Open Education Week

UA Little Rock Open Education Week Lightning Talks
2026-03-12 10:30 - 11:30 (America/Chicago)
All students, staff, and faculty at University of Arkansas Little Rock are invited to join Ottenheimer Library, the Office of eLearning, and ATLE for an hour of fast-paced, high-energy Lightning Talks celebrating Open Education Week 2026.
Presenters include: Academic Success Librarian Amie Johnson, Dr. Katie Helms, Dr. Tiffani Tijerina, Dr. Elizabeth Sotelo, and undergraduate student Will Fausel.
Brunch will be served between 10:00 am-10:30 am for in-person attendees.
The sessions will start promptly at 10:30 for both in-person and virtual audiences.
Please register for either modality; the virtual link will be sent to registrants who select the virtual option.

Flourishing Futures: Open Education for People, Place, and Planet at College of the Rockies
2026-03-12 11:00 - 14:00 (America/Edmonton) | Cranbrook, Canada, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Flourishing Futures celebrates the link between ‘open’ and ‘sustainable development’ as a practical strategy for connecting people, place, and planet. Virtual attendees are invited to tour digitally interactive Spotlight Stations that shine a light on the creative and innovative ways Open Education and SDGs can be combined to benefit students, instructors, and communities at College of the Rockies and beyond.
During the synchronous Lunch and Learn component, enjoy lunch while learning from innovators as they highlight a web of inspiring ideas, themes, and exemplars that arise when we blend open education, SDGs, and skill-building for a thriving, sustainable future.

Open Educational Resources: New Publishing Trends and Strategies for Resource Selection in Universities
2026-03-13 13:30 - 17:30 (Asia/Bangkok) | Can Tho, Viet Nam, Can Tho, Ninh Kieu, Viet Nam
In the context of the rapidly advancing digital transformation in higher education, enhancing awareness and capacity for the use of Open Educational Resources (OER)—while ensuring compliance with intellectual property regulations in publishing activities—has become an urgent priority for higher education institutions.
To support faculty members, administrators, and librarians in developing the knowledge and skills needed to search for, evaluate, and integrate OER into teaching and learning, the Southern Academic Library Consortium, in collaboration with the Library of Can Tho University and related partners, will organize this workshop.
Speakers:

Dr. Win Shih – Director of Integrated Library Systems, University of Southern California – USC, United States.
Mr. Le Trung Nghia – Vice Director, Institute for Research, Training and Development of Open Educational Resources, under the Vietnam Association of Universities and Colleges.
Ms. Tran Thi Thuy Kieu – Director of the Library, Nguyen Tat Thanh University.
Ms. Nguyen Tran Minh Chau – Deputy Director of the Library, University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City.

Trent University OER Launch Party: OER? Oh! We Are!
2026-03-13 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Toronto) | Peterborough, Canada, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
What happens when educators say yes to sharing?
When students say yes to co-creating?
When learning says yes to openness?
Join us for the virtual launch of our new Open Education Resource; a project built on collaboration, curiosity, and the belief that learning is deepened when it’s shared.
This won’t be a formal presentation. It’s a call and response experience. It’s an invitation to join a community.
We’ll share the story behind the resource: why we built it, what problems it hopes to solve, and how it invites a response. You’ll hear short reflections from contributors, see inside the resource itself, and have space to respond: in the chat, on the mic, in ideas sparked for your own teaching and learning.
Come explore how this resource might liven your courses, reduce barriers, and open new pedagogical possibilities. Bring your curiosity. Bring a question. Bring a colleague or a classmate.
Let’s launch something and respond to what it becomes.
Hosted by Terry Greene, Senior eLearning Designer, with collaborators Darcy Culp and Najah Wardat.
If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to teachingcommons@trentu.ca
Update
Oh! We Are! was definitely launched in this webinar and is available to all at https://ecampusontario.pressbooks.pub/openattrent

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)

De l'île aux Coudres à Osheaga: pourquoi contribuer à Wikipédia à l’université ?
2026-03-20 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Toronto) | Sherbrooke, Canada, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
Sous la forme d’un partage d’expériences, cette activité propose des approches pédagogiques avec Wikipédia pour amorcer une réflexion sur le rapport au savoir des étudiantes et des étudiants en début de parcours aux études supérieures. Indépendamment des disciplines, ces exercices ont en commun les objectifs suivants :

