Open Education Week

The JOERney@UIBK: Experience Talks with Veronica Greco
2026-03-03 10:00 - 10:30 (Europe/Vienna) | Innsbruck, Austria, Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria
OER creators from the University of Innsbruck will share their personal experiences of developing and publishing Open Educational Resources.
They’ll talk about:

What it was like to work with OER
What they created and why
What they would do differently if they started again
And what advice they would give to anyone new to OER

Today’s talk will be led by Veronica Greco from the Department of Italian Law who will talk about her experiences with the OER Checkliste für die Anwendung der Anspruchsmethode im italienischen Zivilrecht.
Join us for a relaxed coffee break session: Take half an hour, grab a cup of coffee, and get to know the people behind OER at the University of Innsbruck!

AfLIA Open Education Week Virtual Summit
2026-03-03 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.

Tools to support open teaching at TU Delft (Hybrid Event)
2026-03-03 10:45 - 14:00 (Europe/Amsterdam) | Delft, Netherlands, Delft, Netherlands
Come explore projects & platforms to support open teaching at TU Delft

Join us to celebrate Open Education Week 2026 at TU Delft
How can we make teaching more open and collaborative? This event showcases four excellent initiatives at TU Delft- COMBINE, CAIT, DigiPedia, and Teachbooks designed to help educators create and share high-quality open educational resources.
Come discover how these platforms are shaping the future of Open education at TU Delft.

Why Join Us:
Discover COMBINE: Learn about the €500k Comenius grant for a project creating interactive, “living” textbooks. Link to the project: https://combine.tudelft.nl/info/
Get Hands-on with CAIT: A practical session on how to find and contribute to a community-led archive of teaching materials. Link to the platform: https://cait.beta.praxidike.org/about
Explore DigiPedia: See how you can use a global platform to share and learn open computational methods and software tutorials. Link to the platform: https://digipedia.tudelft.nl/about/
Create with TeachBooks: Learn how to build your first interactive learning module (JupyterBook) with TeachBooks tooling- no prior programming experience needed. Link to the previous presentation: https://zenodo.org/records/17733844
Event Programme (CET): Hybrid Event
10:45 – 11:00 | Walk-in & Welcome
11:00 – 11:25 | Presentation by Dr. Timon Idema (COMBINE programme)
11:25 – 12:15 | CAIT – Hands-on Training (please bring your laptop)
12:15 – 12:30 | Lunch (included)
12:30 – 13:00 | DigiPedia – Presentation & platform demo
13.00- 14.00 | Teachbooks– Workshop (please bring your laptop)
Note: For CAIT session and Teachbooks workshop, please bring your laptop to participate. Creating a GitHub account in advance will save you time for Teachbooks workshop.
Hybrid event: This event will be streamed live for national/international participants. Here is the streaming link: https://youtube.com/live/soxC_w3XsxQ?feature=share
For any questions, please contact Noopur Singh (N.Singh-4@tudelft.nl)

Wie verändert Künstliche Intelligenz die Open Education?
2026-03-03 12:15 - 13:00 (Europe/Zurich) | Luzern, Switzerland, Luzern, Switzerland
In einer Mixed-Methods-Erhebung unter OER-Lead-User:innen, twillo-User:innen und Vizepräsident:innen für Studium und Lehre sowie Studiendekan:innen im Kontext des niedersächsischen OER-Verbunds twillo ging das HIS-Institut für Hochschulentwicklung (HIS-HE) der Frage nach, in welcher Weise generative KI-Anwendungen für die Open Education produktiv eingesetzt werden können. Rund 60 % der Befragten schrieben der KI-Nutzung ein hohes Potenzial im OER-Kontext zu. Gleichzeitig wurden rechtliche Unsicherheiten, inhaltliche Herausforderungen und pragmatische Schwierigkeiten als wesentliche Hindernisse für den effektiven Einsatz von KI in der OER-Produktion identifiziert. Welche Rückschlüsse lassen sich daraus für Lehrende, Zentrale Dienste und die Hochschulentwicklung ziehen?
Leitung: Dr. Klaus Wannemacher, Funda Seyfeli-Özhizalan, Dr. Mathias Stein (alle HIS-HE e.V.)

