🥁The Ministry of Education, Sports, and Culture (MESC), in partnership with the India-UN Development Fund and UNESCO, officially launched MESC’s Innovative Lifelong Learning Lab (MILLL), the Soifua A’oa’oina, on 30 June 2022 at the Ministry of Education Sports and Culture Samoa.

Weary, old, a little broken, but not letting go of the dream: edtech in the 21st Century jondron.ca/weary-old-a-li…

"an open, online institution such as mine might be open to modelling what sustainable and responsible digital education could look like because I fear that our very future might depend on it, in all senses of that phrase." Ya feeling that, TRU, Open Learning?

Ah well, I guess I need to hit "publish" sometime. "A trailing-edge technologies share-a-thon", in which I try to face down the monsters of ed tech with nothing but faith and the glory of an open platform to protect me: abject.ca/trailing-edge-…

We've re-advertised our Open Education Librarian position, and it doesn't close until 7 August. If you're at all interested in OERs, Open Access and working with a really fun team, check out the description here: bit.ly/3ItoDA7.

It's #OEAwards22 season ... #whowillyounominate? Celebrate #OpenEducation across 16 categories – nominate your favorite ... #peopleinopen #whatweshare #howweshare #specialawards Deadline: July 31 nominate: oeg.pub/OEAwards22 #10years #OpenEducationExcellence

UNESCO is calling for proposals from organizations/companies involved in ICT capacity development and/or research to conduct an assessment under its project, Samoa Knowledge Society Initiative. Interested companies/organizations are requested to visit ungm.org/Public/Notice/….

Tim Fawns Because the public sector never built a public digital infrastructure to deliver continuously improving educational opportunities to our citizens - as it did 150 years ago with public brick and mortar schools. Our government abdicated its responsibilities to our citizens. #oer

UNESOC Office for the Pacific States is looking for a senior expert strategist and planner to support the development of the UNESCO Pacific Strategy, 2023-27 For further details and to apply: careers.unesco.org/job/Apia-Consu… Apply online with a CV, a proposed work plan and a price offer.

COL organised online #workshops for officials in ministries of education in the smaller island countries of the Pacific on #policy & planning for open distance & #flexiblelearning (#ODFL). Read more: col.org/news/workshops… col.org/news/Workshops…

Would you like to transform education in #Samoa? Engage if you want to. Choose the discussion forum of your choice here and give your suggestions and feedback here: tes.mesc.gov.ws/summit-informa… #MESC Government of Samoa @IndiaUNFund

Today the The White House announced that all federally funded research will be made openly available. Importantly, it eliminates the 12-month embargo. This is the result of decades of work by SPARC, Peter Suber (@[email protected]), Michael Eisen, and so many more. #OpenAccess whitehouse.gov/ostp/news-upda…

“Opening up #education is ultimately about #quality, #equity and #inclusion,” COL @AshaKanwarCOL #ICDE youtu.be/z4xu4jiWSNg

We are pleased to share the 22nd Issue of the UNESCO Pacific Newsletter with you all! Read it here: unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0…

Come join the amazing ⁦@deakinlibrary⁩ team as the new Open Education and Digital Practice Lead - applications due 10 November. #OER #OEP #HigherEdJobs careers.pageuppeople.com/949/cw/en/job/…

RNZ - Nine To Noon Hundreds, possibly thousands, of NZers have moved off Twitter to Mastodon (part of the decentralised, non-corporate, non-profit community-run social media Fediverse I mentioned). Things are hopping. RNZ needs to be there, not just a bot.

Happy #IndependenceDay Tonga! COL is proud to work with your government & institutions to expand access to quality #education & #training – our work in #OER & #L3F is particularly significant. Pleased to have PM Press Tonga Siaosi Sovaleni - Huakavameiliku on COL Board of Governors. Raelyn Esau

Hi friends, for the time being you can find me at: @[email protected]. Grateful to Wayne Mackintosh, LightweightMastodon, and the OERu crew for creating a space

On #NewZealandNationalDay, our warmest wishes to all. With your support, COL has become a true catalyst for positive change for a third of the world's population. Pleased to have @CarolineSeelig as our Board Member. MFAT in Auckland🇳🇿 New Zealand High Commission in Canada NZ High Commission in London Wayne Mackintosh Mark Nichols