OE Week at East Los Angeles College (ELAC) Student Engagement
2025-03-05 11:00 - 14:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | East Los Angeles College, Monterey Park, 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 on those days. There will be a “money board” for students to demonstrate how much they paid for textbooks in the previous semesters, item giveaways, and interviews conducted by our media department to post on social media.

Open Skilling: Accelerating Workforce Readiness Through Open Education
2025-03-05 22:00 - 23:30 (Asia/Riyadh) | National eLearning Center, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia
This online panel discussion from the National eLearning Center of Saudi Arabia will examine how Open Education is revolutionizing skilling and workforce development. The session will focus on use cases, challenges, and opportunities in open skilling, emphasizing industry-driven training models, credentialing, and lifelong learning pathways. Experts will share insights on open credentials, microlearning, and policy frameworks that enable scalable, equitable access to skills development.

Open Education 101
2025-03-05 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Open Oregon, Portland, OR, United States
Unlimited and free access to course materials, relevant and customizable resources for your students, and an ever-expanding global community of practice – sounds great, right? Ariana Santiago, Head of Open Education Services at the University of Houston Libraries, will lead an introductory session on open educational resources and practices, exploring the discovery, revision, remixing, and creation of new open materials, along with how to connect with the larger community to dive deeper into the world of open education.
Ariana Santiago collaborates on the development of services and resources that support the adoption and creation of open educational resources, including through open pedagogical practices. Ariana is a graduate of the SPARC Open Education Leadership Program and served as a mentor for the program, and is a presenter for the ACRL Roadshow on OER & Affordability. Prior to working in open education, Ariana was an instruction librarian focusing on information literacy for undergraduate students.
This webinar takes place from 12:00-1:00 pm Pacific time, March 5, 2025. The session will be recorded and captioned to share later.

Introduction to Remixing OER with LibreTexts
2025-03-05 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | LibreTexts, Davis, CA, United States
Join a member of the LibreTexts team as we show you how to use our state of the art Remixer to remix existing OER. With an easy to use drag and drop functionality, and over a million pages of content from which to choose, we think you’ll agree the LibreTexts Remixer can help you take your OER to the next level.

OEWeek Live! Socially Just Distributed Care in the Open with Equity Unbound
2025-03-05 14:00 - 15:00 (America/Regina) | 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 diverse educational contexts.”
We will learn how this has evolved and grown to now in 2025 for an open discussion on the How Mid-Year Festival (MYFest) and Intentionally Equitable Hospitality (IEH) manifest to promote socially just care in the open. As we are all witnessing, this current time is a call for much more acts of care.
How can you be part of Equity Unbound and their mission “Making Borders Meaningless”? Learn more about IEH and as well what is in store for the next round of MYFest starting in June 2025.
Joining in the conversation are:

Maha Bali (American University in Cairo, Equity Unbound Co-Founder)
Mia Zamora (Kean University, Equity Unbound Co-Founder)
Yasmine Abulfadl (American University in Cairo, Equity Unbound)
Nadine Aboulmagd (American University in Cairo, Program Manager Equity Unbound)

Watch live in YouTube and be part of the conversations are see it later:

Note the format of our OEWeek Live conversations are strongly inspired by the early efforts many here were involved with via Virtually Connecting – its spirit lives on here.
More information

Equity Unbound https://equityunbound.org/

Equity Unbound ONEHE Community Building Activities https://onehe.org/equity-unbound/

MYFest (Mid Year Festival) 2025 https://myfest.equityunbound.org/

Express Interest in MYFest25 https://forms.gle/CtXFsvSAGC5WwCXY6

Intentionally Equitable Hospitality (IEH) https://equityunbound.org/events/intentionally-equitable-hospitality-ieh/