Open Educational Resources (OER): cosa sono, dove trovarle, come riusarle
2026-03-03 13:00 - 14:30 (Europe/Rome) | Milano, Italy, Milano, Italy
Politecnico di Milano – METID Task Force Learning Innovation invites you to join this webinar to explore the basics of Open Educational Resources (OER): What are OER? Where can you find them? What does it mean to create an OER? What are CC licences?
We will explore the basics to involve more teachers, researchers, content experts and practitioners at large in the community and answer their questions. This webinar is the first of a two-part series. The second one is planned for 4 March 2026, 1-2:30 pm CET. To register for both webinars, please use the linked form. Both webinars will be in Italian.
Il Politecnico di Milano – METID Task Force Learning Innovation vi invita a partecipare a questo webinar per approfondire le nozioni di base sulle Risorse Educative Aperte (OER): Cosa sono le OER? Dove si possono trovare? Cosa significa creare una OER? Cosa sono le licenze CC?
Esploreremo le nozioni di base per coinvolgere un numero maggiore di insegnanti, ricercatori, esperti di contenuti e professionisti in generale nella comunità e rispondere alle loro domande. Questo webinar è il primo di una serie di due. Il secondo è previsto per il 4 marzo 2026, dalle 13:00 alle 14:30 CET. Per registrarsi a entrambi i webinar, si prega di utilizzare il link qui sotto. Entrambi i webinar saranno in italiano.

Affordable Learning KY's Virtual Symposium - The Possibilities Are Endless!
2026-03-03 09:30 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Frankfurt, United States, Frankfurt, KY, United States
On Tuesday, March 3rd, Affordable Learning Kentucky invites you to a full day of sessions designed to move beyond theory and into the practical “how-to” of open education. Whether you’re a seasoned OER creator or just curious about how to save your students money, there is something here for you.

Symposium Schedule (All times in EST)

9:30 am | Welcome & Kickoff We’ll start the day by setting the stage for the state of affordable learning in Kentucky.
10:00 am | When You Can’t Find What You Need: Building a Text to Serve Your Students Learn how to bridge the gap when existing resources fall short by creating custom materials tailored to your specific course goals.
11:00 am | OER Publishing Platform Round Robin A fast-paced look at the various tools available for hosting and sharing OER. Find the right home for your content!
1:00 pm | A Beginner’s Guide to Open Science Pedagogy Discover how the principles of Open Science can be seamlessly integrated into your teaching to foster transparency and collaboration.
2:00 pm | OER that Works: OER for KY’s 10 Essential Skills A creative look at how to use open resources to intentionally build workforce readiness and “essential skills” directly into your curriculum.
3:00 pm | Kentucky’s Student Survey on Textbook Costs Get the first look at the latest data regarding how textbook prices are impacting Kentucky students and what we can do about it.

Register Today
This event is free and entirely virtual, but registration is required. The link you receive when you register will work for all of our sessions, so feel free to join for any or all of them.

https://ky-gov-cot.zoom.us/meeting/register/AYGWZAPuRU65Sol1F2DPVg

Please feel free to share this invitation with your networks and campus communities. Everyone is welcome!
This symposium is proudly sponsored by the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE) and the Kentucky Virtual Library (KYVL). We are grateful for their continued support of affordable learning in Kentucky.

IADT Open Educational Resources (OER) Workshop - in partnership with TUS
2026-03-03 15:00 - 16:30 (Europe/London) | Athlone, Ireland, Athlone, Ireland
To mark Open Education Week 2026, TUS is partnering with IADT to deliver an Open Educational Resources (OER) Workshop for IADT faculty.
This workshop will explore:

Defining characteristics of OER
OER examples across design, art, entrepreneurship, business and psychology
Copyright considerations for OER creators
Open Licenses, such as Creative Commons
Open Licensing supports
Mechanisms to share OER to maximise reach, impact and reuse

