He joins to share and learn from his peers what their respective countries are doing and how we can help African governments use technology to achieve sustainable development and equity. ===Maxwell Beganim is an educator, technology enthusiast and open advocate. He pursued bachelor’s and master’s degrees in biological sciences education with a focus on educational technology and higher education. He currently serves as a virtual mentor to Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, the lead trainer for the West Africa Open Foundation’s Train the Trainer Ghana project. He is also Director of Networks and Partnerships at Green Stewardship International.
Maxwell is part of a team leading youth
climate action in Ghana. Maxwell was named the ultimate winner of the Founders Day Writing Contest as the most diverse writer and open movement contributor. ===Maya Dodd Dr. Maya Dodd completed her Ph.D. He received his PhD from Stanford Canada WhatsApp Number University and then did postdoctoral research at the Center for Law and Governance at Jinan University and the South Asian Research Council at Princeton University. She has been working at the university since 2011 and currently serves as Assistant Dean for Teaching Learning and Engagement and Chair of the Department of Humanities and Languages.
She also serves on the steering
Committee of a digital humanities group founded in India in 2011. Recent work was published in Exploring Digital Humanities Pedagogy Practices and Institutional Possibilities in India. Her collaborative pedagogy can be accessed in 2017. Paul Blackman is Director of the Barbados Language Center at Barbados Community College, College E-Learning Coordinator and Administrator. He is passionate about open education and its use in education. He was a member of the first cohort of the Open Leadership Institute and is currently working on developing policies for integrating open educational resources into teaching at Barbados Community College. One of his recent projects is the creation of OER Caribbean to promote the use of OER and knowledge commons across the region.