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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Ressources éducatives libres (REL): comment les pratiques stimulent l’innovation?
2026-03-03 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Toronto) | Montreal, Canada, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Description : Ce panel réunit des actrices et acteurs engagés qui partageront des exemples d’accompagnement de personnes enseignantes et étudiantes dans la création ou l’adaptation de ressources éducatives libres (REL). Ensemble, nous explorerons les innovations pédagogiques identifiées dans le cadre de l’éducation ouverte, les obstacles rencontrés et les leviers activés pour les surmonter, ainsi que des conseils pratiques pour les porteurs de projets et leurs accompagnateurs pédagogiques.
Avec la participation et la collaboration de : Paul Lyonnaz, Nantes Université; Anne-Catherine Baseilhac, Nantes Université; Claude Potvin, fabriqueREL et Université Laval; Sophie Depoterre, Université Catholique de Louvain.

Understanding Creative Commons Licenses
2026-03-03 11:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Blacksburg, United States, Blacksburg, VA, United States
Are you curious about Creative Commons licenses? We will discuss what they signify, why they are valuable, what you can do with them — and how. This session from the Virginia Tech Library is relevant to anyone who works with information (that’s you!) and wants to know more about digital citizenship and sharing for the public good. We’ll also discuss “CC Signals” which are designed to communicate author preferences to AI crawlers. Join us for a brief 30-minute presentation and stay until noon for discussion.

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.

Open Education Solutions for Complex Times
2026-03-03 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Regina) | Regina, Canada, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Join the University of Regina for this special Open Education Week presentation, “Open Education Solutions for Complex Times” with Anne-Marie Scott, Vice President of the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) in Vancouver, BC.
Abstract: Post-secondary institutions across Canada are facing a complex and uncertain future as they rapidly adjust to economic scarcity, and it is clear that business-as-usual operating models will not support us to meet the challenges ahead. Compounding this is a tendency towards historical amnesia and constant reinvention; often the answers we need are already out there waiting to be discovered. The Commonwealth of Learning has a long history of working in contexts where complexity and uncertainty are the norm and has successfully used open education as an effective innovation toolkit. Drawing on examples, this talk will outline the ways in which various elements of the open education ecosystem could be used to meet some of these big challenges in Canada head-on, and (I hope) provide some inspiration to keep us moving forward.
Presenter bio: Anne-Marie Scott is the Vice President of the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) in Vancouver, Canada where she supports COL’s mission and work in open learning for sustainable development across fifty-six countries. She is an internationally recognized expert in digital, online, and open education, with leadership experience across higher education and the non-profit sector. She previously served as Deputy Provost of Athabasca University in Canada, and before that spent nearly two decades at the University of Edinburgh in the UK. She serves on the Board of the Open Source Initiative and continues to teach in the Masters in Learning and Technology at Royal Roads University in Canada.

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.

Image Credits: Old TV – Time Tunnel – Cameron Highland flickr photo by liewcf shared under a Creative Commons (BY-SA 2.0) license remixed with OEW OEWeek image by Mario Badilla licensed CC BY 4.0 and Bart Fish & Power Tools of AI / Behaviour Power / Licenced by CC-BY 4.0

Mediating Change: Community Networks for Open Education/ Catalyser le changement : réseaux communautaires pour l’éducation ouverte
2026-03-03 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Toronto) | Toronto, Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada
This webinar explores how communities of practice and mediation—and the tools they use to stay informed and build capacity in their profession—can become the driving force behind open professional learning in FSL and French-language education in minority contexts. Building on the Communautés Camerise model, a Canadian project co-led by York, Ottawa, Laurier, 10 school boards and partner organizations, as an interinstitutional space for innovation and training, we will highlight how formal and informal exchanges, resource sharing, and cross-sector collaboration (school boards, postsecondary institutions, and associations) can reduce professional isolation and transform “good ideas and/or practices” into adaptable, transferable open educational resources (OER) for professional learning that can move across contexts.
Participants will examine how mediation across communities (bridging roles, shared protocols, and feedback loops) enables a shift from informal sharing to sustained co-creation of OER : educators exchanging practice-based knowledge, iterating on resources, and producing ready-to-use materials designed to be reused, revised, remixed, and redistributed—principles at the heart of open education. The session will showcase a concrete “ecosystem” that communities can build and maintain together: a hub to design, test, and share professional learning resources and practices; a collaboration incubator to strengthen supportive networks among institutions and individuals; and a living observatory to continuously document needs and support evidence-informed improvement.
During this webinar, participants will discover practical community tools that support the development of open-content prototypes: pedagogical scanning/curation, collaborative work and exchange spaces, shared templates, and lightweight documentation of pathways (from one classroom/ecosystem to another) that preserves context so others can responsibly reuse and modify resources. We will also discuss how a continuous experimentation mindset—including supportive tools such as AI-assisted planning aligned with competency-based assessment such as CEFR/DELF and curriculum—can accelerate iteration while keeping professional judgment, inclusion, and accessibility at the center of instructional design practices for developing teaching units.
By the end of the workshop, participants will leave with: (1) a community exchange map identifying key mediation points and the tools that enable collaboration, (2) an open prototype (resource, workflow, or professional learning content concept) to refine with peers, and (3) a practical plan to sustain OER creation through community governance, shared accountability, and ongoing peer-supported upskilling.

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.

Leading the Way: How NorQuest Became an Open Education Leader
2026-03-03 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Denver) | Edmonton, Canada, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Open Education at NorQuest College has changed dramatically since 2016, when we first began encouraging faculty to incorporate open images into their online courses. What started as a small initiative has expanded into a major campus initiative.

