Open Education Week

AggieOpen Invited Speaker - From Free to Usable: The Accessibility Promise of OER
2026-03-03 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Ontario
Join us for this year’s AggieOpen Invited Speaker talk, From Free to Usable: The Accessibility Promise of OER! This session explores how digital accessibility, Universal Design for Learning, and upcoming ADA Title II requirements align with the broader mission of open education.
Featured speaker Katie Healey, founder of the A11Y Project and scholar of disability history, brings a disability justice framework to advancing inclusive practices in higher education. Through the University of California Office of the President, she supports more than 120 instructors across all 10 UC campuses in meeting digital accessibility standards. She also hosts the Disability Daily Podcast, highlighting key figures and moments in disability history.
During Open Education Week, Healey will share how accessible design strengthens the impact of OER and supports the diverse ways students engage with course content.
This free event will be held on Zoom. Register to attend!

Open Education Book Fair
2026-03-03 11:30 - 13:30 (America/Vancouver) | Nanaimo, Canada, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
Think Scholastic Book Fair vibes — but everything is free.
The Open Education Book Fair invites you to browse openly licensed textbooks and course materials, learn how Open Educational Resources (OERs) make learning more affordable and accessible, and explore Vancouver Island University’s Zero Textbook Cost Pilot Program.
Chat with folks from VIUSU, BCcampus, VIU Librarians, and VIU CIEL Staff to discover tools and resources you can use right away, and enjoy free snacks as you browse. All materials are free, available from day one, and require no access codes or extra costs. Come for the nostalgia, stay for the savings.
See Also

VIU Students’ Union host free open textbook fair (CHLY Radio)

Education that Brings Us Closer
2026-03-04 09:00 - 10:00 (Europe/Chisinau) | Balti, Moldova, Republic of, Balti, Moldova, Republic of
On March 4, 2026, the Scientific Library of Alecu Russo State University of Bălți (USARB) will host the academic panel “Education that Brings Us Closer: An Academic Portrait of Silvia Briceag – 10 Years Since the Publication of Her Course Materials.”
The event will highlight the teaching and research contributions of Silvia Briceag, University Professor, as well as the impact of her works on generations of students.The panel will also emphasize the role of the USARB Scientific Library in enhancing the visibility, dissemination, and digital accessibility of the author’s publications.
The program will further include the exhibition “Open Education: Landmarks, Methods and Experiences,” featuring Open Educational Practices (OEP) that underpin Open Education (OE), including the integration of Open Access (OA) and the use of Open Educational Resources (OER)

AfLIA Open Education Week Virtual Summit
2026-03-04 09:00 - 13:00 UTC | Accra, Ghana, Accra, Ghana
The African Library and Information Associations and Institutions (AfLIA), in collaboration with OER Africa, is pleased to announce the 2026 AfLIA Open Education Week Virtual Summit, scheduled for 3–4 March 2026. The virtual summit will convene librarians, educators, researchers, policymakers, and other stakeholders to explore how Open Education can expand access, improve equity, and transform learning outcomes across Africa.
Theme: Open Education, Open Possibilities
Open Education is reshaping the global learning landscape by expanding access to open educational resources and practices. It creates new pathways for inclusive, quality, and equitable education. This is particularly important for Africa, which has the world’s youngest population, with over 60 percent under the age of 25 and a median age of 19. Many young people and adult learners still face significant barriers to education due to inadequate resources and persistent equity gaps. Open Education presents an opportunity to address these challenges and to support Africa’s transformation into a global knowledge and innovation powerhouse.
AfLIA strongly believes that African libraries have critical roles to play in bridging digital and resource gaps. Library professionals possess expertise in technology, copyright, and licensing, positioning them as key partners in advancing Open Education. The 2026 virtual summit seeks to bring together stakeholders to share research, case studies, emerging models, and visionary ideas that demonstrate how Open Education can enable transformative, inclusive, and equitable education across the continent.

