Using open education practices across the Mediterranean for intercultural curriculum development in higher education

Katherine Wimpenny; Fabio Nascimbeni; Saida Affouneh; Ahmed Alkamari; Isidro Jariego; Ayman Eldieb

doi:10.1080/13562517.2019.1696298

Using open education practices across the Mediterranean for intercultural curriculum development in higher education

Katherine Wimpenny, Fabio Nascimbeni, Saida Affouneh, Ahmed Alkamari, Isidro Jariego, Ayman Eldieb

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Abstract

This multinational authored article presents the findings and recommendations of a three-year, European-funded project ‘OpenMed: Opening up education in South Mediterranean countries’, which brought together five higher education partners from Europe and nine from the South Mediterranean region. This was the first cross-European initiative to promote the adoption of Open Educational Practices (OEP) within higher education involving educational institutions in each of the countries. A three-phase project design included gathering and analyzing case studies of OEPs globally, and, in particular, in the South Mediterranean; the organization of regional forums to encourage priorities for change; and the multi-national design and pilot implementation of a ‘training of trainers’ course for academic capacity building in OEPs as part of curricula reform. We will discuss how the cultural approaches used among experts and project partners with different national, linguistic, and educational backgrounds have instigated change in policy and practice at a personal, institutional, and national level.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	54-69
Number of pages	16
Journal	Teaching in Higher Education
Volume	27
Issue number	1
Early online date	27 Nov 2019
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/13562517.2019.1696298
Publication status	Published - 2022

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This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Teaching in Higher Education on 27/11/2019, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/ 10.1080/13562517.2019.1696298

Copyright © and Moral Rights are retained by the author(s) and/ or other copyright owners. A copy can be downloaded for personal non-commercial research or study, without prior permission or charge. This item cannot be reproduced or quoted extensively from without first obtaining permission in writing from the copyright holder(s). The content must not be changed in any way or sold commercially in any format or medium without the formal permission of the copyright holders.

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This work was supported by the European Commission Erasmus+: Higher Education – International Capacity Building Programme, under [Grant Agreement Number – 2015–3166/001-
001] and Co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union [Project number:
561651-EPP-1-2015-1-IT-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP] (October 2015–October 2018).

Funding

Funders	Funder number
European Commission Erasmus+
International Capacity Building Programme	–2015–3166/001-001
European Commission	561651-EPP-1-2015-1-IT-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP

Keywords

Open education practices
dewesternization
higher education
intercultural
international collaboration

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Education

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