Open Education Week 2026: T&L Seminar for IADT Staff
2026-03-03 15:00 - 16:30 (Europe/Dublin) | Athlone, Ireland, Athlone, Ireland
Open Education Global (OEGlobal): Open Education Week runs from 2nd–6th March, 2026
Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Dr. Selina Guinness & Jane Buggle, in partnership with Technological University of the Shannon, Athlone Campus, is pleased to host a 90-minute interactive workshop led by Maura Flynn, OER Librarian and lead for the Developing Open Educational Resources initiative at TUS Athlone Student Resource Centre.
This session will support our 2025 Teaching & Learning Fellows and staff participants in developing their Higher Education Authority NFETL SATLE-funded fellowship project submissions as Open Educational Resources for publication on the Illustro Institutional Repository. This will provide a permanent showcase within our dedicated SATLE teaching and learning collection.
The event will bring together educators, students, librarians, and open education advocates to share ideas, highlight effective practice, and strengthen collaboration across the open education community. This workshop reflects IADT’s ongoing commitment to supporting staff in the creation and use of Open Educational Resources. Ireland’s Campus for the Creative Industries.
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OE Week at ELAC
2026-03-03 08:00 - 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Los Angeles, United States, Los Angeles, CA, United States
East Los Angeles College (ELAC) students will be welcomed to learn more about ZTC at our table on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday during OE week.
We will table from 11am – 2pm, and there will be information about ZTC courses, a visual representation of how much students pay for textbooks in the previous semesters, item giveaways, and interviews conducted by our media department to post on social media.

OER Champions Showcase at MTSU
2026-03-03 10:30 - 11:30 (America/Chicago) | Murfreesboro, United States, Murfreesboro, TN, United States
This event will feature short presentations from Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) faculty who have developed or adopted Open Educational Resources to enhance student learning.
We’ll also announce our first-ever Textbook Heroes Awards and celebrate a major milestone —$3 million in student savings from Zero Textbook Cost courses.
This session will be facilitated by Ginelle Baskin, Open Education Librarian.

Stronger Together: The Network of Open Organizations
2026-03-03 17:30 - 18:30 (Europe/Paris) | Concord, United States, Concord, MA, United States
The Network of Open Organizations is a global alliance of diverse institutions and leaders committed to expanding open education and access to knowledge worldwide. Launched in 2019 and coordinated by Open Education Global, the Network brings together educational institutions, NGOs, inter-governmental bodies, and other open advocates to collaborate on shared goals, including supporting the implementation of the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Educational Resources (OER) and advancing broader open education initiatives worldwide. By fostering ongoing dialogue, mutual support, and coordinated action, the Network helps amplify collective efforts, share best practices, and align global, regional, and local strategies for openness in education and beyond.
At its core, the Network serves as a learning and collaboration hub—a space where members exchange insights, and also seek to co-develop initiatives, and engage with complex challenges that no single organisation could address alone.
The Network of Open Organizations meets online on the first Tuesday of each month. Join us for the session during Open Education Week on Tuesday, 3 March from 5:30 pm until 6:30 Paris time to engage with selected representatives of the Network of Open Organizations members, learn about the network activities and future intentions and information on how to join.

Creating Open Content with Pressbooks and H5P
2026-03-03 11:30 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Hamilton, Canada, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Did you know McMaster has single-sign on to Pressbooks, an easy-to-use open content publishing platform for creating (or adapting) online resources such as textbooks, guidebooks, modules, lab manuals, student-generated assignments, and more? This session will provide an overview of Pressbooks and the dynamic features that are natively baked in – including H5P interactivity, Hypothes.is annotation and embedded multimedia. If you’re looking to self-publish content of any length, and want a simple tool that enables customization, flexibility and accessible, varied publishing formats with web-hosting options, Pressbooks may be right for you. We’ll look at examples of instructor-created and student-created content and get you started on using Pressbooks for your teaching and learning.

eCampusOntario offers free access to H5P, a powerful tool for creating interactive learning elements. H5P allows you to design engaging activities—such as quizzes, drag-and-drop exercises, interactive videos, and more—that can be seamlessly embedded into Avenue to Learn. This session will provide an overview of H5P and showcase a variety of interactive elements that instructors can use to enhance student engagement in online courses. Whether you’re looking to create dynamic learning experiences or explore innovative ways to present content, H5P offers an intuitive and flexible solution. Join us to see real-world examples, learn how to integrate H5P into your course, and get started with designing interactive activities for your teaching and learning.