Be the change you want to see: Applications of Seamless learning. Research projects from the International Research Network for Innovative Sustainable and Seamless Education (IRN-ISSE)
2026-03-04 14:00 - 15:00 (Europe/Stockholm) | Lund, Sweden, Lund, Sweden
The International Research Network for Innovative Sustainable and Seamless Education (IRN-ISSE) is a global research partnership that began at mLearn 2018 at Concordia University in Chicago. The vision of IRN-ISSE is to build an international community of practice, inviting researchers and specialists to collaborate for the greater good, with a specific focus on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4): “ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.” The mission of IRN-ISSE is to study, support, inform, share, and implement research globally to improve access to and quality of education worldwide. The goal is to stand together and learn with and from each other, striving to remain at the forefront of innovative, sustainable, and seamless educational practice
The community has a global reach, including Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America, and India. The partnership is working on several initiatives, such as:

The Seamless Learning Experience Design Model, which identifies five themes relevant to designing a seamless learning experience: 1) seamless learning concepts, 2) positive concepts, 3) practical concepts, 4) human concepts, and 5) design concepts. Based on these five concepts, a Seamless Learning Experience Design (SLED) framework was developed.
Research and ongoing work include the “Be the change to see the change” (this was the theme for interviews and larger podcasts) initiative, and on-demand, driven learning.

What you can expect:
During this webinar, you will meet some of the partners in IRN-ISSE. You will hear about their research and ongoing initiatives. You will have the opportunity to discuss with the team and the audience the interesting changes in education, including those brought about by the AI era. You will also learn how you can become involved in the IRN-ISSE partnership.

Speakers:

Helga Hambrock. Dr. S Africa, Co-ordinator
Ebba Ossiannilsson, Prof. Dr. Sweden
Ioana Andrea Stefan, Dr. Romania
Karen Ferreira Meyers, Prof. Dr. Eswatini

… even more members from IRN ISSE

Contact: Ebba Ossiannilsson, Prof. Dr. Sweden
Ebba.Ossiannilsson@gmail.com
Microsoft Teams meeting
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Open Education as Anti-Fascism: Building Democratic Resilience
2026-03-04 16:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Berlin) | Ontario
Across the globe, higher education is facing growing authoritarian, exclusionary, and anti-democratic tendencies, not only in politics, but also in digital infrastructures, platform economies, and dominant narratives about technology and innovation. At the same time, Open Education is often framed primarily as a technical or economic solution, i.e., more efficient content production, wider access, lower costs.
In this session, we will discuss how openness can function as a form of democratic resilience in times of polarization and techno-fascism.

From Shared Curriculum to AI Co-Creation: A Hands-On Workshop with TAI
2026-03-04 09:00 - 10:00 (America/Chicago) | Elizabethtown, United States, Elizabethtown, KY, United States
At OEWeek 2025, ScholarRX explored strategies for developing open education resources (OER) in health professions education, grounded in the idea of a shared global curricular ecosystem. This year, we take the next step.
What happens when AI becomes a collaborative partner in building and localizing open curriculum?
This interactive workshop invites participants to move beyond discussion and into design. Using TAI (Teaching with Artificial Intelligence), ScholarRx’s AI teaching assistant, attendees will experiment with AI-supported curriculum creation in real time. While ScholarRx’s roots are in health professions education, this workshop is designed for educators and instructional designers across higher education.
Rather than positioning AI as a tool that does the writing for you, we frame it as a partner to help educators:

Clarify learning objectives
Structure modular learning experiences
Generate formative questions
Transform existing materials (e.g., PowerPoints, PDFs, lecture transcripts)into structured learning experiences
Localize and adapt materials for different learners
Translate and expand open resources responsibly

Participants will work individually or in small groups to develop a draft open learning module relevant to their own context, with TAI as a co-creator. Participants are encouraged to bring an existing slide deck, document, or transcript they’d like to reimagine.
Workshop Outcomes

