Welcome to the proceedings of the 1st CONNECT International Conference on Open Schooling (CICOS 2023), a scientific conference organized by the consortium of the CONNECT project, funded under the EU’s research and innovation funding program, Horizon 2020. CICOS 2023, which took place at the Museo de la Ciencia CosmoCaixa in Barcelona, Spain, from July 6th to 7th, 2023.
CICOS 2023 served as a meeting point for the open schooling (OS) community to come together with the goal of sharing and reflecting on OS practices, addressing challenges, exploring opportunities, and supporting the achievement of sustainable development goals through open schooling. The conference also aimed to disseminate the results from the CONNECT project and other Open Schooling projects.
CICOS 2023 provided a significant platform for discussions on open schooling practices that are reshaping education towards sustainability. The conference received 75 research abstracts, with 45 presentations of papers and posters. Out of these, 20 papers have been selected for inclusion in these proceedings. All submissions underwent a rigorous double-blind review process, with each paper being evaluated by at least two members of the CICOS committee. The review process was followed by discussions and a final review supported by the program and scientific chairs, resulting in an 80% acceptance rate, with 16 papers included in this proceedings volume.
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