A tuition free international

online mentoring programme

Unlock the potential of open education in achieving the UNโ€™s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)

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OE4BW in India:ย  Why the hype?

OE4BW in India:ย  Why the hype?

From the first cohort, there has been high interest from developers and mentors from India to participate in OE4BW.  Every year, dozens of Indians apply and after the selection process, 40 to 50 percent of all shortlisted projects are from India. The areas...

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๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ ๐‚๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐Ž๐„๐‘ ๐๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง!

๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ ๐‚๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐Ž๐„๐‘ ๐๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง!

We are excited to announce that the 2024/2025 Call for Developers and Mentors for the Open Education for a Better World (OE4BW) program is officially open! We are seeking passionate and dedicated individuals from all around the world to join our global initiative in...

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7th OE4BW Eduscope 2024

7th OE4BW Eduscope 2024

We are thrilled to announce the 7th OE4BW Eduscope 2024, taking place online on the 26th and 27th of November 2024. This much-anticipated event will showcase the OER projects developed during the 2023/2024 OE4BW Mentoring programme and bring together educators,...

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HOW

it works

The programme enrolls mentees from all over the world to, under a guidance of internationally recognized mentors,ย 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.ย Mentee owns the process and takes the main responsibilitiy for defining his/her needs for gaining from the mentoring relationship what is intended.

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

Find more information about the programme in the article by T. Urbanฤiฤ, A. Polajnar, and M. Jermol titled โ€œOpen education for a better world: a mentoring programme fostering design and reuse of open educational resources for sustainable development goals,โ€ available here.

Open Education for Better World mentoring program was awarded byย  Open Education Global with ยปOpen Collaboration Award for Excellenceยซ.

The program Open Education for a Better World was mentioned ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐”๐๐„๐’๐‚๐Ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง ๐ž๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐žs – ย https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000386595

Click on banners and explore the videos from past events to getย 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.ย  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 Urbanฤiฤ, OE4BW Initiator

Tanja Urbanฤiฤ

Tanja Urbanฤiฤ 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.ย 

Mitja Jermol, OE4BW Initiator

Mitja Jermol

Mitja Jermol is holder ofย UNESCO Chair on Open Technologies for Open Educational Resources and Open Learningย and head of the Centre for Knowledge Transfer in Information Technologies (CT3) atย Joลพef 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 Drevenลกek, 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

Joลพef 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 ยท 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

Joลพef 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

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