By the end of this session, participants will:
Develop a draft open learning module using AI-supported instructional design
Identify where AI meaningfully supports
and where it should not replace — educator expertise
Understand practical considerations around licensing and attribution in AI-assisted OER development
Gain hands-on experience using TAI in a structured instructional workflow

Open for Antiracism: Trauma informed approaches to open education
2026-03-04 10:00 - 10:45 (America/Los_Angeles) | Ontario
Open for Antiracism is a special project of OE Global that has been providing professional development programming across California Community colleges on OER and Open Pedagogy for over 6 years.
In this 2-part session, you’ll first hear from our program directors, Laura Dunn and James Glapa-Grossklag, on how the antiracism and equity landscape has changed since the program’s beginnings in 2020, the impact that OFAR has had on students and faculty, and how OFAR is applied in the classroom.
In the second half of our session, OFAR coach, past participant, and professor of child development at Cerro Coso Community College, Tyrone Ledford shares how he has adapted OFAR’s program in his trauma informed approach to teaching child development. Tyrone will be presenting how to blend anti-racist curriculum and trauma informed teaching strategies to create classroom environments that are empathetic and inclusive to students of diverse backgrounds who have experienced trauma.

Tyrone Ledford is an educator and equity advocate committed to student success and community empowerment. An award-winning Umoja Counselor and two-time Faculty of the Year at Cerro Coso Community College, he created the Trauma-Informed Care specialization program to better support students impacted by trauma. Beyond the classroom, Tyrone advances equity through his family-owned community garden, where he provides students with access to fresh food, education, and hands-on experience growing their own food while promoting food security, sustainability, and self-sufficiency.
Laura Dunn is the director of Open for Antiracism and faculty of religion at the University of Hawaii. Laura’s current research examines how indigenous knowledge systems intersect with cross cultural contemplative practices as a means to reclaim identity in post- and neo-colonial contexts. She is an award-winning writer and scholar, Newhall Fellow, Interreligious Collaborative Research Fellow, and recipient of the National Endowment for the Humanities Association for Asian Studies Publication Grant.
James Glapa-Grossklag is Dean, Educational Technology, Learning Resources, and Distance Learning at College of the Canyons (USA). He serves as Technical Assistance Provider for the California Community Colleges’ Zero Textbook Cost Degree Program, the largest-ever public investment in OER. He co-directs the Open for Antiracism Program, is an OER Fellow for the Michelson 20MM Foundation, and co-leads, with Carnegie Mellon University, a national training program to help faculty from broad-access institutions learn to teach with generative AI. James is past President of Open Education Global, the Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources, and Directors of Educational Technology in California Higher Education. James served as a trainer on OER for the US Department of State in the Middle East and North Africa and was Innovation Scholar in Residence at RMIT University in Australia. He held the appointment of Global OER Ambassador for ICDE 2017-21. In 2019, he received the President’s Award from Open Education Global for “advancing open education around the world through his exceptional dedication, outstanding contribution, and exemplary service.”

You can watch our OE Week session here.
Session Recording Available

LibreTexts ADAPT: Homework Reimagined
2026-03-04 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Davis, United States, Davis, CA, United States
ADAPT, LibreTexts’ open homework and assessment platform, is designed to do exactly that. Join our Founder and Executive Director, Delmar Larsen, for a guided tour of everything ADAPT has to offer:
– 240,000+ openly licensed questions
– Adaptive Learning Trees and personalized learning models
– Built-in analytics and an Early Warning System powered by predictive analytics
– Seamless LMS integration with Canvas and Blackboard
– Mobile clicker functionality right in your classroom
– Support for WebWork, IMathAS, H5P, and Native QTI
ADAPT is built to be more powerful than traditional publisher platforms and more affordable. Because the cost of a homework platform should never be a barrier to student success.
This is open education in action. Come see what it looks like.

