Open Education Week (OEWeek) is an annual celebration and opportunity for those working in Open Education to actively share their achievements and learn about what others are achieving worldwide.
OEWeek was launched in 2012 by Open Education Global as a collaborative, community-built open forum. Every year, OEWeek raises awareness and highlights innovative open education successes worldwide. OEWeek provides practitioners, educators, and students with an opportunity to gain a greater understanding of open educational practices and be inspired by the wonderful work being developed by the community around the world.
OEWeek operates as a distributed event. Organizers provide details of their in-person or online events that are published on the OEWeek calendar – each event is displayed on your local date and time. It aims to make visible all of the activity happening globally in support of Open Education. While OEWeek focuses on just the first week of March, you don’t have to stick to that week. We’ll list all activities happening from February through the end of April.
Additionally, we encourage participants to share open assets – celebrating and making visible valuable open resources that educators create and share.
Over the years, the open education community in 42 countries has hosted 2,655 events and shared 1,127 Open Education assets. Open Education Week has included 117,620 engaged participants from 162 countries.
How to Participate
Institutions, organizations, and individuals from around the world committed to the ideals of Open Education are welcome to join, engage, and contribute to Open Education Week. Participation is free and open to all.
Ways to Contribute
There are many ways to participate in Open Education Week. You may:
- Host an activity or event.
- Share your favorite OERs and other open assets.
- Engage in conversation with fellow participants on OEG Connect
- Attend one or more of the activities being organized by others
- Help promote #OEWeek in your community and social networks.
Activities
There are many ways to be involved! Below are some suggestions on how to participate in Open Education Week — you are welcome to create and share your own ideas. We’ve created an organisers’ handbook to spark some ideas and welcome all types of events that highlight the diverse and dynamic world of Open Education.
Anytime activities
We encourage contributions that extend beyond webinars and online live presentations. Try something different and creative that promotes collaboration and networking participation during the week.
Live events
Consider hosting real-time activities and featuring them on the OEWeek schedule.
Don’t forget to add your activity to the calendar!
Open Assets
Share the love! Add your own or favorite open education asset to OER Commons, OER Map, OEGlobal Connect, or anywhere else you choose! Share any open education asset, including OER, open courses, open textbooks, open tools, research, open practices, open projects and initiatives.
OEG Connect
Visit the OE Week space in OE Global Connect to engage with fellow participants during the week. You are invited to share and discuss the highlights of the activities you are participating in. Feel free to create and lead your own conversations on topics that interest you.
Attend & participate
Everyone is welcome! Join, participate, and engage in any of Open Education Week’s activities – all listed on the event calendar. Participation is free and open to all.
Promote
Help us to spread the word about Open Education Week in your local networks and media. Use our communication kit and brand visuals kit to create a buzz! Use the hashtag #OEWeek or #OEWeek26 on social media so we can find and amplify your messages.
Key Dates for OE Week 2026
- Jan 14 – OPEN: Call for Contributions of OEWeek Events happening
between Feb 1 and Apr 30. - Jan 21 – OPEN: Call for Contributions of Open Assets
- Feb 4 – The first version of OEWeek Event Calendar is available
- Feb 26 – CLOSES: Call for Contributions
- Mar 2-6 – OEGlobal Launches OEWeek 2026
Looking Back Over the Years
It’s been 15 years! 2026 marks the 15th annual Open Education Week. Over time, the open education community in 79 countries has hosted 2,064 events and shared 843 Open Education assets in 38 languages. Overall, Open Education Week has included 85,535 engaged participants from 192 countries.
This is the latest version of the site updated in 2024. We invite you to review the events from last year and the open assets shared in 2024.
In the OEWeek Archives, you can explore 1080 events and 716 open resources from 2015-2023. These may give you ideas for planning your own events or considering which of your open assets to share this year.
You can also time travel to the earlier Open Education Week sites via the Internet Archive.
We look forward to another year that continues to celebrate open as an exciting solution for education.
We hope you join us in the open village square of Open Education Week!