Openness in Education as a Praxis: From Individual Testimonials to Collective Voices
Why is Openness in Education important, and why is it critically needed at this moment? As manifested in our guiding question, the significance of Openness in Education and its immediate necessity form the heart of this collaborative editorial piece. This rather straightforward, yet nuanced query h...
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| author | Aras Bozkurt Torunn Gjelsvik Taskeen Adam Tutaleni I. Asino Javiera Atenas Maha Bali Constance Blomgren Melissa Bond Curtis J. Bonk Mark Brown Daniel Burgos Dianne Conrad Eamon Costello Catherine Cronin Laura Czerniewicz Maren Deepwell Markus Deimann Helen J. DeWaard Tonia A. Dousay Martin Ebner Robert Farrow Inés Gil-Jaurena Leo Havemann Andreia Inamorato Valerie Irvine Shironica P. Karunanayaka Michael Kerres Sarah Lambert Kyungmee Lee Mpine Makoe Victoria I. Marín Alexander Mikroyannidis Sanjaya Mishra Som Naidu Fabio Nascimbeni Mark Nichols Don Olcott Ebba Ossiannilsson Daniel Otto Brenda Cecilia Padilla Rodriguez Michael Paskevicius Verena Roberts Tooba Saleem Robert Schuwer Ramesh C. Sharma Bonnie Stewart Christian M. Stracke Alan Tait Ahmed Tlili George Ubachs Joshua Weidlich Martin Weller Junhong Xiao Olaf Zawacki-Richter |
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Why is Openness in Education important, and why is it critically needed at this moment? As manifested in our guiding question, the significance of Openness in Education and its immediate necessity form the heart of this collaborative editorial piece. This rather straightforward, yet nuanced query has sparked this collective endeavour by using individual testimonies, which may also be taken as living narratives, to reveal the value of Openness in Education as a praxis. Such testimonies serve as rich, personal narratives, critical introspections, and experience-based accounts that function as sources of data. The data gleaned from these narratives points to the understanding of Openness in Education as a complex, multilayered concept intricately woven into an array of values. These range from aspects such as sharing, access, flexibility, affordability, enlightenment, barrier-removal, empowerment, care, individual agency, trust, innovation, sustainability, collaboration, co-creation, social justice, equity, transparency, inclusivity, decolonization, democratisation, participation, liberty, and respect for diversity. This editorial, as a product of collective endeavour, invites its readers to independently engage with individual narratives, fostering the creation of unique interpretations. This call stems from the distinctive character of each narrative as they voice individual researchers’ perspectives from around the globe, articulating their insights within their unique situational contexts.
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| spelling | doaj-art-cd4670a1734c417bae9c5316db57cc072025-08-20T01:57:24ZengInternational Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE)Open Praxis1369-99972304-070X2023-07-0115210.55982/openpraxis.15.2.574Openness in Education as a Praxis: From Individual Testimonials to Collective VoicesAras Bozkurt0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4520-642XTorunn Gjelsvik1https://orcid.org/0009-0000-4868-9335Taskeen Adam2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2467-5726Tutaleni I. Asino3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9667-8603Javiera Atenas4https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5006-529XMaha Bali5https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8142-7262Constance Blomgren6https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0992-3827Melissa Bond7https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8267-031XCurtis J. Bonk8https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6365-9502Mark Brown9https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7927-6717Daniel Burgos10https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0498-1101Dianne Conrad11https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8282-7092Eamon Costello12https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2775-6006Catherine Cronin13https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9266-7598Laura Czerniewicz14https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1239-7493Maren Deepwell15https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2535-7957Markus Deimann16https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1652-5181Helen J. DeWaard17https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8894-2259Tonia A. Dousay18https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1695-0479Martin Ebner19https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5789-5296Robert Farrow20https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7625-8396Inés Gil-Jaurena21https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7045-0689Leo Havemann22https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1843-4483Andreia Inamorato23https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9348-6139Valerie Irvine24https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8067-1300Shironica P. Karunanayaka25https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1995-8828Michael Kerres26https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7419-3023Sarah Lambert27https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2722-9684Kyungmee Lee28https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9580-9026Mpine Makoe29https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4192-1781Victoria I. Marín30https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4673-6190Alexander Mikroyannidis31https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9518-1443Sanjaya Mishra32https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3291-2410Som Naidu33https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7480-8120Fabio Nascimbeni34https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2269-9989Mark Nichols35https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8131-6562Don Olcott36https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4542-9305Ebba Ossiannilsson37https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8488-5787Daniel Otto38https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8226-4741Brenda Cecilia Padilla Rodriguez39https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4313-8785Michael Paskevicius40https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7391-0783Verena