Hinds Community College Wikipedia Editathon
2026-03-04 13:00 - 15:00 (America/Chicago) | Raymond, United States, Raymond, MS, United States
Hinds Community College’s Wikipedia Editathon is taking place Wednesday, March 4th from 1-3pm, McLendon Library in the Bucci Room.

Doing Dangerous Work: The ASCCC IDEA Framework
2026-03-04 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | San Mateo, United States, San Mateo, CA, United States
Join us for a focused conversation on the IDEA Framework with featured guest Tiffany Lanoix of the ASCCC Open Educational Resources Initiative (OERI), a statewide effort of the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges.
In this session, Tiffany will briefly unpack what IDEA (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Anti-racism) means in the context of educational resources and why the framework was created to support faculty-led review and revision of course materials. She’ll highlight why Open Educational Resources (OER) are especially powerful for this work, since open licenses allow faculty to revise materials to better reflect their community contexts. We’ll touch on how this work can scale from individual course revisions to broader cultural change and what to expect from the upcoming IDEA assessment process launching in summer 2026. Whether you’re deeply involved in OER or simply curious about aligning your materials with your values and your students’ needs, this session offers practical insight and an accessible entry point into IDEA-informed teaching and learning.
Register using the link below.

ADAPT and AI: An Instructor's Success Story
2026-03-04 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Davis, United States, Davis, CA, United States
This session demonstrates practical ways to build and deploy homework in LibreTexts ADAPT using WeBWorK algorithmic problems.
WeBWorK uses a complex Perl-based language called PG, and writing questions in PG can be challenging. Most PG examples online focus on math, physics, and engineering. As a life science professor, I want to bridge that gap by bringing algorithmic biology problems, which are often more descriptive than numerical, into LibreTexts ADAPT using WeBWorK.
In this session, I will show new instructors how to use AI to turn a conceptual homework idea into a fully functional WeBWorK problem, without needing to know how to code. The talk will demonstrate how large language model agents such as Claude Code and OpenAI Codex can produce working WeBWorK problems when given solid documentation and required to check output using a local renderer.
A brief course case study will show how a problem concept can become a working WeBWorK assignment through an iterative workflow.

Sowing the Seeds of a Global Movement: Stories from California Trailblazers of Open Education
2026-03-04 15:00 - 16:00 (America/Chicago) | Austin, United States, Austin, TX, United States
Join author Barbara Illowsky, Ph.D., editor Judith Sebesta, Ph.D., and contributor James Glapa-Grossklag for an exclusive webinar launching their new volume, Sowing the Seeds of a Global Movement: Stories from California Trailblazers of Open Education.
Published in Pressbooks under the auspices of College of the Canyons, which serves as the Technical Assistance Provider for the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office Zero Textbook Cost Degree Grant Program, this powerful OER chronicles the California origins, evolution, and future impact of OER and Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) programs through the words of visionary leaders who made it happen.
Attendees will gain invaluable insights into the strategic foundations, key partnerships, and transformative vision that propelled a grassroots effort into systemic transformation of the U.S.’s largest system of higher education and has inspired open educators across the globe.
The volume includes interviews with the following trailblazers, all based in California:

Cathy Casserly
Una Daly
James Glapa-Grossklag
Gerry Hanley
Barbara Illowsky
Martha Kanter
Gary K. Michelson
Lisa Petrides
Hal Plotkin

Whether you are an educator, policymaker, administrator, or philanthropist, discover the critical factors that led to California’s historic investment in ZTC pathways and the enduring power of collective action in making knowledge a public good.

Burden-Free Materials: How Libraries Power Affordable Education
2026-03-04 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | San Diego, United States, San Diego, CA, United States
Discover resources available through your San Diego Community College District’s libraries to support burden-free materials by providing seamless access to electronic resources, streaming media, course reserves, and digital scanning services. Learn how these efforts remove financial barriers for students and support faculty in creating no cost courses.

