Ready for Take-off? How Emerging Technologies are Fuelling New Approaches Around OER in the UK & the US
2025-03-03 15:00 - 16:00 (Europe/Amsterdam) | University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, United States
Today we are faced with emerging technologies such as (Gen)AI, which have incredible potential – yet also significant risks and challenges. During this panel session at the Northeast OER Summit, we will hear from two forward-looking universities in the UK and the US about their views and experiences with (Gen)AI and OER. While both are unique in terms of their local context, challenges and levels of experience with OER, they are unified by their ambition to locally grow OER success and by their high expectations for its future.
From this session, expect to learn more about practical and real-world examples of (Gen)AI use at these two universities and their library today: how it is used to identify OER gaps, how to understand local OER potential as well as convincing senior leadership to get behind this. Moreover, expect to walk away with concrete ideas for how we can fuel a scaleable OER future at any institution and why now is the time really for this to take off.
During this panel session, we will hear from two different institutions in the UK and the US about their views and experiences with (Gen)AI and OER. While both are unique in terms of their local context, challenges and levels of experience with OER, they are unified by their ambition to locally grow OER success and by their high expectations for its future. You’ll hear practical and real-world examples of (Gen)AI use, such as how it is used to identify OER gaps and to understand the potential of OER.
We’ll hear from each of the panelists about where they are with OER today and why they feel now is the time for OER to take off.

Dal Badesha, Head of Learning Resources and Student Engagement, Coventry University. Dal oversees the learning resources and student engagement team at Coventry University. She plays a crucial role in making sure students can find and use learning resources, including OER.
William Walters, Executive Library Director, Manhattan University. William Walters is the executive library director at Manhattan University. His current research focuses on scholarly communication, academic librarianship, AI in higher education, nonprofit management, and assessment. In one of his latest publications he took a deep dive into the online discoverability of open textbooks.
Tom Mosterd, Co-Founder & Director, Higher Education, Sylla. Tom is one of the cofounders of Sylla, a new technology solution that helps libraries and faculty to easily find, assess and adopt OER tailored to their teaching. At Sylla he works on ensuring new technologies are used for the benefit of libraries.

Announcement of Creative Commons Open Education Platform Activity Winners!
2025-03-03 09:30 - 2025-03-07 17:00 (America/New_York) | Online from Multiple Locations
Between March 3 and 7, in honor of Open Education Week, Creative Commons will announce the winners of a community-run competition for open education activities. Run through the Creative Commons Open Education Platform, a global community group of approximately 1000 members, the competition invited community members to propose open education projects, eligible for up to US$ 5K in funding. The community then reviewed proposals and voted on their top choices.
Creative Commons will grant the community winners funding for their work in 2025, announcing the winners during Open Education Week on Medium.
See Creative Commons: We Like to Share for updates, and please join us in congratulating the winners!

By Students for Students In-person Information Booth (Conestoga College, Kitchener Campus)
2025-03-03 11:00 - 13:00 (America/Toronto) | Conestoga College, 299 Doon Valley Dr, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
Visit our in-person information booth at our downtown Kitchener campus, run by the Open Learning co-op and work-study students. Get informed on the basics of OER and be entered to win prizes. This event is geared towards current students but everyone is welcome!

Online University of Windsor Open Education Week Conference
2025-03-03 12:00 - 2025-03-06 17:00 (America/Toronto) | Online from Multiple Locations
The Office of Open Learning at the University of Windsor is hosting a conference throughout the Open Education Week and everyone is invited to join us for a week of free events. Events will be added over time, so check the site regularly.
This year will feature presentations about open educational practices, as well as some presentations about educational technologies.

McMaster University OER Grant & Lightning Talks
2025-03-03 12:30 - 13:30 (America/Toronto) | McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
This event features McMaster faculty and instructors who are incorporating open education into their teaching. Hear from some of the 2024-2025 OER Grantees as they update us on their awarded projects. Learn about the open resources being created for McMaster courses and hear about experiences in creating open and accessible content.
Gather ideas for possible OER projects of your own. Find out more about the McMaster OER Grant which will be offered again in Spring 2025.

