Open Education Week

Observatorio de Datos Académicos: SUAyED
2026-03-05 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Mexico_City) | México City, Mexico, México City, Mexico
Colección de visualizaciones interactivas desarrolladas en Tableau Public para el análisis de datos educativos y la analítica del aprendizaje. El recurso promueve la alfabetización en datos y el uso pedagógico de paneles interactivos como apoyo a la docencia, la investigación y la toma de decisiones educativas basadas en evidencia.

A Community Like No Other: LibreTexts Academy and LibreNet Consortium
2026-03-05 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Davis, United States, Davis, CA, United States
The LibreTexts Academy is the professional development hub of the LibreVerse, designed for faculty who are serious about open education but don’t have unlimited time to figure it all out alone. Whether you’re adopting an existing open textbook for the first time, or building a fully custom course from the ground up, the Academy meets you where you are and takes you where you want to go.
Monthly webinars, twice-weekly office hours, and self-paced training modules cover everything from getting started with ADAPT to remixing content to making your materials accessible. For those ready to go deeper, cohort programs, in-person workshops, and instructor certifications let you build real expertise and walk away with credentials to show for it.
The goal is simple: spend less time troubleshooting and more time teaching. Your students pay less. Your course feels like yours.
The LibreNet Consortium is a community of passionate educators dedicated to growing sustainable open education initiatives at their institutions. No matter where you are in your journey to bring down the cost of education, and create more equitable pathways for your students, the LibreNet Consortium provides the tools you need to ensure your efforts are sustainable for the road ahead.
Whether you connect with us through Academy or the LibreNet (or both!), you will join a community that’s been doing this work — together — for decades.

How to turn your classroom sketches into editable objects instantly
2026-03-05 15:00 - 15:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Sunnyvale, United States, Sunnyvale, CA, United States
Teachers still think with pencils, markers, and quick sketches. The problem starts when those sketches need to become clean, reusable teaching materials. In this 30-minute OEWeek session, chemistry teacher Nick DeMello will share how he keeps the human part of teaching intact while producing clearer, faster-to-update lesson visuals.
Then we’ll demo Comak, an AI tool that turns hand-drawn STEM diagrams (from paper, whiteboards, or textbook photos) into clean, editable diagram objects you can place into PowerPoint, Google Slides, Keynote, or Canva. The goal is simple: spend less time redrawing and more time teaching.
You’ll leave with a practical workflow you can use the same day, plus examples that work especially well for chemistry, maths, and physics lessons. Open educators and classroom teachers are welcome, whether you are OER-focused or just looking for a better way to create and share learning materials during Open Education Week.

Webinar: Expand your reach with Open Educational Resources & AI tools
2026-03-06 10:00 - 11:00 (Asia/Singapore) | Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
Join Nanyang Technological University Library (Singapore), in collaboration with Brian Barrick, Associate Professor of Political Science at Los Angeles Harbor College, for a talk that will give you insights into Open Educational Resources.
Areas covered

How emerging AI technologies are changing how information is shared and consumed
Ways to create AI-narrated audiobooks and images easily
Why OER are especially well-positioned to benefit from AI advances

Event information
Date: 6 March 2026
Time: 10am –11am (Singapore time)
Platform: Zoom
If you would like to attend, please register at this link. You may also wish to register to receive the recording if you are unable to make it to the live event.

Workshop Open Education & Science Practices 2026
2026-03-06 10:00 - 15:00 (Europe/Bucharest) | Timisoara, Romania, Timisoara, Romania
The 13th edition of the International Open Education & Science Practices Workshop is organized on Friday, March 6, 2026, by The Politehnica University of Timișoara, through the Digital and Distance Education Department, together with European Universities Alliance E³UDRES² and Accelerate Future HEI, with the support of IEEE Romania, within the Open Education Week 2026, supported by Open Education Global, in room K1, Conference Center of Politehnica University Timișoara.
Theme:
Under the theme “Digital and emerging technologies in education and science“, the presentations will focus on how open science and open educational resources are applied in everyday life, especially in the context of universities, research projects, and education in general. An emphasis will be placed on the response of educational and research systems to the challenges of emerging technologies of artificial intelligence, virtual reality, and blockchain.
The workshop aims to bring together international speakers, preparing interactive sessions and discussions. It is addressed to teachers, students, as well as actors in the field of education and training, IT trainers, or human resources departments.
Participation is free, and attendees can choose to attend in person at the UPT Conference Center or participate online. Participants will receive Open Education Workshop Participant Open Badges online and Certificates of Participation for physical attendance.
The workshop brings together international speakers, with Keynote speaker – Dr. Jesus Alcober – UNITE! European University Alliance, aUPaEU (on-site), Marina Marchisio, University of Torino (online), Mark Frydenberg, Bentley University, USA (online), Prof.Em.Dr.ing. Radu Vasiu – UPT (on-site), Prof. dr. Carmen Holotescu – UPT (on-site), Dr. Diana Andone – UPT (on-site), Conf. dr eng. Vlad Mihăescu – UPT (on-site), dr. dr. eng. Andrei Ternauciuc – UPT (on-site), Conf.dr.ing.Silviu Vert & Drd.ing. Diana Szekely (on-site), Conf. Dr. Gabriela Grosseck (on-site), Conf.dr.ing. Muguraș Mocofan (on-site), and colleagues from partner universities are preparing interactive sessions and discussions and is addressed to both teachers and students, but also to actors in the field of education and training, IT trainers, or human resources departments.

