Tricky CC License Questions Call in Show (OEWeek Live)
2025-03-06 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Regina) | Online from Multiple Locations
This is a special themed topic OEWeek Live for Open Education Week 2025 featuring a team of Creative Commons Experts, facilitators of the Creative Commons Certificate program.
Yes choosing a license from the list is one thing, but there are always complexities that arise in practice. We’ve asked our panel to come with a few “tricky” questions but we want to also give the audience a chance to pose theirs. As always, we are not offering legal advice (we will here “IAmNotALawyer”) but a great opportunity to hear our guests describe their approach to answering CC questions.
Guests confirmed so far include:

Shanna Hollich (Creative Commons)
Jonathan Poritz (Independent consultant, and CC Certificate facilitator)
Jennifer Hughes (CC Certificate facilitator)
Jennifer Campbell (CC Certificate facilitator)
Suzanne Wakim (CC Certificate facilitator)

Watch live where we we invite tricky CC questions and comments from the audience sent through the chat. Or submit them ahead of time via the call-in web form https://forms.gle/MFK1b8Hm2bBGvc4B7 or watch the recording later:

Learn More:

Open Education Week https://oeweek.oeglobal.org/
CC Certificate Program, https://certificates.creativecommons.org/
OE Week Live Schedule https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/oeweek-live-webcasts/7383
Copyright First Responders Pacific Northwest https://copyrightfirstresponderspnw.org/

Featured Image: Composite image including Old TV – Time Tunnel – Cameron Highland flickr photo by liewcf shared under a Creative Commons (BY-SA) license with Open Education 2025 Week banner by Mario Badilla at OEGlobal and shared under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Inset image includes Outdated Technology – Telephones and Radio flickr photo by MissouriStateArchives shared with no copyright restriction (Flickr Commons) and overlay of Creative Commons logo (CC0). Maybe the panel can suggest the best reuse license and check us on our attribution!

Luces de educación abierta para la Declaración de Dubái: aportaciones desde la estancia UNESCO 2025
2025-03-06 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Monterrey) | Online from Multiple Locations
Panel interactivo donde se construirán ideas para movilizar la educación abierta desde las recomendaciones UNESCO 2019 y la Declaración de Dubái, compartiendo las construcciones de la estancia UNESCO 2025 en torno al desarrollo de capacidades, inclusión y diversidad, políticas, sustentabilidad e internacionalización. El fin es identificar juntos las luces de la educación abierta para todos.

Faculty-Student Showcase: UN SDG Open Pedagogy Fellowship
2025-03-06 12:00 - 15:00, 2025-03-07 12:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Montgomery College, 900 Hungerford Drive, Rockville, MD, United States
Attend the annual UN SDG Open Pedagogy Fellowship Faculty-Student Showcase! This 2-day virtual colloquium will be held on Thursday, March 6 and Friday, March 7 during Open Education Week.
This global award-winning fellowship was founded by Montgomery College and has over 15 institutional partners throughout North America and Asia. Join the colloquium to hear some of our faculty fellows and their students present on the fellowship work.

eCampusOntario Open Library Forum on Affordability
2025-03-06 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Toronto) | eCampusOntario, 372 Bay St, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Join the eCampusOntario Open Library team in an open discussion on Affordability, Open Education, and Low-cost designations in higher education. We’ll be presenting some findings on affordability initiatives across Ontario’s post-secondary sector and spotlighting efforts at various institutions across the province. Participants will be able to help co-design the future of affordability and sustainability, with an eye towards finding common definitions and shared languages to ensure OER and other resources can support keeping post secondary education affordable for all learners.

Joignez-vous à l’équipe de la bibliothèque ouverte eCampusOntario dans une discussion ouverte sur l’abordabilité, l’éducation ouverte et les désignations à faible coût dans le domaine de l’enseignement supérieur. Nous présenterons certaines conclusions sur les initiatives en matière d’abordabilité dans le secteur postsecondaire de l’Ontario et mettrons en lumière les efforts déployés dans divers établissements de la province. Les participants pourront prendre part à la conception participative de l’avenir de l’abordabilité et de la durabilité. L’objectif : trouver des définitions et des langages communs afin que les REL et d’autres ressources puissent contribuer à maintenir l’enseignement postsecondaire à un niveau abordable pour tous les apprenants.

