Covering issues of privilege, equity, precarity, power relations and public interest, OER20 will put the spotlight on both the value and limitations of care in open education.
Care is a means for social transformation when it is rooted in actual practices and mechanisms that guarantee its redistribution towards a lasting social reorganisation (ZEMOS98, 2019). But in the age of data surveillance and significant risk on the open web, how can we map out and give visibility to the critical component of care practices? How can we build sustainable communities, participatory practices, and civic engagement for the public good and a healthier democracy?

The event organisers are keen to hear from people who have an interest in the following indicative areas of practice:

• Openness in the age of surveillance
• Sustainable open education communities
• Open education for civic engagement and democracy
• Criticality and care in open education
  
  

The Call for Proposals will open in September 2019. An interest to join the conference committe can be expressed with a form on the conference website.

Further information on the registration can be found on the website of the annual OER conference.