Bali, M., & Zamora, M. (2023). Designing and Adapting for Community with Intentionally Equitable Hospitality. Learning Design Voices. University of Cape Town.
Bali, M., Station, G., Zamora, M. (2022, August 24). Online Does Not Mean Isolated. Inside Higher Ed. https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2022/08/24/building-community-online-conferences-events-opinion
Bali, M., & Zamora, M. (2022). The Equity-Care Matrix: Theory and practice. Italian Journal of Educational Technology. doi: 10.17471/2499-4324/1241
Bali, M., Caines, A., Hogue, R. J., DeWaard, H. J., & Friedrich, C. (2019). Intentionally equitable hospitality in hybrid video dialogue: The context of virtually connecting. eLearning Mag. Retrieved from https://elearnmag.acm.org/archive.cfm?aid=3331173

Interview: OER and Student Advocacy – Gino Fransman
2025-03-05 12:00 - 12:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Vancouver, Vancouver, BC, Canada
In this interview, Gino Fransman discusses the Open Education Influencers (OEIs) project, which empowers students to advocate for and engage with OER at Nelson Mandela University in South Africa and beyond. He emphasises the role of student advocates in promoting OER adoption, creation, and licensing while linking open education to broader social justice goals like the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). He highlights the need for more diverse representation in open education, warns of the risks of underrepresentation in AI-driven language models, and encourages collaboration among institutions to reduce barriers, increase student engagement, and enhance lifelong learning opportunities.

Seeking âsokanihkew – a conversation about bridging 40 years of copyright and First Nation’s knowledge
2025-03-05 14:30 - 15:30 (America/Regina) | Saskatchewan Polytechnic, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
In the late 1980s, Alexander Wolfe wanted to save his family and community oral tradition stories, so he wrote a book called “Earth Elder Stories.” Harvey Knight from Muskoday First Nation assisted in the writing of the book.
Harvey will talk about the book’s history (why oral tradition was committed to print) and discuss how oral tradition stories should be used in libraries and communities now and in the future. Andrea Jonasson, a Saskatchewan Polytechnic instructor, will talk about her experience using the stories in her classroom. You can still catch our event recordings, if you missed the registration.
Participants are invited to bring their experiences with using traditional knowledge in the classroom.

Coalinga College Embraces Academic Freedom With LibreTexts
2025-03-05 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Coalinga College, Coalinga, United States
Coalinga College received the ASCCC 2024-2025 Exemplary Program Award this year for the extraordinary feat of moving from 10% OER adoption rates amongst full-time faculty to 85%. Situated in a town of 17,000, Coalinga College serves the town and an area of surrounding communities over 2000 square miles.
Some of the Coalinga faculty join us today to talk about their understanding of students’ needs and how OERs have helped them engage their students in the learning process. OERs, and LibreTexts’ Remixer tool, have made it simple to include all and only the material they want to present, in the order that they consider best, without having to worry about students getting lost.
Faculty are no longer bound by what a publisher thinks the content presentation should be. And they can ensure they have the materials they need from Day One, so they no longer need to delay diving into the materials. Faculty time can be spent teaching instead of having to wait for students to have the books delivered.
Four faulty members will discuss their experiences with OER adoption, and how they continue to make change for their community.

OEWeek Live: March 5 More Open Conversations
2025-03-05 15:00 - 16:00 (America/Regina) | Online from Multiple Locations
Here we are in the mid-point of Open Education Week 2025 and this is another in a series of our OEWeek Live webcasts, organized as an informal conversations. For each show we invite a group of open educators willing to have a discussion that lacks an agenda and slides with bullet points.
These conversational sessions start with sharing of their current projects, activities, and interests but flow into general discussions of what is happening in the world of open education.
Guests confirmed so far include:

Sally Chan (Leeds University) on Carbon literacy and University of Leed’s new open Climate Action Training course
Nate Angell (Nudigital) and Anna Mills (College of Marin) on their newly published paper “Are We Tripping? The Mirage of AI Hallucinations”
Dick Heller (University of Newcastle, Australia) on Contribution of open access to social justice and knowledge equity (see related event)
Girish Bhuteja (Conestoga College) on sharing and learning with OER

