Authors:
Barbara Class
1
;
Felicia Soulikhan
2
;
Sandrine Favre
1
and
Naoufel Cheikhrouhou
2
Affiliations:
1
TECFA, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Geneva, Pont d’Arve 40, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
;
2
Geneva School of Business Administration, University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland (HES-SO), 1227 Geneva, Switzerland
Keyword(s):
Open Education, Supply Chain, Value, Resources, 21st Century Skills, Commons.
Abstract:
Open Education (OE) as a concept has been around for some years. Yet, a part from Open Educational Resources and Open Science, teachers and researchers are usually not aware of it. The aim of this paper is to conceptualise OE from the perspective of supply chain management (SCM), implicitly positioning it in the world of opens, the commons, the state and the market. Within a design-based approach, the concepts related to OE and SCM are presented, discussed and integrated in a novel framework dealing with the management of OE ecosystem. Findings show that keywords of the Open Education Supply Chain are cocreation, agile design and authority. The framework invites to create value from resources in a holistic way, balancing the commons, the state and the market in each stakeholder.