IA Aprende
2026-03-06 10:00 - 11:30 (America/Mexico_City) | México City, Mexico, México City, Mexico
El recurso está dirigido principalmente al estudiantado, docentes y público en general interesados ​​en integrar la Inteligencia Artificial Generativa (IAGen) en su práctica académica o profesional. Introducir de manera accesible y fundamentada, qué es la IAGen, cómo funcionan los modelos de lenguaje de gran escala y cuáles son sus alcances y limitaciones dentro del contexto educativo. A partir de un enfoque pedagógico centrado en la agencia humana, la presentación enfatiza que la calidad de las respuestas generadas depende del pensamiento crítico, la intencionalidad didáctica y el diseño de instrucciones (prompts).

Finding the Human Connection in a Digital World: Using Discuss-It to Build Community, Promote Critical Thinking, and Shift the Focus of Assessment
2026-03-06 10:30 - 11:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Sacramento, United States, Sacramento, CA, United States
In an age of automation, how do you ensure that student work remains a reflection of genuine learning?
Join us to learn about Discuss-It, an openly-licensed tool within the LibreTexts platform. Discuss-It transforms discussions into interactive, multimedia exchanges through audio, video, and text. Learn how integrating voice and video responses can boost engagement, build community, and bring human presence back to your courses regardless of your discipline.
Register for Finding the Human Connection in a Digital World

The Future is Now: LibreTexts and AI
2026-03-06 11:30 - 12:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Davis, United States, Davis, CA, United States
The intersection of Open Educational Resources (OER) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) is still emerging, but momentum is growing rapidly. An important step forward came last year with the launch of the AI Co-Author tool, designed to support OER development and improve accessibility remediation. Building on this progress, the LibreTexts development team has introduced a comprehensive AI Initiative to expand and deepen AI integration across the LibreVerse ecosystem.
This presentation reviews the current state of AI development within LibreVerse, highlighting tools already underway and early implementation efforts. It outlines short-term goals focused on pilot programs, platform integration, and faculty support, as well as a long-term vision for a scalable, interoperable, and equity-centered AI infrastructure that advances teaching and learning nationwide.
Planned innovations include context-aware AI tutors embedded in digital textbooks; automated generation and evaluation of formative homework; AI-supported writing and research tools; and AI-guided coding and data science assistance within Jupyter environments. By embedding adaptive tutoring and personalized learning support throughout LibreVerse, the initiative aims to reduce equity gaps and broaden access to high-quality resources. Instructors will gain AI-assisted tools for content creation, grading, analytics, and pedagogical insight, supported by professional development. Grounded in LibreTexts’ OER framework, the initiative emphasizes transparency, interoperability, and evidence-based evaluation to ensure responsible and effective AI integration in open education.

Open Education Talks- Utilizing GenAI and Technology in Supporting OE and OER
2026-03-11 12:00 - 13:30 (America/Denver) | Calgary, Canada, Calgary, AB, Canada
Open Education Talks is a series of 15-minute lightning talks and digital posters about facets of open education. These talks aim to create an accessible, virtual space for conversations about open education. We welcome proposals from educators, students, administrators, librarians, instructional designers, and all other roles related to the design, delivery, and evaluation of open education in post-secondary institutions. We encourage student-led or partnered talks that showcase the critical role of student leadership and student-educator collaborations in open education. To register for these Zoom sessions, visit: https://ucalgary.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcpfuuhqjsiE9xwLFkoS4uK-KLd0bwXMbkC
Utilizing GenAI and Technology in Supporting OE and OER

Beyond Openness: Transdisciplinary Collaboration as the Heart of Open Education in the Age of AI – Sandra Abegglen, Mohammadmadhi Zanjanian, Alexandra Poppendorf (University of Calgary – Alberta, Canada)
Building Trust Through AI Transparency in OERs – Amanda Grey and Karen Meijer (Kwantlen Polytechnic University – British Columbia, Canada)
Opterna: BCcampus Open GenAI Project – Elizabeth A. Childs (Royal Roads University – British Columbia, Canada), Robynne Devine, and Harper Friedman (BCcampus – British Columbia, Canada)
Thinking Outside the Box! Creating and Implementing a Secondary Database as a Teaching Tool for Dental Students – Nazlee Sharmin and Ava Chow (University of Alberta – Alberta, Canada)
A Critical Examination of the Economics of Open – Mima Diab (University of Calgary – Alberta, Canada)

