Posts by Ash Barber (she/her)
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
⚡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!
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
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
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
📢 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
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#OpenEducation #OpenEd25 #EduSky @openedconf.bsky.social
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...
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…
@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 😍
🤩 The #SpeakingOfOpen pod is now listed in the Great Australian Podcast Index 🙌🥳
Check out the pod: tinyurl.com/soopod
👀 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 🤩
🌈 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