Open Connections: Regional and Local Community Building for Equity and Sustainability (Keynote Presentation)

This keynote presentation delivered at the Open Education Southern Symposium focuses on collaborative relationships, community building, and people as key components open education. The presentation features a series of case study examples with links to additional resources for more information. Contextualized in the cost and student debt narrative, the presentation argues that collaboration is critical for equity and sustainability, and that interpersonal human characteristics are critical components of effective collaboration.