Watch live and send questions and comments through the chat or watch the recording later

Learn More:

Open Education Week https://oeweek.oeglobal.org/
OE Week Live Schedule https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/oeweek-live-webcasts/7383

Using AI in OER (SDCCD)
2025-03-05 13:30 - 14:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | San Diego Community College District, San Diego, CA, United States
In this presentation you’ll learn how AI tools like ChatGPT and NotebookLM are transforming OER development. Learn how AI can streamline content creation, lesson planning, assessments, quizzes, Study Guides, summary podcasts and more.
Join the San Diego Community College District Open Ed Week via Zoom Events and attend this presentation session with Alison Gurganus, Librarian at Mesa College.

How Not to Be an Accidental Pirate
2025-03-05 14:00 - 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | San Mateo County Community College District (SMCCCD), San Mateo, CA, United States
Many folks figure that they can use anything in their courses under the guise of Fair Use. What most people don’t realize is that there are rules and regulations of what can be used under Fair Use and the Teach Act. Come join librarian Carlos Luna and OER/ZTC Coordinator Sarah Harmon of Cañada College as they show folks how not to be an accidental pirate, and how OER and other zero-cost methods can help you stay clear of piracy.
Note: While this presentation’s audience is primarily those in the San Mateo County Community College District (California, USA), it is open for all who wish to join us.

LibreTexts Remixing Made Easy: Supporting Faculty in Creating OER Without the Tech Overwhelm
2025-03-05 15:00 - 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | LibreTexts, Davis, CA, United States
Remixing an OER textbook can feel daunting – especially when faced with new platforms and tools. In this session, Cosumnes River College shares practices to utilize support staff to streamline the LibreTexts remixing process. This approach allows faculty to focus on fine-tuning content rather than learning a new interface.

Educación basada en IA Generativa: la IAG como Recurso Educativo Abierto
2025-03-06 00:00 - 13:30 (Europe/Madrid) | Universidad de Alicante, Carretera San Vicente del Raspeig s/n, Alacant, Alacant, Spain
Los Recursos Educativos Abiertos (REA) surgieron como una práctica habitual en la comunidad educativa con el fin de democratizar la educación, asegurando que cualquier persona tenga acceso a contenidos de calidad sin importar su situación socioeconómica o ubicación geográfica. Este propósito se mantiene vigente gracias a la naturaleza colaborativa de los REA.
En este escenario, la Inteligencia Artificial Generativa (IAG) ha adquirido un papel clave al convertirse en aliada de los docentes para diseñar, optimizar y personalizar materiales de estudio, lo que a su vez reduce los costos de producción y potencia la eficacia de la enseñanza. Si consideramos que las configuraciones y desarrollos que realizan los docentes para que la IAG les asista funcionan de manera análoga al software educativo tradicional, es natural pensar que tales modelos y sistemas también pueden ponerse a disposición de la comunidad bajo licencias abiertas.
De esta forma, la IAG, puesta a disposición bajo las dinámicas de colaboración y apertura, profundiza los objetivos esenciales de los REA, al acercar todavía más la educación de calidad a cualquier persona que la necesite.

Open Education Week Celebration at Douglas College
2025-03-05 16:00 - 18:00 (America/Vancouver) | Douglas College, 700 Royal Avenue, New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
This Open Education Week, the Douglas College Library, with the generous support of BCcampus, is hosting an Open Education Week Celebration on Wednesday, March 5, 2025! This event will be an opportunity to recognize achievements and to engage with, learn from and share experiences with those who are interested in reducing course material costs for Douglas students.
For more than 10 years, the faculty at Douglas College have contributed significantly to reducing commercial textbook costs for students. They have saved students over 7 million dollars ($7,201,134) by switching from a commercial textbook in their class to an open textbook.
This does not include the tremendous cost saving for students when our faculty chose zero and/or low-cost course materials such as print or digital coursepacks, freely available web content, licensed digital materials accessible through the Library collection, homework systems and more.
The Douglas College Library offers a range of services to support the work of faculty to move towards open or zero and/or low-cost materials, and are excited that this support continues to expand as we develop staff expertise and offer tools such as TalisAspire.
Douglas College Library is thankful to have received financial support from BCcampus to host this event.