Open Education 101
2025-03-03 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | University of British Columbia, 2329 West Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada
Would you like to learn more about open education and open educational resources but don’t know where to start? This introductory workshop is for you.
This session will provide an overview of the open education movement including what it is and why it matters. This session will cover:

Definition and examples of open educational resources
Benefits of OER to both students and faculty
First steps toward adopting, adapting, or creating OER
How to find additional support with OE at UBC Library

OER Project Management: A Strategic Framework
2025-03-03 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | LibreTexts, Davis, CA, United States
Effective OER program management in higher education goes beyond good intentions—it requires strategy, structure, communication, and project management (PM) tools.
Join Rachel Fleming, OER Librarian at Irvine Valley College, as she explores OER PM methodologies, including Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), Critical Paths, risk assessment, and stakeholder engagement/information behaviors, while providing practical strategies for sustainability and scalability.
This presentation will cover project scope, scope creep, implement tracking systems, basic communication management, and leverage free PM software like LibreTexts Conductor pages to streamline collaboration at the individual project level.

Open Homework Systems: Cost-Effective and Customizable Alternatives to the Big Publishers
2025-03-03 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Regina) | University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
In this session, we will explore innovative alternatives to traditional textbook publisher homework systems, focusing on solutions that save students money and offer the instructor greater customization options.
We will explore the potential of Canvas New Quizzes and Item Banks as the path forward. Additionally, we will examine the benefits and functionalities of OpenStax Assignable and LibreTexts ADAPT, two powerful platforms that provide free, high-quality educational resources. Join us to discover how these alternatives open new opportunities and alleviate your reliance on the high-cost systems.

Keeping Courses Affordable with Open Educational Resources
2025-03-03 13:00 - 14:30 (America/Toronto) | Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
The Ontario Ministry of Colleges and Universities (MCU) now requires faculty to include an itemized cost breakdown of all textbooks and learning materials, both required and optional, in their course outlines. Seeing high course fees can be discouraging to students.
One potential solution to keep costs down is through the use of Open Educational Resources (OER). OER are learning, teaching, and research materials that reside in the public domain or are under copyright that have been released under an open licence permitting no-cost access (UNESCO). By using OER textbooks available through eCampus Ontario, faculty have saved students in Ontario over $26 million dollars.
Join the Toronto Metropolitan University Libraries, the Centre for Excellence in Learning & Teaching, and the Chang School to learn how the MCU directive will impact your teaching, and how you can leverage Open Educational Resources to reduce costs and make your courses more appealing to students. We will review how to find, adapt, and create OERs, and hear from a panel of faculty and students about their experience with OERs.

OER In Action: Faculty Stories of Success
2025-03-03 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) | Indiana Unviersity Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN, United States
Discover how faculty at IU Indianapolis are transforming their classrooms with Open Educational Resources. Hear from nominees and winners of the IU Indianapolis Open Education Award as they share their OER beginnings, challenges, and successes in using OER to impact student success.

OER at Minnesota State
2025-03-03 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Chicago) | Minnesota State, Saint Paul, MN, United States
Minnesota State has fostered the development and use of open educational resources since the early 2010s. This presentation will provide an overview of the work that has been supported, including OER Learning Circles, faculty development workshops, Z-degrees, library resources, grant initiatives, as well as the plans for future support.

Unlocking Education: Discover the Power of OER
2025-03-03 14:00 - 15:00 (America/Toronto) | St Claire College, Chattam-Kent, ON, Canada
Brought to you by Collab4Open.
Join us for an eye-opening webinar on Open Educational Resources (OER) and discover how these freely accessible tools can revolutionize your classroom. Learn the benefits of adopting, adapting, and developing your own OER to enhance student engagement and success.
This is an introductory session on OER aimed at addressing the “What” and the “Why.” Attendees of all levels of knowledge and experience are welcome!

