@cogdog thanks for this Alan. It has reminded me to dig out a book (still stuck in a box since our house move in November) by Roszika Parker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rozsika_Parker?wprov=sfti1 “The Subversive Stitch”. Folk can look at the FemEdTech quilt at https://quilt.femedtech.net/quilt/ thanks to https://ammienoot.com/ In our chapter in #HE4Good we also stressed the history of stitch/quilting as being a site for collective endeavour by women (not just upper class women) https://books.openbookpublishers.com/10.11647/obp.0363/ch10.xhtml#_idTextAnchor037

this post includes acknowledgements to @czernie @helenbeetham @louisedrumm @greeneterry & all #HE4Good contributors. I also add my thanks to many more, for thinking, doing & sharing in ways that help us all 💛

@poritzj @czernie @econproph

indeed. #HE4Good authors had a wide range of reasons for their audio choices. some who used AI-voice options cited practical constraints (e.g. time, tech), while others said they did not want to give more examples of their voice to the web for AI platforms to "grab". much to consider...

@poritzj thank you, Jonathan — it’s lovely to receive your feedback. each author made an individual choice regarding how to create the audio for their chapter, but all were committed to creating audio to improve accessibility. we will blog about the process early on the new year — it was fascinating! @czernie @econproph #HE4Good

A blog post about Slowing Down https://lornamcampbell.org/women-in-tech/slowing-down/ #femedtech #He4Good

HT @kate @francesbell @loumycroft @catherinecronin @czernie & Helen Beetham

@jimgroom @catherinecronin That’s one of the audio tracks I threw into the mix when we are not live broadcasting, got a few more #HE4Good chapters in the mix too.

The audio version of Higher Education for Good is now available. Together with all authors, @czernie and I hope that this will increase the access, engagement, and impact of the work, which we view as ongoing.

To access the audio, please visit the book web page https://www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647/obp.0363#, scroll down to a chapter of interest, and click Download (for MP3).

Heartfelt thanks to all authors for their commitment to this work and to @greeneterry for such generous audio support.
#HE4Good #OpenAccess

Today, @helenbeetham 's review of our book Higher Education for Good #HE4Good is published in Postdigital Science & Education. In a comprehensive essay, Helen describes the book as "a public event, a gathering, a diversely peopled conversation within and beyond its pages: the desperate throw of a lifeline or the hopeful throw of a dream, beyond the really existing universities of the present towards better alternatives."

@czernie & I thank you, Helen!

Link to review: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42438-024-00511-2

#OpenEd24 listening to authors (from Europe, Africa & North America) share their experiences of writing chapters for 'Higher Education for Good' #HE4Good. how inspiring to hear authors both discuss and model the values of the book: global diversity, equity, pluriversality, generosity, coalition-building & openness. thank you!

link to #OpenAccess book: https://www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647/obp.0363

thank you @katemolloy & @slowtech2000 (Chap 17), Jim Luke (Chap 6), Flora Fabian & David Monk, et al. (Chap 22)

If you're attending the @heyopened conference this week, join us online at 11 am EDT tomorrow for a panel session with myself and fellow #He4Good authors @slowtech2000, @econproph, Flora Fabian, and David Monk. https://opened24.sched.com/event/631b9245c487278bfc424aa2ce8ba954

#HE4Good The galvanising closing words in 'Higher Education for Good' were written by a brilliant PhD student Jyoti Arora: "When we, young scholars, talk of hope we must remind ourselves that we owe responsibility and debt towards future generations to hand over the planet at least better than what it is at the present... I think we must safeguard the “publicness” of HE by creating noises for policy makers and managers of HE..."

https://books.openbookpublishers.com/10.11647/obp.0363/ch29.xhtml#_idTextAnchor086
#OpenAccess @czernie

#HE4Good Our gratitude –on behalf of co-editor @czernie and all authors– to Carolina Guzmán-Valenzuela for her thoughtful, insightful Preface to 'Higher Education for Good' – especially for finding the many "glimmers of hope" that may help to change universities, and also the world.

