Ebba Ossiannilsson
ICDE OER Advocacy Committee ICDE Board Member, Chair of the ICDE OER Advocacy Committee
Lund, Sweden
Ebba Ossiannilsson is an independent consultant, expert, influencer, and quality reviewer in the field of open, flexible online and distance learning. She advocates for the promotion and improvement of open and online learning in the context of SDG4 and the future of education. She is a member of the Executive Committee of ICDE and EDEN. She works as an international quality reviewer for the European Association of Distance Teaching Universities (EADTU) and the International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE). Ossiannilsson is in the Board ofICDE, and Chair of the ICDE OER Advocacy Committee. She also has several other roles for ICDE, such as the ICDE Quality Network, and she was the Research Lead for the Global Overview of Quality Models Study 2014/15 and for Blended Learning 2017. She has been in the Executive Board both for EUCEN and EDEN for two mandate periods. Ossiannilsson has been awarded the title of EDEN Fellow 2014, EDEN Council of Fellows 2018, Open Education Europe Fellow 2015, ICDE Global Advocacy Ambassador for OER 2017 and Open Education Champion SPARC Europe, 2021. Ossiannilsson has nearly 20 years of experience in her field. Ossiannilsson also works with the European Commission and ITCILO, UNESCO OER Dynamic Coalitionas well as the Network of Open Organizations. She collaborates with ICoBC (International Council on Badges and Credentials). She is a member of the editorial board of several scientific journals and is regularly invited as a keynote speaker at conferences. Her publications include more than 200. At the national level, she is Vice President of the Swedish Association for Distance Education and the National Organization for e-Competence.
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