SOMETHING ABOUT
our history
The Open Education for Better World program was initiated by Tanja Urbančič, University of Nova Gorica and Mitja Jermol, UNESCO Chair on open technologies for OER and open learning, in 2017 after the second World OER congress held in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Tanja Urbančič and Mitja Jermol coordinated the program from 2017 – 2022; in 2022-2023 round the program was managed by Veronika Dolar with assistance of Anja Polajnar.
2017/18 – 2 Coordinators
Tanja Urbančič
School of Engineering and Management, University of Nova Gorica
Mitja Jermol
UNESCO Chair on Open Technologies for Open Educational Resources and Open Education
2018/19 – 3 Hubs & 4 Coordinators
Jenni Hayman
Chair, Teaching and Learning, Cambrian College
HUB NORTH & SOUTH AMERICA
Igor Lesko
Open Education Global
HUB AFRICA & EUROPE
VasUDHa Kamat
Former Vice Chancellor, SNDT Women's University
HUB ASIA
Jayashree Shinde
Director, Teaching Learning Centre, SNDT Women’s University
HUB ASIA
2019/20 – 6 Hubs & 9 Coordinators
Jenni Hayman
Chair, Teaching and Learning, Cambrian College
HUB NORTH AMERICA
Igor Lesko
Open Education Global
HUB AFRICA
VasUDHa Kamat
Former Vice Chancellor, SNDT Women's University
HUB ASIA
Jayashree Shinde
Director, Teaching Learning Centre, SNDT Women’s University
HUB ASIA
Naomi Wahls
TU Delft
HUB EUROPE
Tel Amiel
UNESCO Chair in OE, University of Brasilia
HUB SOUTH AMERICA
Werner Westermann
Library of National Congress of Chile
HUB SOUTH AMERICA
Mojca Drevenšek
EN-LITE Society, Consensus Communications
HUB SDG7
Jennryn Wetzler
Assistant Director of Open Education, Creative Commons
HUB SDG7
2020/21 – 8 Hubs & 11 Coordinators
Jenni Hayman
Chair, Teaching and Learning, Cambrian College
HUB FIELD SPECIFIC EDUCATION
Igor Lesko
Open Education Global
HUB AFRICA & EUROPE
VasUDHa Kamat
Former Vice Chancellor, SNDT Women's University
HUB ASIA
Jayashree Shinde
Director, Teaching Learning Centre, SNDT Women’s University
HUB ASIA
Naomi Wahls
TU Delft
HUB SOCIETY, PEACE, JUSTICE, GENDER, EQUITY
Tel Amiel
UNESCO Chair in OE, University of Brasilia
HUB NORTH & SOUTH AMERICA
Werner Westermann
Library of National Congress of Chile
HUB NORTH & SOUTH AMERICA
Mojca Drevenšek
EN-LITE Society, Consensus Communications
HUB ENERGY, BIODVERSITY, SUSTAINABLE LIVING
Jennryn Wetzler
Assistant Director of Open Education, Creative Commons
HUB ENERGY, BIODVERSITY, SUSTAINABLE LIVING
Sameer Sahasrabudhe
Senior Project Research Scientist, IIT Bombay
HUB TEACHING STEMM
Marija Komatar
Strategic Business Developer
HUB YOUTH
2021/22 – 8 Hubs & 11 Coordinators
Jenni Hayman
Chair, Teaching and Learning, Cambrian College
HUB EDUCATION / PEDAGOGY
Naomi Wahls
TU Delft
HUB SOCIAL SCIENCE / LEGAL ISSUES
Tel Amiel
UNESCO Chair in OE, University of Brasilia
HUB NORTH & SOUTH AMERICA
Werner Westermann
Library of National Congress of Chile
HUB NORTH & SOUTH AMERICA
Veronika Dolar
Assistant Professor SUNY Old Westbury
HUB SLOVENIA
Gino Fransman
Nelson Mandela University
HUB AFRICA
Edmundo Tovar
Professor, Technical University of Madrid
HUB COMPUTING
Subha Das Mollick
Independent media teacher & filmmaker
HUB ONLINE TEACHING
Madhavi Dharankar
Swayam coordinator SNDT Women’s University
HUB TRAIN THE TRAINER
Ervin Pfeifer
Jožef Stefan Institute
HUB YOUTH
2022/23 – 10 Hubs & 11 Coordinators
ERVIN PFEIFER
Jožef Stefan Insitute
HUB YOUTH
Gino Fransman
Project Leader, Nelson Mandela University
HUB AFRICA
Fawzi Baroud
Assistant Vice President for IT · Notre Dame University, Louaize (NDU)
HUB DISPLACED PERSONS
Ajita Deshmukh
Assistant Professor, MIT ADT University
HUB EDUCATION 3
HUB DISPLACED PERSONS
EDMUNDO TOVAR
Professor, Technical University of Madrid
HUB COMPUTING
SAMANTHA AHERN
Faculty Learning Technology Lead (Bartlett) at UCL
HUB SUSTAINABILITY
Tel Amiel
UNESCO Chair in Distance Education
HUB EDUCATION 1
Werner Westermann
Library of National Congress of Chile
HUB EDUCATION 1
REKHA CHAVHAN
SNDT Women's University
HUB EDUCATION 2
Madhavi Dharankar
Swayam Coordinator SNDT Women’s University
HUB EDUCATION 4
Subha Das Mollick
Independent media teacher & filmmaker
HUB EDUCATION 5
Contact
Jožef Stefan Institute
Centre for Knowledge Transfer in
Information Technologies (CT3)
Jamova 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana
Slovenia
email: anja.polajnar@ijs.si
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