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Taylor & Francis Sponsors OEGlobal24

Open Education Global (OEGlobal) proudly announces that Taylor & Francis is a bronze sponsor of the OEGlobal Conference in Brisbane, Australia, from November 13th to 15th! 

Taylor & Francis is one of the world’s leading publishers of scholarly journals, books, eBooks, and reference works. They’ve published over 145,000 book titles, 8,000 new books each year, 2,700 journals actively published, and partnered with more than 700 scholarly societies. Their publishing spans humanities and social sciences, behavioral sciences, science and technology, engineering, and medicine and healthcare. Built on an academic publishing heritage of over 200 years, their expertise advances trusted knowledge that fosters human progress. 

Taylor & Francis‘ mission is to support, validate, and connect the work of researchers and other knowledge makers so that they can make the fullest possible contribution. As a global publishing company, they believe open research is the best way to increase the reach and impact of knowledge that can improve lives.

Taylor & Francis was founded in London in 1852, but their roots go back to 1798 when Richard Taylor launched the Philosophical Magazine, one of the first scientific journals.

At OEGlobal 2024, you can chat with Taylor & Francis representatives about the scope of their open access options.

OEGlobal24 is the annual global conference for open educators, celebrating success and sharing innovations in open education work, projects, and practices. The 13th Open Education Global Conference is co-hosted by Open Education Global (OEGlobal), the University of Southern Queensland, Queensland University of Technology, and the State Library of Queensland.

Taylor & Francis Sponsors OEGlobal24 in Brisbane.

OEG Voices – Latest Podcasts

OE Global Voices

Welcome to the home of podcasts produced by Open Education Global. These shows bring you insight and connection to the application of open education practices from around the world. Listen at podcast.oeglobal.org

OEG Voices 077: Patrina Law on OE Award for Leadership

In our long overdue newest episode, we spoke to Patrina Law about her recognition with a 2023 Individual Open Education Award for Excellence in Leadership. We recorded this back in late September 2024 just prior to the announcement of the 2024 OEAwards. We are confident when you listen to Patrina you will find the wait was worth it!

Patrina shares her path from starting in the field of working in a charity organization, then joining the Open University where she ultimately came to lead OpenLearn, and recently circling back to charity in your current role with the Royal Society for the Arts. You will hear her passion for making educational opportunities available as widely as possible to society and her interests in digital badges, research, and aligning programs to documented impact.

In This Episode

FYI: For the sake of experimentation and the spirit of transparency, this set of show notes alone was generated by the AI “Underlord” in the Descript editor we use to produce OEGlobal Voices.

Join Alan Levine as he interviews Patrina Law, a renowned leader in Open Education Resources (OER), in this latest episode of OE Global Voices. Patrina, a 2023 award winner for leadership in OER, shares insights from her extensive career at the Open University, including her impactful work with OpenLearn.

Explore how Patrina’s passion for open education and inclusion has driven innovative projects and research, such as the introduction of digital badges and alternative learning formats. Learn how these initiatives have empowered diverse learners around the world and the significance of data-driven strategies in shaping educational content.

In this captivating conversation, Patrina also delves into her transition to the Royal Society for the Arts (RSA) and her current role in advancing the Digital Badging Commission. Discover the RSA’s mission and the potential of digital badges in recognizing and validating non-formal learning in the workforce.

Don’t miss this episode filled with inspiration, innovation, and a deep commitment to making education accessible to all. Tune in for a journey through Patrina’s remarkable contributions and her vision for the future of open education.

  • Intro music and highlight quote
  • Welcome to OE Global Voices
  • Conversation with Patrina Law
  • Patrina’s Background and Education
  • Journey to Open Education
  • OpenLearn and Its Impact
  • Challenges and Achievements
  • Digital Badges and Inclusivity

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Additional Links and Quotes for Episode 77

I think the first side of it was having the freedom to develop the team that develop all the content. And I was very lucky that I had a really fabulous team when I was there of really dedicated and enthusiastic folk who were very good at making open educational resources.

And I think probably I would put that as down as one of the great successes because they had the skill set to work with academics who in some senses were often dealing with very challenging subject material or very deep subject material that was aimed at undergraduates Level Two, Level Three undergraduates, and they had to rework that material and make it accessible to all, and so I and they made wonderful animations, they made great videos, they made great audio they turned that material into real living, breathing, fantastic, engaging learning content, so I think one of the successes for me, although I can’t say that it was all my doing, but as a team, was the team.

Patrina Law on her team at OpenLearn

Because so much of OER is really aimed at just everybody. And it’s, a whole point of it is to be totally open, but to have sat forward and undertaken some learning yourself, I think you should be rewarded for that at some level. And digital badges seem to be that happy marriage. So it’s great to be working in open badging again for the RSA, for all the right social good reasons as well.

Patrina Law on recognition of Open Badges


Our open licensed music for this episode is a track called Let the Flames Lead the Way  by Jon Shuemaker  licensed under a Creative Commons  Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. Like most of our podcast music, it was found at the Free Music Archive (see our full FMA playlist).

Finally, this was another episode we are recording on the web in Squadcast, part of the Descript platform for AI enabled transcribing and editing audio in text– this has greatly enhanced our ability to produce our showsWe have been exploring some of the other AI features in Descriptbut our posts remain human authored except where indicated otherwise.