Sowing the Seeds of a Global Movement: Stories from California Trailblazers of Open Education
2026-03-04 15:00 - 16:00 (America/Chicago) | Austin, United States, Austin, TX, United States
Join author Barbara Illowsky, Ph.D., editor Judith Sebesta, Ph.D., and contributor James Glapa-Grossklag for an exclusive webinar launching their new volume, Sowing the Seeds of a Global Movement: Stories from California Trailblazers of Open Education.
Published in Pressbooks under the auspices of College of the Canyons, which serves as the Technical Assistance Provider for the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office Zero Textbook Cost Degree Grant Program, this powerful OER chronicles the California origins, evolution, and future impact of OER and Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) programs through the words of visionary leaders who made it happen.
Attendees will gain invaluable insights into the strategic foundations, key partnerships, and transformative vision that propelled a grassroots effort into systemic transformation of the U.S.’s largest system of higher education and has inspired open educators across the globe.
The volume includes interviews with the following trailblazers, all based in California:

Cathy Casserly
Una Daly
James Glapa-Grossklag
Gerry Hanley
Barbara Illowsky
Martha Kanter
Gary K. Michelson
Lisa Petrides
Hal Plotkin

Whether you are an educator, policymaker, administrator, or philanthropist, discover the critical factors that led to California’s historic investment in ZTC pathways and the enduring power of collective action in making knowledge a public good.

Burden-Free Materials: How Libraries Power Affordable Education
2026-03-04 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | San Diego, United States, San Diego, CA, United States
Discover resources available through your San Diego Community College District’s libraries to support burden-free materials by providing seamless access to electronic resources, streaming media, course reserves, and digital scanning services. Learn how these efforts remove financial barriers for students and support faculty in creating no cost courses.

Fresh and Easy? Authentic Assessment for the Communication Studies Open Educational Resources (OER) Classroom in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
2026-03-04 14:00 - 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Sacramento, United States, Sacramento, CA, United States
The current surge of generative and agentic AI can mean having to shift gears constantly as an instructor. No matter the course and no matter the AI policy, this session will help support you in your OER classroom to find low-lift ways to refresh content, revise assessments, and identify boundaries or policies that align with your educational philosophy without having to overhaul your entire course.
Register for Fresh and Easy? Authentic Assessment for the Communication Studies OER Classroom in the Age of AI

The JOERney@UIBK: Experience Talks with Sarah Wildbichler
2026-03-05 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 Sarah Wildbichler from the Department of subject-specific Education who will talk about her experiences with the OER Der Treibhauseffekt – Lernumgebung für die 8. Schulstufe.
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!

TUS Open Press Community of Practice H5P Workshop
2026-03-05 10:00 - 11:00 (Europe/Dublin) | Athlone, Ireland, Athlone, Ireland
To mark OE Week 2026, Technological University of the Shannon is hosting a H5P workshop for our TUS Open Press Community of Practice members.
The TUS Open Press Community of Practice meets a few times per semester to support each other in learning more about Open Education and how we can collectively contribute to the Commons.
Our theme for this workshop is H5P and we will focus on our recent publication: Your Essay Builder: Clear Steps to Plan and Structure Your Essay, which has successfully integrated a variety of H5P approaches.
Other Community members will also be invited to share their experiences of using H5P in their teaching and how they integrate interactive elements into their Openly Licensed works to scaffold learning and engage users.

IA et Éducation : Deux adversaires faits pour s'entendre - par Markus Deimann
2026-03-05 11:00 - 12:00 (Europe/Paris)
L’IA générative offre un potentiel transformateur pour le mouvement des REL en réduisant considérablement les obstacles à la création, à la révision et à la localisation de contenus, ce qui accélère efficacement la production de matériel pédagogique de haute qualité. Dans un cadre pédagogique ouvert, l’IA permet aux étudiants et aux enseignants de dépasser la consommation passive pour devenir des conservateurs et des créateurs actifs, approfondissant ainsi leur esprit critique et leurs compétences collaboratives.
Dr Markus Deimann est directeur général d’ORCA.nrw, un consortium de 36 universités publiques de Rhénanie-du-Nord-Westphalie qui promeut les ressources éducatives libres. Ses recherches portent sur l’analyse critique des technologies éducatives, la théorie de l’éducation ouverte et les dimensions idéologiques de la numérisation de l’enseignement supérieur.
Cette conférence aura lieu en anglais.

