The election of candidates for the OEGlobal Board of Directors is now open for representatives of OEGlobal Institutional Members to vote.
Nine exceptional open educators have been nominated and are vying for five available seats on the board.
- Beatrice Canales – Alamo Colleges District, San Antonio College, USA
- Glenda Cox – University of Cape Town, South Africa
- Perrine de Coetlogon – Open Education France
- Nawaraj Ghimire – Tribhuvan University, Nepal
- Muhammad Hassan – Kean University, USA
- Robert Lawson – NorQuest College, Canada
- Jim Ross-Nazzal – Houston Community College District, USA
- María Soledad Ramírez Montoya (Marisol), Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico
- Dr. Takaya Yamazato – Nagoya University, Japan
In 2024, the following elected Board members’ term expires:
- Perrine de Coëtlogon, current President of the Board
- María Soledad Ramírez Montoya (Marisol), Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico
- Lisa Young, Maricopa County Community College District, USA
- Katsusuke Shigeta, Hokkaido University, Japan
- Prof. Noureddine Zemmouri, Université de Biskra, Algeria
Gratitude
We sincerely appreciate Lisa Young, Katsusuke Shigeta, and Prof. Noureddine Zemmouri, the outgoing Board members, for their invaluable input in guiding Open Education Global over the years.
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What do you think of the nominated members? Ask them questions and add to the discussion below.
Thanks for this @cogdog – Each candidate has expressed their vision and ideas for the future of OEGlobal as well as what expertise they hope to bring to their role. Read the election 2024 page – it is well worth a read!
I’ll start with a question!
A lot goes on behind the scenes that many people may not realize. Whether you’re an outsider looking in or already a part of the Board, how do you see yourself contributing to OEGlobal? Beyond helping to achieve the strategic plan, what practical steps can you take to support the organization’s operations? This could include efforts like maintaining and promoting membership, ensuring the organization’s technological needs are met, and actively seeking funding opportunities to help OEGlobal grow to support a small staff juggling many tasks/projects.
Hi Heather! I’d like to initiate discussions on how we can make OE Global more global. As a member of the 2023 conference program committee, I noticed that we had more work to do in supporting delegates facing financial challenges. In some cases, we could assist delegates with the conference registration fee but I would like to see a more robust support system in place. I would like seek out and solicit more funding to support a scholarship program that would enable more participants to attend the conference. This would start with an initial fund that could support with registration fees and then eventually expand to funding for flights and hotel. Our program committee noted that for some people, particularly in the global south, the costs of attending are prohibitive. I would like to change that!
Thank you, Robert! I appreciate you adding to this discussion. I love the idea of a scholarship program. There are so many open practitioners out there that can’t attend the conference due to cost and I hope we can talk about doing more to assist!
Hello dear colleagues. Thanks for the question Heather. I really appreciate and understand first hand the dilemma of a lack of funding to attend conferences. It is expensive in terms of finances but also the time it takes to travel (not to mention the jet lag). The idea of discussions about and striving towards a more Global organisation is very necessary for us to realise the imperative of opportunities to access education for all.
I am hoping that I can do more advocacy work in South Africa, but also through UNESCO networks that extend across Africa and the global south in order to increase membership.
I am also very passionate about growing the next generation of open educators and finding ways for more students to attend OE Global conferences for inspiration and to be included in this vibrant community.