Header image with MYFest25, June, July and August 2025 written in the middle. On the right there is the equity unbound logo of a colorful world map and the words 'equity unbound' overlaid and on the left there is the MYFest logo with the colorful blue, pink and purple circle in the middle and the words 'equitable, emergent, caring, community, creative' around the circle.
Headshot of Glenda Cox, a smiling white woman with long blonde hair, wearing a white shirt, turquoise sweater, and dark suit jacket, on top of a MYFest background of colorful pink, purple and blue four-sided shapes spiraling out from the center.

Glenda Cox

Guest Facilitator or Speaker, Open Education and Digital Literacies

Dr. Glenda Cox is a senior lecturer in the Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching (CILT) at the University of Cape Town and her portfolio includes postgraduate teaching, Curriculum change projects, Open Education, and Staff development. She holds the UNESCO chair in Open Education and Social Justice (2021-2024). She is on the editorial board of the International Journal of Students as Partners (joined in 2022). She is passionate about the role of Open Education in the changing world of Higher Education. Dr Glenda Cox is currently the Principal Investigator in the Digital Open Textbooks for Development (DOT4D) initiative. Her current research includes analysing the role of open textbooks for social justice.

Why I’m in MYFest: I came to a few sessions last year and I joined a panel on institutionalizing Open education which I found really interesting and relaxed.

MYFest involvement: I will be doing a workshop on August 1 called: Open Textbooks for social justice: collaborating with peers and co-creating with students.

  • Cape Town, South Africa
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