European Project promoting OERs and OEPs in STEM Education

The First Transnational Meeting

Pixel organized and coordinated the kickoff meeting of the European project entitled Ted-SOEP – Transforming STEM teacher education in South Africa through Self-Directed Open Educational Practices which took place online – using the Zoom web platform – on 11 March 2025. The European project entitled Ted-SOEP has been written and coordinated by the project applicant, North-West University (South Africa), in cooperation with Pixel. The project was funded by the Erasmus+ Programme, Capacity Building in the field of Higher Education. The Ted-SOEP project has the aim to foster collaboration and partnerships between South African institutions and European partners involved in STEM teacher education, to enable the exchange and transfer of expertise, best practices and know-how in integrating self-directed open educational practices (OEPs) and open educational resources (OERs) into STEM teacher education. During the first meeting, the European project partners introduced themselves as well as their project’s related experiences and expertise. In addition, European project partners discussed and approved the template for the online course on how to Integrate OERs and Self-Directed OEPs into STEM teacher Education Programmes. Finally, the Communication Plan for project dissemination was presented to all partners. More information about the Ted-SOEP European project is available at: https://www.pixel-online.net/project.php?id=203