Comprendre le fonctionnement collaboratif et les principes de Wikipédia
Développer des compétences numériques (édition en ligne, création d’images, gestion d’outils collaboratifs)
Renforcer les compétences informationnelles (recherche, évaluation et citation des sources fiables)
Apprendre à rédiger de manière neutre et structurée pour un public large

Avec la participation et la collaboration de : Alain Mélançon, chargé de cours, Université de Sherbrooke

Focus sur l’évaluation des apprentissages en éducation ouverte et libre
2026-03-24 12:00 - 13:30 (Europe/Berlin) | Bern, Switzerland, Bern, Switzerland
Objectifs : Donner un cadre de référence à l’évaluation des apprentissages en EOL en commençant par rappeler quelques principes importants comme les trois orientations épistémologiques de l’évaluation (objectiviste, subjectiviste, interactionniste).

Résumé : Planifier l’évaluation d’un apprentissage nécessite avant tout d’identifier une théorie d’apprentissage qui va servir de cadre de référence et permettre de définir les quatre opérations de l’évaluation (la définition de l’objet d’évaluation, la prise d’information, l’interprétation et la régulation/communication). Nous allons explorer la théorie de l’apprentissage situé et distribué (Perkins, 1993) pour découvrir, come proposé par Allal (2007), que l’évaluation va consister à observer les compétences de l’individu-solo (concepts, procédures, stratégies, attitudes, mécanismes d’auto-régulation, etc.) et celles de l’individu-plus (modalités d’interaction sociale, outils et appareils, matériel à disposition, informations de diverses sources), individuellement et dans leur interaction.
Nous présenterons ensuite le cadre de l’évaluation continue pour un apprentissage durable (ECPA) (Mottier-Lopez et collègues), puis trois modèles d’évaluation développés dans le projet STEEPNESS, avec un focus sur leurs logiques, leurs usages possibles et leurs conditions d’appropriation.
Notre projet de recherche se poursuit, et ces modèles doivent encore être éprouvés sur le terrain. Cette présentation vise à partager des clés d’utilisation et à ouvrir la voie à une collaboration avec les acteurs concernés (tests en contexte, retours d’expérience, feedbacks structurés). Nous nous réjouissons de poursuivre cette démarche avec vous.

Prácticas de conocimiento abiertas y equitativas en el mundo de habla hispana
2026-03-25 16:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Madrid) | Leeds, United Kingdom, Leeds, United Kingdom
Esta sesión inaugural examinará tanto los fundamentos filosóficos como las aplicaciones prácticas de la Equidad del Conocimiento en el mundo hispanohablante, destacando cómo se están desarrollando enfoques abiertos, inclusivos y centrados en la comunidad para abordar las desigualdades estructurales en el acceso al conocimiento.
La sesión explorará cómo tecnologías emergentes, como la IA generativa, se intersectan con las prácticas de conocimiento equitativas; cómo la educación abierta puede apoyar a estudiantes de comunidades con menor acceso a oportunidades educativas y de contextos socioeconómicamente desfavorecidos mediante espacios de aprendizaje flexibles y adaptativos; y cómo los esfuerzos de inclusión digital, especialmente en la educación primaria, pueden ayudar a garantizar que niñas y niños tengan un acceso temprano y significativo a las herramientas y habilidades digitales necesarias para participar plenamente en los ecosistemas contemporáneos del conocimiento.

Open Education Talks: User-Centric Approaches to OE and Affordability
2026-03-25 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
User-Centric Approaches to OE and Affordability

Calm Tech Choices for Open Education: A Usability and Equity Framework for Faculty Support – Fanny Tsai (University of California, Irvine – California, USA)
Leaning into the Message of the Medium – Rosalyn Ediger (Southern Alberta Institute of Technology – Alberta, Canada)
Student Voices and Student Leadership in the McMaster Textbook Affordability Survey – Katie Harding, Rebecca Bekele, Joanne Kehoe (McMaster University – Ontario, Canada)
Making Openness Visible: Cost Indicators as an Open Education Practice – Rebecca Shortt and Arianna Cheveldave (BCcampus – British Columbia)
Small and Ugly OER: Reframing the Conversation to Ease Faculty into Open Education – Nancy A. Henke (University of Northern Colorado – Colorado, USA)

Prácticas de conocimiento abiertas y equitativas en el mundo de habla hispana
2026-03-26 09:00 - 10:00 (America/Regina) | Leeds, United Kingdom, Leeds, United Kingdom
The Knowledge Equity Network (KEN), Open Education Latin America (OELATAM) and the Universidad Nacional del Sur (UNS) are pleased to announce a new collaboration to deliver a series of online sessions focusing on Knowledge Equity and Open Scholarship in the Spanish speaking world.
This partnership brings together three organisations committed to widening global access to knowledge, strengthening open scholarly ecosystems and amplifying the achievements of Spanish‑speaking colleagues, institutions, organisations and communities across Latin America and Europe.

