGE IS SPREAD

all around the world

Hub leaders regionally coordinate developers and mentors in designing their OERs. Hubs are responsible for well-defined organizational tasks while following the methodology developed by the OE4BW Initiators and closely cooperating with them.

In 2023/24, the work is organized into 9 Hubs. The cooperation was initiated with Hub Youth, coordinated by Ervin Pfeifer; Hub Sustainability 1, coordinated by Gino Fransman; Hub Displaced persons, coordinated by Fawzi Baroud; Hub Artificial Intelligence, coordinated by Edmundo Tovar; Hub Sustainability 2, coordinated by Werner Westerman; Hub Health and well-being, coordinated by Rekha Chavan, Hub Education 1, coordinated by Ajita Deshmukh, Hub Education 2, coordinated by Subha das Mollick and Hub Renewable Energy, coordinated by Suzana Leben.

We are grateful to hub coordinators involved in previous years Lucy Tallents, Igor Lesko, Vasudha Kamat, Jayashree Shinde, Jenni Hayman, Naomi Wahls, Mojca Drevenšek, Jennryn Wetzler, Sameer Sahasrabudhe, Marija Komatar, Tel Amiel, Samatha Ahern and Madhavi Dharankar. We are thankful for their generous cooperation enabling the OE4BW mentoring program to spread worldwide.

ERVIN PFEIFER

ERVIN PFEIFER

Jožef Stefan Insitute

HUB YOUTH

Gino Fransman

Gino Fransman

Project Leader, Nelson Mandela University

HUB SUSTAINABILITY 1

Fawzi Baroud

Fawzi Baroud

Assistant Vice President for IT · Notre Dame University, Louaize (NDU)

HUB DISPLACED PERSONS

Ajita Deshmukh

Ajita Deshmukh

Assistant Professor, MIT ADT University

HUB EDUCATION 1

EDMUNDO TOVAR

EDMUNDO TOVAR

Professor, Technical University of Madrid

HUB ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Werner Westermann

Werner Westermann

Library of National Congress of Chile

HUB SUSTAINABILITY 2

REKHA CHAVHAN

REKHA CHAVHAN

SNDT Women's University

HUB HEALTH & WELL-BEING

Subha Das Mollick

Subha Das Mollick

Independent media teacher & filmmaker

HUB EDUCATION 2

Suzana Leben

Suzana Leben

JEMS, energy company

HUB RENEWABLE ENERGY

Contact

Jožef Stefan Institute
Centre for Knowledge Transfer in
Information Technologies (CT3)

Jamova 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana
Slovenia

email: anja.polajnar@ijs.si

Founders

UNESCO Chair on Open Technologies for Open Educational Resources and Open Education