OER Inshallah... From Local Success to National Impact
2026-03-05 14:00 - 15:30 (Europe/Paris) | Rome, Italy, Rome, Italy
Celebrate Open Education Week 2026 by joining a high-level dialogue on transforming OER from isolated campus initiatives into a resilient national infrastructure across the Arabic-speaking world.
This webinar moves beyond “pilot projects” to tackle the strategic shift toward system-level adoption, exploring how open resources serve as a vital lifeline for learning continuity during times of crisis and prolonged instability. We invite higher education leaders, vocational trainers, and educators to engage with our expert panelists in a bilingual (English/Arabic) debate designed to bridge the gap between local success and nationwide impact. Whether you are sharing a frontline experience or seeking a roadmap for institutional change, join us to help shape a future where open, accessible education is the standard, not the exception, for every learner in the MENA region.
The discussion will be initiated by invited panelists, and contributions from participants who wish to share experiences or reflections are warmly welcomed.
Panelists:

Saida Affouneh, An-Najah National University, Palestine – OE Individual Award Winner 2025
Fawzi Baroud, Notre Dame University – Louaize, Lebanon – UNESCO Chair in OER for Access and Success
Khalid Berrada, Director of Higher Education at the Ministry of Higher Education, Scientific Research, and Innovation, Morocco – ICESCO Chair on Open Education
Lilia Cheniti, Sousse University, Tunisia, UNESCO Chair Open Education: Intelligent, Innovative and Inclusive
Omar Jomah, Director of the E-learning center, The Libyan Academy for Postgraduate Studies, Libya
Gihan Osman, Instructional Design & Online Technology, Egypt
Wissam Tawileh, Head of Online Education Research and Development, Qatar University

Facilitators:

Fabio Nascimbeni, ETF – European Training Foundation
Cristina Stefanelli, UNIMED – Mediterranean Universities Union

Who should attend: Higher Education managers, educators and practitioners, VET trainers, OER enthusiasts of any nationality with an interest in Arabic OER in the MENA region.
Language(s): English and Arabic. Machine translation captions will be available.
من النجاح المحلي إلى التأثير الوطني! (Arabic)
OER Inshallah flyer (English)

Global to Local: Reimagining OER Localisation in Higher Education
2026-03-05 07:00 - 08:00 (America/Vancouver) | Vancouver, Canada, Vancouver, BC, Canada
This Open Education Week online panel from the Commonwealth of Learning presents fresh insights into Open Educational Resource (OER) localisation across the Commonwealth.
Facilitated by Professor Lynne Bowker (Laval University) and Dr Jako Olivier (Commonwealth of Learning), the session is linked to their forthcoming edited volume, Localisation of Open Educational Resources in Higher Education. Speakers from Canada, India and South Africa will share brief presentations on new research, exploring themes such as generative AI, multilingual and Indigenous knowledge integration, student-centred localisation, and policy-driven approaches to adapting OER for local contexts.
Programme
1) Introduction – Jako Olivier & Lynne Bowker (5 minutes)
2) Short presentations (40 minutes)
– Reimagining OER Localisation through Generative AI: A Conceptual Framework for Higher Education (Adit Gupta, Manas Ranjan Panigrahi, Mool Raj & Aakriti Singh)
– Ubuntu and Open Knowledge: A Theoretical Lens on Indigenous Knowledge Integration in Multilingual OERs (Napjadi Letsoalo)
– Science is tough but so are you: localising resources and centering student experiences (Michelle Willmers, Dale Taylor, Bianca Masuku, Glenda Cox & Mohammed Kajee)
– From Global Openness to Local Flexibility: The Discursive Localization of OER in Ontario’s Virtual Learning Strategy (Mara Bordignon)
3) Questions and answers (13 minutes)
4) Closing remarks – Jako Olivier & Lynne Bowker (2 minutes)