Roberts41https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3336-7805Tooba Saleem42https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8928-5019Robert Schuwer43https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5756-5406Ramesh C. Sharma44https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1371-1157Bonnie Stewart45https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9576-1037Christian M. Stracke46https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9656-8298Alan Tait47https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8703-5449Ahmed Tlili48https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1449-7751George Ubachs49https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6253-2489Joshua Weidlich50https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1926-5127Martin Weller51https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8339-146XJunhong Xiao52https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5316-2957Olaf Zawacki-Richter53https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1482-8303Anadolu UniversityInternational Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE)Open Development & Education, UK; University of JohannesburgOklahoma State UniversityUniversity of SuffolkAmerican University in CairoAthabasca UniversityUniversity College London, UK; University of StavangerIndiana UniversityDublin City UniversityUniversidad Internacional de La Rioja (UNIR)Independent consultant and researcherDublin City UniversityIndependent scholarUniversity of Cape TownAssociation for Learning TechnologyORCA.nrwLakehead UniversityUniversity of Alaska AnchorageGraz University of TechnologyThe Open University (UK)Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED)University College London/The Open University (UK)University of BarcelonaUniversity of VictoriaThe Open University of Sri LankaUniversity of Duisburg-EssenDeakin UniversityLancaster University, UK; Seoul National UniversityUniversity of South AfricaUniversitat de LleidaThe Open University (UK)Commonwealth of LearningTechnology, Education and Design AssociatesEuropean Training FoundationTe PūkengaHJ & AssociatesInternational Council for Open and Distance Education OER Advocacy CommitteeEuropean University for Innovation and PerspectiveUniversidad Autonoma de Nuevo LeonUniversity of VictoriaConcordia University of Edmonton & University of CalgaryAllama Iqbal Open UniversityIndependent consultant and researcherDr B R Ambedkar University Delhi, New DelhiUniversity of WindsorUniversity of BonnThe Open University (UK)Smart Learning Institute of Beijing Normal UniversityEuropean Association of Distance Teaching Universities (EADTU)DIPF – Leibniz-Institute for Research and Information in EducationThe Open University (UK)Open University of Shantou/Shantou Radio and Television UniversityUniversity of Oldenburg Why is Openness in Education important, and why is it critically needed at this moment? As manifested in our guiding question, the significance of Openness in Education and its immediate necessity form the heart of this collaborative editorial piece. This rather straightforward, yet nuanced query has sparked this collective endeavour by using individual testimonies, which may also be taken as living narratives, to reveal the value of Openness in Education as a praxis. Such testimonies serve as rich, personal narratives, critical introspections, and experience-based accounts that function as sources of data. The data gleaned from these narratives points to the understanding of Openness in Education as a complex, multilayered concept intricately woven into an array of values. These range from aspects such as sharing, access, flexibility, affordability, enlightenment, barrier-removal, empowerment, care, individual agency, trust, innovation, sustainability, collaboration, co-creation, social justice, equity, transparency, inclusivity, decolonization, democratisation, participation, liberty, and respect for diversity. This editorial, as a product of collective endeavour, invites its readers to independently engage with individual narratives, fostering the creation of unique interpretations. This call stems from the distinctive character of each narrative as they voice individual researchers’ perspectives from around the globe, articulating their insights within their unique situational contexts. https://account.openpraxis.org/index.php/up-j-op/wp-admin/ALFA_DATA/alfacgiapi/index.php/up-j-op/article/view/574openness in educationopen praxisopen educationopen and distance learningopen learning ecosystems |
| spellingShingle | Aras Bozkurt Torunn Gjelsvik Taskeen Adam Tutaleni I. Asino Javiera Atenas Maha Bali Constance Blomgren Melissa Bond Curtis J. Bonk Mark Brown Daniel Burgos Dianne Conrad Eamon Costello Catherine Cronin Laura Czerniewicz Maren Deepwell Markus Deimann Helen J. DeWaard Tonia A. Dousay Martin Ebner Robert Farrow Inés Gil-Jaurena Leo Havemann Andreia Inamorato Valerie Irvine Shironica P. Karunanayaka Michael Kerres Sarah Lambert Kyungmee Lee Mpine Makoe Victoria I. Marín Alexander Mikroyannidis Sanjaya Mishra Som Naidu Fabio Nascimbeni Mark Nichols Don Olcott Ebba Ossiannilsson Daniel Otto Brenda Cecilia Padilla Rodriguez Michael Paskevicius Verena Roberts Tooba Saleem Robert Schuwer Ramesh C. Sharma Bonnie Stewart Christian M. Stracke Alan Tait Ahmed Tlili George Ubachs Joshua Weidlich Martin Weller Junhong Xiao Olaf Zawacki-Richter Openness in Education as a Praxis: From Individual Testimonials to Collective Voices Open Praxis openness in education open praxis open education open and distance learning open learning ecosystems |
| title | Openness in Education as a Praxis: From Individual Testimonials to Collective Voices |
| title_full | Openness in Education as a Praxis: From Individual Testimonials to Collective Voices |
| title_fullStr | Openness in Education as a Praxis: From Individual Testimonials to Collective Voices |
| title_full_unstemmed | Openness in Education as a Praxis: From Individual Testimonials to Collective Voices |
| title_short | Openness in Education as a Praxis: From Individual Testimonials to Collective Voices |
| title_sort | openness in education as a praxis from individual testimonials to collective voices |
| topic | openness in education open praxis open education open and distance learning open learning ecosystems |
| url | https://account.openpraxis.org/index.php/up-j-op/wp-admin/ALFA_DATA/alfacgiapi/index.php/up-j-op/article/view/574 |
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