Open & Knowledge Equity Praxis across the Spanish Speaking World
This opening session will examine both the philosophical foundations and practical applications of Knowledge Equity across the Spanish‑speaking world, highlighting how open, inclusive and community‑centred approaches are being developed to address structural inequalities in access to knowledge.
Please note this session will be in Spanish.

Esta sesión inaugural examinará tanto los fundamentos filosóficos como las aplicaciones prácticas de la Equidad del Conocimiento en el mundo hispanohablante, destacando cómo se están desarrollando enfoques abiertos, inclusivos y centrados en la comunidad para abordar las desigualdades estructurales en el acceso al conocimiento. La sesión explorará cómo tecnologías emergentes, como la IA generativa, se intersectan con las prácticas de conocimiento equitativas; cómo la educación abierta puede apoyar a estudiantes de comunidades con menor acceso a oportunidades educativas y de contextos socioeconómicamente desfavorecidos mediante espacios de aprendizaje flexibles y adaptativos; y cómo los esfuerzos de inclusión digital, especialmente en la educación primaria, pueden ayudar a garantizar que niñas y niños tengan un acceso temprano y significativo a las herramientas y habilidades digitales necesarias para participar plenamente en los ecosistemas contemporáneos del conocimiento.

Open Education Reviews: Discovering Relevant Learning Materials Through Peer Reviews
2026-03-27 11:00 - 12:00 (Europe/Vienna) | Fontenay-sous-Bois, France, Fontenay-sous-Bois, France
Finding the right learning material is often harder than creating the session itself.
With zillions of videos, courses, tools and resources available online, how do trainers and teachers identify what is truly relevant for their learners?
On 27 March (11:00–12:00 CET), we invite you to a live webinar introducing Open Education Reviews, a collaborative platform designed to:

Improve the discoverability of high-quality educational materials through peer reviews
Connect trainers and teachers in a growing global community
Share professional experiences to continuously improve the platform

During this session, we will:

Explore the main challenges trainers and educators face when searching for learning resources
Demonstrate the platform and its key features (reviews, search, playlists, community tools)
Collect your feedback to help shape the next steps of the project

Open Education Reviews is built with and for education professionals and your perspective matters.
We look forward to welcoming you!

The initial development of Open Education Reviews was carried out within the “Dataspace for Education and Skills” project, led by Prometheus-X and co-funded by the European Union under the Digital Europe Programme.

De la autoría a la publicación: cómo crear y compartir contenidos con eXeLearning
2026-04-03 10:00 - 12:00 (Europe/Madrid) | Madrid, Spain, Madrid, Spain
La sesión “De la autoría a la publicación: cómo crear y compartir contenidos con eXeLearning” ofrecerá una introducción práctica a esta herramienta para la creación de recursos educativos abiertos. Se presentarán sus utilidades y ventajas, así como los pasos esenciales para elaborar contenidos con eXeLearning y publicarlos posteriormente en Moodle. Además, se explicarán los distintos formatos de exportación y su relación con el depósito en repositorios institucionales, un aspecto especialmente relevante para el personal bibliotecario y de soporte a la docencia. Público destinatario: Profesorado y todos los perfiles profesionales que participan en el apoyo y la mejora de la docencia: personal de bibliotecas universitarias, servicios de publicaciones, institutos de ciencias de la educación, unidades de innovación y calidad docente, servicios de apoyo académico y tecnológico, y otros equipos implicados en los procesos formativos.

