Rachel Benchaya-Gans receives Open Education Ambassador Award

Congratulations to Rachel Benchaya-Gans who received the 2023 Open Education Ambassador Award bestowed by the TU Delft Extension School in recognition of her commitment to openly share her knowledge and educational resources with the world. She is one of eight lecturers to receive the award.

Especially her contribution to open education through the MOOC Smart and Sustainable Cities: New Ways of Digitalisation & Governance, is well worth mentioning. It resulted in a full array of Open Educational Resources (OER), such as teaching guides, detailed reference curricula, assignments, case studies, and video transcripts in three languages (English, Portuguese and Spanish). Additionally, the MOOC drew on a cooperation with several higher education institutions in Latin America that now extensively use those OER in their campus education – similarly to TU Delft, where the course is part of the faculty’s electives.  

About the Open Education Ambassador Award

The award recognizes TU Delft lecturers who through their online courses and other teaching/learning practices are committed to openly share knowledge and resources with the world, and advocate for open education. 

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