Our Reimagine Higher Education plan positioned NorQuest as a world leader in open education, with ambitious goals: publishing 15 open textbooks by 2030, hosting the Open Education Global 2023 conference, and becoming a textbook-cost-free institution by the end of the decade.

We are not only meeting these goals—we’re surpassing them.

In a panel discussion with open stakeholders at NorQuest, we will explore the impact of open education at our college and speculate on next steps in our open journey.

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.

Understanding the Full Potential of Open Access
2026-03-03 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Vancouver) | Athabasca, Canada, Athabasca, Alberta, Canada
Interested in publishing open access, but don’t know what it is or how to start? Join this informative, engaging publishing workshop hosted by IGI Global Scientific Publishing, an academic publisher for books and open access journals dedicated to Publishing Tomorrow’s Research Today.
Led by Melissa Wagner, (Vice President of Publishing Ethics & Research Integrity), Grace Long (Director of Journal Development), and Savannah Pecknold (Communication Coordinator of Open Science Publishing), this session will explore the different types of open access, Creative Commons licensing, predatory journal detection, submission and publication processes, open access funding solutions (including Open Access Agreements), and more.
This session is open for anyone interested in learning more about and becoming involved in open access publishing.

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.

Wikipedia & Open Pedagogy
2026-03-03 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Toronto) | St. Catharines, Canada, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
For decades Wikipedia was stigmatized because of its self-governed and open approach to content creation and revision. After 25 years since its launch, Wikipedia has offered a unique opportunity for students in open pedagogical environments. This Brock University session will address the incorporation of Wikipedia assignments into post-secondary courses, popular initiatives that might appeal to instructors and students, and important considerations for instructors who are contemplating incorporating Wikipedia into their course design. Hosted by a Wikipedian/Librarian who brings 10 years of experience editing, teaching, and researching Wikipedia, participants will leave this session with an understanding of what is required to build Wikipedia into an existing or new course, what they can expect from students, and what students can expect to learn.
This Workshop will be lead by Denise Smith, Head, Research Lifecycle, Brock Library

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.

Pressbooks, Omeka and TIND, Oh My!
2026-03-03 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Providence, United States, Providence, RI, United States
This session will introduce you to tools and platforms offered by Rhode Island College and the Adams Library for digitally publishing faculty and student creative and scholarly works. Explore the college archives and institutional repository and discover opportunities to publish ebooks and online exhibits.

AggieOpen Invited Speaker - From Free to Usable: The Accessibility Promise of OER
2026-03-03 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Quebec
Join us for this year’s AggieOpen Invited Speaker talk, From Free to Usable: The Accessibility Promise of OER! This session explores how digital accessibility, Universal Design for Learning, and upcoming ADA Title II requirements align with the broader mission of open education.
Featured speaker Katie Healey, founder of the A11Y Project and scholar of disability history, brings a disability justice framework to advancing inclusive practices in higher education. Through the University of California Office of the President, she supports more than 120 instructors across all 10 UC campuses in meeting digital accessibility standards. She also hosts the Disability Daily Podcast, highlighting key figures and moments in disability history.
During Open Education Week, Healey will share how accessible design strengthens the impact of OER and supports the diverse ways students engage with course content.
This free event will be held on Zoom. Register to attend!

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.

Opening Knowledge: Open Education at TRU — Impact, Innovation, and Community
2026-03-03 11:30 - 13:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Kamloops, Canada, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
Join TRU Open Press and the Open Education Working Group (OEWG) for a special Open Education Week 2026 panel and showcase celebrating the impact of open education at Thompson Rivers University.
This interactive hybrid event will feature:

A panel discussion with faculty, staff, and student contributors engaged in Open Educational Resources (OER) and Open Educational Practices (OEP)
A showcase of selected TRU Open Press projects
Audience Q&A and live engagement opportunities

Panelists will share their motivations, challenges, and successes in creating and adopting open resources, with a particular focus on:

Student affordability
Accessibility and inclusive pedagogy
Collaboration across disciplines
Reducing barriers to learning

Whether you are curious about OER, already engaged in open education, or interested in supporting equitable access to post-secondary learning, this session offers an opportunity to connect, reflect, and explore what openness looks like in practice at TRU.
This event is made possible in part through support from BCcampus as part of Open Education Week 2026. We gratefully acknowledge their leadership in advancing open education across British Columbia and their commitment to improving access, affordability, and inclusion in post-secondary education.
This event is open to all TRU faculty, staff, student, and administrators. Let’s celebrate Open Education Week together and explore how open education strengthens our community.
OEWeek image by Mario Badilla is licensed CC BY 4.0

Related LibGuide: Open Education Resources (OERs) by Brenda Smith

Open Pedagogy: Reinvigorate Class with Renewable Assignments
2026-03-03 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Richmond, United States, Richmond, VA, United States
This is a workshop offered by the J. Sargeant Reynolds Library that will emphasize the instructional side of open pedagogy, exploring the difference between renewable and traditional assignments. We will go over examples of renewable assignments, with an emphasis on the opportunities afforded by online platforms such as Wikipedia and LinkedIn. We will also brush up on Open Education Resources and how to find free textbooks that will be an ideal fit for your class.

Learning Outcomes:

Clear understanding of Renewable Assignments

Ways in which online platforms can be used to leverage student confidence and multiple learning outcomes.

Familiarity with Reynolds Libraries Open Education Resources Faculty Guide.

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