DEFA Cameroun: Digital Education For All - Les REL pour tous
2026-03-05 15:00 - 17:00 (Africa/Abidjan) | Yaoundé, Cameroon, Yaoundé, Cameroon
Jules Tchiyak Fanmoe organise à Yaoundé (sans retransmission) son premier séminaire dédié au lancement de l’association DEFA Digital Education For All, dans ses propres locaux et avec une quinzaine d’enseignants. Pilier d’Open Education Global Francophone, Jules se lance aujourd’hui dans la rédaction d’une thèse et souhaite populariser les Ressources Educatives Libres et la pédagogie ouverte dans le secondaire.
Les Ressources Éducatives Libres (REL) au Cameroun : comment les enseignants de sciences les utilisent-ils vraiment ?
1. Pourquoi parler des REL ?
Depuis les années 2000, l’éducation connaît une révolution avec le numérique : les savoirs se partagent plus facilement, et de nouvelles ressources pédagogiques apparaissent, comme les Ressources Éducatives Libres (REL). Ces ressources (cours, exercices, vidéos, etc.) sont gratuites, modifiables et partageables. Des organisations comme l’UNESCO les encouragent, car elles pourraient :

Rendre l’éducation plus accessible (pour tous, même dans les zones reculées).
Améliorer la qualité des enseignements grâce à des supports innovants.
Réduire les inégalités en offrant des outils pédagogiques variés.

2. Le défi : entre théorie et réalité
Cependant, avoir accès aux REL ne signifie pas qu’elles sont utilisées efficacement. Des études montrent que :

Les enseignants n’adoptent pas automatiquement les outils numériques, même s’ils sont disponibles (Rabardel, 1995).
Il existe souvent un écart entre ce que les institutions recommandent, ce que les REL promettent, et ce que les enseignants font en classe.

3. Le cas du Cameroun : un contexte particulier
Au Cameroun, comme dans beaucoup de pays africains, les REL et les technologies éducatives se développent (ex. : projet PAQUEB, formations aux TIC). Mais leur utilisation pose des questions :

Matériel : Tous les enseignants et élèves ont-ils accès à des ordinateurs, à internet ?
Formation : Les enseignants sont-ils formés pour utiliser ces ressources ?
Adaptation : Les REL correspondent-elles aux besoins locaux et aux programmes scolaires ?

4. Comment étudier ce sujet ?
Cette recherche propose d’analyser la situation à trois niveaux :

Niveau international : Comment les REL s’inscrivent-elles dans les politiques mondiales d’éducation ?
Niveau national : Quelles sont les politiques éducatives du Cameroun sur les REL et le numérique ?
Niveau local : Comment les enseignants de sciences (physique, SVT, etc.) utilisent-ils concrètement les REL dans leurs classes ?

5. Questions clés de la recherche

Les enseignants camerounais connaissent-ils les REL ? Les utilisent-ils ?
Quels sont les freins (manque de matériel, de formation, résistance au changement) et les leviers (motivation, soutien institutionnel) ?
Comment les REL pourraient-elles vraiment améliorer l’enseignement des sciences au secondaire ?

6. Objectifs

Comprendre pourquoi et comment les enseignants intègrent (ou non) les REL.
Identifier les conditions nécessaires pour que ces ressources soient utiles et durables.
Proposer des recommandations pour les décideurs, les formateurs et les enseignants.

Pourquoi ce sujet est-il important pour vous, enseignants ?
Les REL pourraient être un outil puissant pour :

Enrichir vos cours avec des supports variés et actualisés.
Motiver vos élèves grâce à des méthodes interactives.
Réduire les coûts (moins de dépendance aux manuels payants).

Mais pour que cela fonctionne, il faut :

Votre implication : partager vos besoins et vos retours d’expérience.
Un accompagnement : formations, accès au matériel, soutien technique.

Question pour ouvrir le débat : “En tant qu’enseignant(e) au Cameroun, quels sont, selon vous, les principaux obstacles à l’utilisation des REL dans votre quotidien ? Et quelles solutions imagineriez-vous pour les surmonter ?”