The OER Collective Celebrates Open Education Week!
2025-03-06 13:30 - 14:30 (Australia/Adelaide) | Australia, Australia
Join the OER Collective’s Open Education Week celebration! On Thursday 6 March, 1:30pm (ACDT), we will come together to reflect on the impactful journey of the CAUL OER Collective and celebrate its exciting future.
Since its inception, the OER Collective has taken huge strides to advance open education across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand, providing educators with accessible, high-quality Open Educational Resources (OER) that are relevant to our region.
Today, the Collective continues to thrive, with notable milestones such as receiving the prestigious OEGlobal Award for Excellence in Open Education, a testament to the power of collaboration within the OER community. In addition to the award, the Collective’s growing catalogue boasts an impressive array of impactful titles, highlighting the diversity and reach of its contributions.
Looking ahead, the Collective has a host of exciting plans. In this session, we’ll be unveiling upcoming OER texts, showcasing future resources, and discussing the 2025 timeline, including grant opportunities to support new projects. A feature presentation from one of the forthcoming OER teams will offer a sneak peek into the work underway. Attendees will also learn how to access a full list of future titles to track developments throughout the year and discover opportunities to collaborate on works in progress.
The webinar will conclude with a Q&A session, offering attendees the chance to engage directly with the Collective and ask any questions. Don’t miss this celebration of open education!

Open Education as a Transformative Tool for Classroom Success (webinar)
2025-03-06 10:00 - 11:15 (Europe/Amsterdam) | University of Groningen Library, Groningen, Netherlands
Organizer: University of Groningen Library (the Netherlands)
Intended audience: University teachers, PhD students with teaching responsibilities, education specialists, library specialists
Date & time: 6 March 2025, 10:00 – 11:15 CET
Format: Online webinar in Google Meet
Curious about engaging your students, increasing the impact of your teaching, and saving time on the design of your courses? Engaging with open education might be the answer.
Join this webinar on 6 March 2025 to get a glimpse of how open education can enrich and transform your teaching. During this short webinar, information specialists from the University of Groningen Library will teach you about the who, what, when, where, why, and how of open educational resources (OER) and open education.
During this webinar, we will give information to help you understand:

What the concepts of open education and open educational resources are
Why and when using open educational resources and practices can help transform education
Where you can find open educational resources
How you can effectively implement open educational resources and practices into your teaching
Who can help you on your open education journey

Learning Outcomes
After completing this webinar, you will be able to:

Understand how to use OER, basics of the copyright and open licenses
Search strategically for and evaluate OER most relevant to your subject area
Design appropriate teaching and learning activities using OER

Language: English
Additional information: For any other inquiries or questions regarding the webinar, please feel free to contact the OER support team at oer-library@rug.nl.