Techno-Pedagogical Design of Open Educational Resources
2026-03-05 12:15 - 13:00 (Europe/Zurich) | Luzern, Switzerland, Luzern, Switzerland
Digital solutions play a key role for enabling blended learning in higher education, where the acquisition and the appropriation of core competences and transversal skills require engaging learning experience and value-adding interactive resources. Hence, it is essential to help educators in the process of designing and implementing digital resources, considering both their pedagogical and their technological dimensions, as well as the generative AI trend. In this talk, we will discuss adaptation of learning scenarios and the design of rich and intelligent open educational resources to strengthen the transversal skills required by the current sustainability and digital literacy challenges
Speaker: Dr. Denis Gillet (EPFL), Head Interactions Systems Group

OER Inshallah... From Local Success to National Impact
2026-03-05 14:00 - 15:30 (Europe/Paris) | Rome, Italy, Rome, Italy
Celebrate Open Education Week 2026 by joining a high-level dialogue on transforming OER from isolated campus initiatives into a resilient national infrastructure across the Arabic-speaking world.
This webinar moves beyond “pilot projects” to tackle the strategic shift toward system-level adoption, exploring how open resources serve as a vital lifeline for learning continuity during times of crisis and prolonged instability. We invite higher education leaders, vocational trainers, and educators to engage with our expert panelists in a bilingual (English/Arabic) debate designed to bridge the gap between local success and nationwide impact. Whether you are sharing a frontline experience or seeking a roadmap for institutional change, join us to help shape a future where open, accessible education is the standard, not the exception, for every learner in the MENA region.
The discussion will be initiated by invited panelists, and contributions from participants who wish to share experiences or reflections are warmly welcomed.
Panelists:

Saida Affouneh, An-Najah National University, Palestine – OE Individual Award Winner 2025
Fawzi Baroud, Notre Dame University – Louaize, Lebanon – UNESCO Chair in OER for Access and Success
Khalid Berrada, Director of Higher Education at the Ministry of Higher Education, Scientific Research, and Innovation, Morocco – ICESCO Chair on Open Education
Lilia Cheniti, Sousse University, Tunisia, UNESCO Chair Open Education: Intelligent, Innovative and Inclusive
Omar Jomah, Director of the E-learning center, The Libyan Academy for Postgraduate Studies, Libya
Gihan Osman, Instructional Design & Online Technology, Egypt
Wissam Tawileh, Head of Online Education Research and Development, Qatar University

Facilitators:

Fabio Nascimbeni, ETF – European Training Foundation
Cristina Stefanelli, UNIMED – Mediterranean Universities Union

Who should attend: Higher Education managers, educators and practitioners, VET trainers, OER enthusiasts of any nationality with an interest in Arabic OER in the MENA region.
Language(s): English and Arabic. Machine translation captions will be available.
من النجاح المحلي إلى التأثير الوطني! (Arabic)
OER Inshallah flyer (English)

OE Café #11 Pass the OE Expert Baton: Reward and recognition for professional development in Open Educational Resources (OER)
2026-03-05 16:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Rome) | Veenendaal, Netherlands, Veenendaal, Netherlands
The 11th Open Education Café brings together seven diverse perspectives from Europe, Africa, and the Americas on how reward and recognition systems can support and strengthen the creation, use, and sharing of Open Educational Resources (OER).
Expert guests include Lilia Cheniti (Université de Sousse, Tunisia), Claudia Hackl (University of Vienna, Austria), Sémonique Harry (St. Vincent and the Grenadines Community College, St. Vincent and the Grenadines), Vincent Nyirigira (Rwanda Basic Education Board, Rwanda), Marijn Post (HAN University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands), and Zeynep Varoglu (UNESCO), and the session will be facilitated by Paola Corti (SPARC Europe).
The Open Education Café series has hosted discussions on key issues for open education, arranged around the UNESCO Recommendation on OER and the five areas of action, since 2022.
SPARC Europe and the European Network of Open Education Librarians (ENOEL) have organised this event in collaboration with UNESCO. Together with UNESCO, SPARC Europe warmly welcomes exchange and dialogue on one of the most important topics for the future of Open Education.

Individualizing & Incentivizing OER and Course Marking: A Conversation with the Bookstore and Library
2026-03-05 09:00 - 10:00 (America/Chicago) | Overland Park, United States, Overland Park, KS, United States
Join Danielle Theiss, Barry Bailey, Patrick Lafferty, and Beth Mason in an informational webinar on Thursday March 5th 9am-10am as faculty share about the impact of Johnson County Community College’s OER Faculty Stipend Program on their work, and the students in their courses and programs. Plus, learn how the Library and Bookstore are partnering to support zero cost course marking for our campus to remove financial barriers for our students.

