In this paper we describe the approach we have been taking at the Open University (OU), UK in the School of Computing and Communications (C&C), as we consider new ways of knowing in our decolonial transformation and consider what it means to decolonise a technical subject such as Computing and Information Technology education.As a scholarship project we aimed to set out a vision and a roadmap for what computing could and arguably should mean for computing educators at the OU, once decolonised. We aim to critically interrogate both content and pedagogy informed by Critical Race Theory and decolonial thought, with the overarching focus being to re-orient the teaching of the subject at module, curriculum and programme level.Decolonisation is therefore a complex challenge for HE change and there are many ways of framing, imaging and enacting the decolonisation of higher education within the discipline of computing and IT. Yet as a contested term, what does it mean to decolonise? This article will consider our practical experiences of the research project undertaken as we strive to commit to decolonial ethics and politics.
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