Open Education Week

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)

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

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!

90-Minute Webinar: Water is Still Life – Visualizing Native and Indigenous Resistance to Generative AI
2026-03-03 13:00 - 14:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Albany, United States, Albany, OR, United States
Join Marco Seiferle-Valencia, Open Education Librarian, University of Idaho, for a talk on the AI environmental challenges presented by the mass adoption of generative AI.
A brief breathing practice with Marianne Tanner, Part-time Faculty Librarian, Portland Community College, will help us envision our own roles as information and truth protectors.

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

Education that Brings Us Closer
2026-03-04 09:00 - 10:00 (Europe/Chisinau) | Balti, Moldova, Republic of, Balti, Moldova, Republic of
On March 4, 2026, the Scientific Library of Alecu Russo State University of Bălți (USARB) will host the academic panel “Education that Brings Us Closer: An Academic Portrait of Silvia Briceag – 10 Years Since the Publication of Her Course Materials.”
The event will highlight the teaching and research contributions of Silvia Briceag, University Professor, as well as the impact of her works on generations of students.The panel will also emphasize the role of the USARB Scientific Library in enhancing the visibility, dissemination, and digital accessibility of the author’s publications.
The program will further include the exhibition “Open Education: Landmarks, Methods and Experiences,” featuring Open Educational Practices (OEP) that underpin Open Education (OE), including the integration of Open Access (OA) and the use of Open Educational Resources (OER)

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

Open Consultation Hour – edusources Community
2026-03-04 09:30 - 22:00 (Europe/Amsterdam) | Utrecht, Netherlands, Utrecht, Netherlands
During Open Education Week (2–6 March), we’re launching something new: the open consultation hour of the edusources community! The edusources community will go live on Wednesday 4 March at 9:30 AM! And we will definitely repeat this.
Do you have questions about open educational resources, edusources, metadata, findability, or do you just want to catch up?
💬 Then join us! Everyone is welcome.
📅 First edition: during Open Education Week
⏰ Time: Wednesday 4 March 2026, 9:30–10:00
Together, we can make open education even stronger. Will you join us?
Brenda Lems and Irma van Houts, edusources community
Join the session: https://edu.nl/jrbat

The JOERney@UIBK: Experience Talks with Elisabeth Militz
2026-03-04 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 Elisabeth Militz from the Department of Geography who will talk about her experiences with the podcast series FemGeo.
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
2026-03-04 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.

Atelier | Les coulisses de NÉO : métadonnées, moissonnage de la plateforme et perspectives d'évolution
2026-03-04 10:00 - 11:00 (Europe/Paris) | Nantes, France, Nantes, France
Cet atelier, animé par les BU, vous permettra de comprendre le processus de dépôt de REL jusqu’à la mise en ligne dans la plateforme NÉO (Nantes Éducation ouverte). Avec le retour d’expérience du travail collaboratif mené par les bibliothécaires et les informaticien.nes sur le paramétrage, les choix des métadonnées et le moissonnage, les perspectives d’évolution de la plateforme pourront être co-construites avec vous !

Kaïros and OER: education for all and economic balance
2026-03-04 12:15 - 13:00 (Europe/Zurich) | Luzern, Switzerland, Luzern, Switzerland
Educational resources are not free for everyone. UNESCO‘s definition of OER, while encouraging the free publication of OER and authorising their reuse, adaptation and redistribution by others, often deprives the authors of the original work of feedback from those who use them. One of the consequences of these OER being ‘released into the wild’ is the multiplication of efforts to update resources to prevent them from becoming obsolete. Our approach to Open Education is as follows: to enable the use of training resources developed as part of publicly funded projects in a learning environment, and to ensure the sustainability of training courses by simplifying user contributions on the one hand, and paid support services on the other.
This webinar will present the Kaïros platform (open source under AGPL licence), which provides free access to training (via Edu-ID for the academic community or by creating a local account for other audiences) and where the process of continuous improvement of the quality of educational resources takes place. Two training courses are already available for free access: Digital Skills and Critical AI Literacy for Learning (CAILL). To ensure the sustainability of content: In the Kaïros learning environment, all stakeholders can contribute to preventing obsolescence by reporting content that is unclear or has become obsolete. These reports are made directly by users and are processed weekly, ensuring that resources are always up to date. To ensure financial sustainability: We will discuss the economic model for these courses, which is based on an institutional strategy of sustainability rather than disposability: free access to courses for end users, with paid training certificates, and institutional services billed to the institutions that use them in their training programmes (e.g. interfaces for tracking cohorts of learners).
Speaker: Prof. Agrégé Jean-Michel Jullien, Responsable EDUDL+, UniDistance Suisse

