Week 1: OpenEdColloquium20 OpenEdInfluencers at Mandela University share their experiences on advocating for Open Education in collaboration.

1. Introduction
• Dr Toni
Welcoming and introduction
• Mr. Gino Fransman
BOEI Collaboration – (Link)

2. OpenEdInfluencers
2020
Our 2020 journey of influencing

3. Road to being an
OpenEdInfluencer
(OEI) - Kelly
Recruitment
• Applied for a Writing
Respondent position but
stepped into OEI position
• Team of 3 first called Open
Ambassadors
• “First Open Ambassadors in
Africa”
• Started brainstorming for the
BOEI course and we became
OEIs through doing

4. Road to being an
OEI
Training
First OEIs training involved reading
and application - anything we did
not know we had to research –
example: Open licensing
Commonwealth of Learning course
– 2020 prior to lockdown
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5. Online
Collaboration
Planned BOEI timeline but in interrupted by
lockdown
Online collaboration with BOEI contributors –
international project
#MadeDuringLockdown media production for
OE4BW – out of comfort zone (script writing and
video production featuring self)
More script writing for professional speaker hired
for voice overs
Final stretch of BOEI course being completed

6. Sharing
through
Advocacy
One of our modules is Advocacy – scary word for me
Lacked confidence for public speaking
For the pride in the work done by the first OEI team I
stepped up and spoke at the colloquium in 2019 to
accurately represent the work we had done
Since then advocating for Open is not that big of a
hurdle anymore

7. Road to being an
OpenEdInfluencer
(OEI) - Mlungisi
Recruitment
• Was spotted from FYS
Mentorship Program (H2B) and
presented with and opportunity
to become an OEI
• From Zero-knowledge of Open
to the BOEI creation team
• Great support and training from
the team

8. Road to being
an OEI
Training
Commonwealth of Learning course –
2020
Practical on-the-job training involved
attending online webinars and sit-ins
on meetings to make observations

9. Online
Collaboration
BOEI creation – Normal face to
face engagements before
lockdown
#MadeDuringLockdown media
production for OE4BW –
Presented with new challenges
but equipped with new skills
Final stretch of BOEI course
being completed

10. Sharing
through
Advocacy
My Textbook experience
became the drive behind my
Advocacy for Open
Personal development and
confidence enhanced through
my involvement as an Advocate
Take it forward

11. About Open
Textbooks
Mr Gino
Fransman
What about the
Textbook
experience - Link