Open Education Week

Introducing LibreTexts Academy Center for Open Instructional Innovation and Professional Development
2025-03-05 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | LibreTexts, Davis, CA, United States
LibreTexts Academy is here! Join Director of Curriculum Innovation and Development, Justin Shorb, for an introduction to our Academy Center for Open Instructional Innovation and Professional Development. From year long cohorts to asynchronous webinars, Academy has something for all of the open education advocates and practitioners on your campus.
Be sure to fill out our interest form before attending available at https://libretexts.org/academy.

Open Skilling: Accelerating Workforce Readiness Through Open Education
2025-03-05 22:00 - 23:30 (Asia/Riyadh) | National eLearning Center, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia
This online panel discussion from the National eLearning Center of Saudi Arabia will examine how Open Education is revolutionizing skilling and workforce development. The session will focus on use cases, challenges, and opportunities in open skilling, emphasizing industry-driven training models, credentialing, and lifelong learning pathways. Experts will share insights on open credentials, microlearning, and policy frameworks that enable scalable, equitable access to skills development.

Copyright Mythbusters Workshop and © Microcourse
2025-03-06 11:30 - 12:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | San Mateo County Community College District (SMCCCD), San Mateo, CA, United States
Copyright is tricky business! Join librarians Pia Walawalkar and Ame Maloney of Skyline College to discuss copyright myths and facts related to OER adoption.
Note: While this presentation’s audience is primarily those in the San Mateo County Community College District (California, USA), it is open for all who wish to join us.

Introduction to Open Education (EDEV0006)
2025-03-07 - 2025-03-23 | Conestoga College, 299 Doon Valley Dr, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
Registration is now open for EDEV0006, Introduction to Open Education.
This course is intended to provide educators with foundational knowledge on the importance of open educational practices, including open educational resources (OER).
This course is part of the micro-credential Open Education in a Post-Secondary Context offered through Conestoga’s Continuing Education department. It can also be used towards Conestoga’s Post-Secondary Teaching Certificate.

Open Education & Science Practices 2025 The XII edition of the International Workshop Open Education Week
2025-03-13 11:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Bucharest) | Politehnica University of Timisoara, Bul Vasile Parvan No.2, Timisoara, Romania
Hosted by the Digital Education Department and the Multimedia Center of the Politehnica University of Timișoara, in collaboration with the Alliance of European Universities E³UDRES² and the Ent-r-e-novators project, with the support of IEEE Romania, The XII edition of the International Workshop Open Education Week, with theme ”Open Education & Science Practices 2025” will delve into how open science and open educational resources are integrated into everyday activities, particularly in universities, research projects, and education in general. 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 event will be held in a hybrid format, with presentations delivered both physically and virtually.
The workshop aims to bring together international speakers, preparing interactive sessions and discussions and 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 between physical attendance at the UPT Conference Center or online participation. Participants will receive Open Education Workshop Participant Open Badges online and Certificates of Participation for physical attendance.

Customizing OER for your Students, Classroom, and Community
2026-02-25 14:00 - 15:30 (America/Boise) | Boise, United States, Boise, ID, United States
This Boise State University workshop supports faculty and staff to adapt openly licensed materials to align with specific requirements of their courses, students, and community. By the end of this workshop, you will be able to:
– Explore strategies for adapting and customizing openly licensed resources to suit the specific needs of your course and students.
– Analyze the potential impact of using or developing openly licensed resources for courses and students.
– Develop an openly licensed resource that addresses a gap in your current course and curriculum materials.
After registering for a remote workshop, you will receive a confirmation email of your registration that includes the workshop link. Please save this message. Also, you will have the option to add the event, which includes the Zoom link for the workshop, to your Google calendar.
Registration requires a Boise State University login.

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.

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.