Open Educational Resources Adoption Event at UTA Libraries
2025-03-06 11:30 - 13:30 (America/Chicago) | University of Texas at Arlington, 702 Planetarium Place, Arlington, TX, United States
Join the Open Educational Resources and Digital Scholarship Department, UTA Libraries for an interactive, come-and-go event designed to help faculty and students explore, evaluate, and adopt Open Educational Resources (OER). In just 30-45 minutes, participants will browse featured OER, assess their adaptability, and explore customization options through hands-on stations—all while enjoying light refreshments and snacks. Whether adopting, adapting, or creating, this event provides a hands-on way to engage with open education at UTA.
Stations Include:

Explore & Adopt: Browse 10 featured OER across disciplines.
Evaluate & Modify: Assess accessibility and make real-time edits.
Find a Perfect Match: Search OER repositories with guidance.
Creation Station: Conceptualize new OER projects.
Check-Out & Advocacy: Learn about the Open Education Student Advocacy Group and next steps.

Drop in, discover an OER, and take the next step in transforming course materials—all at your own pace!

Finding and Evaluating Open Educational Resources (OER)
2025-03-06 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Regina) | University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Are you thinking about minimizing costs for your students or your course? Do you want to find material you can customize for your specific needs? Open educational resources might be just what you are looking for. It can be overwhelming to begin looking for material that fits your needs, as there are many different places to search and ways to search for them.
In this session you will be introduced to OER repositories, as well as how to conduct an effective and efficient search to find OER material. You will also be introduced to evaluation methods related to OER that will make finding the right resources a breeze!

Open Mind and Open Education
2025-03-06 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Denver) | University of New Mexico, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, Albuquerque, NM, United States
Learn about OER, play a creative commons matching game, do crafts with old textbooks, and enjoy some snacks! We will talk about the basic of Open Educational Resources, benefits and examples of OER, open licenses and Creative Commons.
Join us at Zimmerman Library Frank Waters Room 105, University of New Mexico.

Harold Washington College's OER Initiative
2025-03-06 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | LibreTexts, Davis, CA, United States
In 2023, Harold Washington College received a grant to find and/or create OER for high-enrollment courses. This presentation discusses what we learned during the process and showcases some of the modules our professors created and curated using LibreTexts. Presenters are Todd Heldt, Carolyn Stevenson, Rosie Banks, and Jack Lindsay.

CESI Open Café: Developing CESI's Digital Archive
2025-03-06 20:00 - 21:00 (Europe/Dublin) | Computers in Education Society of Ireland, Castletown Geoghegan, Ireland
In our special Open Education Week 2025 Open Café, Mags Amond and Kate Molloy from the CESI Executive will reflect on CESI’s recent Digital Repository of Ireland Community Archive Scheme Award, and share their plans to digitise and ingest CESI’s newsletters from the 1980s to early 2010s that document professional development activities, advancements, events, and research in technology in education in Ireland.
This session will outline the application process, vision for the future, and progress so far. We invite CESI members from all eras to contribute to this conversation, and to share ephemera for the archive. It is open to all, and we would welcome the opportunity to hear from other organisations or groups creating and/or maintaining open digital archives.

. . . but is it Learning? Game-based Learning and Sharing OE Resources in a College Curriculum
2025-03-06 14:30 - 15:30 (America/Regina) | Saskatchewan Polytechnic, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
At Sask Polytechnic, we’re learning how to use games in education. Last year, the Saskatoon library set up a gaming lab (the SPARK Lab — Simulated Play And Real Knowledge) and this year we are using an Open education tool called H5P (integrated into Pressbooks) to make interactive learning modules.
This session will explore using game-based learning and gamification, and how they can help engage students, with some success stories. Join Sask Polytechnic instructors and technology support specialists as we discuss gaming in education. Catch our event recordings, if you missed the registration.

Share your work with HARVEST
2025-03-06 14:30 - 15:30 (America/Regina) | University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
HARVEST is USask’s Institutional Repository, supporting USask staff, students, and facility in sharing research outputs, open educational resources, and more. Learn how HARVEST can support you in sharing your work and making it easier to discover and re-use, including our new HARVEST Upload Service.

Growing OERs Across Institutions: A Collaborative Cycle
2025-03-06 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Vancouver) | British Columbia Institute of Technology, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
Join BCIT instructor Julia Alards-Tomalin and University of Alberta’s Valerie Miller to explore the exciting evolution of a cross-institutional OER project.
Learn how Valerie’s educational game, “Become an Earth Doctor,” sparked a collaboration that led to BCIT students creating expansion decks focused on local BC ecosystems. This collaborative approach fosters a “growing” OER that benefits both institutions and beyond. This inspiring story highlights the power of OERs to bridge distances and create collaborative learning opportunities.

