Aussie librarian obsessed with open education (#OEP #OER) and tech - and coffee! Co-Convenor Australasian #OEPSIG | Chair, @OpenEdConf.bsky.social Board of Directors | EmpoweredOER.com | OER Collective | #SpeakingOfOpen podcast. 💚https://bsky.app/profile/ashthelibrarian.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/ashthelibrarian.bsky.social/post/3mky6ngrdjr2oOpen Educational Practice (OEP) Digest – May 2026 Welcome to the latest edition of the Australasian OEP Digest. Subscribe to receive all the latest news straight to your inbox every month! #OEPSIG #OER #OEP #OpenEducation #AustralasianOER #AustralianOER #NewZealandOER #AotearoaOER #AustraliOER… https://oepoz.wordpress.com/2026/05/04/open-educational-practice-oep-digest-may-2026/03 May 2026 22:15 +0000at://did:plc:eghu6xhowlm57a6arrca3com/app.bsky.feed.post/3mky6ngrdjr2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/ashthelibrarian.bsky.social/post/3mflb5si5w22yDay 1 of the Universities Australia Solutions Summit! @caullibrarians.bsky.social booth set up and keynote session beginning 🤩 #UASolutionsSummit #HigherEducation #Libraries #TertiaryEducation #FirstNationsKnowledge #Equity #Inclusion #CAUL24 Feb 2026 03:49 +0000at://did:plc:eghu6xhowlm57a6arrca3com/app.bsky.feed.post/3mflb5si5w22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/ashthelibrarian.bsky.social/post/3m72nkcqyqs2i⚡Calling all #OpenEd friends! I'm running for a 2nd term on the @openedconf.bsky.social Board. Please check it out and cast your vote by this Fri 5 Dec 🤩 openeducationconference.org/board-election #OER #OEP #OpenEducation #AustraliOER #AustralasianOER #HigherEducation #Libraries #EduSky #EduSkyAU https://openeducationconference.org/board-election03 Dec 2025 04:45 +0000at://did:plc:eghu6xhowlm57a6arrca3com/app.bsky.feed.post/3m72nkcqyqs2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/ashthelibrarian.bsky.social/post/3m5hxpwouak2vOne day to go! Get your nominations in! [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Nov 2025 01:01 +0000at://did:plc:eghu6xhowlm57a6arrca3com/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5hxpwouak2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/ashthelibrarian.bsky.social/post/3m5flh2ajhk26MORE Day 1 #ICDEWC30: 🎙️On learner-centred sustainable & culturally incl ed: “Ideally, the classroom is ‘we all learn from each other’” — Carolee Clyne. Sam Lenci added “policy starts the process” of recognising IK & “it’s about the students and their wellbeing” #ICDEWC2025 @icde-org.bsky.social12 Nov 2025 02:16 +0000at://did:plc:eghu6xhowlm57a6arrca3com/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5flh2ajhk26https://bsky.app/profile/ashthelibrarian.bsky.social/post/3m5fglpv3xc2uMore Day 1 #ICDEWC30: 🎙️ On Project Nexus & “Cosmogogy” collab learning: “it’s learning with the world, not just about it” Julie Lindsay 🎙️ On lev. storytelling AI to preserve Indigenous culture: “AI should strengthen reciprocity, voice & belonging” Janet Bruce-Brand #ICDEWC2025 @icde-org.bsky.social12 Nov 2025 00:49 +0000at://did:plc:eghu6xhowlm57a6arrca3com/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5fglpv3xc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/ashthelibrarian.bsky.social/post/3m5es5st4bs2jDay 1 #ICDEWC30 quotes: - On the importance of contextually relevant design, “training material adapted to local needs improves communication, trust and collaboration” — Diane Hockridge - On AISLA chatbot, “builds critical thinking and *how* to think” — David Rose #ICDEWC2025 @icde-org.bsky.social11 Nov 2025 18:43 +0000at://did:plc:eghu6xhowlm57a6arrca3com/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5es5st4bs2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/ashthelibrarian.bsky.social/post/3m5chlr2pe226More #ICDEWC30 opening quotes: - On convening in person: “There is no artificial intelligence in the rich human knowledge that surrounds you.” Mark Nichols - On inclusion: “writing the cheque isn’t what did it for her, making her feel like she mattered is” Paul LeBlanc @icde-org.bsky.social #EduSky10 Nov 2025 20:29 +0000at://did:plc:eghu6xhowlm57a6arrca3com/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5chlr2pe226https://bsky.app/profile/ashthelibrarian.bsky.social/post/3m5cgya6fjc26Stunning #ICDEWC30 open 😍 “we’re gathered by what binds us: a shared belief in the transformative power of education” Giselle Byrnes. And a throwback to adrienne maree brown’s #OpenEd25 keynote: “we are here to imagine together, to ask ‘what if?” #ICDEWC2025 #EduSky #Aotearoa @icde-org.bsky.social10 Nov 2025 20:18 +0000at://did:plc:eghu6xhowlm57a6arrca3com/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5cgya6fjc26https://bsky.app/profile/ashthelibrarian.bsky.social/post/3m4sbhsmds22v📢 It's #OpenEd election time! Got ideas, enthusiasm, community spirit? Self-nominate for the Advisory Board! 