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Explore curated materials about Open Educational Resources (OER), compiled by the ICDE OER Advocacy Committee (OERAC).

November 25, 2024

The Bilbao 2024 Bootcamp gathered 83 academics from 40 institutions across 27 countries, engaging them in hands-on workshops, AI-enhanced tools and interactive sessions, all focused on driving innovation openness, and the future of education.

November 8, 2024

Conference proceedings from the 29th ICDE World Conference, held in San José Costa Rica from 6-10 November 2023. Highlights:

November 7, 2024

ICDE Secretary General, Torunn Gjelsvik, has concluded a successful site visit to Wellington, New Zealand, as preparations ramp up for the 30th ICDE World Conference in November next year. 

October 24, 2024

This policy report is the outcome of the ICDE Leadership Summit -hosted by Globethics from 5 to 7 June 2024 - under the title: Ethical Leadership in the Age of AI: Rethinking Futures of Education.

September 4, 2024

Find out how ICDE Members International University of Applied Sciences (IU) and LIBF have integrated Syntea, a personal AI tutor, into their students’ learning.

August 9, 2024

ICDE and Globethics were delighted to welcome over 120 participants from 35 countries to the ICDE Leadership Summit 2024 in Geneva, Switzerland. 

June 14, 2024

As a Consultative Partner to UNESCO, ICDE can endorse or nominate candidates for prestigious UNESCO awards.

June 13, 2024

The Annual Report summarises ICDE's work and impact over the course of 2023.

April 11, 2024

The 2023 report summarises the ICDE Quality Network’s analysis of quality issues in the field of open, distance and online learning, from each world region.

January 26, 2024

2023 was a big year for ICDE: not only did we celebrate our 85th anniversary, we also hosted the first ICDE World Conference in four years. As the year comes to a close, we have rounded up a selection of ICDE highlights from 2023.

December 19, 2023

From 6-10 November, over 600 delegates gathered at the Costa Rica Convention Centre in San José, Costa Rica for the first ICDE World Conference in four years. 

November 17, 2023

With more than 30 PhD level students and candidates gathering from all corners of the globe and ICDE community, the ICDE GDC session set a tone of knowledge sharing and support across borders.

November 17, 2023

ICDE Honorary Membership recognises distinguished contributions to ICDE. This year, ICDE has chosen two special recipients: Professor Emeritus Alan Tait and Professor Asha Singh Kanwar.

November 17, 2023

The ICDE Global Presidents’ Forum 2023 took place as a pre-conference event on 6 November as part of the 29th World Conference in Costa Rica.

November 17, 2023

During the 29th ICDE World Conference in Costa Rica, the ICDE Prizes of Excellence for 2023 were awarded to individuals and institutions for outstanding contributions and achievements in Open, Flexible and Distance Learning (OFDL). 

November 16, 2023

ICDE is delighted to announce that the 30th ICDE World Conference will take place in Wellington, New Zealand from 10-13 November 2025.

November 16, 2023

The elections among members for the ICDE Board 2024-2027 took place from 19 September to 23 October, and the results were officially announced during the closing session of the 29th ICDE World Conference in Costa Rica. 

November 16, 2023

In October 2023, ICDE Secretary General attended the International Conference on Promoting Lifelong Learning in Higher Education: From institutional strategies to practical implementation in Shanghai, People’s Republic of China.

October 26, 2023

During September and October 2023, ICDE Secretary General, Torunn Gjelsvik, attended the AAOU Annual Conference in Turkey, and the COL High-Level Roundtable for Vice-Chancellors in Mauritius.

October 12, 2023

View the eligible candidates for the ICDE Board 2024 - 2027.

September 12, 2023

This year, ICDE celebrates 85 years since its establishment in Canada. From handwritten postal letters to innovation in the digital age, Open, Flexible and Distance Learning (OFDL) has come a long way since 1938.

August 22, 2023

In July, a team of ICDE quality reviewers completed the ICDE Quality Review Service for Institutional Member, Universitas Terbuka.