Customizing Open Educational Resources for your Class
2026-03-03 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) | Indianapolis, United States, Indianapolis, IN, United States
Interested in free customizable instructional materials? Join the University Library at the Indiana University Indianapolis to learn how the Pressbooks online ebook platform can help you find Open Educational Resources (OER), mix and match chapters from multiple books and resources, customize materials to reflect your class’s needs, or create your own content to share with students.
In this webinar we will demonstrate and discuss

accessing Pressbooks
finding OER using the Pressbooks Directory
importing OER content into your own Pressbook
tips on customizing and creating content to meet your course needs

OEWeek Live! Beyond ChatGPT: GenAI in Action
2026-03-03 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Regina) | Concord, United States, Concord, MA, United States
Get ready for our live streamed demos aimed at showing you first hand what Generative AI can do for educators that goes beyond the typical perception of the popular ChatGPT interaction, and not just “prompt engineering”.
We have lined up three demos to perhaps make you say “Wow” but maybe also “Oh my ______”. Watch the demos live streamed on YouTube and send your comments and questions directly through chat to the guests in studio.
We do not flip slides and show screenshots on OEWeek Live, you will see screen shared live demos in action and than have an opportunity to contribute to a lively conversation. Our guests in the studio include:
Watch What an Agentic Browser Can Do on a Student’s behalf
Anna Mills English/Writing instructor and an early AI inquisitor, will demonstrate something that may make your jaw drop. Beyond the chat interface we are used to are “agentic browsers” that can be set loose online to perform tasks for us. Anna has published several videos showing tools like Perplexity Comet, ChatGPT Atlas, and Google Gemini completing quizzes and replying to discussions in a Learning Management System, all while logged in as a learner (without any direct involvement by the student). She argues for the platforms to provide better guardrails.
Anna Mills teaches writing at College of Marin and previously taught at City College of San Francisco for 17 years. Her collection “AI Text Generators and Teaching Writing: Starting Points for Inquiry” is featured in the Writing Across the Curriculum Clearinghouse; it includes a curated collection of articles, a set of sample AI essays, and a list of strategies for mitigating educational harms associated with large language models. She has also written an Open Educational Resource (OER) textbook, How Arguments Work: A Guide to Writing and Analyzing Texts in College, which has been widely praised and used at over 45 colleges. As the English Discipline Lead for the Academic Senate of the California Community Colleges OER Initiative, she leads professional development workshops on OER and collaborative annotation. Anna earned a master’s degree from Bennington College in Writing and Literature with a focus on nonfiction writing, and her essays have appeared in journals such as The Writer’s Chronicle, The Sun, and Salmagundi.
Two Autonomous Agents Work Together to Generate OER
Yasin Dahi founder of Learnful will show us GenOER an experimental platform designed for educators to generate OER (including interactive H5P activities) that are fully designed and created by autonomous agents. The system deploys a powerful model of a pair two autonomous agents working together that simulate the principles of educational design — and Educator Agent and a Designer Agent. “GenOER is not just a tool — it’s a testbed for exploring one of the most pressing questions in open education today: what happens when the “author” of an open resource is an algorithm? I hope GenOER sparks discussion, critique, and collaboration across the OER community. This is an experiment, but one that asks real questions about scale, pedagogy, licensing, and the future of authorship.”
Yasin is the founder of Learnful, an EdTech software company based in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. He develops open-source solutions focused on open education and digital learning. His projects — including H5P Studio, GenOER, and Axiom — aim to democratize access to software tools for OER, H5P, and AI.
An OER Repository with an AI Assisted Form that Writes the Metadasta
Muriel Peguret and Mirela Cherciov from the Camerise Project at York University’s Glendon Campus will be showing a new tool for using AI to generate metadata for OER that is submitted for Camerise K-12 Studio (a project being demonstrated in another OEWeek Event)
Muriel Péguret received her PhD in FSL Applied Linguistics from Dalhousie University in 2009. She is an Associate Professor at York University in French Studies (Glendon College) and the Faculty of Education. She co-leads with Mirela Cherciov the Camerise K-12 Studio project (built by Learnful Labs Inc.), a repository of French as second language OER for K-12 teachers.
Mirela Cherciov is an Associate Researcher who is developing, in collaboration with Muriel Péguret, an OER platform for K-12 FSL teachers. She holds a PhD in French Studies from the University of Toronto. She conducted research on first-language attrition and bilingualism across the lifespan and has been teaching FSL and linguistics courses.
Watch live here or return later to see the recording.