Accessibility + OER (Ohio Open Education Collective)
2026-03-05 11:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Columbus, United States, Columbus, OH, United States
Celebrate Open Education Week with the Ohio Open Education Collective for a high level overview of the new Title II guidelines for accessible content and explore how to build an accessibility-first mindset when creating OER. The session will culminate with best practices and resources.

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.

Accessible Considerations in OER Integration
2026-03-05 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Toronto) | St. Catharines, Canada, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
This Brock Universirt workshop offers guidance for instructors and teams engaged in the adoption, adaptation, and creation of Open Educational Resources (OER), with a focus on inclusive resource development and supporting access-forward open pedagogical practices.
Whether you are considering integrating OER into your classroom and want to begin the process with intentional inclusivity in mind, or you are already using OER and are interested in strengthening inclusive approaches within your practice, this workshop is designed for you.

Designing With, Not Around, Disabled Learners: A Screen-Reader Demo Experience
2026-03-05 20:30 - 22:00 (Africa/Cairo) | Cairo, Egypt, Cairo, Egypt
This session from Equity Unbound will demonstrate why screen-reader access is important when designing learning materials, especially Open Educational Resources. Have you ever wanted to know how people who are visually impaired or totally blind access your content? Come to this session and I, a visually impaired screen-reader user and an accessibility expert myself, will demonstrate for you the experience of a blind person navigating websites and digital materials.
We will begin with a TRIZ Liberating Structures activity in which participants will intentionally design the worst possible experience for someone using a screen reader. As we name common mistakes and exclusionary practices first, we will surface the barriers that disabled users encounter every day.
Through screen-reader demonstrations on JAWS, NVDA, and Voiceover, participants will experience how everyday design choices shape who can participate fully in learning spaces and who is required to work harder to feel “included” because the design was not made accessible from the beginning. Participants will see concrete examples of inaccessible practices, such as poorly structured documents, missing alt text, cluttered layouts, and excessive emoji use, and how these choices interfere with learning and participation.
The session will connect these examples to the four principles of accessibility: perceivable, operable, user-friendly, and real. We will also discuss reasonable accommodations and why accessibility must be built into course design rather than added later. Throughout the session, participants will be invited to reflect, ask questions, and rethink their own materials. By the end, they will leave with practical strategies for creating learning spaces that are genuinely inclusive for screen reader users.
Recording Now Available

See also the presentation slides and an anonymized chat log from this session

OpenEd25 Keynote Rewatch: adrienne maree brown
2026-03-05 15:00 - 16:30 (America/New_York) | Washington, D.C., United States, Washington, D.C., DC, United States
The Open Education Association invites you to a virtual rewatch of bestselling author adrienne maree brown’s keynote from the 2025 Open Education Conference. Drawing on decades of movement facilitation, science fiction scholarship, and community care, this keynote invites participants to reflect on transformation, imagination, and the practices that help communities grow and heal.
All are welcome to attend this virtual “rewatch party,” which will feature a livestream of the keynote and live chat in Zoom. After the recording, attendees are welcome to stay for an optional discussion.

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.

Transforming Learning in an Age of Information Abundance
2026-03-05 14:30 - 15:30 (America/Regina) | Saskatoon, Canada, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Dave Cormier shares strategies for teaching in the digital age. Help students thrive in an information-rich world.
Pre-registration is required. A recording will be available with a link sent out to all registrants.

Call to Action: Co-designing and Enhancing Pharmacology for Nurses
2026-03-06 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Toronto) | Oshawa, Canada, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
Description
This Open Education Week, the OntarioTech University Teaching and Learning Center is inviting Health Sciences faculty to join us in reviewing, modifying, or adapting our Pharmacology for Nurses Open Educational Resource (OER).
This resource was developed specifically for nursing graduate students preparing for the NCLEX, providing evidence-based content, clear explanations, and practical examples to support safe and effective medication management.

