A national event informing the strategic development of open education in teaching and learning across Ireland’s higher education sector
Featured Keynote
Opening the Future: Equity, Sustainability, and Promise in Higher Education
Robin DeRosa
Executive Director, Open Education Network
Dr Robin DeRosa is the Executive Director of the Open Education Network , a global organization based out of the University of Minnesota that facilitates community care and collective action in open education to empower faculty, remove barriers to learning and knowledge-sharing, and enhance student success.
Featured Keynote
Open education in Ireland: capabilities, collectivities, and co-creating just futures
Catherine Cronin
Independent Open Scholar
Dr Catherine Cronin an independent scholar focused on critical and social justice approaches in digital, open and higher education. Catherine is co-editor of the open-access book Higher Education for Good: Teaching and Learning Futures .
Featured Workshop
BETTER 2040: traversing the generative crisis of open education
Lawrie Phipps
Director of External Policy, Jisc
Peter Bryant
Associate Dean Education, The University of Sydney Business School
Professor Lawrie Phipps is Director of External Policy at Jisc. Professor Peter Bryant is Associate Dean Education at The University of Sydney Business School. Both work extensively on the future of open and digital education.
About the Event
This event is part of the HEA’s commitment to advancing open education — including open educational resources (OER) and open educational practices (OEP) — across Irish higher education, aligning with the HEA Strategy for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, which identifies open education as a strategic enabler of collaboration, innovation, and inclusive access across the sector.
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Register your interest and we will contact you by email when registration opens.