Developing open infrastructure for a lifetime of learning
Open EdTech is a project aiming to build learning technology that belongs to the learner: open, trustworthy, and designed for a whole life of healthy learning and growth.
Imagine
Imagine that everything you learn, in every part of life, stays with you. School and university, work, a hobby, a community project, and looking after yourself, whether that is learning about your own health or getting the balance of your life right. All of it goes into one record that is yours to keep, for life. Nothing is lost when a course ends, a job changes or a tool is replaced.
Imagine an AI that works for you. Ideally it runs on your own device. It knows your history and your goals, and it coaches you towards them the way a good teacher would: it helps you understand, and it leaves the work to you so that you get better at it. You choose it and you decide what it sees. Swap it for another and you lose nothing. Where the hardware isn't there yet, the same design works with cloud AI, or with no AI at all.
Imagine that all of it is safe and under your control. No company sits in the middle. Nobody profiles you or sells your data. Nobody changes the terms under your feet or switches the service off. No streaks, no surveillance, no pressure to stay logged in. You can learn privately, and you choose what becomes part of your record. The technology leaves room for the rest of your life.
And imagine that the people and organisations who teach you are on your side. Your teachers, your university, your employer and your community still teach, assess and certify in their own ways. What they give you lands with you, and because it can be verified they can trust what you show them. Your AI and their systems talk to each other, so enrolling, handing in evidence and getting feedback happen without the paperwork. Less admin for them, less friction for you.
That is what Open EdTech is working towards.