Creating Engaging and Interactive Learning Experiences with Pressbooks + H5P
2025-03-03 14:00 - 14:30 (America/Toronto) | Pressbooks, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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In this session, we’ll share some high-level principles and examples of how to create engaging learning materials in Pressbooks that encourage active learning through the use of social annotation, inline quizzes and other formative assessments.
We’ll also demonstrate how instructors with access to an enterprise Pressbooks network can easily bring this content into courses taught within a learning management system and see grades updated in real time and get deeper insight into what students are learning as they complete individual activities
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What is OER? at UTA Libraries
2025-03-03 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Chicago) | University of Texas at Arlington, 702 Planetarium Place, Arlington, TX, United States
In this presentation from UTA Libraries we will explore Open Educational Resources (OER) as an innovative educational movement by breaking down the elements that define OER, and the benefits for faculty and students We will conclude with what OER support is available for UTA faculty and students.
Attend “What is OER?” via Teams

Panel: Using LibreTexts for Your Chemistry Courses
2025-03-03 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | LibreTexts, Davis, CA, United States
Join instructors Lisa Sharpe Elles (Kansas State University) and Sheba Kuruvilla (Mt. San Jacinto Community College) as they answer questions from participants about how they use LibreTexts in their Chemistry courses.

NorQuest Open Education Pecha Kucha
2025-03-03 12:10 - 13:00 (America/Denver) | SCFL 3-071@NorQuest, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
NorQuest continues to do incredible work in Open Education! Faculty at NorQuest College have published a number of successful OERs. Besides being used in our own courses here at the college, many have found an audience in the wider post-secondary world.
Join us for a visual journey through the creation of these works, hosted by their authors.

Got Money? Oregon’s Brain Trust for Local OER Funds
2025-03-03 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Open Oregon, Portland, OR, United States
Local funding for OER and textbook affordability from your own institution’s budget can complement statewide grants and other external sources of support. A group of librarians from Oregon institutions with local funding meet as an informal brain trust to ask questions, share surprises and lessons learned, and showcase projects made possible by funding from their institutions. Join the conversation at this Open Ed Week panel!
This webinar takes place from 12:00-1:00 pm Pacific time, March 3, 2025. The session will be recorded and captioned to share later. We will enable automatic captions in the session.

Welcome to the LibreTexts “LibreVerse”
2025-03-03 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | LibreTexts, Davis, CA, United States
Join a member of the LibreTexts team as we introduce you to the LibreTexts project.
We will guide you through each component of what we refers to as the greater “LibreVerse” including: the LibreTexts repository, home to over a million pages of OER content; our state of the art Remixer that allows you to take any content in the repository and remix it into something new for your course; LibreTexts project management platform, Conductor, and Workbench tool to help keep your projects and teams organized and on track; our open homework and assessment platform, ADAPT; and much, much more.

Comic Jam Workshop for Students
2025-03-03 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Justice Institute of BC, 715 McBride Boulevard, New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Hi Students! Want to have some fun, get creative, and score a FREE lunch and gift? 🎉 Join us for a 60-minute Comic Jam workshop where you’ll draw your experiences using free, open textbooks, meet other students, and have a blast—no drawing skills needed!
Here’s what’s in it for you:
✅ Get creative and draw comics about Open Educational Resources (OER) in a fun, easy way
✅ Discover Creative Commons licenses and how to share your work
✅ Enjoy a FREE lunch🍕
✅ Take home a thank-you gift! 🎁
📅 Spots are limited—register before Wednesday, February 26!

This event is made possible thanks to generous funding from BCcampus.

Keynote with Flower Darby - Small Steps with OER: Building Momentum, Promoting Success
2025-03-03 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | San Diego Community College District, San Diego, CA, United States
The prospect of updating your class with freely available materials can seem daunting, yet reducing textbook costs and enhancing course relevance is key to advancing equitable student learning. Join us to identify small steps we can take, practical strategies that aren’t overwhelming, to begin or progress your OER journey. Find fresh inspiration to teach engaging classes in which you and your students can thrive and succeed.
Join the San Diego Community College District Open Ed Week via Zoom Events and attend this keynote session with invited speaker Flower Darby.

Interview: OER and Social Justice – Glenda Cox
2025-03-03 12:00 - 12:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Vancouver, Vancouver, BC, Canada
The interview highlights the intersections of open education and social justice, emphasising the potential and challenges posed by generative AI. While AI can exacerbate the digital divide by benefiting higher-income countries with better infrastructure, open education remains a critical tool for ensuring equitable access to learning materials through OER. Additionally, the interview emphasises the importance of student co-creation in knowledge production while noting the need for government policies that promote transformational justice by integrating open education into national frameworks.

