Openness in Education as a Praxis: From Individual Testimonials to Collective Voices

Aras Bokzurt; Torunn Gjelsvik; Taskeen Adam; Tutaleni I. Asino; Javiera Atenas; Maha Bali; Constance Blomgren; Melissa Bond; Curtis J. Bonk; Mark Brown; Daniel Burgos; Dianne Conrad; Eamon Costello; Catherine Cronin; Laura Czerniewicz; Maren Deepwell; Markus Deimann; Helen J. DeWaard; Tonia A. Dousay; Martin Ebner; Robert Farrow; Ines Gil-Jaurena; Leo Havemann; Andreia Inamorato; Valieri Irvine; Shironica P Karunanayaka; Michael Kerres; Sarah Lamberg; Kyungmee Lee; Mpine Makoe; Victoria I. Marin; Alexander Mikroyannidis; Sanjaya Mishra; Som Naidu; Fabio Nascimbeni; Mark Nichols; Don Olcott; Ebba Ossiannilsson; Daniel Otto; Brenda Cecilia Padilla Rodriquez; Michael Paskevicius; Verena Roberts; Tooba Saleem; Robert Schuwer; Ramesh C. Sharma; Bonnie Stewart; Christian M. Stracke; Alan Tait; Ahmed Tlili; George Urbachs; Joshua Weidlich; Martin Weller; Junhong Xiao; Olaf Zawacki-Richter

doi:10.55982/openpraxis.15.2.574

Openness in Education as a Praxis: From Individual Testimonials to Collective Voices

Aras Bokzurt^*, Torunn Gjelsvik, Taskeen Adam, Tutaleni I. Asino, Javiera Atenas, Maha Bali, Constance Blomgren, Melissa Bond, Curtis J. Bonk, Mark Brown, Daniel Burgos, Dianne Conrad, Eamon Costello, Catherine Cronin, Laura Czerniewicz, Maren Deepwell, Markus Deimann, Helen J. DeWaard, Tonia A. Dousay, Martin EbnerRobert Farrow, Ines Gil-Jaurena, Leo Havemann, Andreia Inamorato, Valieri Irvine, Shironica P Karunanayaka, Michael Kerres, Sarah Lamberg, Kyungmee Lee, Mpine Makoe, Victoria I. Marin, Alexander Mikroyannidis, Sanjaya Mishra, Som Naidu, Fabio Nascimbeni, Mark Nichols, Don Olcott, Ebba Ossiannilsson, Daniel Otto, Brenda Cecilia Padilla Rodriquez, Michael Paskevicius, Verena Roberts, Tooba Saleem, Robert Schuwer, Ramesh C. Sharma, Bonnie Stewart, Christian M. Stracke, Alan Tait, Ahmed Tlili, George Urbachs, Joshua Weidlich, Martin Weller, Junhong Xiao, Olaf Zawacki-Richter

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Why is Openness in Education important, and why is it critically needed at this moment? As manifested in our guiding question, the significance of Openness in Education and its immediate necessity form the heart of this collaborative editorial piece. This rather straightforward, yet nuanced query has sparked this collective endeavour by using individual testimonies, which may also be taken as living narratives, to reveal the value of Openness in Education as a praxis. Such testimonies serve as rich, personal narratives, critical introspections, and experience-based accounts that function as sources of data. The data gleaned from these narratives points to the understanding of Openness in Education as a complex, multilayered concept intricately woven into an array of values. These range from aspects such as sharing, access, flexibility, affordability, enlightenment, barrier-removal, empowerment, care, individual agency, trust, innovation, sustainability, collaboration, co-creation, social justice, equity, transparency, inclusivity, decolonization, democratisation, participation, liberty, and respect for diversity. This editorial, as a product of collective endeavour, invites its readers to independently engage with individual narratives, fostering the creation of unique interpretations. This call stems from the distinctive character of each narrative as they voice individual researchers’ perspectives from around the globe, articulating their insights within their unique situational contexts.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	76-112
Journal	Open Praxis
Volume	15
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.55982/openpraxis.15.2.574
Publication status	Published - 20 Jul 2023

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Bokzurt, A., Gjelsvik, T., Adam, T., Asino, T. I., Atenas, J., Bali, M., Blomgren, C., Bond, M., Bonk, C. J., Brown, M., Burgos, D., Conrad, D., Costello, E., Cronin, C., Czerniewicz, L., Deepwell, M., Deimann, M., DeWaard, H. J., Dousay, T. A., ... Zawacki-Richter, O. (2023). Openness in Education as a Praxis: From Individual Testimonials to Collective Voices. Open Praxis, 15(2), 76-112. https://doi.org/10.55982/openpraxis.15.2.574

Bokzurt, A, Gjelsvik, T, Adam, T, Asino, TI, Atenas, J, Bali, M, Blomgren, C, Bond, M, Bonk, CJ, Brown, M, Burgos, D, Conrad, D, Costello, E, Cronin, C, Czerniewicz, L, Deepwell, M, Deimann, M, DeWaard, HJ, Dousay, TA, Ebner, M, Farrow, R, Gil-Jaurena, I, Havemann, L, Inamorato, A, Irvine, V, Karunanayaka, SP, Kerres, M, Lamberg, S, Lee, K, Makoe, M, Marin, VI, Mikroyannidis, A, Mishra, S, Naidu, S, Nascimbeni, F, Nichols, M, Olcott, D, Ossiannilsson, E, Otto, D, Rodriquez, BCP, Paskevicius, M, Roberts, V, Saleem, T, Schuwer, R, Sharma, RC, Stewart, B, Stracke, CM, Tait, A, Tlili, A, Urbachs, G, Weidlich, J, Weller, M, Xiao, J & Zawacki-Richter, O 2023, 'Openness in Education as a Praxis: From Individual Testimonials to Collective Voices', Open Praxis, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 76-112. https://doi.org/10.55982/openpraxis.15.2.574

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Openness in Education as a Praxis: From Individual Testimonials to Collective Voices

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