From Bold Idea to Global Legacy: 25 Years of MIT OpenCourseWare
2026-04-08 10:00 - 16:30 (America/New_York) | Cambridge, United States, Cambridge, MA, United States
Celebrate 25 years of MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW)—a bold experiment that became a global movement. This symposium brings together learners, educators, supporters, open knowledge leaders, and the MIT community to honor OCW’s extraordinary impact and to chart the future of open education.
Since its launch in 2001, OCW has empowered millions worldwide with free access to MIT course materials. This anniversary offers a moment to recognize the vibrant ecosystem that sustains open knowledge as a public good—and to reaffirm MIT’s mission-driven leadership in ensuring that high-quality learning remains accessible to all.
Join us for an engaging, dynamic, and celebratory program featuring MIT leadership, pioneering faculty, global learners, open education innovators, and philanthropic partners. Together, we will explore OCW’s legacy, its role in the evolving open ecosystem, and the opportunities and challenges ahead.

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.

Universal Design for Learning and Open Education: Integrating Accessibility and Inclusion
2026-04-15 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Regina) | Regina, Canada, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Join the University of Regina, Centre for Teaching and Learning for our final 2025/2026 Open Education Speaker Series presentation “Universal Design for Learning and Open Education: Integrating Accessibility and Inclusion” with Dr. Ann Gagné and Kosar Dakhilalian (Brock University)
📅Date: Wednesday, April 15, 2026
🕰️Time: 11:00am – 12:00pm
🗺️Time Zone: CST/Saskatchewan Time
📌Register at https://uregina.libcal.com/event/4004017 (This link will open in a new tab).
Abstract: This session will explore the three main principles of the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) guidelines, to provide examples of how open education can foster engagement, give options for representation, and demonstrate learning. The speakers will provide examples of resources, tools, and assessments from their co-created OER on Accessible Adoption, to allow participants to reflect on how UDL can be an attainable and sustainable way to approach accessibility and inclusion in Open in their specific disciplinary contexts.
Dr. Ann Gagné (she/her) is Senior Educational Developer, Accessibility & Inclusion at Brock University. She has worked in higher education for over 22 years. Her work focuses on the need for accessible pedagogies through awareness of disabled lived experiences. She regularly facilitates workshops on accessible and inclusive pedagogy and trauma-informed UDL.
Kosar Dakhilalian is an Educational Developer, Open Educational Resources at Brock University since 2023. She facilitates workshops to respond to the OER needs of the instructors, offers consultations, and helps with design and creation of OER and interactive elements.

How Do Course Materials Impact Student Belonging? Insights from User Experience Research (CCCOER Webinar)
2026-04-15 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Concord, United States, Concord, MA, United States
Explore how course materials – especially OER – shape students’ sense of belonging through insights from a user-experience-informed research study with undergraduate learners. This CCCOER webinar highlights key questions faculty authors should ask themselves about course reading language, organization, and purpose, in order to further student belonging.
Attendees will take away practical strategies for editing OER with student needs in mind, along with research approaches that can be adapted across higher education settings, including community colleges. This session offers a concrete example of how thoughtful inquiry can guide the creation of more inclusive, engaging, and student-centered course materials.
Presenters:

Sarah Hare, MLIS, Open Educational Resources Librarian, University of California, Santa Cruz
Alexandra Marcaccio, MA, MLIS, Atlantic OERLead, The Council of Atlantic Academic Libraries/Conseil des bibliothèques postsecondaires de l’Atlantique (CAAL-CBPA)

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information on how to join us on April 15. This meeting will be recorded and the recording will be sent out to all registrants as well as posted on the event web site..
This webinar is produced in collaboration with CCCOER’s Research and Impact Committee.

The big debate: Is Generative AI fundamentally incompatible with Open Educational Practices?
2026-04-20 11:00 - 12:00 (Australia/Sydney) | Sydney, Australia, Sydney, Australia
Generative AI is changing everything! how we teach, how we learn, and how we share knowledge. But where does that leave Open Educational Practices and the values of access, equity, and collaboration at their core?
UTS Open Education Week 2026 puts this question centre stage with a lively, structured debate that is rigorous and entertaining. Come curious. Leave informed!

Open Wiki Assignments for Authentic Learning
2026-04-24 11:00 - 12:00 (Australia/Sydney) | Sydney, Australia, Sydney, Australia
Many student assignments are written for one person, read once, and then never read again.
In this session, Dr. James Neill, from the Disciple of Psychology, University of Canberra, will challenge that model by exploring how open wiki assignments can turn student work into useful, open knowledge.
Rather than producing disposable assessments, students can curate their work using Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) sister projects such as Wikipedia, Wikiversity, and Wiki Commons. Student editing of one of world’s most widely used knowledge platforms helps develop critical research skills, meta-knowledge, and communication skills by writing for a real audience.

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.
