Open Education Week 2026: Why is sharing challenging?
"Sharing is a challenge": A blog series on Open Education
Starting Monday, 2nd March, a new article will be published every day (Monday to Thursday) on the EUniWell Open Education blog, throughout the entire month of March. Developed in collaboration with the UNESCO RELIA Chair and the UNESCO UNITWIN Network on Open Education, and following the success of last year's "23 Good Reasons for Open Education" series, this year's contributions explore a question at the heart of academic life: Why is sharing (knowledge, resources, and practice) still so challenging?
The series, entitled "Sharing is a Challenge", brings together 16 articles written by 27 authors from 15 countries across America, Africa, Asia, and Europe, in five original languages (English, French, Hungarian, Italian, and Spanish), reflecting EUniWell's commitment to multilingualism and accessibility. The series opens with an introduction by Ahmed Galai, a human rights activist and member of the steering committee of the Tunisian Human Rights League from 2000 to 2016, which was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2015 as part of the National Dialogue Quartet – a coalition that played a pivotal role in Tunisia's democratic transition. His contribution sets the tone for a series that connects Open Education to broader questions of civic life, freedom of expression, and the common good.
Every article will be published under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0) licence, meaning anyone will be free to use, translate, adapt, or redistribute the content.
New articles will continue to be published through to the end of the month. You can subscribe to the newsletter to receive each article directly in your inbox: subscribe here.
More on Open Education this month
- OER Showcase (available now): Explore the EUniWell OER Showcase to discover more than 20 concrete examples of Open Educational Resources (OER), alongside tips, an overview of the OER repositories currently used by EUniWell partners, and a FAQ for anyone curious about getting started or looking for inspiration.
- Launch of the Open Education Advisory Board, 3 March: EUniWell is creating a new Open Education Advisory Board, composed of teachers and researchers from across the alliance, who will act as advocates for Open Education within their universities, share good practices between institutions, and provide broader academic support to the alliance's Open Education efforts.
- Open Education webinar, 4 March, 11:00–12:00 CET: Experts from EUniWell will present initiatives and reflections on Open Education in an open online session. The webinar offers a valuable opportunity to hear directly from practitioners about what Open Education looks like in different academic contexts, and to engage with the growing community of educators committed to openness. Register here.
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For any enquiries about EUniWell's Open Education initiatives, contact the team at euniwell[at]univ-nantes.fr.
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