Hunting for Open Educational Resources Suited to Your Discipline (In Person)
2025-03-03 15:00 - 16:30 (America/Toronto) | Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Open Educational Resources (OER) are free learning materials for students, which can easily be adapted or tailored for accessible, course-specific learning. This workshop introduces OER basics such as renewable assignments and open textbooks and their place in the open ecosystem. You will learn to search for and discover OER relevant to your courses and disciplines.
In an open document, we will collaboratively search OER repositories for materials that can be added to Concordia’s OER By Discipline Resource Guide, which you might find useful to your studies. Through collaborative small group discussions and guided practice, you can benefit yourself and your fellow students, and leave equipped to advocate more effectively for OER in your classrooms.
Learning Objectives:
Understand the basic differences between OER, paywalled textbooks, and pirated resources
Search OER repositories for OER suited to your courses
Co-adapt Concordia’s OER By Discipline Resource Guide – 2nd edition

Part of Open Education Month at Concordia University Library

Poco a poco, se va lejos: Developing a Spanish Z-degree at Colorado State University Pueblo
2025-03-03 14:00 - 15:30 (America/Denver) | University of Northern Colorado, 406 Dunne Dr., Greeley, CO, United States
This talk explores the development and implementation of the Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) Spanish degree at Colorado State University Pueblo, a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI). It examines both the theoretical and practical considerations that shaped the process, emphasizing how a custom-built curriculum can integrate students’ lived experiences and identities while aligning with program objectives and course learning outcomes. This approach enhances accessibility while advancing inclusion, diversity, equity, and student-centered pedagogy.
As with any creative endeavor, the curriculum continues to evolve through ongoing refinement and improvement. The presentation will highlight key lessons learned, challenges faced, and potential alternative approaches, offering recommendations for those interested in developing a Z-degree. Ample time will be provided for questions and discussion.

Introduction to LibreTexts ADAPT Open Homework and Assessment Platform
2025-03-03 14:00 - 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | LibreTexts, Davis, CA, United States
Join LibreTexts Founder and Executive Director, Delmar Larsen, as he gives you an inside look at LibreTexts open homework and assessment platform, ADAPT. Participants will get a firsthand, guided tour on how ADAPT is changing the game when it comes to homework platforms in higher education. Currently sponsored by the California Education Learning Lab (CELL), ADAPT is free for all California instructors and students. For educators outside of California, ADAPT is available at cost–with a price point far below what traditional publishers charge.

OER Panel: Faculty Showcase
2025-03-03 14:30 - 15:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | San Diego Community College District, San Diego, CA, United States
In this panel, faculty members will share their experiences integrating OER (Open Educational Resources) into their online courses. This presentation will highlight innovative approaches to using OER to enhance student learning, improve accessibility, and reduce textbook costs. We will showcase a variety of courses that have successfully adopted OER, providing insights, best practices, and lessons learned. Whether you’re new to OER or looking for inspiration to refine your course materials, this session will offer valuable takeaways and real-world applications.
Join the San Diego Community College District Open Ed Week via Zoom Events and attend this faculty showcase hosted by Madeline Button, OER Analyst and Kelly Spoon, Math Faculty at Mesa College.

Colorado's K-12 OERColorado Hub and Microsite Platforms
2025-03-03 16:00 - 17:00 (America/Denver) | OERColorado, Denver, Colorado, United States
In celebration of OE Week 2025, the Colorado Department of Education (CDE) is hosting a webinar showcasing Colorado’s K-12 OERColorado Hub and Microsite Platforms.
CDE invites anyone interested in learning more about Colorado’s work with OER in K-12 education to join us on Monday, March 3 between 4:00PM – 5:00PM MST in Zoom.
Email our OERColorado Team at OERColorado@gmail.com with any questions!