https://books.openbookpublishers.com/10.11647/obp.0363/preface.xhtml#_idTextAnchor007

#OpenAccess #HigherEducation

#HE4Good Thank you, Jonathan Jansen, for your powerful foreword in 'Higher Education for Good': "The authors in this stunning new book are not unaware of the power of institutions labouring under the weight of a political economy that reduces academic work to market value ... This courageous book works with an unspoken proposition, that we cannot wait for the neoliberal university to transform itself.”

https://books.openbookpublishers.com/10.11647/obp.0363/foreword.xhtml#_idTextAnchor005

#OpenAccess @czernie

#HE4Good Chapter 27. ‘Who cares about procurement?’ is co-authored by @Ammienoot & @brennacgray. Written in the form of a dialogue, reading this chapter is like listening to a sparkling conversation between two wise, experienced and critical scholars who aren't afraid to identify the problems with #edtech procurement – but also inspire each of us to reinvent it, with suggested practical activities & questions.

https://www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647/obp.0363/chapters/10.11647/obp.0363.27

#OpenAccess
@czernie

#HE4Good Chapter 26, a graphic novelette by Vicki Trowler '"It’s about transforming lives!”: Supporting students in post pandemic higher education’, vividly portrays a range of student voices and perspectives. As the author notes: "moving beyond data, students' voices provide illumination for many of today's HE challenges."

https://www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647/obp.0363/chapters/10.11647/obp.0363.26

#OpenAccess #HigherEducation @czernie

#HE4Good In Chapter 25. ‘Making higher education institutions as open knowledge institutions’, Pradeep Misra & Sanjaya Mishra argue for transforming traditional face-to-face higher education institutions into Open Knowledge Institutions (OKIs), based on the authors' substantial combined experiences of the Indian higher education system.

https://www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647/obp.0363/chapters/10.11647/obp.0363.25

#OpenAccess book, co-edited by @czernie & me

#HE4Good Chapter 24. ‘Cultivating sustainable blended and open learning ecosystems’ by Patricia Arinto, Primo Garcia & Ana Katrina Marcial is an important and original look at systemic openness in the Philippines, an archipelago of more than 7,000 islands and 182 ethnolinguistic groups.

Link to chapter: https://www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647/obp.0363/chapters/10.11647/obp.0363.24

in Higher Education for Good, co-edited by @czernie & me #OpenAccess #HigherEducation @OpenBookPublish

#HE4Good Chapter 23. ‘The only way is ethics: A dialogue of assessment and social good’ by @timbocop & Juuso Henrik Nieminen is a creative and insightful chapter. Written in the form of an edited dialogue, it explores how ethics are interwoven into all assessments – implicitly or explicitly. The authors recommend viewing all assessment as a social, reflexive, ethical, and transformative practice, for which we are all responsible.

Link to chapter: https://www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647/obp.0363/chapters/10.11647/obp.0363.23

#OpenAccess @czernie

In March, @slowtech2000 and I delivered a workshop at #OER24 in Cork based on our Higher Education for Good chapter, 'Humanising Learning Design with Digital Pragmatism'.

We curated the collaborative output from workshop into a digital zine to accompany our chapter.

#HE4Good @A_L_T

https://kate-molloy.net/open-practice/oer24-workshop-resource-humanising-learning-design-with-digital-pragmatism/

#HE4Good Chapter 22. ‘Collaboratively reimagining teaching & learning’ by Flora Fabian, Jonathan Harle, Perpetua Kalimasi, Rehema Kilonzo, Gloria Lamaro, Albert Luswata, David Monk, Edwin Ngowi, Femi Nzegwu & Damary Sikalieh describes the work of an international partnership for social change:

"We offer this account in the belief there is much that the HE sector generally can learn from educators in East Africa, who are committed to change & to serving the social good"

https://www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647/obp.0363/chapters/10.11647/obp.0363.22