Webinar: Izradio/la sam multimedijski sadržaj za nastavu i što sada?
2025-03-06 11:00 - 12:30 (Europe/Zagreb) | SRCE – University Computing Centre, University of Zagreb, Josipa Marohnića 5, Zagreb, Croatia (Local Name: Hrvatska)
Multimedija je dio većine e-kolegija, omogućava nastavniku i studentima da jasnije i jednostavnije predstave određenu tematiku ili problem, da se može više puta pogledati i proučiti i da vizualno prikaže ono što sami tekst često ne može dočarati.
No kada nastavnik izradi neki video zapis, animaciju, podcast ili sliku često ne zna kako ili ne zna dovoljno da na pravilan način postavi taj sadržaj u svoj e-kolegij.
U ovom webinaru pokazat ćemo kako postaviti izrađeni multimedijski sadržaj kao otvoreni obrazovni sadržaj kako bi se zaštitila autorska prava, kako ga postaviti u e-kolegij na Merlinu na pravilan način i zašto ga treba postaviti u repozitorij ustanove na sustavu Dabar.
Predavanje će održati djelatnici Srca, a svakako ostavljamo prostor i za pitanja sudionika.
Webinar je namijenjen nastavnicima, prvenstveno u sustavu visokog obrazovanja i svima zainteresiranima.
Pridružite nam se i provjerite kako pravilno postaviti izrađeni multimedijski sadržaj u e-kolegij.
Predavači: Domagoj Horvatović, Dominik Kenđel i Ljiljana Jertec Musap, Srce
Moderatorica: doc. dr. sc. Sandra Kučina Softić, Srce

Vrijeme i mjesto održavanja: 6. 3. 2025. od 11 do 12:30 sati, putem sustava za webinare

An introduction to Open Educational Resources (OER)
2025-03-06 10:00 - 10:45 (Europe/Dublin) | Technological University of the Shannon, Westmeath, Westmeath, Ireland
The Learning Outcomes for this short session brought to you by the Technological University of the Shannon Libraries include:

Defining Open Educational Resources (OER)
Exploring OER examples and how to source relevant OER
Discussing the benefits of OER for students, staff and society
Discussing opportunities to adapt existing OER and create OER to meet your needs

Two-Day Workshop on “OER for All: Repurposing and Designing Inclusive Open Educational Resources” on March 6th – 7th , 2025
2025-03-06 10:30 - 2025-03-07 17:00 UTC | Hyderabad, Telangana, India, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
The Centre for Online Education & Learning (COEL), Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open University (Dr. BRAOU) is organizing a workshop titled “OER for All: Repurposing and Designing Inclusive Open Educational Resources on March 6th -7th. ” as part of the Open Education (OE) Week Celebrations 2025. This workshop aims to empower in-house faculty members with the knowledge and skills to create, adapt, and repurpose Open Educational Resources (OER) that are inclusive, accessible, and interactive. Participants will learn best practices in open licensing, digital accessibility, and universal design principles to ensure that their educational content reaches a diverse range of learners, including those with disabilities and linguistic diversity.
Mrs. Sushumna Rao Tadinada – OER advocate from India will act as a Workshop Facilitator. The workshop will include hands-on sessions, discussions, and practical demonstrations on using tools like H5P to design engaging, accessible and interactive OER.
Special Recognition: To encourage active participation and innovation, the Best Presentation (on implementation plan to integrate OER into the course) Award in the workshop will include INR ₹1000 cash prize and an Appreciation Certificate.
Objectives of the workshop:
• Build awareness of OER, open licenses
• Enable participants to find, evaluate, and repurpose OER for their disciplines.
• Provide hands-on experience in creating accessible and interactive OER using open-source tools.
• Guide participants in developing an implementation plan to integrate OER into their courses effectively.

DigiPedia: Facilitating Flexible Curriculum Development
2025-03-06 12:30 - 13:45 (Europe/Amsterdam) | Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands
Let’s celebrate the Day 4 of OE week 2025 at TU Delft by joining us for a community lunch and an interactive session designed to discover how innovative tools like DigiPedia can increase the flexibility of your curriculum design and inspire your teaching.

Event Details:
Date: 6th March
Time: 1230-1345 hrs.
Location: Blue Room, TU Delft library
Includes Lunch

Session Highlights:

Presentation: Explore modern approaches to curriculum innovation.
Interactive Session: Share insights, brainstorm ideas, and gain inspiration to enhance your courses.

If you’re looking to integrate open education practices into your curriculum design or want to learn new approaches to innovation in education, this session is for you!

