Draft Strategic Vision
Earlier this year, the Open Education Conference launched a strategic planning process to chart its future as a community-owned event. The goal is to develop the foundations for a sustainable, community-led governance structure to assume leadership of the conference beyond 2021. The public consultation period is now closed, and the final Strategic Vision was published on October 18, 2021.
This page has been preserved in its original form for transparency.
CONSULTATION Process
The consultation process is now closed. During the consultation period, the OpenEd Strategic Planning Committee invited all members of the open education community and general public across the globe to comment on the draft Strategic Vision. Comments were received in four different ways:
On this page with Hypothes.is.
Through a purpose specific-email address.
Through three live consultation sessions.
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Draft Strategic Vision for the Open Education Conference
I. Our Vision
Open Education is a catalyst for educational equity, change, and transformation. Our vision is a sustainable, innovative, and empowered Open Education community.
II. Our Mission
Our mission is to convene the Open Education community at an annual conference that strives to build trust, foster relationships, strengthen skills, cultivate open and inclusive practices, and support others in championing Open Education.
III. Our values
We are guided by a set of shared values.
We are transparent and accountable in our processes and decisions.
We seek to distribute leadership and continually develop new leaders.
We work to center marginalized voices in our conference and our leadership.
We believe education should be accessible to all.
We promote equity-focused collaboration.
We foster a culture of vulnerability and humility in both leadership and participation.
We support professional recognition.
IV. How We Do the Work
To fulfill our mission, we work diligently to:
empower the Open Education community to lead the conference in a fiscally sustainable way by intentionally centering their voices in decision-making and governance.
build an inclusive and diverse community founded on trust and mutual goals.
provide collaborative opportunities for effective partnership building, leadership development, and advocacy involvement.
enable Open Education professionals to share their experiences, knowledge, and skills with the larger community.
create dialogue and share insights between the community and the conference organizers to maintain open communication and demonstrate transparency.