OEWeek Live: March 6 Open Conversations
2025-03-06 15:00 - 16:00 (America/Regina) | Online from Multiple Locations
We are flying through Open Education Week 2025 this week and here is another instance of our OEWeek Live webcasts as an informal conversations. For each show we invite a group of open educators willing to have a discussion that lacks an agenda and slides with bullet points.
These conversational sessions start with sharing of their current projects, activities, and interests but flow into general discussions of what is happening in the world of open education.
Guests confirmed so far include:

Robert Lawson (Norquest College, OEGlobal Board Member) on immigration oral storytelling OER project
Karen Cangialosi (RIOS Institute) on intersections of Open Science & Open Pedagogy

Watch live and share your questions and comments through the chat or watch the recording later

Learn More:

Open Education Week https://oeweek.oeglobal.org/
OE Week Live Schedule https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/oeweek-live-webcasts/7383

Open Your Teaching: Enhancing Student Learning through Open Education Resources, Pedagogies, and Practices
2025-03-06 14:00 - 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | University of British Columbia, 2329 West Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada
Open Education is a teaching and learning approach that utilizes unrestricted access to learning materials, collaborative knowledge creation and inclusive pedagogical practices in order to increase access to knowledge.
In this workshop, we’ll explore the strategies that instructors at UBC are using to open their classrooms, incorporate new resources and perspectives in their learning environments, and contribute to their students’ learning beyond the classroom. We’ll define what makes an educational resource or practice open, identify ways of finding and reusing open materials for your courses, and explore approaches to developing open assignments that empowers students to contribute to public knowledge.
Facilitators:

Erin Fields, Open Education and Scholarly Communications Librarian, UBC Library
Will Engle, Strategist – Open Education Initiatives, CTLT

Vectors of Trust: Practicing Reciprocal Values in Challenging Times
2025-03-06 14:30 - 15:30 (America/Vancouver) | British Columbia, British Columbia, Canada
In eduspaces we talk about values in nebulous terms. We believe in open, we believe in barrier-free, we believe in social justice, we believe in student-focused pedagogies. But what are these values as praxis for those of us who support student-focused spaces?
In this keynote, Dr. Ann Gagné will discuss how we are currently living through a crisis of trust in higher education, institutionally, governmentally, societally, and within our own communities. She will support reflection on how trust is a vector, with both magnitude and direction that impacts the work we do and the work we want to do. By highlighting broken reciprocal values and support systems, this talk defines the moral injury seen in our eduspaces and gives participants the opportunity to leave with tangible next steps to promote trust as reciprocal and etymologically radical.

Speaker Bio
Dr. Ann Gagné (she/her) is Senior Educational Developer, Accessibility & Inclusion at Brock University and a sessional instructor at George Brown College. She has worked in higher education in Ontario at colleges and universities for 21 years. Her work focuses on the need for accessible pedagogies through holistic awareness of disabled learners, faculty, and staff lived experience to decrease barriers to inclusion in higher education. She has facilitated workshops and keynotes on accessible pedagogy, accessible event design, accessible social media practices, and trauma-aware UDL. In March 2023 she started her own podcast Accessagogy, which talks about accessibility and pedagogy in short (under 15 minute) episodes.
BC Open Education Librarians (BCOEL) is grateful for the support of BCcampus who has co-funded this event.

Interactive Asynchronous Discussions with Discuss-It in LibreTexts’ ADAPT
2025-03-06 16:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | LibreTexts, Davis, CA, United States
Ready to energize your asynchronous online discussions? In this session, our panel of instructors will introduce Discuss-It, a powerful extension of the LibreTexts’ ADAPT homework platform that fosters active learning, student engagement, and collaboration in online courses.
This tool, available for free in California, supports asynchronous student-to-student interaction and instructor-student communication through multimedia options, enhancing the learning experience for all students. Discuss-It also prioritizes accessibility and inclusivity, offering features like auto-captioning, and auto-transcription with editing capabilities in multiple languages, powered by OpenAI’s Whisper technology. With its seamless integration with Canvas and other learning management systems for automatic gradebook syncing, Discuss-It can be a powerful teaching tool and streamline course management for instructors.
Discuss-It allows students to engage in threaded discussions using text, audio, and video responses, creating a more interactive and engaging online learning environment. By promoting creativity and enabling students to express their thoughts in diverse ways, it encourages meaningful conversations with their peers. Peer review and feedback are also integral to Discuss-It, promoting reflection and increasing accountability among students.
Join us to discover how Discuss-It can transform online learning by creating an engaging, inclusive, and collaborative learning environment.

