Dominic Orr
@dominicorr.bsky.social
Edtech, innovation in education, oer, open badges, microcredentials, learner-centred education, University Nova Gorica, GIZ atingi and now working on data policy with the AU in Addis
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Around 1 in 5 students see themselves more as ‘workers’ than ‘students’ — and it’s 1 in 3 among those from less well-off families. This trend shows up across all the EUROSTUDENT countries, except 🇩🇰 Denmark.
July 14, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Around 1 in 5 students see themselves more as ‘workers’ than ‘students’ — and it’s 1 in 3 among those from less well-off families. This trend shows up across all the EUROSTUDENT countries, except 🇩🇰 Denmark.
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The development of relative 🏘️ accommodation costs of students living away from parents over the last four rounds of #EUROSTUDENT is shown here for selected countries. Though limited in scope, these trends reflect the broader patterns across all #EUROSTUDENT countries.
June 9, 2025 at 7:10 AM
The development of relative 🏘️ accommodation costs of students living away from parents over the last four rounds of #EUROSTUDENT is shown here for selected countries. Though limited in scope, these trends reflect the broader patterns across all #EUROSTUDENT countries.
We can get clarity, when we see AI as a normal technology digimusingsblog.wordpress.com/2025/05/05/a... - on challenges and regulation
AI Futures: Questions are clearer, when we see AI as a “normal” technology
The past few weeks saw the release of two high-profile reports around AI: one mapping out possible AI development trajectories through 2027, and another examining the escalating energy demands of A…
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May 5, 2025 at 8:33 PM
We can get clarity, when we see AI as a normal technology digimusingsblog.wordpress.com/2025/05/05/a... - on challenges and regulation
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Do you know how many hours per week do student parents spend on childcare? 👶
An average of 21 hours! In 🇮🇸 Iceland, 🇦🇹 Austria, 🇸🇰 Slovakia, and 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan it is even more (30+ hours).
An average of 21 hours! In 🇮🇸 Iceland, 🇦🇹 Austria, 🇸🇰 Slovakia, and 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan it is even more (30+ hours).
April 17, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Do you know how many hours per week do student parents spend on childcare? 👶
An average of 21 hours! In 🇮🇸 Iceland, 🇦🇹 Austria, 🇸🇰 Slovakia, and 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan it is even more (30+ hours).
An average of 21 hours! In 🇮🇸 Iceland, 🇦🇹 Austria, 🇸🇰 Slovakia, and 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan it is even more (30+ hours).
2 very interesting reports this week - ai-2027.com and www.iea.org/topics/artif... What the reports didn't focus on is v important: Energy-Water Scarcity Trade-offs, Governance Capacity Asymmetries (betw. countries, betw companies) and Decision-Making Power Imbalances (tech elites vs others).
AI 2027
A research-backed AI scenario forecast.
ai-2027.com
April 13, 2025 at 9:50 AM
2 very interesting reports this week - ai-2027.com and www.iea.org/topics/artif... What the reports didn't focus on is v important: Energy-Water Scarcity Trade-offs, Governance Capacity Asymmetries (betw. countries, betw companies) and Decision-Making Power Imbalances (tech elites vs others).
The insolvency of 23andMe in the US highlights the tension between data markets and data protection. The reality is that personal genetic information represents a valuable asset that might be sold on to other companies in the context of insolvency www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
23andMe Starts Chapter 11 Process, Co-Founder Steps Down as CEO
23andMe Holding Co., which provides medical and ancestry-related genetic testing, filed for bankruptcy after it was unable to find a buyer to rescue it from insolvency proceedings and the board of dir...
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March 24, 2025 at 7:02 PM
The insolvency of 23andMe in the US highlights the tension between data markets and data protection. The reality is that personal genetic information represents a valuable asset that might be sold on to other companies in the context of insolvency www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Can we have something like squarespace for #Moodle? I choose from a few templates to create a new course and even feed in some subject matter, and the Moodle interface creates an editable Moodle course (NOT a storm). Asking for a friend ;)
March 14, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Can we have something like squarespace for #Moodle? I choose from a few templates to create a new course and even feed in some subject matter, and the Moodle interface creates an editable Moodle course (NOT a storm). Asking for a friend ;)
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Strive Masiyiwa and James Manyika, two inspiring voices for all Africans but particularly for those of us in the diaspora. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXiV...
AI & Africa | Dialogues on Technology and Society | Ep 2: | Strive Masiyiwa and James Manyika
YouTube video by Google
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January 15, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Strive Masiyiwa and James Manyika, two inspiring voices for all Africans but particularly for those of us in the diaspora. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXiV...
