Arienne L. Calingo is an Ed.M. Candidate in International Education Policy at Harvard University, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, MA. She got her BA in Theology (Religious Studies concentration) and Arabic and Islamic Studies from Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.

Larry Cooperman, M.A.Ed., is a former president of the global Open Education Consortium, which comprises 300 universities, colleges, educational institutions and associated organizations. From 2011-2018, he served on the board of directors of the African Virtual University (AVU) as global liaison for higher education. He recently retired from over two decades in senior management at the University of California, during which time, he launched online learning projects at both UC Berkeley and UC Irvine. After launching UCI OpenCourseWare in 2007. In 2012, he became the associate dean for open education of the UCI Open project. In a collaboration that eventually included the School of Physical Sciences, the chemistry department, California State University and the California Community Colleges, UCI Open developed the OpenChem, an extensive collection of lecture materials, a custom-develop search engine, and ancillary materials from faculty, lecturers and external OER resources from OpenStax College and the LibreText project. Cooperman’s final role at UCI’s Division of Continuing Education was as its Senior International Representative.