Summary Report: ICDE Roundtable at UNESCO World Higher Education Conference 2022
This report presents regional perspectives on the challenges and opportunities for the topic of quality within Open, Flexible and Distance learning (OFDL).
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Summary Report: ICDE Leadership Summit 2022
This report summarises speeches, presentations, and panel discussions from the ICDE Leadership Summit 2022.
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Conference proceedings: ICDE Virtual Global Conference Week 2021
During the week of 25 – 29 October 2021, ICDE hosted its first fully virtual global academic conference in history: the ICDE Virtual Global Conference Week 2021. This document contains the conference proceedings from the ICDE VGCW 2021.
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Open Innovation Framework Report from the ICDE OERAC 2022
This report titled “Open Innovation Framework: Emerging Narratives from the ICDE OER Advocacy Committee” addresses Open Educational Resources and Open Science through a proposed framework for Open Innovation.
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ICDE Quality Network
The Focal Points on Quality (FPQs) have a leading and coordinating role for quality work in their respective regions.
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ICDE Quality Network report 2021: Global Quality Perspectives on Open, Flexible and Distance Learning 2021
The 2021 report summarises the ICDE Quality Network’s analysis of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic 2020-2021 in accelerating the inclusion of online elements in so many Higher Education institutions.
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ICDE OER Advocacy Committee
The ICDE OER Advocacy Committee works to increase global recognition of OER; and to provide policy support for the uptake, use and reuse of OER.
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UCO: Why is the Demand for Instructional Designers so High?
Our member, University of Cincinnati Online (UCO), recently wrote a blog post on Industrial Design and Technology (IDT) and their new Master’s degree in IDT.
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Report on Open Education in European Libraries of Higher Education
This report summarises the results of a survey of European libraries on Open Education (OE) and Open Education Resources (OER) prepared by SPARC Europe.
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ICDE Leadership Summit 2021: Summary Report
The ICDE Leadership Summit 2021 was digitally hosted in April 2021 by the Open Polytechnic of New Zealand and ICDE. It was an exceptional example of how ICDE members come together to create and collaborate in advancing the state of practice for Open, Flexible and Distance Learning (OFDL). Ten international presenters, six student representatives and over ninety international delegates attended the ICDE Leadership Summit 2021 to answer the Summit theme question: “Are we flexible enough?”
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ICDE Presidents' Forum 2020: Summary Report
In November 2020, ICDE took the opportunity to reflect back and learn from the experiences from the COVID-19 pandemic to prepare tools and systems to reduce future disruptions to delivering education based on lessons learnt from the onset of the pandemic. On the 25 November 2020, Presidents, Vice-Chancellors, Principles, and Rectors of Higher Education providers among current ICDE Institutional Members and the Presidents and CEOs of partner organisations gathered for the ICDE Presidents’ Forum 2020 to focus discussions on “Recalibrating educational leadership for resilient education”.
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ICDE Quality Network Report - Global Quality Perspectives On Open, Online And Flexible Learning 2020
This global report gives an overview of perceived issues of quality and assessment related to the immediate shift to online and distance learning modalities that educators had to undertake when the pandemic hit.
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ICDE OER Advocacy Committee’s survey report on the Implementation of the UNESCO Recommendation on OER
This global report is based on the findings of the ICDE OER Advocacy Committee (OERAC) survey and aims to provide a general baseline against which the international community can map future progress toward the UNESCO OER Recommendation. The report also aims to provide context and recommended next steps, with a special recognition of COVID-19’s impact on OER activities.
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European Commission: A European approach to micro-credentials
The European Commission have just launched a new website on micro-credentials and explains why an European approach is needed. The website outlines the wide-reaching benefits of micro-credentialing and highlights the importance of flexible learning, in addition to providing several reports and approaches in a multitude of languages.
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Report: Reimagining State Higher Education Funding
In fall 2019, Ithaka S+R, with support from the Joyce Foundation, convened a group of experts to identify and discuss the weaknesses in current higher education funding models and develop new ideas and approaches to improve upon current models or revamp the funding system.
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Report: Open Education as a game changer – stories from the pandemic
The study presents examples of positive initiatives and changes in education originated as a reaction to the closure of schools during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and which are part of what is known as Open Educational Practices and Open Educational Resources.
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UNESCO 'ESD for 2030' Roadmap launches with series of regional events
UNESCO is organising regional online launch events of the ‘ESD for 2030’ Roadmap which provides guidance for Member States and other stakeholders for the implementation of the new global framework.
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2021 Global Learning Landscape
The Global Learning Landscape is an open source taxonomy for education innovation, common structure and language for identifying innovation happening in education globally.
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Report on the training models of support sponsored by the OUUK and co-ordinated by the ACDE for educators to move their teaching online in the covid-19 pandemic era
ACDE in collaboration with the OUUK Institute of Educational Technology (IET) and Teacher Education for the Sub-Saharan Africa (TESSA) collaborated and embarked on the project of training Teachers.
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Contact North: Five Guiding Principles are Changing how Faculty and Instructors Approach Assessment
Assessment is crucial to learning. Providing feedback, nudging learners to improve and suggesting additional work and activities that could strengthen their learning is key to assessment for learning.
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