WordPress in Education: What we teach when we teach WordPress (WPCampus)
2026-03-24 10:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Washington, United States, Washington, DC, United States
Across higher education, WordPress is used as a publishing tool, but when we engage with students, it becomes part of the learning environment. We teach students to use the web to tell their stories. They create portfolios, publish project sites, and share digital humanities work. They build professional identities that travel with them beyond a single course or platform.
At the same time, many student-facing initiatives that may utilize WordPress as a tool have a different shared language and vocabulary for what, exactly, we’re teaching: Is it web design, digital writing, technology literacy, open pedagogy, or informational literacy, or all of the above? In practice, it is often a mix, and that makes it worth naming and learning from each other.
This online summit, hosted by WPCampus, the professional organization for WordPress in Higher Ed, centers student-facing programs, both long-standing and emerging. We’ll explore how educators and campus teams are teaching WordPress for authentic public work, and how newer pathways like the WordPress Credits are reframing WordPress not just as a tool students use, but an open source ecosystem that students can participate in and contribute to.
Why this matters now

WordPress remains a highly used web platform on the open web, which means “learning WordPress” often doubles as learning the web in a practical, career relevant way.
What participants will learn
Defining outcomes: How campuses frame student WordPress initiatives and what they prioritize.
Teaching models that scale: Mentorship, peer learning, and support structures that work across programs.
Pathways beyond the classroom: how student move from course-based projects to portfolios, community contribution, and career development.
Open source community engagement and sustainability: How student contributions feed into the larger WordPress ecosystem and help sustain open source projects.

OER Under the Hood with LibreTexts: ADAPT
2026-04-14 11:00 - 12:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Concord, United States, Concord, MA, United States
Open Education Global (OEGlobal) opens a new season of its OER Under the Hood series where we take a test drive to admire the exterior features of OER. Then, like we might do with a sports car, we open the hood (or bonnet) to take a look at how it works, share how it was designed and built, and what a “driver” can do with it. These are all done as live screen share demos of the real OER, not slide deck pictures of them.
For 2026, OEGlobal is building these sessions to showcase OERs from member organizations with this session featuring our member LibreTexts.
We are pleased that the first 2026 OER Under the Hood features LibreTexts’s ADAPT an open-source homework and assessment platform integrated into the “LibreVerse.” ADAPT is flexible and works with several Learning Management systems allowing educators to create, manage, and grade assignments using its native question types as well as a huge bank of interactive activities, including ones built in WebWork, IMathAS, and H5P. You will see its use of ADAPT’s “Discuss It” for rich media discussions and personalized “Learning Trees.”
LibreTexts founder Delmar Larsen will be at the wheel for a lively and interactive session. You can learn how to explore ADAPT on your own after the show.
When: Tuesday, April 14 at 11:00am – 12:00pm PDT (check for local time)
Where: Register to attend via Zoom
Recording: Will be posted after the event
Discuss: in OEG Connect
Learn More

Introduction to ADAPT
LibreTexts ADAPT web site
LibreTexts ADAPT: Homework Reimagined (Demo, YouTube)
LibreTexts recordings from 2026 Open Education Week events (YouTube playlist)

Look for more OER Under the Sessions to be added to the OEGlobal calendar. For OEGlobal members, looks soon for more details on how your OER can be featured in a future session.

ISKME OER Summit
2026-04-29 10:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Half Moon Bay, United States, Half Moon Bay, CA, United States
This free event will be hosted virtually on April 29 from 10:00 am – 1:00 pm Pacific Time. Taking inspiration from resilient redwood forests, ISKME’s OER Summit will focus on how being deeply rooted and connected in our communities helps us to rise and thrive together. Stay up to date about this event on the OER Commons 2026 OER Summit Hub.
We’ll seek to develop connections, showcase best practices, and provide opportunities for OER leaders to learn from each other to advance their OER work. We’ll highlight our partners’ inspiring and impactful OER initiatives from around the world during the Summit’s Opening Session with National Geographic Society, and the OER Showcase Sessions featuring presentations from Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, US Virgin Islands, and more.
This event is free for everyone, with a suggested donation of $25 to support ISKME’s continued work in developing OER communities, the OER Commons digital library, and free access to knowledge globally.
See Also

The OER Summit Hub where most likely the recordings of sessions will be available
Community Notes shared and edited by participants
Live notes added in OEG Connect
