Name: Beyond Open Access: The CARE–KNOW–DO Framework for Transformative Open Education
Start: 2026-10-08T16:55:00-0400
End: 2026-10-08T17:25:00-0400

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Beyond Open Access: The CARE–KNOW–DO Framework for Transformative Open Education

Thursday October 8, 2026 4:55pm - 5:25pm EDT

5 DR3

ID: 33905

What if openness meant more than access?Open education has made knowledge available to millions — but availability is not transformation. This interactive session introduces the CARE–KNOW–DO framework: a decade in the making, empirically validated across four continents, and built on a deceptively simple proposition: that responsible values, open knowledge, and sustainable action are not separate goals but a single, integrated process of meaningful learning.Who this session is forResearchers, project coordinators, and network leaders who design, study, or advocate for open education — and who want models that do more than describe openness, but actually operationalise it by catalysing its impact.The problem we're addressingOpen education has a well-documented gap: it excels at content delivery but rarely connects affective-cognitive learning with social responsibility and real-world action. Curricula align with SDGs on paper; learners rarely feel it in practice. CARE–KNOW–DO was built specifically to close that gap.What CARE–KNOW–DO is — and what it has doneDeveloped across four major international projects — EC-funded weSPOT (2013–15), ENGAGE (2015–17), CONNECT (2020–24), and the ongoing METEOR (2025–) — the framework has evolved from early inquiry-based learning designs to AI-enhanced, socially impactful open education ecosystems. Its reach is not theoretical:Implemented in 80+ schools across Latin America, Europe, and Africa.Engaged 55,000+ learners, educators, and community partners, with particular reach into underserved regionsDemonstrated measurable gains in engagement, participation, and progression.Extended to education in emergencies through the CatchUp programme — evidence of its relevance where equitable learning recovery matters most.Recognised with the 2025 Open Education Award for Excellence (Open Practices — Open Pedagogy).What makes it originalMost frameworks treat engagement, knowledge, and action as a sequence. CARE–KNOW–DO demonstrates — through large-scale empirical work — that they are interconnected dimensions, not steps. Change one and you change all three. That insight has direct consequences for how we design curriculum, pedagogy, and assessment across open education and digital transformation, including emerging technologies such as AI.In practice, it means: real-life challenges tied to the SDGs, genuine co-creation of knowledge with families and communities, and ethical, critical engagement with emerging technologies — including AI-Unplugged approaches and human-led AI-supported knowledge mapping.What you'll do in this sessionThis is not a presentation with a Q&A bolted on. You will:Encounter the framework through international. implementation examples — including crisis contexts and AI-enhanced designs.Share your own practices advancing Agenda 2030 and SDG-aligned research or proposals.Apply structured reflection to map CARE–KNOW–DO onto your own institutional, network, or project context — including future proposals.Leave with a concrete starting point — not just inspiration.The bigger pictureBy bridging research, policy, and practice, this session contributes to a shared and urgent question: what does open education owe the world beyond open access? The answer CARE–KNOW–DO proposes is both ambitious and achievable — and this session is the place to pilot it.

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Alexandra Okada

Associate Professor on Global Education and Digital Transformation, The Open University

Dr Alexandra Okada is Associate Research Professor in Global Education and Digital Transformation at The Open University UK and Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. She is an internationally recognised expert in open learning and AI for sustainable futures, focusing on equity... Read More →

Thursday October 8, 2026 4:55pm - 5:25pm EDT
5 DR3 MIT Samberg Conference Center, 50 Memorial Drive, Cambridge MA 02139 USA

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Track Hacking the Open Ecosystem and Praxis for the Public Good

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