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Developing Open Education Strategies for Sustainable Development
How open learning relates to the sustainable development goals, what education can realistically contribute, and what it cannot do on its own.
Access and Inclusion
Sustainability and Development
Open learning in development, environmental and community programs.
Creating Open Education Resources for Corporate Social Responsibility
How companies can fund or publish openly licensed learning materials as part of social responsibility work, and how to judge whether learners truly benefit.
Creating Open Education Resources for Environmental Sustainability
A practical look at building open lessons on environmental topics using local data and projects, while avoiding overstated claims and keeping content accurate.
Creating Open Education Resources for International Development
How to produce open learning materials for development programs: local adaptation, translation, low-bandwidth delivery, and working well with local partners.
Developing Open Education Initiatives for Global Development
A large-scale view of how international agencies and nonprofits coordinate open learning programs across countries, and the coordination pitfalls to expect.
Developing Open Education Strategies for Disaster Relief
How offline, mobile and quickly shared learning materials can help keep education going after floods, conflict or other emergencies, and what limits remain.
Developing Open Education Strategies for Social Entrepreneurship
A look at open learning resources for people building ventures with social aims: business planning, impact measurement and funding basics, with realistic expectations.
Developing Open Education Strategies for Sustainable Communities
A local-focus guide to using shared learning for community skills in housing, food, energy and neighborhood projects, with realistic expectations about what works.
Open Education and the Environment
A cautious comparison of the environmental impact of digital learning materials against printed ones and travel, with attention to what the evidence supports.
Open Education and the Environment: A Sustainable Approach to Learning
How learning designs that reuse materials, cut waste and build environmental awareness can make teaching more sustainable, and where the limits of that approach lie.
Open Education and the Environment: How Online Learning Can Reduce Carbon Footprints
What is known about travel and campus emissions that online study can save, the energy it adds, and why the net result depends heavily on circumstances.
The Importance of Open Education in Developing Countries
How free and openly licensed learning can reach countries with limited school budgets, and the infrastructure, language and quality limits that still stand in the way.
The Role of Open Education in Promoting Sustainability and Environmental Awareness
How open resources can teach environmental topics and cut paper and travel use, and why awareness alone does not guarantee changes in what people do.
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Learning Support and Disability Open education for students who need accessible or adapted learning. Equity and Background How open education affects learners from different backgrounds. Rural and Underserved Communities Reaching places with limited schools, services or connectivity. The Digital Divide Gaps in devices, connection and skills, and ways to narrow them. Social Justice and Mobility Fairness, inclusion and opportunity in open learning. Benefits by Audience How open resources help teachers, language learners and students with different needs.