🧁 Noms close 14 Nov 🧁 Term = 2 yrs 🧁 Time = 6-10 hrs/mo 🧁 You should nominate ALSO 💡 Register to vote! Deets: tinyurl.com/yckbv3u9 #OpenEducation #OpenEd25 #EduSky @openedconf.bsky.social https://tinyurl.com/yckbv3u904 Nov 2025 09:57 +0000at://did:plc:eghu6xhowlm57a6arrca3com/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4sbhsmds22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/ashthelibrarian.bsky.social/post/3m4bamvzgwc24Day 1 here we come! 🤩 #OpenEd25 #OpenEducation #OER #AcademicSky #AcademicSkyAU28 Oct 2025 15:27 +0000at://did:plc:eghu6xhowlm57a6arrca3com/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4bamvzgwc24https://bsky.app/profile/ashthelibrarian.bsky.social/post/3m2i3vvfyhh24Open Educational Practice (OEP) Digest – Oct 2025 Welcome to the latest edition of the Australasian OEP Digest. Subscribe to receive all the latest news straight to your inbox every month! #OEPSIG #OER #OEP #OpenEducation #AustralasianOER #AustralianOER #NewZealandOER #AotearoaOER #AustraliOER… https://oepoz.wordpress.com/2025/10/06/open-educational-practice-oep-digest-oct-2025/05 Oct 2025 22:00 +0000at://did:plc:eghu6xhowlm57a6arrca3com/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2i3vvfyhh24https://bsky.app/profile/ashthelibrarian.bsky.social/post/3lvcbcegyh22m🤩 The #SpeakingOfOpen pod is now listed in the Great Australian Podcast Index 🙌🥳 Check out the pod: tinyurl.com/soopod [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Jul 2025 23:15 +0000at://did:plc:eghu6xhowlm57a6arrca3com/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvcbcegyh22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/ashthelibrarian.bsky.social/post/3luz6anjqs22z👀 What's that? Another episode of #SpeakingOfOpen has been released? Check out our chat with Julian Pakay about ‘What can #OpenEducation do that #AI can't?’ 🎧 Spotify: tinyurl.com/SoOPodS 🎧 YouTube: tinyurl.com/SoOPodY 🎧 Your fave app: tinyurl.com/SoOPod #OER #OEP #OpenPedagogy #EduSky #EduSkyAU https://tinyurl.com/SoOPodS28 Jul 2025 08:26 +0000at://did:plc:eghu6xhowlm57a6arrca3com/app.bsky.feed.post/3luz6anjqs22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/ashthelibrarian.bsky.social/post/3lu7v6qesds26🎙️ Desk of a podcaster 🙈 Had a great convo w Mais & Dr Julian Pakay on using OER to address teaching challenges & whether #OpenEducation can do some things #AI can’t 🤔 Julian’s ep of #SpeakingOfOpen coming soon to earbuds near you 🤩 tinyurl.com/SoOPod #OER #OEP #SoTL #DownUndOER #EduSky #EduSkyAU18 Jul 2025 07:08 +0000at://did:plc:eghu6xhowlm57a6arrca3com/app.bsky.feed.post/3lu7v6qesds26https://bsky.app/profile/ashthelibrarian.bsky.social/post/3lrekpcs2gs26Soooooo so so excited that adrienne maree brown is keynoting the Open Education Conference this year! 🥳 How very lucky we are 🤩 [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Jun 2025 23:28 +0000at://did:plc:eghu6xhowlm57a6arrca3com/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrekpcs2gs26https://bsky.app/profile/ashthelibrarian.bsky.social/post/3lr347ohgh22t🌈 Happy Pride Month! 🌈 This wonderful video shows how it feels for the LGBTQIA+ community to see allyship through simple things like a rainbow bracelet, lanyard, pin or sticker, etc. tinyurl.com/344rn24z More info and resources via my post: tinyurl.com/3xva9853 #Pride #Rainbow #EduSky #EduSkyAU https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7337340533767360512-9REQ?