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Opening the Book on Access: A Nursing Faculty’s First OER Experience
2026-03-03 13:00 - 13:30 (America/New_York) | Purchase, United States, Purchase, NY, United States
I took a leap and implemented an OER textbook in my Population and Environmental Health Nursing course in Fall 2025. The results were positive in so many ways! My purpose is to encourage other faculty to improve textbook affordability and equity in nursing education. Here is my story:
This case study explores the implementation and impact of an Open Educational Resource (OER) textbook in a prelicensure Population and Environmental Health Nursing course for senior nursing students. During the Fall 2025 semester, a group of 39 students used an OpenStax OER textbook in a sixteen-week, in-person course instead of a traditional, commercially published textbook.
The goal of this project was to evaluate student satisfaction and academic outcomes related to using OER materials. Data were collected through a post-course survey that assessed satisfaction, perceived learning, and accessibility, along with comparing Assessment Technologies Institute (ATI) proctored exam scores to those of a previous semester’s cohort who had to purchase a traditional textbook.
Results showed high student satisfaction, with participants citing ease of access on the first day of class, affordability, and similar or improved learning experiences. Analysis of ATI scores indicated that students in the OER group performed as well as their peers using traditional textbooks, suggesting that cost savings did not negatively impact academic performance. Switching to OER materials saved approximately $150 per student, totaling nearly $6,000 in savings for the entire cohort. This is especially important, as over half of the program’s nursing students are Pell Grant-eligible, highlighting the financial equity benefits of adopting OER resources in nursing education. Overall, this case study endorses OER integration as a sustainable, student-centered strategy to improve access, affordability, and achievement in undergraduate nursing education.

1, 2, 3. Z, T, C. : Simple shifting to Zero Textbook Cost
2026-03-03 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Regina) | Saskatoon, Canada, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
At Sask Polytechnic, some programs are excited about their adaptation of courses to ZTC.
Join course instructors and program heads as they discuss the advantages (are there any issues?) of going 1,2,3 . . . ZTC. Learn the fastest way to go ZTC and make your course more affordable (and effective). Pre-registration is required. A recording will be available with a link sent out to all registrants.

Open Education Free Book Fair
2026-03-03 11:00 - 2026-03-04 13:00 (America/Denver) | Albuquerque, United States, Albuquerque, NM, United States
Join UNM OER and the Friends of the Public Library for a free book giveaway! The Friends will bring a wide selection of books for UNM students to take home.
Along with free books, you’ll also learn about the power of Open Educational Resources (OER):

Open Educational Resources (OER) are teaching and learning materials that anyone can freely use, adapt, and share. OER lower costs for students, expand access to course materials, and give educators the flexibility to customize content.

Stop by to:

Pick up a free book to enjoy.

There will be books in many languages to choose form: Arabic, English, French, German, Japanese, Mandarin, Russian, Spanish, and Swahili

Learn how OER is transforming access to knowledge.
Explore how open licensing makes it possible to reuse and remix educational and research materials.
Get details on other Open Education Week events happening across campus.

OER Commons is Free for Everyone, Forever
2026-03-03 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Half Moon Bay, United States, Half Moon Bay, CA, United States
Join Mindy Newfarmer, Vice President of Services at ISKME for an overview of OER Commons that will provide attendees with an overview of the OER Commons global digital library. We’ll walk through how to search, how to discover OER used around the world, ways to collaborate with other OER practitioners, and how to use Open Author to remix, create, and publish OER.

Open to All: Accessibility in the LibreVerse
2026-03-03 10:30 - 11:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Davis, United States, Davis, CA, United States
Open education only works if everyone can access it. That’s why LibreTexts is currently conducting a comprehensive accessibility audit of our platform and features, with the results shaping both our updated conformance documentation and a clear roadmap to remove barriers for students and content authors alike.
Our goal is to meet or exceed the Revised 508 Standards and WCAG 2.1 AA because accessibility isn’t a checkbox, it’s a core part of what it means to build education that truly belongs to everyone. Accessibility conformance documentation is already available, and we encourage anyone who encounters an accessibility concern to report it directly to us. We also provide a full suite of authoring tools to help content creators build with accessibility in mind from the start.

No-Cost Textbooks and AI: How AI is Powering Free and Open Course Materials, a Lecture and Discussion by David Wiley
2026-03-03 14:00 - 15:30 (America/New_York) | Winter Park, United States, Winter Park, FL, United States
As generative AI increasingly impacts higher education, long-standing assumptions about textbooks, course materials, and access to knowledge are being reexamined.
In this lecture and discussion, David Wiley, an internationally recognized leader in Open Educational Resources, explores how generative AI intersects with Open Educational Resources in the context of the college classroom. He examines both the opportunities and tensions of AI-powered course materials and what they mean for affordability, pedagogical innovation, and the future of learning.
Whether you’re new to OER, experimenting with AI in your teaching, or just interested in the idea of no-cost course materials, this session offers a timely and grounded perspective on where free and open learning materials may be headed next.
Students, faculty, staff, and campus visitors are welcome to attend. Food and refreshments will be provided.
Hosted by Rollins College Olin Library. Lecture funded by the Thomas P. Johnson Grant Fund.

