Keynote on Open Learning at International IEEE EDUCON in Abu Dhabi

Keynote on Open Learning at International IEEE EDUCON in Abu Dhabi

I’m pleased to be invited and deliver the keynote on Open Learning at the International IEEE EDUCON Conference 2016: I will speak about “Open Learning for Smart Education: Open educational policies, strategies and access for all”. This year EDUCON is taking place from 10th to 13th of April 2016 in Abu Dhabi.

My questions of the keynote on open learning will be: What is Open Education? Why do we need to change education? How can we collaborate and share our methodologies and resources for mutual benefits?

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MOOQ is starting to improve the Quality of MOOCs!

MOOQ is a new European initiative supported by the European Commission:

Today, MOOQ is starting to improve the quality of MOOCs.

MOOQ is the European Alliance for Quality of Massive Open Online Courses (called MOOCs).

As the coordinator, I’m happy that the Welten Institute is cooperating with the Hellenic Open University, the National Quality Infrastructure System of Greece, the Portuguese Open University of Lisbon, and the French Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon. Together we will improve MOOCs and develop a quality reference framework for their design and comparison.

We are looking forward to collaborate with all interested stakeholders and expert!

Hello world! My first day at OUNL

This is my first post here:

It is my first day working for the Open University of the Netherlands (OUNL).

1st of April 2015 – not a joke.

And actually I’m not at the OUNL in Heerlen but in Brussels attending the Open Discovery Space (ODS) meeting and discussion about our future sustainability and organization.

I hope that you will like my blog about opening up education by learning innovations for a better world and our future society.

Looking forward to our further exchange and cooperation on open learning!