Dr. Constance Blomgren

How Big Tech hides its outsourced African workforce New data reveals the hidden network of African workers powering AI, as they push for transparency from the global companies that employ them indirectly.

"Firms that provide outsourced digital labor for big tech companies ... are often bound by legal contracts that limit what they can say, allowing tech companies to distance themselves legally and ethically from their workers, experts told Rest of World."
restofworld.org/2025/big-tec...

Questions for rethinking #assessments with Dr. Eliana Elkhoury #AthabascaU #AU

#assessment #AU #athabascau #Postsecondary Learning & Teaching
Learning conference ...learning alongside Dr. Eliana Elkhoury about equity, authentic assessment, genAI...

Impact Stories Archive - SPARC Open Access, Open Data, and Open Education have already resulted in significant advancements in disease prevention, economic development, crisis management, improved education, researcher career devel...

Why open?
We have 30 stories that illustrate the impact #OpenAccess #OpenData #OpenEducation #OER #OpenScience #OpenResearch #OpenScholarship.
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Learning @ U Calgary - Conference on Postsecondary Learning and Teaching...core beliefs about assessments panel & draft principles of Student Learning

Fancy an OE Cafè with librarians? There's still time to register if you want to join us! tinyurl.com/OECafeS8

"The reality became clear: Ice detention isn’t just a bureaucratic nightmare. It’s a business. These facilities are privately owned and run for profit."

YouTube video by Open Education Global OEWeek Live! Socially Just Distributed Care in the Open with Equity Unbound

Join us! @cogdog.bsky.social is hosting the Equity Unbound team including @mahabali.bsky.social and @miazamoraphd.bsky.social will be talking about Socially Just Distributed Care in the Open. Watch live on YouTube & be part of the conversations/ watch it later here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=doUq...

#OEevents #OEWeek to celebrate the 25th anniversary of a flagship in open education journal, IRRODL -the International Review of Open and Distributed Learning. IRRODL is the number one education journal in Canada, an example of the power of open publishing.

www.irrodl.org/index.php/ir...

CIDER: Oe Week At CIDER CIDER sponsors a variety of professional development activities, including the CIDER Sessions, designed to increase the quantity and quality of distance education research.

#OEWeek #OEevents
Mar. 3: Retrospective on Open Access -Rory McGreal
Mar. 5: Evolution of Open & Distributed Learning - Connie Blomgren & Terry Anderson
Mar. 7: Emerging Technologies in International Education - Adnan Qayyum & Levina Yuen

Reg. not required. Click at 11am MT.
www.cideresearch.ca

CIDER: Oe Week At CIDER CIDER sponsors a variety of professional development activities, including the CIDER Sessions, designed to increase the quantity and quality of distance education research.

#OEWeek #OEevents
Mar. 3: Retrospective on Open Access -Rory McGreal
Mar. 5: Evolution of Open & Distributed Learning - Connie Blomgren & Terry Anderson
Mar. 7: Emerging Technologies in International Education - Adnan Qayyum & Levina Yuen

Reg. not required. Click at 11am MT.
www.cideresearch.ca

#OEevents #OEWeek to celebrate the 25th anniversary of a flagship in open education journal, IRRODL -the International Review of Open and Distributed Learning. IRRODL is the number one education journal in Canada, an example of the power of open publishing.

www.irrodl.org/index.php/ir...

Hey there...just a reminder that Canada's Open University, Athabasca, is hiring 2 Assitant professors for the M.Ed. in Open Digital and Distance Education/ Ed Doctorate. We're a small but mighty bunch of profs that enjoy learning alongside our students. . athabascau.acquiretm.com/job_details_...

Nature-based solutions are cheap and effective, and governments have the tools to make them a reality Nature-based solutions are a cost-effective means of addressing climate instability, and governments already have all the tools they need to help get these projects off the ground.

Nature-based solutions are cheap and effective, and governments have the tools to make them a reality

Athabasca University is hiring 2 Assistant professors for our MEd in Open, Digital and Distance Education. We have great students and faculty...reach out if you have questions. Please share with your networks. Application due by Dec 18. athabascau.acquiretm.com/job_details_...

Data with principles: How to be FAIR, and why you should CARE | SFU Library

Just returned from OEGlobal 2024 in Brisbane with keynote speaker Robert dhurwain McLellan, Program Manager for the Language Data Commons of Australia (LDaCA). He encouraged educators to use FAIR and CARE principles when working alongside Indigenous people. #oeglobal www.lib.sfu.ca/help/publish...