Innovation Centers for Open Education

Within the OpenMed project and with the support of the European Union, it has been possible to establish 8 “Innovation Centres for Open Education” (ICOEs) at the premises of South-Mediterranean partner universities in Egypt, Morocco, Palestine and Jordan.

The OpenMed ICOEs are open, collaborative, and networked innovation centres, where technical and networking infrastructure is available to university students, teachers and staff with the aim to enhance new and open practices in teaching and learning.

The aim of the ICOEs is therefore to support learning innovation, blended teaching practices, and faculty members who are in search of better (and more open) ways to facilitate learning. ICOEs make it possible to:

  • Increase access to OER for the involved HEI’s stakeholders (teachers, staff, students)
  • develop and share teachers’ own OER (with the competences and knowledge gained by attending the OpenMed online course)
  • facilitate adoption of open education strategies in teachers’ courses
  • enhance collaboration with teachers and staff of other universities inside and outside the OpenMed network to jointly develop/share/use/re-use OER in their teaching practices.

The OpenMed ICOEs network plays a key role in the sustainability of OpenMed, as it provides the operational environment to concretise the OER institutional agendas and roadmaps.

ICOE at Princess Sumaya University for Technology, Jordan
By Adiy Twessi, Princess Sumaya University for Technology, Jordan ICOE is now a supportive body to PSUT e-Learning Centre. The e-Learning
ICOE at German Jordanian University, Jordan
By Mohammad Daoud, German Jordanian University, Jordan The ICOE at GJU is the seed component that has led to the establishment of
ICOE at An-Najah National University, Palestine
By Saida Affouneh and Ahmed Noubani, An-Najah National University, Palestine The ICOE at An Najah University is a new unit of the
ICOE at Birzeit University, Palestine
By Rula Alqutami, Birzeit University, Palestine The ICOE at BZU is hosted by the Centre for Continuing Education and it
ICOE at Ibn Zohr University, Morocco
  By Ahmed Almakari, Ibn Zohr University, Morocco The ICOE at UIZ is an expansion of the Center for Pedagogical
ICOE at Cadi Ayyad University, Morocco
By Khalid Berrada, Cadi Ayyad University, Morocco As part of the OpenMed project, the Cadi Ayyad University (UCA) has benefited
ICOE at Alexandria University, Egypt
Information will be posted soon Address Alexandria University, Faculty of Medicine The Academic Building, 6th floor- Library Alexandria, Egypt
ICOE at Cairo University, Egypt
Cairo University aims to raise awareness and facilitate the adoption of Open Educational Resources (OER) and Open Educational Practices (OEP)