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios&rcm=ACoAAB0MLbQBcTNPPLqkbc_9pR0mrjy_wI3T8z808 Jun 2025 05:14 +0000at://did:plc:eghu6xhowlm57a6arrca3com/app.bsky.feed.post/3lr347ohgh22thttps://bsky.app/profile/ashthelibrarian.bsky.social/post/3lqtgmflbl22iThe results are in! Check out your 2025-26 ASCILITE OEP SIG Convenor team and give our newest Convenors a warm welcome 🥳 #OEPSIG #ASCILITE #OER #OEP #AustralasianOpenEd #OpenEducation #EduSky #EduSkyAU https://oepoz.wordpress.com/2025/06/05/%f0%9f%93%a2-announcing-the-2025-26-oep-sig-convenor-team/05 Jun 2025 03:59 +0000at://did:plc:eghu6xhowlm57a6arrca3com/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqtgmflbl22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/ashthelibrarian.bsky.social/post/3lqqp2pknws26📢 Aus/AoNZ #OpenEd peeps! @pressbooks.bsky.social & @oeglobal.bsky.social bring their latest venture to our region on Wed 25 June 10am AEST. Sarah Steen, Nora Leopardi, & Nara Jones chat w @cogdog.bsky.social about #OER for games and role play scenarios to deepen student learning tinyurl.com/OERUH2 https://tinyurl.com/OERUH204 Jun 2025 01:52 +0000at://did:plc:eghu6xhowlm57a6arrca3com/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqqp2pknws26https://bsky.app/profile/ashthelibrarian.bsky.social/post/3lqcc2lyjhk2qIn exciting and slightly nerve-wracking news, Mais Fatayer and I have started a podcast! #SpeakingOfOpen is a place where we chat with awesome people in the #OpenEd world in #Australasia. Check out our first ep with the warm wonderful @sarahsteen.bsky.social 🥰 tinyurl.com/SoOep1 (Also on YouTube) https://open.spotify.com/episode/0z9guKUCA4QwmPRcnnEUA0?si=ujTYqO9mQGmKeWg3tM5XLg29 May 2025 08:22 +0000at://did:plc:eghu6xhowlm57a6arrca3com/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqcc2lyjhk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/ashthelibrarian.bsky.social/post/3lplahvnkqx2eVoting is open! OEP SIG Co-Convenor Election Voting closes Tuesday 27 May! #OEPSIG #Convenors #Election https://oepoz.wordpress.com/2025/05/20/voting-is-open-oep-sig-co-convenor-election/20 May 2025 04:23 +0000at://did:plc:eghu6xhowlm57a6arrca3com/app.bsky.feed.post/3lplahvnkqx2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/ashthelibrarian.bsky.social/post/3loevose3sn24Welcome to the May edition of the Australasian OEP Digest for 2025. Subscribe to receive all the latest news straight to your inbox every month! #OEPSIG #OEPDigest #OER #OpenEducation #OEP #AustralasianOER https://oepoz.wordpress.com/2025/05/05/open-educational-practice-oep-digest-may-2025/04 May 2025 22:29 +0000at://did:plc:eghu6xhowlm57a6arrca3com/app.bsky.feed.post/3loevose3sn24https://bsky.app/profile/ashthelibrarian.bsky.social/post/3lnuaolninc2oGosh, that week went fast! Get your nominations in today! [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Apr 2025 07:30 +0000at://did:plc:eghu6xhowlm57a6arrca3com/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnuaolninc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/ashthelibrarian.bsky.social/post/3lmy2ljmyps2m⏰ Just over a week until the #OEPSIG Co-Convenor self-nomination period closes (28 April). Get your nominations in ASAP 🤩 https://oepoz.wordpress.com/2025/04/07/oep-sig-co-convenor-election/ #OER #OEP #EduSky #ASCILITE17 Apr 2025 02:27 +0000at://did:plc:eghu6xhowlm57a6arrca3com/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmy2ljmyps2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/ashthelibrarian.bsky.social/post/3lmufgmtwak2cDelight in Steel’s consummate awe at student work and the power of open pedagogy in the new series “OER Under the Hood” from Pressbooks & OEGlobal, convened by @cogdog.bsky.social Poignant excerpts from Terry and Amanda (plus a few of my own musings) here: tinyurl.com/mpjba6ku #EduSky #OER #OEP https://tinyurl.com/mpjba6ku15 Apr 2025 15:30 +0000at://did:plc:eghu6xhowlm57a6arrca3com/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmufgmtwak2chttps://bsky.app/profile/ashthelibrarian.bsky.social/post/3lmb7uouofk2g“What does it mean to ‘belong’? What do we mean by ‘inclusion’ and for whom?” @surita.bsky.social gives us the wayfinding ponderance in her UTS #OEWeek2025 sesh on Open Ed for Decolonised & Internationalised Learning, urging us to actively question “whose knowledge is centred?” tinyurl.com/UTSOEW25 https://tinyurl.com/UTSOEW2508 Apr 2025 00:30 +0000at://did:plc:eghu6xhowlm57a6arrca3com/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmb7uouofk2g