Check H5P accessibility and more - CARETAKER
2025-03-07 10:00 - 22:30 (Europe/Oslo) | Skien, SKIEN, Telemark, Norway
We are excited to introduce the H5P Caretaker, a valuable tool designed to help you assess your H5P files for accessibility, licensing, and usability issues. This initiative is the result of a collaborative effort between Oliver Tacke and NDLA.
Please note that the H5P Caretaker is still in development, and we welcome your feedback to help us improve the service. The initial version is fully operational and available for you to test during this web conference.
As adherence to accessibility standards becomes increasingly vital, it’s essential that we equip ourselves with the right tools and resources to streamline this process. The H5P Caretaker aims to make your experience as seamless and up-to-date as possible.
We invite you to explore the H5P Caretaker with us!
Read more about the technical implementation
Presenters:

Jan Frode Lindsø
Oliver Tacke
Knut Inge Skifjeld

Interaktivna rasprava: Otvoreno o otvorenom obrazovanju
2025-03-07 11:00 - 12:00 (Europe/Zagreb) | SRCE – University Computing Centre, University of Zagreb, Josipa Marohnića 5, Zagreb, Croatia (Local Name: Hrvatska)
Pridružite nam se u raspravi kako i zašto postaviti nastavne sadržaje, posebice multimediju kao otvorene obrazovne sadržaje, te što se smije iili ne s obrazovnim sadržajima drugih autora.
Voditelji su zaposlenici CARNET-a i Srca, a aktivnost se odvija u okviru projekta e-Sveučilišta u okviru akcijskog istraživanja Primjena multimedije u visokom obrazovanju.
Vrijeme i mjesto održavanja: 7. 3. 2025. u 11 sati, u Srcu, Dvorana E

Imagine a gender equal world – help write women onto Wikipedia for IWD!
2025-03-07 13:00 - 16:30 (Europe/London) | University of Edinburgh, Old College, South Bridge, EH8 9YL, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
“Women in Red” – a Wikipedia editathon celebrating the lives and contributions of all the inspiring women of Scotland (and around the world) missing from the world’s go-to site for information.
Wikipedia is the 8th most visited website in the world but lacks diversity in its editors and its articles. Only 20.02% of biographies on English Wikipedia, the world’s go-to source of information, are about women. Women are not a minority and we can #ChooseToChallenge the paucity of stories currently shared on the open web and #InspireInclusion. This event will focus on improving the representation of inspiring women online.
Participants will learn how to edit Wikipedia pages during a hybrid event (online webinar AND in person meetup in the University of Edinburgh Main Library on the 6th floor in the Digital Scholarship Centre) and will be supported over the afternoon to help create new pages for notable individuals who are not currently on Wikipedia (perhaps from BBC’s 100 Women 2025) and/or help improve already existing Wikipedia pages.
No prior knowledge required as training will be provided for those with no Wikipedia editing experience.
You’ll learn a new digital skill in a social & supportive setting and meet like-minded event participants all passionate about improving representation online to help close the gender gap for the benefit of millions of readers all around the world.

1:00 pm – 1:15pm: Welcome and Tea/Coffee
1:15pm – 2:15pm: Wikipedia training from Ewan McAndrew.
2:15pm – 2:30pm: Tea and Coffee break
2:30 pm – 4:30pm: Research and Editing with aim to publish by 4:30pm.
4:30pm – 5:00pm: Publishing your edits, recap and event close.

Join us as we help make Wikipedia better!
Then you can check how long it takes for it to appear in Google’s top ten results!
Have a look at the event page to see if there are pages you would like to help edit/create and if you fancy learning more about Wikipedia ahead of time then you can view the Wiki Basics site.

শিক্ষা ও গবেষণায় ওপেন ইডুকেশনাল রিসোর্স এর ভুমিকা: সম্ভাবনা ও চ্যালেঞ্জ" (The Role of Open Educational Resources in Education and Research: Opportunities and Challenges)
2025-03-07 20:00 - 21:00 (Asia/Dhaka) | Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Open Access Bangladesh and Librarian Voice are jointly organizing a special expert discussion as part of Open Education Week 2025, titled “The Role of Open Educational Resources in Education and Research: Opportunities and Challenges.”
This event will explore the significance of Open Educational Resources (OER), their impact on education and research, and the future potential of open-access learning materials. Experts will share insights on how OER facilitates knowledge sharing, expands learning opportunities for students, and ensures better access to resources for researchers. Additionally, discussions will highlight the challenges in implementing OER and strategies to overcome them. Students, researchers, educators, librarians, and anyone interested in open education are welcome to participate. Join us as we explore new possibilities in education through Open Educational Resources.

