ICDE - International Council for Open and Distance Education

🌍 🎓 Exciting News: Call for Contributions OPEN for the 30th ICDE World Conference 2025! We are thrilled to announce that the Call for Contributions is now open for the 30th ICDE World Conference, set to take place in Wellington, New Zealand in November 2025! 🔍 Theme: Our theme builds on the Maori concept of Ako: Exchanging ideas for inclusive, scalable, and sustainable education. Whether you're a leader, researcher, practitioner or beneficiary of inclusive, scalable, and sustainable education, this is your opportunity to share your insights and impact! 📢 How you can contribute: - Full paper - Concise talk - Workshops and panels - Posters ⏰ Deadline: 16 February 2025 👉 Learn more and submit your proposal: https://lnkd.in/dsm3Dsvb #ICDEWC25 #CallForContributions #OnlineLearning #DistanceLearning #EdTech #FutureOfEducation #LifelongLearning #HigherEd #InnovationInEducation

Wishing a very happy new year to everyone in our global community! 🎇 We're incredibly excited about what's coming up this year. Make sure you're following us on social media and subscribed to the ICDE newsletter to stay up to date with our activities in 2025: https://lnkd.in/eu-xMjDE 💙

As the sun sets on 2024, set the tone for 2025 by registering your abstract for the 30th ICDE World Conference: https://lnkd.in/dsm3Dsvb We’re inviting registrations of interest on the theme Ako – a Māori concept describing reciprocity in teaching and learning 🎓 See you in the New Year! ✨ #ICDEWC2025

As we approach the end of the year, here are a few of our key highlights from 2024! 🎉🎇 This year, we... 🥳 Welcomed 28 new Institutional Members to our global community. 🌏 Visited ICDE members in 13 countries around the world. 🤖 Organised the ICDE Leadership Summit 2024 in Geneva, Switzerland, hosted by Globethics and in partnership with UNESCO-ICHEI. Following the conference, we published the Policy Dialogue Report "Navigating the Future of Higher Education with AI": https://lnkd.in/dAtdxguZ 📃 Officially launched the new ICDE Strategic Plan 2025-2028: https://lnkd.in/drWD6766 💻 Published the OER Knowledge Hub, a selection of materials on #OER curated by the ICDE OER Advocacy Committee (OERAC): https://lnkd.in/dq8bzQvs 🤝 Partnered with 4 new organisations - ICONS, the Aga Khan Foundation, UNESCO-ICHEI and ACODE - working together to further our mission of bringing inclusive, scalable and sustainable education to all. Find more of our partners here: https://lnkd.in/dAm2hn7U

Season's greetings from ICDE! ❤️ As we approach the end of the year, the ICDE Secretariat would like to extend their warmest holiday wishes to everyone in our global community. Follow us over the festive period for some 2024 highlights! Please note, the ICDE Secretariat will be closed between Friday 20 December 2024 and Monday 6 January 2025. See you next year!

The theme of the ICDE World Conference 2025 is an extraordinary concept from Aotearoa New Zealand: Ako ✨ But what does Ako really mean? And how does it relate to you? 🤔 In this video, Jamie Ihimaera Smiler from Te Pūkenga and our conference Organizing Committee, takes you through the Ako concept, native to the indigenous Māori culture. As you’ll discover, Ako isn’t exclusive to Aotearoa New Zealand. In the world of inclusive, scalable, and sustainable education, Ako is a powerful concept that can make a meaningful contribution to global discourse – no matter where you’re from. 🎥 Through this video, we hope you’ll connect with Ako as our conference theme and get some ideas for how you can contribute! The Call for Contributions is open now: https://lnkd.in/dsm3Dsvb Share your research, knowledge and insights in Wellington from 10-13 November 2025 at the 30th ICDE World Conference – be sure to join us! https://lnkd.in/d3zvyRru #ICDEWC25 #OFDL #InclusiveEducation #conference #education #HigherEducation Open Polytechnic of New Zealand Massey University

Great news! 🥳 We were thrilled to learn that two of our members, Morten Flate Paulsen and Dr. Don Olcott, Jr., FRSA have been inducted into the International Adult and Continuing Education (IACE) Hall of Fame! The Hall of Fame honours leaders in the fields of continuing education and adult learning, and serves as a record of inspiration for the next generation of continuing education leaders. Annually, adult and continuing education leaders from around the world are selected for induction into the International Adult and Continuing Education Hall of Fame (IACE Hall of Fame): https://lnkd.in/gfr5uTJS Congratulations to both Morten and Don on this wonderful achievement! 👏

🤔  Are you curious about Open Educational Resources (OER)? Want to learn more about how to use them and where to find them? 💡 Join our upcoming webinar: "Ask the OERAC Experts" 📅  10 December 2024 🕘  09:00-10:00 UTC+1 This is a unique opportunity for ICDE members to learn about concrete tools to understand #OER and how to use it. You will also be able to ask questions to our ICDE OER Advocacy Committee (OERAC) Ambassadors! Register now: https://lnkd.in/diewBthq Please note: this event is for ICDE members only!

Launching the ICDE Strategic Plan 2025-2028! ✨ During the ICDE Global Presidents’ Forum 2024, we were proud to officially launch the new ICDE Strategic Plan for the period 2025-2028. 🤝 This one-page strategy features a brand new purpose statement: "Together we shape inclusive, scalable and sustainable education." 🔎 Explore the new strategy to see how we’re planning to engage with and create value for our members, and how we will facilitate the exchange of innovation and ideas for inclusive, scalable and sustainable education through a global arena. Find the Strategic Plan 2025-2028 here: https://lnkd.in/dhumcAQi 

🌍 Calling all education innovators! 🌍 Join us at the ICDE World Conference 2025 in beautiful Aotearoa New Zealand! We're seeking contributions from leaders, researchers, and practitioners of open and distance education. Share your insights and experiences on our central theme: Ako: Exchanging ideas for inclusive, scalable, and sustainable education. 📅 Key Dates: ·      Submission Deadline: 16 February 2025 ·      Notification of Acceptance: 7 April 2025 ·      Early Bird Registration Closes: 19 September 2025 ✨ Contribution Categories: ·      Full Papers ·      Concise Talks ·      Workshops & Panels ·      Posters Don't miss this chance to be part of a global conversation on the future of education. Submit your abstracts and proposals today! 🔗 https://lnkd.in/dsm3Dsvb #ICDEWC2025 Open Polytechnic of New Zealand Massey University Otago Polytechnic | Te Pūkenga Te Pūkenga