Walz, Anita R.2023-04-192023-04-192022-05-20http://hdl.handle.net/10919/114578This keynote presentation delivered at OpenCon Cleveland 2022 reflects my personal perspectives on valuing people and doing work that matters -- as applied to the area of open education. I hope that attendees will be inspired by what collaborative partnerships can achieve in open education. This presentation stories, examples, and interactive exercises to highlight why having a collaborative outlook rather than a solo open education practice is helpful in open education. A recording of the presentation is available on YouTube at: https://youtu.be/ryNZ7x-iQE4application/pdfenCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Internationalcollaborationopen educationPresentation