Elektronické informačné zdroje pre pedagogiku (Electronic information resources for pedagogy)
2025-03-06 13:00 - 14:00 (Europe/Bratislava) | Slovak Centre of Scientific and Technical Information, Lamačská cesta 8A, Bratislava, Slovakia (Slovak Republic)
Učiť kvalitne znamená neustále sa vzdelávať a hľadať vo svojom odbore nové informácie. Ak chcete vedieť, ako navigovať zložitou krajinou digitálnych zdrojov, aby ste z nich získali aktuálne a zároveň dôveryhodné poznatky, sme tu pre vás. Centrum vedecko-technických informácií SR organizuje vo štvrtok 6. 3. 2025 o 13.00-14.00 webinár pre pedagógov pri príležitosti Medzinárodného týždňa otvoreného vzdelávania. Katarína Kyseľová a Zuzana Stožická budú hovoriť o tom, ako nájsť elektronické informačné zdroje pre pedagogiku v ponuke licencovaných databáz predplácaných slovenským konzorciom knižníc, aj v dynamicky sa rozvíjajúcom segmente otvorených vzdelávacích zdrojov.
Pripojiť sa môžete cez odkaz: https://video.nti.sk/live?291925KAR34DUS38.
Teaching well means constantly educating yourself and seeking new information in your field. If you want to know how to navigate the complex landscape of digital resources to get both up-to-date and credible content from them, we’re here for you. The Centre for Scientific and Technical Information is hosting a webinar (in Slovak) for educators on Thursday, March 6, 2025 at 1pm-2pm (CET) to celebrate International Open Education Week. Katarína Kyseľová and Zuzana Stožická will talk about how to find electronic information resources for pedagogy in the offer of licensed databases subscribed by the Slovak Library Consortium, as well as in the dynamically developing segment of open educational resources.
You can join via the following link: https://video.nti.sk/live?291925KAR34DUS38.

Support/tools for citizen dialogs and digital inclusion
2025-03-06 13:00 - 14:00 (Europe/Stockholm) | Nordic Network for Lifelong Learning, Lund, Sweden
Are you working with digital support and guidance? Then this webinar is something for you. The Network for Lifelong Learning Digital Inclusions (NLL) Digital Toolkit and Conversation tool is for you. The purpose of the toolkit is to facilitate a conversation between citizens who are facing digital challenges and the professionals who meet them on an everyday basis.

Digital inclusion encompasses the activities necessary to ensure equal access to and use of information and communication technologies for participation in social and economic life, including for education, social services, health, social and societal participation. The Nordic Network (NLL) works to bridge the digital divide and improve adults’ understanding of digital participation. By supporting effective solutions in adult education and making recommendations to decision-makers, the network helps to ensure that the adult population in the Nordic region has better opportunities to use digital community services, participate in lifelong learning, become active and critical citizens and users of technology, and be better able to cope with an increasingly digital working life. During the webinar you will be familiarized with both the Conversation Tool and the Digital Inclusion Toolkit. In addition, an example from Åland of citizen dialogs and how they work to reach citizens will be addressed.

Speakers
Ebba Ossiannilsson, Ossiannilsson Quality in Open Online Learning Consultancy, I4Quality.se and Network for Lifelong Learning Digital Inclusion, Sweden
Carola Eklund, Department of Education and Culture and Network for Lifelong Learning Digital Inclusion, Åland

