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