Maren Deepwell

Tag: #oeweek26

  • Open Education Week!

    Open Education Week!

    This week two of my favourite annual initiatives coincide: It’s Open Education Week, from 2-6 March, celebrating all things open in Education AND it’s also International Women’s Day on 8 March. Perfect timing to celebrate all things (and people!) inspiring in open education and beyond. As every year, I’m involved in a whole host of activities, and I look forward to connecting with you:

    Online Events

    I’m also taking part in two Open Education Week special events on Thursday and Friday this week with folks from OE Global and Reclaim! The first is a live conversation with a large panel of inspiring people on the topic of online communities hosted by Alan Levine 🙂

    OEWeek Live! Open Conversation on Online Communities

    The second event is hosted by Reclaim “OEWeek on Reclaim TV: From Experiment to Enterprise Service” and focuses on a piece of work I am really excited about, namely a recent case study about how universities develop, scale and deploy open source educational services.

    The case study itself was published just last week, see https://blog.reclaimhosting.com/case-study-suny-oneonta-openlab/ , and I am looking forward to getting to talk with Ed Beck and colleagues from Reclaim come Friday!

    Tune in on the radio

    It’s easy! Go to https://listen.ds106rad.io/ and listen  . Say hello, chat and enjoy the music. I will be monitoring the conversation via Bluesky and on Mastodon using the hashtag #ds106radio and I will be posting using the hashtags #ds106radio #oeweek26 and #IWD2026.

    Check the schdule

    Dedicate a song

    If you’d like to dedicate a song to something or someone who inspires you, in open education or beyond, then send me your request by responding to this post in the comments or reach out via Bluesky and on Mastodon.

    Join me on air or DJ yourself

    For any aspiring or established DS106 Radio DJs out there… get in touch if you fancy joining me on air OR if you are planning a broadcast that weekend, and are up for joining forces around a common theme.

    … and look out for a special podcast episode with special guest Chahira Nouira!

  • Turn on your radio #oeweek26 #IWD2026

    Turn on your radio #oeweek26 #IWD2026

    From 6-8 March two of my favourite annual initiatives co-incide:

    It’s Open Education Week, from 2-6 March, celebrating all things open in Education AND it’s also International Women’s Day on 8 March. Perfect timing to celebrate all things (and people!) inspiring in open education and beyond.

    To celebrate in proper style, I am organising a schedule to jump on the DS106 Radio airwaves and bring you tunes over the weekend and I would love you to get involved. Here’s how:

    Tune in and join in the conversation

    It’s easy! Go to https://listen.ds106rad.io/ and listen 🙂 . Say hello, chat and enjoy the music. I will be monitoring the conversation via Bluesky and on Mastodon using the hashtag #ds106radio and I will be posting using the hashtags #ds106radio #oeweek26 and #IWD2026.

    Dedicate a song

    If you’d like to dedicate a song to something or someone who inspires you, in open education or beyond, then send me your request by responding to this post in the comments or reach out via Bluesky and on Mastodon.

    Include the song title + artist, and who or what you’d like us to dedicate it to on air (including any links or tags you’d like us to post out). We won’t be tagging private accounts 🙂

    Join me on air or DJ yourself

    For any aspiring or established DS106 Radio DJs out there… get in touch if you fancy joining me on air OR if you are planning a broadcast that weekend, and are up for joining forces around a common theme.

    Broadcastings schedule

    There are some special guests waiting in the wings, and I will be adding to the schedule with more details soon. For now, my plan is to be on air each day as follows (subject to change and hopefully additions):

    • Friday, 6th March: 3:00 – 4:30 PM GMT | 10:00 – 11:30 PM EST | 7:00 – 8:30 PST
    • Saturday, 7th March: listen to the pre-recorded #oeweek26 #IWD2026 podcast episode with Special Guest Chahira Nouira
    • Sunday, 8th March: 5:00 – 6:00 PM GMT | 1:00 – 2:00 PM EST | 10:00 – 11:00 PST with Special Guest Anne-Marie Scott

    So, get ready to Turn on your radio #oeweek26 #IWD2026 and tune in https://listen.ds106rad.io/ .