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

Tanja Urbančič

School of Engineering and Management, University of Nova Gorica

Mitja Jermol

Mitja Jermol

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

2018/19 – 3 Hubs & 4 Coordinators

Jenni Hayman

Jenni Hayman

Chair, Teaching and Learning, Cambrian College

HUB NORTH & SOUTH AMERICA

Igor Lesko

Igor Lesko

Open Education Global

HUB AFRICA & EUROPE

VasUDHa Kamat

VasUDHa Kamat

Former Vice Chancellor, SNDT Women's University

HUB ASIA

Jayashree Shinde

Jayashree Shinde

Director, Teaching Learning Centre, SNDT Women’s University

HUB ASIA

2019/20 – 6 Hubs & 9 Coordinators

Jenni Hayman

Jenni Hayman

Chair, Teaching and Learning, Cambrian College

HUB NORTH AMERICA

Igor Lesko

Igor Lesko

Open Education Global

HUB AFRICA

VasUDHa Kamat

VasUDHa Kamat

Former Vice Chancellor, SNDT Women's University

HUB ASIA

Jayashree Shinde

Jayashree Shinde

Director, Teaching Learning Centre, SNDT Women’s University

HUB ASIA

Naomi Wahls

Naomi Wahls

TU Delft

HUB EUROPE

Tel Amiel

Tel Amiel

UNESCO Chair in OE, University of Brasilia

HUB SOUTH AMERICA

Werner Westermann

Werner Westermann

Library of National Congress of Chile

HUB SOUTH AMERICA

Mojca Drevenšek

Mojca Drevenšek

EN-LITE Society, Consensus Communications

HUB SDG7

Jennryn Wetzler

Jennryn Wetzler

Assistant Director of Open Education, Creative Commons

HUB SDG7

2020/21 – 8 Hubs & 11 Coordinators

Jenni Hayman

Jenni Hayman

Chair, Teaching and Learning, Cambrian College

HUB FIELD SPECIFIC EDUCATION

Igor Lesko

Igor Lesko

Open Education Global

HUB AFRICA & EUROPE

VasUDHa Kamat

VasUDHa Kamat

Former Vice Chancellor, SNDT Women's University

HUB ASIA

Jayashree Shinde

Jayashree Shinde

Director, Teaching Learning Centre, SNDT Women’s University

HUB ASIA

Naomi Wahls

Naomi Wahls

TU Delft

HUB SOCIETY, PEACE, JUSTICE, GENDER, EQUITY

Tel Amiel

Tel Amiel

UNESCO Chair in OE, University of Brasilia

HUB NORTH & SOUTH AMERICA

Werner Westermann

Werner Westermann

Library of National Congress of Chile

HUB NORTH & SOUTH AMERICA

Mojca Drevenšek

Mojca Drevenšek

EN-LITE Society, Consensus Communications

HUB ENERGY, BIODVERSITY, SUSTAINABLE LIVING

Jennryn Wetzler

Jennryn Wetzler

Assistant Director of Open Education, Creative Commons

HUB ENERGY, BIODVERSITY, SUSTAINABLE LIVING

Sameer Sahasrabudhe

Sameer Sahasrabudhe

Senior Project Research Scientist, IIT Bombay

HUB TEACHING STEMM

Marija Komatar

Marija Komatar

Strategic Business Developer

HUB YOUTH

2021/22 8 Hubs & 11 Coordinators

Jenni Hayman

Jenni Hayman

Chair, Teaching and Learning, Cambrian College

HUB EDUCATION / PEDAGOGY

Naomi Wahls

Naomi Wahls

TU Delft

HUB SOCIAL SCIENCE / LEGAL ISSUES

Tel Amiel

Tel Amiel

UNESCO Chair in OE, University of Brasilia

HUB NORTH & SOUTH AMERICA

Werner Westermann

Werner Westermann

Library of National Congress of Chile

HUB NORTH & SOUTH AMERICA

Veronika Dolar

Veronika Dolar

Assistant Professor SUNY Old Westbury

HUB SLOVENIA

Gino Fransman

Gino Fransman

Nelson Mandela University

HUB AFRICA

Edmundo Tovar

Edmundo Tovar

Professor, Technical University of Madrid

HUB COMPUTING

Subha Das Mollick

Subha Das Mollick

Independent media teacher & filmmaker

HUB ONLINE TEACHING

Madhavi Dharankar

Madhavi Dharankar

Swayam coordinator SNDT Women’s University

HUB TRAIN THE TRAINER

Ervin Pfeifer

Ervin Pfeifer

Jožef Stefan Institute

HUB YOUTH

2022/23 10 Hubs & 11 Coordinators

ERVIN PFEIFER

ERVIN PFEIFER

Jožef Stefan Insitute

HUB YOUTH

Gino Fransman

Gino Fransman

Project Leader, Nelson Mandela University

HUB AFRICA

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 3
HUB DISPLACED PERSONS

EDMUNDO TOVAR

EDMUNDO TOVAR

Professor, Technical University of Madrid

HUB COMPUTING

SAMANTHA AHERN

SAMANTHA AHERN

Faculty Learning Technology Lead (Bartlett) at UCL

HUB SUSTAINABILITY

Tel Amiel

Tel Amiel

UNESCO Chair in Distance Education

HUB EDUCATION 1

Werner Westermann

Werner Westermann

Library of National Congress of Chile

HUB EDUCATION 1

REKHA CHAVHAN

REKHA CHAVHAN

SNDT Women's University

HUB EDUCATION 2

Madhavi Dharankar

Madhavi Dharankar

Swayam Coordinator SNDT Women’s University

HUB EDUCATION 4

Subha Das Mollick

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

Founders

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