OER at Excelsior University
2026-03-03 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Albany, United States, Albany, OR, United States
Please join us in kicking off OER Week with a presentation highlighting the current landscape of OER use and creation at Excelsior! An overview of OER as adopted course materials will be provided as well as an explain on how OER adoption connects to ZTC course designation. We will then discuss Excelsior’s growth from OER adoption to creation and publication and hear from some of our very own OER authors!
Registration requires an Excelsior login.

Colorado Student Panel
2026-03-03 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Denver) | Denver, United States, Denver, CO, United States
The Colorado OER Council celebrates Open Education Week with a panel of Colorado students who are passionate about OER! Five student panelists from will discuss their experience with open educational resources (OER) and how zero textbook cost materials have helped them pursue their higher education goals.
Speakers

Caterina Belle Azzarello, Doctoral Candidate in Educational Psychology at the University of Northern Colorado
Haylee Carrillo, Colorado State University Pueblo
Mallory Reiswig, Metropolitan State University of Denver
Kate Kaemmerling, Colorado Mountain College
Sebastian Barreda, Associate of Arts in Business Studies, Colorado Northwestern Community College; Resident Assistant & PTK Treasurer

Host: Brian Healy, M.S., Lecturer of Communication Studies, Metropolitan State University of Denver
The webinar will be recorded and captioned.

Student Perspectives on Open Educational Resources (OER): Survey Results & Reflections
2026-03-03 11:30 - 12:30 (America/Vancouver) | Burnaby, Canada, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
Many instructors are exploring open educational resources (OER) as a way to make course materials more affordable, flexible, and up to date. But what do students think? And what are the implications of their experiences on course design?
In celebration of Open Education Week, join the Open Education Community of Practice for a conversation highlighting students’ perspectives on using open educational resources (OER) at Simon Fraser University (SFU).
This session will share key findings from two recent student surveys: one conducted by the Library and Learning Experiences Assessment & Planning (LEAP) focused on students’ experiences using open textbooks and other OER in the classroom, and a student satisfaction survey from the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) exploring questions around student affordability, course material costs and OER alternatives. These presentations will be followed by a discussion exploring community needs, questions, and opportunities to strengthen support for OER and open education here at SFU.
Speakers
Marcius Sim—Quantitative Analyst, Learning Experiences Assessment & Planning (LEAP)
Jessica Lamb—Vice President External & Community Affairs, Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS)
Facilitators
Hope Power—Teaching & Learning Librarian (Library)
Parm Gill—Instructional Designer (Centre for Educational Excellence)
Brian Lorraine—Instructional Designer (Centre for Educational Excellence)

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)

Lighten Your Load: Using AI Tools to Enhance OER
2026-03-03 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | San Mateo, United States, San Mateo, CA, United States
Are you hesitant to adopt Open Educational Resources (OER) because you miss the robust support materials provided by major publishers? Join San Mateo CCCD Textbook Affordability Solutions Workgroup for a practical workshop that bridges the gap between free content and engaging learning materials, with apps available within Canvas and the district. We will demonstrate powerful workflows: first, using Google Gemini to instantly “remix” open content into accessible summaries and ancillary materials; and second, deploying Nectir AI within Canvas to act as a coach or tutor.
Takeaways:

Learn to use current available tools, i.e. Gemini, NectirAI, to generate ancillary course materials, test banks, and more
Learn to use CCCCO provided tools, i.e., Gemini, to enhance audio visual materials

OER from Creation to Classroom
2026-03-03 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Vancouver) | Vancouver, Canada, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Curious about bringing more open, flexible, and affordable learning materials into your courses?
The Vancouver Community College Open Education Working Group invites you to OER from Creation to Classroom, a panel discussion designed to demystify adopting, adapting, and creating Open Educational Resources (OER).
You’ll hear firsthand experiences from our panelists Julie Crouse (NSCC), Shantel Ivits (VCC), Venecia Williams (VCC), and Cheryl Wright (VCC). This session will include lessons learned from our panelists who have created, adopted or interacted with OER in their classrooms.
This event is possible due to the financial support of BCcampus and is being held as a part of Open Education Week (OEWeek), an annual global celebration dedicated to sharing and promoting achievements in Open Education.

