Ash Barber (she/her)

#EduSky #EduSkyAU #AcademicSky

Day 1 of the Universities Australia Solutions Summit! @caullibrarians.bsky.social booth set up and keynote session beginning 🤩

#UASolutionsSummit #HigherEducation #Libraries #TertiaryEducation #FirstNationsKnowledge #Equity #Inclusion #CAUL

Board Election — Open Education Conference

⚡Calling all #OpenEd friends! I'm running for a 2nd term on the @openedconf.bsky.social Board. Please check it out and cast your vote by this Fri 5 Dec 🤩
openeducationconference.org/board-election

#OER #OEP #OpenEducation #AustraliOER #AustralasianOER #HigherEducation #Libraries #EduSky #EduSkyAU

One day to go! Get your nominations in!

#EduSky #EduSkyAU #AcademicSky #OpenEd #Policy #IndigenousWaysOfKnowing #LearningDesign

Carolee Clyne and Samantha Lenci presenting at ICDE World Conference with slide in background depicting learner-centred design

MORE Day 1 #ICDEWC30:
🎙️On learner-centred sustainable & culturally incl ed: “Ideally, the classroom is ‘we all learn from each other’” — Carolee Clyne.
Sam Lenci added “policy starts the process” of recognising IK & “it’s about the students and their wellbeing”
#ICDEWC2025 @icde-org.bsky.social

#EduSky #AcademicSky #EduSkyAU #AI #OpenEd

More Day 1 #ICDEWC30:
🎙️ On Project Nexus & “Cosmogogy” collab learning: “it’s learning with the world, not just about it” Julie Lindsay
🎙️ On lev. storytelling AI to preserve Indigenous culture: “AI should strengthen reciprocity, voice & belonging” Janet Bruce-Brand
#ICDEWC2025 @icde-org.bsky.social

#EduSky #AcademicSky #AcademicSkyAU

Day 1 #ICDEWC30 quotes:
- On the importance of contextually relevant design, “training material adapted to local needs improves communication, trust and collaboration” — Diane Hockridge
- On AISLA chatbot, “builds critical thinking and *how* to think” — David Rose
#ICDEWC2025 @icde-org.bsky.social

Somehow forgot to add the pic?😂🙈

More #ICDEWC30 opening quotes:
- On convening in person: “There is no artificial intelligence in the rich human knowledge that surrounds you.” Mark Nichols
- On inclusion: “writing the cheque isn’t what did it for her, making her feel like she mattered is” Paul LeBlanc
@icde-org.bsky.social #EduSky

Stunning #ICDEWC30 open 😍 “we’re gathered by what binds us: a shared belief in the transformative power of education” Giselle Byrnes. And a throwback to adrienne maree brown’s #OpenEd25 keynote: “we are here to imagine together, to ask ‘what if?”

#ICDEWC2025 #EduSky #Aotearoa @icde-org.bsky.social

Board Election — Open Education Conference The Open Education Conference is seeking six new Directors. Interested community members should self-nominate by November 6th at 11:59pm PST.

📢 It's #OpenEd election time! Got ideas, enthusiasm, community spirit? Self-nominate for the Advisory Board!
🧁 Noms close 14 Nov
🧁 Term = 2 yrs
🧁 Time = 6-10 hrs/mo
🧁 You should nominate

ALSO
💡 Register to vote!
Deets: tinyurl.com/yckbv3u9
#OpenEducation #OpenEd25 #EduSky @openedconf.bsky.social

#EduSky

Day 1 here we come! 🤩
#OpenEd25 #OpenEducation #OER #AcademicSky #AcademicSkyAU

Welcome to the 22nd annual gathering of the Open Education Conference community! Welcome to OpenEd25!

Welcome to Day 1 of #OpenEd25! 🎉 Check out this welcome video from Board Chair, Ash Barber (@ashthelibrarian.bsky.social) who will share everything you need to get started at the conference. We wish you all a fantastic first day! www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQD6...

Open educational resources should be central to the public mission of universities - Impact of Social Sciences Why open educational resources should form a central part of university strategies for public engagement.

In this new article from @lseimpactblog.bsky.social, @niamhtumelty.bsky.social Managing Director of LSE Press, and @heroicendeavour.bsky.social discuss open educational resources in the context of higher education.

Read the full post:
blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci... #openaccess #highereducation

Open Educational Practice (OEP) Digest – Oct 2025

Welcome to the latest edition of the Australasian OEP Digest. Subscribe to receive all the latest news straight to your inbox every month! #OEPSIG #OER #OEP #OpenEducation #AustralasianOER #AustralianOER #NewZealandOER #AotearoaOER #AustraliOER…

Australasian Open Educational Practice Special Interest Group Advocating for, and supporting open education in Australia. Sponsored by ASCILITE

Have now added into the forthcoming OEP Digest (out on Monday) ☺️ oepoz.wordpress.com

#EduSky #EduSkyAU

Everything Open 2026 | Canberra, Australia

@ashthelibrarian.bsky.social Call for sessions is out for 2026.everythingopen.au - would love to see a full track for all things #OpenEducation :)

Ooooo!!! I will share this around 😍

#EduSky #EduSkyAU #AcademicSky

🤩 The #SpeakingOfOpen pod is now listed in the Great Australian Podcast Index 🙌🥳

Check out the pod: tinyurl.com/soopod

Speaking of Open Podcast · Speaking of Open · Speaking of Open is hosted by Ash & Mais, two passionate open education advocates who love to chat and dive deep on the diversity of open education work in Australasia. Jo...

👀 What's that? Another episode of #SpeakingOfOpen has been released?
Check out our chat with Julian Pakay about ‘What can #OpenEducation do that #AI can't?’

🎧 Spotify: tinyurl.com/SoOPodS
🎧 YouTube: tinyurl.com/SoOPodY
🎧 Your fave app: tinyurl.com/SoOPod

#OER #OEP #OpenPedagogy #EduSky #EduSkyAU

Desk with sticky notes strewn across it, covering the keyboard

🎙️ Desk of a podcaster 🙈
Had a great convo w Mais & Dr Julian Pakay on using OER to address teaching challenges & whether #OpenEducation can do some things #AI can’t 🤔
Julian’s ep of #SpeakingOfOpen coming soon to earbuds near you 🤩
tinyurl.com/SoOPod

#OER #OEP #SoTL #DownUndOER #EduSky #EduSkyAU

Thank you for sharing!

Soooooo so so excited that adrienne maree brown is keynoting the Open Education Conference this year! 🥳 How very lucky we are 🤩

José Rolón on Instagram: "Thank you, @oslopride for this impactful… | Ash Barber 🌈 Happy Pride Month! 🌈 I stumbled upon this wonderfully moving video on Instagram which highlights how it feels as a member of the LGBTQIA+ community to see an ally display their allyship through simp...

🌈 Happy Pride Month! 🌈
This wonderful video shows how it feels for the LGBTQIA+ community to see allyship through simple things like a rainbow bracelet, lanyard, pin or sticker, etc.

tinyurl.com/344rn24z

More info and resources via my post: tinyurl.com/3xva9853

#Pride #Rainbow #EduSky #EduSkyAU