Upcoming events

• Participation to OER18, 18-19 April 2018, Bristol (UK)
• Participation to IEEE EDUCON, 18-20 April 2018, Canary Islands (Spain)
• Participation to the symposium on Education Innovation and the Dynamics of Reform in Morocco (Higher Council of Education, Training and Scientific Research Educational – CSEFRS), 8-9 May, Rabat (Morocco)
• Final Conference in Amman, Jordan: September 2018 TBC (hosted by AArU)

Past Events

Events organised by OpenMed

• 2nd Open Education Day in Marrakesh: 22-24 January 2018 (hosted by Cadi Ayyad University)
• Open Education training week: Turin, Italy: 25-29 September, 2017 (hosted by Politecnico di Torino)
• OER Facilitators’ workshop: Madrid, Spain: 15-18 May 2017 (hosted by UNIR)
• OER Strategy Forum in Birzeit, Palestine: 20 April, 2017 (hosted by Birzeit University)
• OER Strategy Forum in Amman, Jordan: 28 February, 2017 (hosted by PSUT)
• OER Strategy Forum in Marrakech, Morocco: 6-7 December 2016 (hosted by Cadi Ayyad University)
• OER Strategy Forum in Cairo, Egypt: 30 November, 2016 (hosted by Cairo University)
• Open Symposium at Coventry University (UK), 3 May 2016

Webinar Series

As part of the OpenMed training course, we have organised five webinars on different aspects of Open Education and OER, with international leaders in the field. These events took place from October to December 2017, recordings are available.

• October 10 Webinar M1. Introducing Openness in Education with Lorna M. Campbell, Education Design & Engagement, University of Edinburgh
• October 25 Webinar M2. Open Licensing and Copyright in Education with Cable Green, Creative Commons
• November 7 Webinar M3. Opening Up Education through OER and MOOC with Bea de los Arcos, Institute of Educational Technology, The Open University, UK
• November 21 Webinar M4. Localising OER and MOOC with Shireen Yacoub, Chief Executive Officer, Edraak.org, Queen Rania Foundation for Education & Development, Jordan
• December 5 Webinar M5. Open Educational Practices with Catherine Cronin, CELT (Centre for Excellence in Learning & Teaching) at the National University of Ireland, Galway

Participation to Conferences and Seminars

• OpenMed featured at the 51st session of the General Conference of AArU: 3-5 April, Khalde (Lebanon)
• Presentation at the TiceMed11 Symposium: 28-29 March 2018, Marrakesh (Morocco)
• Open Education Week, 6 March 2018
• First Forum of the Federation of Russian and Arab University Rectors: 18-20 February 2018, Beirut (Lebanon)
• Third Turkish-Arab Universities Conference on Higher Education (TACHE 2018): February 13-16, 2018, Istanbul (Turkey)
• Keynote presentation at the RELIF 2017 Symposium: 1 December 2017, Hammamet (Tunisia)
• Exhibition at at the World Science Forum 2017: 7-11 November 2017, Dead Sea Convention Center, Jordan
• Exhibition at the 50th General Conference of the Association of Arab Universities: October 22-25, 2017, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, UAE
• Open Access Day at AUC, Cairo, 23 October 2017 (Panel on open education and MOOCs)
• Workshop at IDUAI 2017 on Key issues to design and implement a National declaration about Open Education: 28 September 2018 within the International day to universal access to information (IDUAI 2017), organised by UNESCO and hosted by the Government of Mauritus
• “ICT days” at Akhawayn University in Ifrane, Morocco May 19-21, 2017, OpenMed roundtable about ‘Pedagogical Innovation with OER’
• Conferences: Colloque International sur les TICE: 27-28 April 2017, Kénitra, Ibn Toufail University, Morocco (“Les TICE un fort potentiel pour le développement des Ressources Educatives Libres : cas du projet OpenMed”, Khalid Berrada, Cadi Ayyad University)
• OER17: The Politics of Open: 5-6 April 2017, London, UK
• Open Education Week 2017: Towards a Regional OER Agenda for South Mediterranean Universities, online, March 30, 2017
• CITEF’2017, Les technologies en éducation et formation: “Innovations et pratiques”, 22-23 March 2017, Rabat, Morocco
• Presentation of OpenMed and its draft OER Regional Agenda at the OER Seminar in Tunisia, organised by the UNESCO Chair in OER at the University of Sousse (Sousse, 27 October 2016)
• UNIMED General Assembly 2016 “OER Workshop” (Rome, October 21, 2016)
• EADTU Conference “Enhancing European Higher Education: Opportunities and Impact of New Modes of Teaching” (Rome, October 19-21, 2016). Plenary presentation of OpenMed.
• EDEN Conference “Re-Imagining Learning Environments”, 14-16 June 2016, Budapest, Hungary. Synergy strand presentation.
• Open Education Week, 7-11 March 2016

Partnership Meetings

• 13-15 January 2016: Kick-off meeting in Rome, Italy
• 3-4 May 2016: 1st interim meeting in Coventry, UK
• 1-2 March 2017: 2nd interim meeting in Amman, Jordan
• 28-29 November 2017: 3rd interim meeting in Alexandria, Egypt
• 3-4 May 2018: 4th interim meeting in Agadir, Morocco
• September 2018: final meeting in Amman, Jordan