Connecting the Opens: A Panel Discussion for the Future Professoriate
2025-03-03 18:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, United States
Join the Virginia Tech University Libraries and invited guests for a discussion for future professors regarding open access, open educational resources, and open data. University Libraries’ faculty will provide brief overviews of open publishing, open educational resources, and open data to provide some general information on the topics.
Guest presenter, Dr. Laura Neser, Department of Geosciences will discuss her work adapting openly-licensed content into the first and second editions of Introduction to Earth Science. Presenters will discuss how aspects of open have impacted their career development as well as how they have incorporated open practices into their research and scholarship, and the audience will be invited to participate in the robust conversation. All are welcome!

Shaping future generations with AI and OER in Early Development
2025-03-04 08:00 - 12:00 (Africa/Dar_es_Salaam) | TUSOME, Dar Es Salaam, Kinondoni, Tanzania, United Republic of
The event on March 4th during Open Education Week at TUSOME offices will focus on “Shaping Future Generations with AI and OER in Early Development.”
The session will provide an introduction to Artificial Intelligence (AI) and explore its transformative potential in creating Open Educational Resources (OER) tailored for Early Childhood Development (ECD). Participants will gain insights into how AI technologies can enhance the creation of accessible, engaging, and effective educational materials for young learners, fostering more inclusive learning experiences.
Location: Makunduchi Street, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 14108

Open Education Italia presents the Dubai Declaration on OER to the Italian Community
2025-03-04 10:00 - 11:00 (Europe/Rome) | Open Education Italia, Bologna, Italy
On the occasion of Open Education Week 2025, taking place from March 3 to 7, the Open Education Italia network is organizing a meeting dedicated to presenting the Dubai Declaration on Open Educational Resources (OER) “Digital public goods and emerging technologies for equitable and inclusive access to knowledge”. The event aims to explore the implications and opportunities offered by the recently adopted international document, fostering discussion among experts, educators, and librarians.
The meeting, scheduled for March 4, 2025, from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM CET, will feature Javiera Atenas, Senior Lecturer in Learning and Teaching at the University of Suffolk, UK, who, in collaboration with Dr. Tel Amiel, UNESCO Chair in Open Education and Technologies for the Common Good in Brazil, contributed to drafting the 2024 Declaration. Other participants include Paola Corti from Politecnico di Milano and OE Community Manager of the European Network of Open Education Librarians (ENOEL), Fabio Nascimbeni, from the European Training Foundation, and Damiano Orrù, representing the Italian Library Association (AIB), along with researchers, teachers, and professionals in the education and library sectors.
The meeting will provide an opportunity to learn about the recent UNESCO declaration on OER and discuss its role in the Italian context. It will particularly focus on open access policies and strategies for integrating open educational resources into teaching practices and library management.
Event Program:

OEWeek25 and introduction to the UNESCO Recommendation – Paola Corti
The Dubai Declaration and the concept of Common Digital Goods– Javiera Atenas
The role of libraries in open education – Damiano Orrù
Discussion: experiences and perspectives on OER adoption in Italy – Fabio Nascimbeni
Q&A and Conclusions

This initiative is aimed at researchers, librarians, teachers, and anyone interested in open education. Participation is open to all and free of charge, but registration on the Open Education Italia website is appreciated.
For more information and to register for the event, visit www.openeducationitalia.it or contact info@openeducationitalia.it.

Open Education Week 2025 at Gdańsk University of Technology
2025-03-04 11:30 - 2025-03-05 23:50 (Europe/Warsaw) | Gdańsk University of Technology, Narutowicza st. 11/12, Gdańsk, Pomeranian, Poland
Gdańsk Tech University librarians are inviting everyone, including students and academic teachers, to two short training sessions devoted to Open Educational Resources.
The first training, on March 4, will be dedicated to free academic textbooks that can be found on the Internet, legally downloaded and used during classes at the university. The second one will take place on March 5 and will present platforms with online courses designed by leading world universities, which will certainly help you acquire knowledge and consolidate acquired skills.
The training will be online via the MS Teams platform, to take part in the meeting, simply click on the link. The training will be conducted in Polish at 10:30 am and in English at 11:30 am it takes approximately 20 minutes.

Training: Open academic textbooks at your fingertips 04 March 11:30 am
Training: Open online courses – professional knowledge for everyone 05 March 11:30 am

We count on your presence!
