• WikiAfrica Hour Offline Demos

    WikiAfrica Hour’s Offline Wikis – Kiwix Demonstration

    Online from Multiple Locations

    How do we share free knowledge with people who have no stable internet? How do you identify the right offline solution, if you cannot see it in action online first? Many steps must be taken before offline solutions can benefit the people they are designed for, some of which are quite tricky.  In this OEWeek25 […]

  • The Future of Pedagogy: Ethical and Inclusive AI in OER Development

    Ontario Tech U Oshawa, Ontario, Canada

    This session explores the transformative potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in enhancing Open Educational Resources (OER) while ensuring ethical implementation. By proposing a framework to integrate ethical and inclusive AI practices, it emphasizes transparency, fairness, privacy, and accountability. The session demonstrates how AI can scale content creation, improve accessibility through translation and adaptive technologies, and […]

  • Getting Started with Open Pedagogy

    Brock University St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada

    This resource-rich virtual workshop will introduce Open Pedagogy, a student-centered and collaborative approach to teaching and learning that foregrounds access, justice, and learner agency. Drawing on inspiring examples from a wide variety of disciplines, participants will learn how to infuse principles of open pedagogy into their learning activities, policies, and assessments. This OEweek workshop is […]

  • Poco a poco, se va lejos: Developing a Spanish Z-degree at Colorado State University Pueblo 

    University of Northern Colorado Greeley, CO, United States

    This talk explores the development and implementation of the Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) Spanish degree at Colorado State University Pueblo, a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI). It examines both the theoretical and practical considerations that shaped the process, emphasizing how a custom-built curriculum can integrate students’ lived experiences and identities while aligning with program objectives and course […]

  • Distributing open education to reduce inequity and transform higher education

    Online from Multiple Locations

    This online session puts open education and open publishing in the broader context of knowledge equity and transformation of higher education. It will feature discussion of a new open online course Distributing education and knowledge creation designed to help build capacity for distributing knowledge to reduce inequity. During the session we will hope to identify […]

  • Open Innovation: AI and Impact on Open Education

    National eLearning Center Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia

    This event from the National eLearning Center (Saudi Arabia) explores the intersection of Open Innovation, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Open Education. Experts will discuss how AI-driven innovation is transforming learning ecosystems, content creation, and accessibility in open education. The session will also examine potential challenges, ethical considerations, and strategies for harnessing AI to enhance equity […]

  • Online University of Windsor Open Education Week Conference

    Online from Multiple Locations

    The Office of Open Learning at the University of Windsor is hosting a conference throughout the Open Education Week and everyone is invited to join us for a week of free events. Events will be added over time, so check the site regularly. This year will feature presentations about open educational practices, as well as […]

  • Northeast OER Summit

    University of Massachusetts Amherst Amherst, United States

    The Northeast Open Educational Resources (OER) Summit is a virtual event for new and experienced OER advocates offering the opportunity to learn and share effective practices in awareness building, implementation, collaboration, strategy, and research. The theme of our 2025 Summit is All Hands on Deck: Exploring Open Education Through Collaboration and Innovation.

  • Ready for Take-off? How Emerging Technologies are Fuelling New Approaches Around OER in the UK & the US

    University of Massachusetts Amherst Amherst, United States

    Today we are faced with emerging technologies such as (Gen)AI, which have incredible potential – yet also significant risks and challenges. During this panel session at the Northeast OER Summit, we will hear from two forward-looking universities in the UK and the US about their views and experiences with (Gen)AI and OER. While both are […]

  • Open Education Week 2025 – TU Delft Kick-off

    Delft University of Technology Delft, Netherlands

    Panel Discussion: “Building Support for Open Education: Present and Future” Insights from key stakeholders about current open education initiatives and future strategies. Panelists: Willem van Valkenburg (Executive Director, Extension School) Ingrid Klok (Manager, Library Education Services) Frank van der Hoeven (Programme Manager, Open Science Programme) Moderator: Freek Pols (Assistant Professor, Faculty of Applied Sciences Poster […]

  • Carteles Educativos por Wikimedia México

    México Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico

    Desde el Programa de Educación de Wikimedia México organizamos una serie de #CartelesEducativos con la comunidad de WikiEducación en el país, a manera de memoria de proyectos y editatones educativos, talleres, cursos, charlas y otras actividades en torno al fenómeno educativo que ha generado el uso e implementación de Wikipedia y los proyectos Wikimedia dentro y […]

  • Open Education Week 2025 Exhibit: Sharing Memories of Your Favorite Children’s Book(s)

    WashU St. Louis, MO, United States

    This pop-up interactive exhibit features about 50 award winning titles recently added to the WashU Libraries’ Collection. The exhibit invites viewers to share their favorite children’s books and authors with others. These books support the methods courses for the Teacher Education Program in the Department of Education and covers a range of fiction and non-fiction […]

  • Click to Discover 23 Reasons in Favor of Open Education!

    Chaire Unesco RELIA - Nantes Université France Nantes, France

    This year, we contribute (once again) to OEWeek and the month of Open Education with a brand new initiative. With the help of our friends at the UNOE network and the EUniWell European University of Wellbeing, we explore the arguments why people and institutions should opt for Open Education. To this end, 23 contributors from […]

  • Wiki Loves Africa 2025

    Online from Multiple Locations

    Wiki Loves Africa is an annual public contest organised by Wiki In Africa in collaboration with the Wikimedia movement across Africa. The contest encourages people across Africa can contribute media (photographs, video and audio) about their environment to Wikimedia Commons for use on Wikipedia and other project websites of the Wikimedia Foundation. Each year the theme changes and […]

  • WikiAfrica Hour – De-colonising knowledge on Wikipedia

    Online from Multiple Locations

    What do we mean by decolonising knowledge? Why is it essential to document this on Wikimedia projects? What established knowledge decolonisation initiatives are inside (and even outside) the Wikimedia movement that we should pay attention to? How can we improve existing initiatives and encourage others to do the same? This month on Wiki Africa Hour, […]

  • International Mother Language Day 2025

    UNESCO Headquarters Paris, France

    UNESCO will celebrate the 25th anniversary of International Mother Language Day, reaffirming the importance of linguistic diversity and multilingualism in fostering dignity, peace, and understanding. UNESCO estimates that there are 8,324 languages, spoken or signed. Out of these, around 7,000 languages are still in use. However, linguistic diversity is under threat, with many languages disappearing […]