If you are interested in hosting an OEWeek event, sharing an open resource, or just participating in Open Education Week, you may have questions. If your questions are not answered below, feel free to email us at `openeducationweek@oeglobal.org`.
Q. We cant organize events during the same week as Open Education Week. Can’t you change it? Is there any way we can still participate?
A. We recognize that the timing of this one week is not optimal for many places around the world and after seeking input we discovered that there is no single week that works for everyone. So it does not matter if your week does not coincide with ours. The “official” week is just the time when we make the most effort to publicize and share all other events. Please submit your events no matter when they occour. All of them, even ones hosted outside the ‘official’ week, are featured and promoted on the OE Week shared event calendar.
Q. How can I make changes or update my submitted event?
A. Look under the My Account menu item for My Events. If you are logged in to this site with the same credentials used to add the event, you can access a list of all events you have submitted. Look under any listed event for an edit link.
If you are not logged in, you can enter the email address and password used to add your event. Once logged in, like for the link to My Events.
Q. What counts as an event? Does it have to be online and open to the world?
A. Not at all, events can be in-person only. The point is to show the world how much activity of all sorts is happening in support of open education. Many organizations organize lunch time talks, exhibits in art galleries or libraries, workshops for hands on activities, discussion tables in the student union. We have seen scavenger hunts and social gatherings like happy hours or coffee chats. There is no limit!
See a longer list of ideas in the Event Organisers Handbook as well as the collection of previous OEWeek events.
Q. Do I need to submit my event information in English?
A. No. Please submit your contribution in any language. We love to see Open Education expressed in a variety of languages and cultures. The entire OE Week website features a Google translation menu at the lower right of every page so you can view content in your preferred language.
Q. I did not to or cannot organize an event, but still want to be part of Open Education Week. What can I do?
A. Indeed we seek more than events, each year we attempt an approach for sharing Open Assets that are of current interest. Rather than filing them in our own database like we did 2015-2023, for the past few years we have recommended sharing OER in existing public repositories. Any place you choose to share is fine, but for suggestions we have created instructions as suggestions to share as entries OER Commons, putting on a map via the OER World Map, or in another other repository that is appropriate (ideally letting us know in our OEG Connect community space).
Sharing events for Open Education Week are most welcome, but they are not a requirement to be able to participate in any activity you see listed. Here are some ideas on what this participation might look like:
- Display an Open Education Week badge on your website or blog- make use of the OEWeek Visuals Kit.
- Share your activities using the #OEWeek hashtag on all your social media channels. Do some crazy TikToks! Tag and post often!
- Write blog posts on Open Education Week (share in social media and/or email us so we can post a link on the website).
- Share and discuss highlights of your activities on the OEG Connect space.
- Customize the OE Week Flyer and display it on your social networks.
- Send an email, text message to your colleagues and friends to let them know about all the activities and information available at oeweek.oeglobal.org