Universal Design for Learning e Open Educational Resources
2026-03-04 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 relationship between Open Educational Resources (OER) and Universal Design for Learning through practical examples and tips to create and adapt resources to make them as inclusive as possible.
The aim is to involve more teachers, researchers, content experts and practitioners at large in the community and answer their questions. This webinar is the second of a two-part series. The first one is planned for 3 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 esplorare il rapporto tra risorse didattiche aperte (OER) e Universal Design for Learning attraverso esempi pratici relativi a diversi formati e qualche suggerimento per creare e adattare le risorse in modo da renderle il più inclusive possibile.
Esploreremo le nozioni di base per coinvolgere un numero maggiore di insegnanti, progettisti didattici e persone che lavorano nella comunità educativa, e cercheremo di rispondere alle loro domande.
Questo webinar è il secondo di una serie in due parti. Il primo è previsto per il 3 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.

Atelier | Fresque de l’Éducation ouverte
2026-03-04 14:00 - 15:30 (Europe/Paris) | Nantes, France, Nantes, France
La Fabrique REL de Nantes Université et la Chaire Unesco RELIA ont créé la 1ère fresque de l’Éducation ouverte. Au cours de cet atelier collaboratif, à partir de cartes, de quizz et d’échanges guidés, identifiez des situations concrètes où l’Éducation ouverte et les Ressources éducatives libres entrent en jeu. Et reliez les bonnes pratiques à ces cas d’usage pour pouvoir, vous aussi, agir dans votre environnement.

Be the change you want to see: Applications of Seamless learning. Research projects from the International Research Network for Innovative Sustainable and Seamless Education (IRN-ISSE)
2026-03-04 14:00 - 15:00 (Europe/Stockholm) | Lund, Sweden, Lund, Sweden
The International Research Network for Innovative Sustainable and Seamless Education (IRN-ISSE) is a global research partnership that began at mLearn 2018 at Concordia University in Chicago. The vision of IRN-ISSE is to build an international community of practice, inviting researchers and specialists to collaborate for the greater good, with a specific focus on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4): “ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.” The mission of IRN-ISSE is to study, support, inform, share, and implement research globally to improve access to and quality of education worldwide. The goal is to stand together and learn with and from each other, striving to remain at the forefront of innovative, sustainable, and seamless educational practice
The community has a global reach, including Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America, and India. The partnership is working on several initiatives, such as:

The Seamless Learning Experience Design Model, which identifies five themes relevant to designing a seamless learning experience: 1) seamless learning concepts, 2) positive concepts, 3) practical concepts, 4) human concepts, and 5) design concepts. Based on these five concepts, a Seamless Learning Experience Design (SLED) framework was developed.
Research and ongoing work include the “Be the change to see the change” (this was the theme for interviews and larger podcasts) initiative, and on-demand, driven learning.

What you can expect:
During this webinar, you will meet some of the partners in IRN-ISSE. You will hear about their research and ongoing initiatives. You will have the opportunity to discuss with the team and the audience the interesting changes in education, including those brought about by the AI era. You will also learn how you can become involved in the IRN-ISSE partnership.

Speakers:

Helga Hambrock. Dr. S Africa, Co-ordinator
Ebba Ossiannilsson, Prof. Dr. Sweden
Ioana Andrea Stefan, Dr. Romania
Karen Ferreira Meyers, Prof. Dr. Eswatini

… even more members from IRN ISSE

Contact: Ebba Ossiannilsson, Prof. Dr. Sweden
Ebba.Ossiannilsson@gmail.com
Microsoft Teams meeting
Join: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/32914498970710?p=EBrRzeuucxkYlwaZtL
Meeting ID: 329 144 989 707 10
Passcode: [REDACTED]

How to find and use Creative Commons licensed Open Educational Resources
2026-03-04 14:00 - 15:00 (Europe/London) | Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
How to find and use Creative Commons licensed Open Educational Resources is a one hour information session, for University of Edinburgh staff and postgraduate research students, where you’ll learn how to find Creative Commons licensed materials covering different subject areas and topics from a range of online archives, repositories, and websites. We’ll then look at how to re-use and adapt these materials as open educational resource for your own use.
Open to University of Edinburgh staff and students.