Open for Student Success Symposium
2025-03-07 09:30 - 16:30 (America/New_York) | Online with Georgia State University Library, Atlanta, GA, United States
Join Georgia State University Library for Our
3rd Annual Open Education Week Celebration,
where professionals and students unite with the common purpose
to learn and share insights about open and affordable education.
The Open for Student Success Symposium
March 7, 2025
9:30 AM – 4:30 PM ET
Free, Online, and Open to All
Register Here
The symposium’s theme this year is
Open Education: Fueling Equity in Learning
And we will have the honor of welcoming two keynote speakers:

Paola Corti, Open Education Community Manager at SPARC Europe and Project Manager for METID at Politecnico di Milano, will share how her work is breaking barriers in the Open Education Movement by harnessing an international network of librarians. Paola will present her keynote, titled “Opening Knowledge: A Natural Approach,” exploring the practice of lifelong learning and its impact on both students and teachers. She will also share tools to discuss the concept of openness, including the ENOEL Playing Cards and related gameplays.

Virginia Clinton-Lisell is Associate Professor of Education, Health, and Behavior with the College of Education & Human Development at the University of North Dakota and Primary Researcher for the Open Education Research Fellowship. She holds a master’s degree in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages from New York University and a doctorate in Educational Psychology from the University of Minnesota. Virginia will present her keynote, titled “The Inaccessibility of Access Codes: Student Experiences with Online Homework Systems,” sharing findings from a survey of almost a thousand college students about the costs of homework access codes and their impact on student finances, grades, and stress levels.
See the full event schedule at:
research.library.gsu.edu/open

The Provocations of Indigenous Cultures within a Conference: Using Métissage to Explore the In/Compatibility of Indigenous Ways of Knowing with Open Education
2025-03-07 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Denver) | SCFL 1-096@NorQuest, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
At OE Global 2023 Indigenous ways of knowing and being were a fundamental component of the conference design and organization. Indigenous and non-Indigenous organizers established a collaborative governance approach to foster partnership and mutual guidance throughout the planning and execution stages.
In this session, Dawn Witherspoon, Darrion Letendre, and Robert Lawson will perform métissage to recount the design and implementation of, and personal experiences with, a conference program that reflected the concept of two-eyed seeing, navigating Indigenous and non-Indigenous worldviews. We will explore the incompatibility and compatibility of Indigenous ways of knowing with the ontological and epistemological assumptions embedded into open education. A fundamental question we examine is how the braiding of conference stories can unearth the interplay of Indigenous (nêhiyawîhcikêwin Plains Cree) ways of knowing with the values and practices of open education.

OEWeek Live: Open Education Week Wrap Up (and What's Next?)
2025-03-07 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Regina) | Online from Multiple Locations
This is the last of the OEWeek Live! sessions for Open Education Week 2025. These webcasts are set up as informal conversations. For each show we invite a group of open educators willing to have a discussion that lacks an agenda and slides with bullet points.
These conversational sessions start with sharing of their current projects, activities, and interests but flow into general discussions of what is happening in the world of open education. We also will share some perspectives on what we saw this week- there’s too much for any one person to know – and talk about maybe we can happen in the upcoming year.

Guests confirmed so far include:

Peter Musser (ISKME/OER Commons) on what we curated through the OEWeek open assets collection efforts in OER Commons
Susanne Grimm (OERinfo, OER World Map) on what we added to the OER World Map during Open Education Week
Heather Ross (University of Saskatchewan) on openness in general and specifically on open educational practices at USask
Brian Lamb (Thompson Rivers University) on the OpenETC (Open EdTech Coop) and sharing open tech, open pedagogy, the role of open in a fallen and corrupt corporatized world
Anne-Marie Scott (Independent Consultant) on the OpenETC, Open Source, all the opens
Jennifer Rogers (LibreTexts) on All things LibreTexts

Watch live to send your questions and comments through the chat or watch the recording later

Learn More:

Open Education Week https://oeweek.oeglobal.org/
OE Week Live Schedule https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/oeweek-live-webcasts/7383

