Transforming Higher Education Through the Use of OER: From National Policies to Operational Implementation

I’m a designer specialized in the field of innovation in education, collaboration, and music. I graduated in multimedia communication design at Politecnico di Milano University, Italy, where I also work since 1999.

I've been dealing with e-Learning and learning innovation for over twenty years, first for METID (Centre for Learning Methodologies and Technologies of Politecnico di Milano University) and then for the Fondazione Politecnico di Milano.

My areas of action include open education, gamification, the intertwining of creativity and learning as well as the transitions between school, university and work.

I've been involved, over the years, as project manager/researcher in projects about innovative technologies in open education, soft skills/digital soft skills for employability, game-based learning/serious games and other topics. I research and carry out experiments in the field of the so-called 'gamification', organising workshops for children and adults on the potential of games and game jams and game storms in learning.

I’m part of the scientific committee of the eXploring eLearning event, member of the Open Education Italy network and of the Editorial Board of "Bricks", an online magazine for school teachers on innovation for didactics.
I teach at the DOL, Online Master in Educational Technologies.

I’m the author of “The e-Learning manual. Strategic guide for school and corporate training”(Apogeo, 2020), and I hold courses for Instructional Designers for Apogeo itself.

I’m Senior Gamification and Learning Consultant for the Grifo Multimedia company.

I have a long experience in presentations, speeches and chairing in several conferences such as Online Educa, EDEN or national events.

Beside all these activities I’m a musician and producer, working with Italian and foreign artists and playing live in national and international contexts.

Zeynep Varoglu is a Programme Specialist in the Digital Innovation and Transformation Section of the Communications and Information Sector at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris. Ms. Varoglu is responsible for the implementation of the UNESCO OER Recommendation and related OER Dynamic Coalition and the UNESCO ICT Competency Framework for Teachers (ICT CFT) as well as initiatives in open, distance, flexible and online education. Ms Varoglu was Co-Responsible Officer for the publication ‘Learning for All: Guidelines for the Inclusion of Learners with Disabilities in Open and Distance Learning’ and the UNESCO Project Officer for the development of the UNESCO/COL Guidelines for Open Educational Resources (OER) in Higher Education.

Ms Varoglu holds a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) from the University of Toronto and a Master of Education (M.Ed) from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (O.I.S.E.), University of Toronto

Anaïs Røed Malbrand, Norway, is Senior Advisor at the International Council for Open and Distance Education – ICDE. She is the key contact at the ICDE Secretariat for the ICDE Francophone OER working group and the OER Advocacy Committee. She has previously held positions in New York and Santiago de Chile at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in Madrid at UN-Habitat, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Organization of Ibero-American States for Education, Science and Culture (OEI) and at Oxfam in Spain and Guatemala. She holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from NEOMA Business School in France and a Master’s Degree in International Cooperation from the Basque Country University in Spain.

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As secretary of the board for L'Université Numérique, the French digital university, and AUNEGe, the French OER repository for management & economics, Jacques leads collaborative initiatives in technological R&D, in cooperation with French universities, high-tech companies and academic partners around the globe. The projects involve next-generation networks, open and distance learning as well as evaluation and learning analytics.

Jacques also chairs, together with the ICDE Secretary General, the francophone working group for the implementation of the UNESCO Recommendation on OER; this working group includes representatives from UNESCO, national UNESCO commissions, virtual universities or ministries for Higher Education from various francophone countries in West & Central Africa. He represents L'Université Numérique for participation in the UNESCO dynamic coalition for OER.

He is a member of the board of various international initiatives, including ICoBC, the International Council on Badges & Credentials.

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