August 10, 2023

ICDE Members are invited to nominate candidates by 14 August. Elections will be held electronically in September/October 2023.

June 14, 2023

On 24 May, ICDE Secretary General, Torunn Gjelsvik, has been in Dakar, Senegal for the eLearning Africa conference, participating in a workshop hosted by our main partner for the ICDE Francophone OER Project, Université Numérique (French Digital University).

May 25, 2023

Representatives from four Network of Open Organisation members reflect on their OER panel discussion at the Lillehammer Lifelong Learning ICDE Conference 2023.

May 11, 2023

In 2023, ICDE will mark its 85th anniversary. To celebrate this milestone, we need your help! 

April 27, 2023

Since 2016, BITS Pilani has been offering remote and virtual labs for their off-campus students. Prof PB Venkataraman shares his experience of working on the project and the value of ICDE membership.

April 27, 2023

The Annual Report summarises ICDE's work and impact over the course of 2022.

March 24, 2023

This report summarises the suggestions and input from the annual Global Presidents' Forum, held in November 2022.

March 9, 2023

In February, almost 400 participants gathered in Lillehammer, Norway for the Lillehammer Lifelong Learning ICDE Conference 2023. During the three days, delegates exchanged knowledge, learned from expert speakers, and contemplated the present and future of lifelong learning.

February 23, 2023

ICDE has appointed Dr. Souma Alhaj Ali as the new Chair of the ICDE Quality Network, replacing Professor Alan Tait.

February 9, 2023

Between 23-25 January 2023, ICDE Secretary General, Torunn Gjelsvik, visited Saudi Arabia as an invited speaker at the Global Trends in E-Learning (GTEL2023) conference.

January 26, 2023

After over a decade of service, Dr. Inés Gil-Jaurena is stepping down as editor of ICDE’s scholarly journal, Open Praxis. A new editorial team from Anadolu University in Turkey, led by Professor Aras Bozkurt, is taking over in January – with ambitious plans for the future of the journal.

January 26, 2023

The 2022 report summarises the ICDE Quality Network’s analysis of quality issues in the field of open, distance and online learning, from every world region.

January 20, 2023

This report presents regional perspectives on the challenges and opportunities for the topic of quality within Open, Flexible and Distance learning (OFDL)

September 23, 2022

A summary report from the ICDE Leadership Summit 2022: "Leadership for Ed-Tech oriented innovation in Education", hosted by Korea National Open University.

May 15, 2022

Proceedings from the ICDE Virtual Global Conference Week 2021, a virtual event hosted by the ICDE Secretariat with the theme: "Upskilling and Upscaling for Quality Open, Flexible and Distance Learning".

April 9, 2022

The 2021 report summarises the ICDE Quality Network’s analysis of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic 2020-2021 in accelerating the inclusion of online elements in so many Higher Education institutions in all parts of the world.

March 15, 2022

This paper addresses open educational resources, open science, and open innovation. A proposed framework for Open Innovation is suggested.

March 1, 2022

The ICDE Leadership Summit 2021 explored OFDL leadership’s place in establishing a community and supporting and improving flexibility as a way of developing a resilient education system for the future.

September 4, 2021

In November 2020, Presidents, Vice-Chancellors, Principals, and Rectors of higher education providers gathered for the ICDE Presidents’ Forum 2020 to focus discussions on “Recalibrating educational leadership for resilient education”.

November 30, 2020

This report examines the rationale, employer acceptance, criteria and implementation of ADCs, and makes a series of recommendations for ICDE members.

January 5, 2019

This study analyses how higher education providers across the world are harnessing digitalisation to improve teaching and learning and learner support, and to identify emerging types of practice.

April 5, 2018

This report examines quality models and guidelines from online and open education providers around the world, and makes a series of recommendations for future work.

May 1, 2015

This report examines the ways in which student success can be best supported in open, distance and e-learning programmes, and student drop-out and failure diminished.

April 5, 2015