By participating, you’ll help ensure it remains current, inclusive, and student-centered.
Learning Outcomes

Demonstrate how your expertise can enhance and support the Pharmacology for Nurses OER by suggesting updates or improvements.
Apply evidence-based and inclusive teaching practices to ensure the OER meets diverse learner needs, documenting your recommendations.
Create adapted or supplemental OER content that aligns with course objectives and promotes accessible, student-centered learning.

Who should participate?

Health Sciences faculty members who teach nursing or pharmacology-related courses, particularly those supporting NCLEX preparation.
Teaching assistants, instructional designers, and educational developers involved in nursing education.

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Opening Doors & Breaking Barriers: Advancing Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Decolonization Through Open Education
2026-03-06 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Toronto) | St. Catharines, Canada, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
Open education is about more than resources and licensing – in practice, it can be a powerful tool for social and educational justice. In this interactive session from Brock University, we will explore how open practice can enhance educational experiences for students and instructors alike, by breaking down barriers, fostering inclusive environments, and challenging the status quo.
Workshop Facilitator: Ashlyne O’Neil

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

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)

The Power of Free Knowledge: How MIT Open Learning is Shaping Tomorrow’s Open Education Landscape
2026-03-12 10:00 - 10:45 (America/New_York) | Cambridge, United States, Cambridge, MA, United States
“The Power of Free Knowledge: How MIT Open Learning is Shaping Tomorrow’s Open Education Landscape” with Dana Doyle and Curt Newton
An Open Conversation hosted by Yvonne Ng
Thursday, March 12, 2026
10:00AM – 10:45AM EST
Question and answer session at the end.

Please join us for a lively and inspiring conversation with Dana Doyle, Senior Director of the MITx Program, and Curt Newton, Director of MIT OpenCourseWare. Together, they’ll share standout moments from their decades of championing open education, reflect on the global impact of free and accessible learning, and offer a forward-looking take on what’s next for the open education movement.
About the speakers

Dana Doyle has been working at MIT Open Learning for over 10 years and has held roles from project management of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) creation to her current role as the Senior Director of the MITx Program.
As the Senior Director, Doyle manages a team of 20+ to support faculty in creating online open courses for the world. She also works with other units across Open Learning and MIT to further MIT’s mission. Doyle holds a Master of Education from Northeastern University.
Curt Newton leads MIT OpenCourseWare in supporting millions of global learners and educators every year with freely shared materials from over 2,500 MIT courses. Newton joined OpenCourseWare in 2004, shortly after its launch, captivated by the promise of open education, and worked as a Publication Manager and Site Curator prior to becoming Director in 2018.
Newton is also a recognized leader in building more effective and equitable climate action through open knowledge practices and resources, at MIT and around the world, through a wide range of professional and civic engagements.
Yvonne Ng is the Annual Giving and Donor Relations Officer for MIT Open Learning, where she leads annual giving strategy, donor stewardship, and development communications to support programs such as MIT OpenCourseWare and MITx. She manages stewardship for roughly 2,400 donors each year and contributes to fundraising efforts. Previously, she spent more than a decade advancing digital outreach and fundraising for MIT OpenCourseWare. Yvonne has worked in communications and digital media since 2000 and holds a BA in Spanish and Anthropology from Bowdoin College.

Open Education Talks- Enhancing OER Publishing and Connections with Open Scholarship
2026-03-18 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
Enhancing OER Publishing and Connections with Open Scholarship

From Research to Reach: Open Education and OER for Knowledge Mobilization – Mélanie Brunet (University of Ottawa – Ontario, Canada)
OER and the Future of Open Science – Melissa Chim (Excelsior University – New York, USA)
Trusting OERs: Peer Review for Open Textbooks – Irena Knezevic (Carleton University – Ontario, Canada)
Empowering Open Education through Wikimedia: The EduWiki Hub Experience – Barakat Adegboye and Bukola James (EduWiki Hub – Nigeria)
The Forge: A Next-Generation Platform for Open Pedagogy and Resource Co-Creation – Delmar Larsen (LibreTexts, University of California, Davis – California, USA)