Earlier this week I did a talk (in German) on microcredentials as a building block for reform in higher ed. Slides here if you are interested docs.google.com/presentation... Thanks to #CHE and #HFD for the invite
20250216_kooperative Curricula und MCs_Orr_.pptx
CHE talk feat. Hochschulforum Digitalisierung Kooperative Curriculumentwicklung – sind Microcredentials die Zukunft? adj. Prof. Dr. Dominic Orr, UNG and GIZ
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February 20, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Earlier this week I did a talk (in German) on microcredentials as a building block for reform in higher ed. Slides here if you are interested docs.google.com/presentation... Thanks to #CHE and #HFD for the invite
How exciting: one of our master students from the leadership in open education programme told us that last year's assignment to develop an open education strategy, has led to the college in Chile actually adopting the strategy! #impact ung.si #oer
Univerza v Novi Gorici
Sodobna, študentom prijazna univerza, usmerjena v raziskovanje.
ung.si
February 20, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Masters scholarships for Palestinian students at Sussex. Please disseminate?
www.sussex.ac.uk/broadcast/re...
www.sussex.ac.uk/broadcast/re...
University announces new scholarships for Palestinian students
These scholarships will provide fully-funded support for two Palestinian students, with a particular focus on those impacted by the conflict in Gaza
www.sussex.ac.uk
February 13, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Masters scholarships for Palestinian students at Sussex. Please disseminate?
www.sussex.ac.uk/broadcast/re...
www.sussex.ac.uk/broadcast/re...
When we talk about AI, we talk about data, but only 1/3 of OECD countries' AI policies connect to data governance frameworks. We need to build partnerships with the principle of "as open as possible, as closed as necessary" to really ensure economic and social value. one.oecd.org/document/COM...
one.oecd.org
February 16, 2025 at 9:31 PM
When we talk about AI, we talk about data, but only 1/3 of OECD countries' AI policies connect to data governance frameworks. We need to build partnerships with the principle of "as open as possible, as closed as necessary" to really ensure economic and social value. one.oecd.org/document/COM...
Everyone is talking about micro credentials in higher education across the globe, but why are relevant? I take a jobs-to-be-done approach from product management to the question. wp.me/p8Mj42-cQ
Jobs to Be Done (JTBD): Microcredentials for Student Needs
At atingi we are building a product, so we use product management approaches to determine what we focus on. One of the most interesting approaches I find we use is Bob Moesta’s Jobs To Be Don…
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February 1, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Everyone is talking about micro credentials in higher education across the globe, but why are relevant? I take a jobs-to-be-done approach from product management to the question. wp.me/p8Mj42-cQ
Short blog on hope for 2025 - Digital solutions can tackle major societal challenges, but they also demand new processes and behaviors—making them social innovations as much as technological ones.
January 19, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Short blog on hope for 2025 - Digital solutions can tackle major societal challenges, but they also demand new processes and behaviors—making them social innovations as much as technological ones.
November 30, 2024 at 5:48 PM
Now we really know what a "walled garden" feels like. All that value we created on Twitter through the networks we built have no value and we have to simply start again. I see that a lot of people are betting on Bluesky now.
November 13, 2024 at 1:31 AM
Now we really know what a "walled garden" feels like. All that value we created on Twitter through the networks we built have no value and we have to simply start again. I see that a lot of people are betting on Bluesky now.
Lets not be disheartened by the Munich Security Conference on "lose-lose" global partnerships, and instead be inspired to create a global learning planet, supporting a new gen of global citizens inclusive by age, gender, geography and background. digimusingsblog.wordpress.com/2024/03/08/a...
March 8, 2024 at 5:05 PM
Lets not be disheartened by the Munich Security Conference on "lose-lose" global partnerships, and instead be inspired to create a global learning planet, supporting a new gen of global citizens inclusive by age, gender, geography and background. digimusingsblog.wordpress.com/2024/03/08/a...
Its a pleasure to hear Igor Lesko, Director of Operations for the Open Education Consortium about his research on the influence of International Organisations on OE Policy across the globe. This is a student-led workshop in our Master Programme on Leadership in Open Education #OECamp #OEWeek
March 7, 2024 at 3:27 PM
10 theses to OER at the @oercamp.bsky.social #oeweek
March 6, 2024 at 7:05 PM
10 theses to OER at the @oercamp.bsky.social #oeweek
In which I argue that I have benefitted from taking a "flat world" approach to digital transformation across the world, but now favour the more nuanced "twin transition" approach
From “Flat World” to Twin Transition: Embracing Nuance in Technological Change
In this blogpost I reflect on my recent work in international development embracing a "flat world" concept of digital transformation, where technology seems to emerge and benefit developing and develo...
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February 2, 2024 at 7:47 PM
In which I argue that I have benefitted from taking a "flat world" approach to digital transformation across the world, but now favour the more nuanced "twin transition" approach
Over in Slovenia, home of the UNESCO AI centre, for our Master program on leadership in open education. www.ung.si/en/schools/s... We are based in the beautiful Vipava valley.
January 7, 2024 at 9:17 PM
Over in Slovenia, home of the UNESCO AI centre, for our Master program on leadership in open education. www.ung.si/en/schools/s... We are based in the beautiful Vipava valley.