Open for Student Success Symposium 2026
2026-03-04 09:30 - 16:30 (America/New_York) | Atlanta, United States, Atlanta, GA, United States
Join Georgia State University for our 4th annual Open Education Week Celebration,
where professionals and students unite with the common purpose to learn and share insights about open and affordable education.
The Open for Student Success Symposium is free, online, and open to all
and will take place on March 4, 2026 from 9:30am to 4:30pm ET.
Register now!

Our distinguished keynote speaker this year will be Josh Bolick, Head of the David Shulenburger Office Of Scholarly Communication & Copyright at the University of Kansas (KU). With Maria Bonn and Will Cross, Josh co-edited Scholarly Communication Librarianship and Open Knowledge (ACRL, 2023) and co-founded the Scholarly Communication Notebook (SCN). A former presenter for the Open Education Network and OER Research Fellow, he advocates for open access, authors’ rights, open education, and issues related and is interested in OER as a vehicle for expanding scholarly communication knowledge and expertise.

From 2016-2022, he led open education programs at KU and remains engaged in open education advocacy in a variety of ways. He is published in the Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication, the Journal of Copyright in Education and Librarianship, PeerJ, and PLOS Biology, as well as other venues. Josh holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of North Carolina Wilmington and a master’s in library and information studies from Florida State University. In his free time he enjoys cycling, horror, and culinary adventures, especially tacos and barbecue.
In his keynote speech, “Open but Not Finished: What We’ve Won and the Work Ahead,” Bolick will summarize the shift to open, examine emerging and lingering challenges, and consider how the Open Movement can continue progress toward a more open research and teaching culture:
While advocating for openness can feel like a struggle (and it often is), we’ve also achieved a lot over the last 20+ years. Open access scholarship and open educational resources and practices are normalized to a large degree, and that’s worth celebrating. Still, there are significant challenges to further growth, including in hiring, annual review, promotion and tenure, and other evaluation practices and the reward structures that shape and inform them. In this talk, I will summarize the shift to open and what we’ve won, examine emergent and lingering challenges, and consider what we can do to continue pushing for more open research and teaching cultures, with a focus on collaboration and support.
In addition to the keynote speech, the symposium will feature presentations by 22 professionals from nine U.S. states, as well as from Canada and Mexico. A full list of sessions can be found at https://research.library.gsu.edu/open.
Register now for free at https://forms.office.com/r/aZFktr12z3.

Open Education as Anti-Fascism: Building Democratic Resilience
2026-03-04 16:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Berlin) | NY
Across the globe, higher education is facing growing authoritarian, exclusionary, and anti-democratic tendencies, not only in politics, but also in digital infrastructures, platform economies, and dominant narratives about technology and innovation. At the same time, Open Education is often framed primarily as a technical or economic solution, i.e., more efficient content production, wider access, lower costs.
In this session, we will discuss how openness can function as a form of democratic resilience in times of polarization and techno-fascism.

La recherche en éducation ouverte: regards croisés francophones
2026-03-04 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Toronto) | Montreal, Canada, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Alors que l’éducation ouverte (ÉO) et les ressources éducatives libres (REL) font l’objet de communautés de recherche bien établies dans le monde anglophone depuis plus d’une décennie, le paysage francophone reste difficile à lire et peu structuré. Ce premier webinaire propose une table ronde réunissant trois intervenantes et intervenants aux perspectives complémentaires (Suisse, Canada, France), afin d’ouvrir la discussion sur les fondements, les cadres théoriques, les enjeux linguistiques, culturels et politiques de la recherche en ÉO.