Beyond Mandates: Fostering a Culture of Open Access Book Publishing
2025-03-06 12:30 - 13:45 (Europe/London) | University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Attempts to incentivise open access for books have, to date, largely centred around policy interventions that mandate publication in open formats and venues. Today we have OA book policies from funders in the UK, Netherlands, Austria, Norway, Ireland, and Portugal; and the Council of the EU has said that for publicly funded research, open access should be “the norm” for monographs as well as articles.
But the big stick of mandates can be a blunt instrument and very often add a heavy compliance burden on scholars and HE institutions. A more effective and lasting avenue to OA for books might be to embed open research and publishing cultures within universities and more widely. But currently, HEIs often incentivise closed access publishing (deliberately or passively) by cleaving to the status quo in terms of recognising career advancement and in terms of publishing venues and how those venues are supported. How might this paradigm be shifted towards openness?
This session will feature short presentations from expert scholars, librarians and publishers, followed by a panel discussion and audience Q&A. We will address these central questions: how can we incentivise researchers to publish their books OA? How can institutions signal more strongly that publishing openly should be important, and reward those who do so? How might a culture of open research be fostered within and beyond the book publishing process?
Changing the way the sector approaches reward and recognition for scholars could be a big driver for change in open access book publishing – going beyond mandates to offer positive reasons to embrace openness.
Join us for this online event, presented in partnership by Copim and the Knowledge Equity Network. Featuring contributions from guest speakers, Lucy Barnes (Senior Editor and Outreach Coordinator, Open Book Publishers), Gavin Beattie (Associate Director: Research & Impact, Libraries & Collections, King’s College London), Jill Claassen (Section Manager, Scholarly Communication & Research, University of Cape Town), Kevin Sanders (Open Access Engagement Lead, Open Book Collective) and Chaired by Sally Dalton (Head of Library Research Services: Open Research, University of Leeds).

Unlock Knowledge: Open Access & Free Educational Resources
2025-03-06 11:00 - 12:00 (America/St_Johns) | Memorial University, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
The presenter for this session is Crystal Rose, Associate Professor, Associate Dean of Libraries Grenfell Library
Open Education is a movement that promotes accessible and freely available educational opportunities for all.
In this session, Ms. Rose will explore ways you can make your research more freely accessible, like library support available for Open Access publishing. Additionally, she discusses ways you can make course materials free for students through Open Educational Resources.
This session will be hosted in Webex. You can join the session 10 minutes before the start time. It is recommended that you attend this session using one of the following internet browsers: Chrome, Microsoft Edge or Firefox.
Registration is required for this event. More info and registration: https://blog.citl.mun.ca/technologyresources/workshop-consult/unlock-knowledge-open-access-free-educational-resources/

Conestoga's Open Learning Team Supports SDG #4 Quality Education
2025-03-06 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Toronto) | Conestoga College, 299 Doon Valley Dr, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
Brought to you by Collab4Open
In collaboration with the Conestoga Sustainability Initiative, The Open Learning team will share how the Conestoga Community is advancing SDG 4 Quality Education at Conestoga College by adopting Open Educational Practices.

Strategies for Developing Open Education Resources (OER) in Health Professions Education
2025-03-06 16:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Berlin) | ScholarRX, Elizabethtown, KY, United States
Join us for an insightful session during Open Education Week titled “Strategies for Developing Open Education Resources (OER) in Health Professions Education.” This workshop, led by experts in medical education and OER development, will explore the transformative potential of open educational resources in health professions education.
Participants will gain an understanding of the foundations of OER, discover free and low-cost tools for creating and sharing OER, and learn how to design and implement OER programs to enhance global access to quality education. Through interactive engagements and real-world examples, this session will equip educators with the knowledge and tools to build collaborative, scalable, and accessible learning ecosystems. Whether you’re new to OER or looking to expand your expertise, this workshop will provide valuable insights and practical strategies to advance health professions education worldwide.

Répertoires de REL : un levier pour repenser l’accès et la collaboration en formation professionnelle
2025-03-06 10:30 - 11:30 (America/Toronto) | Université d’Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Cette discussion invite les responsables de programmes de formation à réfléchir aux impacts de programmes de développement professionnel s’appuyant sur l’éducation ouverte pour valoriser des pratiques pédagogiques et de gestion des répertoires de contenus ouverts qui visent à élargir l’accès à l’apprentissage, particulièrement dans une approche de création, de réutilisation et de partage de ressources et connaissances. Au cœur des réflexions : les stratégies de mobilisation de création de ressources éducatives libres à eCampusOntario et Camerise auprès des responsables de formation et développement professionnel dans le domaine de l’enseignement du français.
Cette discussion permettra d’explorer les avantages et défis liés à la formation en éducation ouverte et l’utilisation des REL pour le développement professionnel en général. Dans un deuxième temps, une réflexion consacrée aux impacts de collaborations interinstitutionnelles pour fédérer la culture de l’ouverture entre les responsables de programmes de formation dans les conseils scolaires et au post-secondaire.
Objectif : Les participant.e.s auront l’opportunité de:

Explorer les avantages/désavantages de l’utilisation de répertoires tel que la Bibliothèque libre d’eCampusOntario et Camerise pour la découvrabilité et l’accès aux (REL) co-conceptualisées par des auteur.e.s sur le continuum M-12-Postsecondaire.
Réfléchir à comment mesurer l’impact de l’utilisation des ressources éducatives libres (REL) dans les programmes de formation en FLS/FLA

Tricky CC License Questions Call in Show (OEWeek Live)
2025-03-06 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Regina) | Online from Multiple Locations
This is a special themed topic OEWeek Live for Open Education Week 2025 featuring a team of Creative Commons Experts, facilitators of the Creative Commons Certificate program.
Yes choosing a license from the list is one thing, but there are always complexities that arise in practice. We’ve asked our panel to come with a few “tricky” questions but we want to also give the audience a chance to pose theirs. As always, we are not offering legal advice (we will here “IAmNotALawyer”) but a great opportunity to hear our guests describe their approach to answering CC questions.
Guests confirmed so far include:

Shanna Hollich (Creative Commons)
Jonathan Poritz (Independent consultant, and CC Certificate facilitator)
Jennifer Hughes (CC Certificate facilitator)
Jennifer Campbell (CC Certificate facilitator)
Suzanne Wakim (CC Certificate facilitator)

Watch live where we we invite tricky CC questions and comments from the audience sent through the chat. Or submit them ahead of time via the call-in web form https://forms.gle/MFK1b8Hm2bBGvc4B7 or watch the recording later:

Learn More:

Open Education Week https://oeweek.oeglobal.org/
CC Certificate Program, https://certificates.creativecommons.org/
OE Week Live Schedule https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/oeweek-live-webcasts/7383
Copyright First Responders Pacific Northwest https://copyrightfirstresponderspnw.org/

Featured Image: Composite image including Old TV – Time Tunnel – Cameron Highland flickr photo by liewcf shared under a Creative Commons (BY-SA) license with Open Education 2025 Week banner by Mario Badilla at OEGlobal and shared under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Inset image includes Outdated Technology – Telephones and Radio flickr photo by MissouriStateArchives shared with no copyright restriction (Flickr Commons) and overlay of Creative Commons logo (CC0). Maybe the panel can suggest the best reuse license and check us on our attribution!

Luces de educación abierta para la Declaración de Dubái: aportaciones desde la estancia UNESCO 2025
2025-03-06 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Monterrey) | Online from Multiple Locations
Panel interactivo donde se construirán ideas para movilizar la educación abierta desde las recomendaciones UNESCO 2019 y la Declaración de Dubái, compartiendo las construcciones de la estancia UNESCO 2025 en torno al desarrollo de capacidades, inclusión y diversidad, políticas, sustentabilidad e internacionalización. El fin es identificar juntos las luces de la educación abierta para todos.

OER 101: An Introduction for Instructors
2025-03-06 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Toronto) | Brock University, 1812 Sir Issac Brock Way, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
This workshop will provide an introductory overview of Open Educational Resources (OER) and their many benefits to both students and instructors. Participants will have an opportunity to explore some OER and consider how to start incorporating open materials in a course in small (or big!) ways. This workshop is intended for those who are new to OER, but people of all experience levels are welcome to attend.
This workshop will be facilitated by Kymberly Ash and Jennifer Thiessen, from the Brock University Library