We look forward to having you attend the event!

OpenEd: Intro for Faculty
2026-03-03 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | San Diego, United States, San Diego, CA, United States
Curious about Open Educational Resources but not sure where to start? Join San Diego Community College District for a friendly, hands-on intro to OER—what they are, why they’re a game-changer for students, and how you can easily find great open materials for your courses. We’ll tour popular OER repositories, share tips for spotting quality resources, and show how going “open” can make your teaching more flexible and your students’ lives a little easier. No experience needed!

Faculty Voices: Unlocking Affordable Education with OER at TAMU
2026-03-03 16:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago) | College Station, United States, College Station, TX, United States
Join us for an engaging moderated panel discussion featuring faculty members who are leading the charge in making education more accessible and affordable. In this session, instructors will share their experiences and insights on adopting Open Educational Resources (OER), utilizing course reserves, and leveraging library-licensed materials to eliminate or significantly reduce textbook costs for their students. Panelists include: Dr. Vanessa Coffelt, Dr. Ryan Fletcher, Dr. Jeremiah Green, Dr. Catharina Laporte, and Dr. Aurora Le.
(in person, Evans Library 202A)

Finding, Using, and Creating Open Educational Resources
2026-03-03 14:00 - 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Vancouver, Canada, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Whether adapting an existing OER, transitioning your course materials into the Open, or creating an OER from scratch, you will likely be using materials created by others. Because Open doesn’t just apply to the finished resource but all of the elements within the resource, it is important to ensure that everything you include in your OER respects licensing requirements. In this session we will walk you through some strategies for finding open content to adapt, or include within your learning resources, as well as best practices for attribution. We will also provide you with guidance for developing your own search plan and documentation, including a workflow and templates for curating resource details.
This session will cover:

Identifying open educational resource repositories and online spaces for finding content
Developing a search plan for finding resources across platforms
Developing a workflow for curating resource details for use in an open educational resource project
Identifying terms of use and licensing of resources and attribution practice

Simpel zoeken, slim delen met de OER Wizard & de OER Discovery Tool
2026-03-04 09:00 - 22:00 (Europe/Amsterdam) | Rotterdam, Netherlands, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Uitnodiging themasessie in de Open Onderwijs Week
Graag nodigen we uit voor een online informatiesessie over twee nieuwe tools die het vinden, verrijken en delen van open leermaterialen eenvoudiger maken.
OER-wizard, een tool om materialen laagdrempelig te vinden en te delen in collecties.
Demonstratie OER wizard door Sylvia Moes.
De OER-wizard is een tool waarmee je content uit andere repositories kunt doorzoeken, en op laagdrempelige wijze via SURFsharekit kunt verrijken met onderwijskundige metadata. Op dit moment kun je via de OER-wizard inhoud zoeken naar DOAB-boeken, Open Textbooks, Medpix en Europeana.
Zie ook het artikel Steeds meer open tekstboeken op de communitypagina Open Tekstboeken

Sneller open leermaterialen vinden met de OER Discovery Tool
Demonstratie OER Discovery Tool door Michel Saive
De bibliotheek van Universiteit Maastricht ontwikkeling een nieuwe tool die het zoeken naar open onderwijsmaterialen veel eenvoudiger maakt. Tijdens de demonstratie laat Michel zien hoe deze met behulp van AI automatisch relevante zoekwoorden op basis van cursusomschrijvingen. De tool doorzoekt vervolgens vijf grote repositories, waardoor de docent binnen twee minuten open leermaterialen de verbinding vindt bij de thema’s die in de gekozen cursus aan bod komen.
Zie ook het interview Zo geeft Universiteit Maastricht open leermaterialen een vaste plek in het onderwijs
We laten tijdens de bijeenkomst zien hoe beide tools werken, zodat je weet wat voor mogelijkheden er zijn om open leermaterialen te vinden en hoe je de OER-wizard zelf kunt inzetten in contact met het onderwijs.
Na afloop van de demo’s is er een gelegenheid om vragen te stellen.
Hartelijke groet, namens experts Npuls en de werkgroep Bibliotheken en Open en Online Onderwijs,
Irma van Houts en Brenda Lems
