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  • Keynote: Designing for Justice with Open Educational Practices

    University of Regina Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

    Whereas the adoption of open educational resources can widen equitable access by helping alleviate the financial burden experienced by students, the embrace of broader open educational practices carries the potential to advance additional dimensions of social and epistemic justice. This presentation will focus on practical ways in which educators may approach learning resources, activities, assessments, […]

  • Keynote: Then. Now. The Future: Directions for Open Education in the Changing World of Higher Education (Dr. Glenda Cox)

    University of Regina Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

    In this presentation, Dr. Glenda Cox will be looking back at the Cape Town open education declaration (2007) and the 10 directions suggested at the 10 year anniversary in 2017. Dr. Cox will include discussions of student protests calling for the decolonisation of the curriculum, first held in 2015 and now 10 years later where […]

  • Keynote: Open and the Oligarchs: Planting Seeds in a World on Fire (Dr. Robin DeRosa)

    University of Regina Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

    Dr. Robin DeRosa has been working on open initiatives, including projects around OER, open pedagogy, and open access to research, for more than a decade. She has been interested not only in the practices that animate open, but also in the values that power an open vision for the future of education and knowledge-sharing. But […]

  • UTS Open Education Week

    Open Textbooks Show and Tell

    University of Technology Sydney Sydney, Australia

    Join us for an engaging session during UTS Open Education Week, where we showcase innovative open textbooks created by Australian academics and professionals. This event will feature presentations from authors who will share their experiences and insights on developing and using open educational resources. Attendees will have the opportunity to explore a variety of open textbooks, ask questions, […]

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    Liberating Curricula: Open Education for Decolonised and Internationalised Learning

    University of Technology Sydney Sydney, Australia

    In an increasingly interconnected world educational practices and materials should evolve to be more inclusive and representative of diverse voices, perspectives, narratives and epistemologies. Through leveraging open educational resources, open pedagogy, and collaborative approaches to knowledge co-construction we can challenge hegemonic narratives and biases, and create a more socially just and inclusive curriculum. This talk […]

  • Women Visibility: How the Wikimedia Movement sheds light on women

    Online from Multiple Locations
    Virtual Event

    This March, in celebration of International Women’s History Month, and WikiAfrica Hour will be bringing together inspiring women from across the Wikimedia Movement to explore how our communities support women—and where we can do more. Join us!

  • Viquipèdia:Viquimarató Dones i Salut (Wikipedia : Women and Health Wikimarathon)

    Barcelona Barcelona, Spain

    Aquesta viquimarató forma part de les activitats del Projecte Dones i Salut a la Viquipèdia i els seus objectius principals són analitzar el contingut actual relacionat amb la salut de les dones a la Viquipèdia, millorar els articles existents i crear-ne de nous per cobrir les llacunes identificades. L'equip de treball d'aquest projecte està coordinat per RedCAPS encarregat de […]

  • OE Week Reflection with Alan Levine & Equity Unbound Community

    Online from Multiple Locations

    We will host a post-OE Week reflection session, with Alan Levine. This will be an open conversation and reflection using the posts from the Padlet we will be collecting and curating reflections, thoughts, ideas throughout OE Week. This session will take place on Monday 17 March at 9 pm Cairo | 7 pm UTC | […]

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    Persistence & Progress: Confronting Wikipedia’s gender imbalance (Wiki Education)

    Online from Multiple Locations

    As the world's go-to encyclopedia, Wikipedia's content should reflect the diversity of the real world, but in areas like gender representation, it can still fall short. The persisting gender gap on Wikipedia extends from its content across subjects and biographies to its content contributors themselves – a gap that individual editors, organized groups of contributors, and […]

  • Emerging Technologies in International Education

    Athabasca University 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 […]

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    OEWeek Live! Socially Just Distributed Care in the Open with Equity Unbound

    Online from Multiple Locations

    How MYFest and Intentionally Equitable Hospitality manifest to promote socially just care in the open We are delighted to offer this open conversation with a fantastic team of representatives from Equity Unbound– the  movement started in 2018 focused then on “equity-focused, open, connected, intercultural learning curriculum for teaching digital literacies to educators and co-learners in […]

  • The Evolution of Open and Distributed Learning

    Athabasca University Athabasca, Alberta, Canada

    "The rise of online education has transformed teaching and learning paradigms. These changes are fueled by advancements in technology and the demand for flexible, inclusive access to education—even in times of war and epidemic. Online educational practices emphasize interactivity, learner autonomy and self-direction, and accessibility, while theoretical frameworks have expanded to address issues such as […]

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    Open for Antiracism: Leveraging Open Education to Support Antiracism in the Classroom, 4 years in review

    College of the Canyons Santa Clarita, CA, United States +1 more

    In this 45-minute panel discussion, we address the question: “How can the open education field engage effectively with antiracist pedagogy?” The Open for Antiracism Program (OFAR) provides an example from its four years of programming that supports. California community college faculty to transform their classrooms to be antiracist through the affordances of OER and open […]

  • Getting Started with Open Pedagogy

    Brock University St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada

    This resource-rich virtual workshop will introduce Open Pedagogy, a student-centered and collaborative approach to teaching and learning that foregrounds access, justice, and learner agency. Drawing on inspiring examples from a wide variety of disciplines, participants will learn how to infuse principles of open pedagogy into their learning activities, policies, and assessments. This OEweek workshop is […]

  • Distributing open education to reduce inequity and transform higher education

    Online from Multiple Locations

    This online session puts open education and open publishing in the broader context of knowledge equity and transformation of higher education. It will feature discussion of a new open online course Distributing education and knowledge creation designed to help build capacity for distributing knowledge to reduce inequity. During the session we will hope to identify […]

  • Interview: OER and Social Justice – Glenda Cox

    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 […]

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    Retrospective on Open Access Publishing

    Athabasca University Athabasca, Alberta, Canada

    "Open access (OA) ensures that scholarly research is freely accessible to all, breaking down barriers to information due to subscription costs or institutional access limitations. This democratization of knowledge fosters equity, enabling researchers, educators, policymakers, and the public worldwide to engage with research findings without financial hindrance. Open access distribution facilitates collaboration, innovation, and the […]

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    Announcement of Creative Commons Open Education Platform Activity Winners!

    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 […]

  • WikiAfrica Hour – De-colonising knowledge on Wikipedia

    Online from Multiple Locations

    What do we mean by decolonising knowledge? Why is it essential to document this on Wikimedia projects? What established knowledge decolonisation initiatives are inside (and even outside) the Wikimedia movement that we should pay attention to? How can we improve existing initiatives and encourage others to do the same? This month on Wiki Africa Hour, […]