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Appointment as ICDE Chair in OER

Appointment as ICDE Chair in OER

Christian M. Stracke

The International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE) has appointed me as ICDE Chair in Open Educational Resources (OER). This appointment from such a leading international association is a great honour which I am delighted to accept in recognition of my activities and achievements for Open Education. For the past 2 years, I have been working as Associate Professor for Open Education in the Open University’s Welten Institute.

Throughout my career, I have started many successful international projects to open up education and to facilitate and improve the application and impact of Open Education. The main focus of my work is on the quality of Open Education. I set-up and coordinate MOOQ, a European Alliance for the Quality of MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) which aims to foster and improve the quality in Open Learning and Education particularly in MOOCs

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ICORE Workshop at ICDE Global Conference 2015

Christian M. Stracke

Currently, ICORE, the International Community for Open Research and Education, is inviting all interested citizens and organizations worldwide.

The vision and overall objective is the launch of a global joint initiative to re-establish openness as default as in the 60ies years of the 20th century.

As a first step, ICORE facilitates a Pre-Conference Workshop at 26th ICDE World Conference 2015 on Tuesday, 13th October 2015 in South Africa. This ICORE Workshop debates Open Research and Open Education and their potential and impact in the societies worldwide with special focus on re-establishing openness as default.

You are most welcome to join the debate!