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Title: Towards a Competence Framework for Open Scholars: Acknowledging the Dearth of Epistemic Competences
Language: English
Authors: Barbara Class (ORCID 0000-0002-5461-2307), Dalila Bebbouchi (ORCID 0000-0003-1437-3070), Alexandra Fedorova (ORCID 0009-0009-4194-5231), Lilia Cheniti (ORCID 0000-0001-8142-6457), Souhad Shlaka (ORCID 0000-0002-3612-8853), Ghada El Khayat (ORCID 0000-0002-6201-629X)
Source: Open Praxis. 2024 16(3):326-346.
Availability: International Council for Open and Distance Education. Lilleakerveien 23, 0283 Oslo, Norway. Tel: +47-22-06-26-30; Fax: +47-22-06-26-31; e-mail: icde@icde.org; Web site: https://openpraxis.org/
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 21
Publication Date: 2024
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
Postsecondary Education
Descriptors: Open Education, Scholarship, Epistemology, Competence, Higher Education, Sustainability, Capacity Building, Responsibility
ISSN: 1369-9997
2304-070X
Abstract: This study addresses competences of the Open Scholar. It draws on a theoretical framework reaching out to sustainability education, responsibility and activity theory to describe competences. Competences of the Open Scholar are understood within the context of Higher Education institutions' three missions: teaching, research and service to the community. The systematic literature review of three key concepts, Open Educator, Open Researcher and Open Scholar performed on a total of 811 articles between 2011 and 2023 as well as the content analysis performed on 10 competence frameworks highlight a dearth in epistemic competences. To fill this gap, the study raises awareness of the importance of initiating the development of scholars' capabilities in areas that can enable them to ask questions at the level of purpose and paradigm. Capabilities to address these deeper levels are presented as a way of enhancing the responsibility of scholars. Responsibility is framed in-line with its Latin root, "respondere," i.e., providing a response and drawing on a semantics of care, respect and concern (instead of the foregrounded framing of responsibility in terms of subjectivity, power and causality). Furthermore, identifying "not-yetness" and addressing uncertainty are presented as key competences of the Open Scholar.
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