Cette table ronde marque le lancement d’une série de webinaires de recherche portés par la Chaire UNESCO RELIA, visant à rendre visibles les travaux existants, à favoriser les rencontres entre chercheurs et chercheuses et à amorcer une cartographie de la recherche francophone sur l’éducation ouverte.
Équipe d’animation : Colin de la Higuera, titulaire de la Chaire UNESCO RELIA, Nantes Université
et Lucie Grasset, Chaire UNESCO RELIA, Nantes Université
Équipe intervenante : Barbara Class – Enseignante-Chercheure à l’Université de Genève – Suisse, Catherine Lachaîne – Bibliothécaire à l’Université d’Ottawa (Canada) et doctorante ainsi que Luc Massou – Chercheur en sciences de l’information et de la communication, et Conseiller à la DGESIP – France.

Faculty OER Practitioner Thank You
2026-03-04 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Phoenix) | Scottsdale, United States, Scottsdale, AZ, United States
Scottsdale Community College’s OER Committee is sending an email to students enrolled in courses using OER and inviting them to fill out a brief form thanking their instructor for choosing to use OER in place of costly learning materials.
The students are asked to share what they do with the money they’d otherwise have spent on textbooks and also what they like most about having OER in their course. We then collect these responses and print up personalized thank-you placards that are placed on the faculty’s office door as a surprise for Open Education Week.

From Shared Curriculum to AI Co-Creation: A Hands-On Workshop with TAI
2026-03-04 09:00 - 10:00 (America/Chicago) | Elizabethtown, United States, Elizabethtown, KY, United States
At OEWeek 2025, ScholarRX explored strategies for developing open education resources (OER) in health professions education, grounded in the idea of a shared global curricular ecosystem. This year, we take the next step.
What happens when AI becomes a collaborative partner in building and localizing open curriculum?
This interactive workshop invites participants to move beyond discussion and into design. Using TAI (Teaching with Artificial Intelligence), ScholarRx’s AI teaching assistant, attendees will experiment with AI-supported curriculum creation in real time. While ScholarRx’s roots are in health professions education, this workshop is designed for educators and instructional designers across higher education.
Rather than positioning AI as a tool that does the writing for you, we frame it as a partner to help educators:

Clarify learning objectives
Structure modular learning experiences
Generate formative questions
Transform existing materials (e.g., PowerPoints, PDFs, lecture transcripts)into structured learning experiences
Localize and adapt materials for different learners
Translate and expand open resources responsibly

Participants will work individually or in small groups to develop a draft open learning module relevant to their own context, with TAI as a co-creator. Participants are encouraged to bring an existing slide deck, document, or transcript they’d like to reimagine.
Workshop Outcomes

By the end of this session, participants will:
Develop a draft open learning module using AI-supported instructional design
Identify where AI meaningfully supports
and where it should not replace — educator expertise
Understand practical considerations around licensing and attribution in AI-assisted OER development
Gain hands-on experience using TAI in a structured instructional workflow

Open Metadata Exchange: Enabling OER Access Across Libraries
2026-03-04 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Toronto) | Half Moon Bay, United States, Half Moon Bay, CA, United States
The Open Metadata Exchange (OME) is a decentralized network that enables open education libraries to share and discover openly licensed resources and metadata across institutions while maintaining local control.
By connecting platforms through a shared, flexible infrastructure, OME helps reduce duplicated curatorial effort, bridge metadata gaps, and make high-quality Open Educational Resources more discoverable.
In this session, we will introduce

The OME model
Demonstrate how participating libraries connect and exchange metadata
Discuss how a community-governed, decentralized approach can strengthen collaboration across the open education ecosystem.

Be Popular Series (Part 2 of 3) – Using the Free ADAPT Homework System
2026-03-04 08:00 - 09:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | San Diego, United States, San Diego, CA, United States
Explore ADAPT, the OER homework system offered and supported by LibreTexts, which integrates with Canvas LMS. This workshop from San Diego Community College District will guide you through creating a course in ADAPT to host homework activities and linking them to Canvas for seamless integration of graded assignments in your online courses. You’ll learn how to create your own homework questions, upload QTI files with pre-made questions, or use interactive activities like H5P, MyOpenMath, and more!