Emerging Technologies in International Education
2025-03-07 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Edmonton) | Athabasca University, 1 University Dr, Athabasca, AB T9S 3A3, Athabasca, Alberta, Canada
“Bridging the gap between theory and practice is essential for advancing education. While theoretical frameworks provide foundational understanding, their real-world application ensures relevance and impact. Educators and institutions are challenged to translate scholarly insights into actionable strategies that address challenges in open and distributed education. This dynamic exchange between research and practice fosters innovation, improves teaching effectiveness, and enhances learning outcomes. Extending scholarship to practice also enriches research, as practical applications often reveal new areas of inquiry, leading to a continuous cycle of knowledge generation and refinement.” (Anderson et al., 2025)
In this session, Drs. Adnan Qayyum and Levina Yuen will outline key emerging online technologies and their potential to enable and transform education on a global scale.
Emerging Technologies in International Education
Dr. Adnan Qayyum and Dr. Levina Yuen
March 7, 2025, 11am MT
http://www.cideresearch.ca/session/qayyum-yuen-2025
This is the third and final session in the CIDER series celebrating Open Education Week 2025 and the 25th anniversary of The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning.

A LibreTexts ADAPT Success Story with Greg Allen
2025-03-07 10:00 - 10:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | LibreTexts, Davis, CA, United States
Join Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Mendocino College, Greg Allen, as he shares how he uses LibreTexts ADAPT open homework and assessment in his courses.
Greg received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of California, Davis. His graduate research focused on atmospheric chemistry and he’s worked on several research projects investigating ways to improve student learning in chemistry courses. Greg has been teaching chemistry in some form for over 10 years, and started teaching courses at Mendocino College in 2018, where he generally teaches the introduction to chemistry, and general chemistry courses.

Why Zero-Textbook-Cost Degrees Are Vital to Your Distance Education Strategy
2025-03-07 13:00 - 13:30 (America/New_York) | Ellucian, Reston, VA, United States
As colleges and universities expand and refine their online offerings, affordability remains a critical factor in student enrollment and retention. Zero-Textbook-Cost (ZTC) degrees not only reduce financial barriers but also enhance accessibility, equity, and student success in distance education. This session explores how implementing ZTC degrees can strengthen your institution’s online strategy, improve course completion rates, and leverage emerging technologies to create dynamic, cost-effective, and personalized learning experiences.

2025 Open Education Week Lightning Talks: Affordable Education, Accessible Resources
2025-03-07 12:30 - 13:30 (America/Chicago) | University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 2801 S. University Ave., Little Rock, AR, United States
Hear the different ways faculty, staff, and students at University of Arkansas at Little Rock are utilizing Open Education resources in courses, events, and more! These fast-paced lightening talks allow multiple presenters to share their experiences in the span of an hour.
This live event will be streamed via zoom. Register for the link.

Webinar: Copyright Confidence From Basics to AI
2025-03-07 11:30 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Open Oregon, Portland, OR, United States
Navigating copyright is essential for anyone working with Open Educational Resources, but the world of copyright sometimes feels daunting or confusing. Join us for a 90-minute webinar led by members of the Copyright First Responders Pacific Northwest designed to help demystify copyright basics and fair use principles. We’ll also spend time thinking about how to build confidence with copyright and look at “hot topics” including the issue on everyone’s mind lately: AI and copyright. Through practical scenario-based discussions, you’ll gain confidence in navigating copyright considerations for OER and other educational materials.
This session offers a supportive environment for faculty, librarians, and instructional designers to build their copyright confidence. Using a mixture of presentations and scenario-based discussions, we will walk through real-world scenarios and dedicate significant time to addressing your specific questions about copyright in OER creation and adaptation.

Augmented Info, Ethics, and the Duty of Care
2025-03-07 13:00 - 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Talking With Machines, Whittier, United States
Stephen Downes will be talking about “AI”, ethics, our duty of care in education, and more with Bryan Alexander, Tom Haymes and Mark Corbett Wilson as we record the latest “Talking with machines” podcast.
Stephen is a well known researcher, theorist, and educator who offered an open cMOOC, “Ethics, Analytics, and The Duty of Care” in 2021, which Mark participated in. Stephen works with the Digital Technologies Research Centre at the National Research Council of Canada and OLDaily is his long running and widely read e-learning newsletter.
You can read Stephen’s short post about ethics and the duty of care or his journal article “Ethics, Analytics, and the Duty of Care” to learn more.
Bryan and Tom are professors who have been discussing “AI” and higher education for years.

Stephen Downes: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stdownes/
Bryan Alexander: https://bryanalexander.org/
Tom Haymes: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomhaymes/
Mark Corbett Wilson: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markcorbettwilson/