Open Education Show and Tell (OpenLab at City Tech)
2026-03-05 10:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York) | New York City, United States, New York City, NY, United States
On Thursday, March 5, 2026, 10am-11am US Eastern, the OpenLab team is hosting an open education show and tell session via Zoom. Join us to share something you’ve done with, on, or about the OpenLab or another open educational platform.
This session is open to all as part of Open Education Week, an international event organized every year by Open Education Global that brings people from around the world together to celebrate and share their work in open education.
Drop in at any point to show and tell, learn a few things, or just join us to celebrate our shared accomplishments.
Can’t make it? Share your work in the comments on this post to keep the showing & telling happening beyond Thursday’s session.
The OpenLab at City Tech is our college’s open platform for open education, collaboration, and community. It won an Open Education Award for Excellence from OEGlobal last year. Interested in starting an OpenLab at your institution? Check out the CBOX OpenLab Community Hub, where you can learn about CBOX OpenLab, freely-available open source software that powers OpenLabs at CUNY, SUNY, and beyond.
Photo credit: Free to use Photo by user Naushil Skyhawk Asia from Pexels.

Global to Local: Reimagining OER Localisation in Higher Education
2026-03-05 07:00 - 08:00 (America/Vancouver) | Vancouver, Canada, Vancouver, BC, Canada
This Open Education Week online panel from the Commonwealth of Learning presents fresh insights into Open Educational Resource (OER) localisation across the Commonwealth.
Facilitated by Professor Lynne Bowker (Laval University) and Dr Jako Olivier (Commonwealth of Learning), the session is linked to their forthcoming edited volume, Localisation of Open Educational Resources in Higher Education. Speakers from Canada, India and South Africa will share brief presentations on new research, exploring themes such as generative AI, multilingual and Indigenous knowledge integration, student-centred localisation, and policy-driven approaches to adapting OER for local contexts.
Programme
1) Introduction – Jako Olivier & Lynne Bowker (5 minutes)
2) Short presentations (40 minutes)
– Reimagining OER Localisation through Generative AI: A Conceptual Framework for Higher Education (Adit Gupta, Manas Ranjan Panigrahi, Mool Raj & Aakriti Singh)
– Ubuntu and Open Knowledge: A Theoretical Lens on Indigenous Knowledge Integration in Multilingual OERs (Napjadi Letsoalo)
– Science is tough but so are you: localising resources and centering student experiences (Michelle Willmers, Dale Taylor, Bianca Masuku, Glenda Cox & Mohammed Kajee)
– From Global Openness to Local Flexibility: The Discursive Localization of OER in Ontario’s Virtual Learning Strategy (Mara Bordignon)
3) Questions and answers (13 minutes)
4) Closing remarks – Jako Olivier & Lynne Bowker (2 minutes)

DEFA Cameroun: Digital Education For All - Les REL pour tous
2026-03-05 15:00 - 17:00 (Africa/Abidjan) | Yaoundé, Cameroon, Yaoundé, Cameroon
Jules Tchiyak Fanmoe organise à Yaoundé (sans retransmission) son premier séminaire dédié au lancement de l’association DEFA Digital Education For All, dans ses propres locaux et avec une quinzaine d’enseignants. Pilier d’Open Education Global Francophone, Jules se lance aujourd’hui dans la rédaction d’une thèse et souhaite populariser les Ressources Educatives Libres et la pédagogie ouverte dans le secondaire.
Les Ressources Éducatives Libres (REL) au Cameroun : comment les enseignants de sciences les utilisent-ils vraiment ?
1. Pourquoi parler des REL ?
Depuis les années 2000, l’éducation connaît une révolution avec le numérique : les savoirs se partagent plus facilement, et de nouvelles ressources pédagogiques apparaissent, comme les Ressources Éducatives Libres (REL). Ces ressources (cours, exercices, vidéos, etc.) sont gratuites, modifiables et partageables. Des organisations comme l’UNESCO les encouragent, car elles pourraient :

Rendre l’éducation plus accessible (pour tous, même dans les zones reculées).
Améliorer la qualité des enseignements grâce à des supports innovants.
Réduire les inégalités en offrant des outils pédagogiques variés.

2. Le défi : entre théorie et réalité
Cependant, avoir accès aux REL ne signifie pas qu’elles sont utilisées efficacement. Des études montrent que :

Les enseignants n’adoptent pas automatiquement les outils numériques, même s’ils sont disponibles (Rabardel, 1995).
Il existe souvent un écart entre ce que les institutions recommandent, ce que les REL promettent, et ce que les enseignants font en classe.

3. Le cas du Cameroun : un contexte particulier
Au Cameroun, comme dans beaucoup de pays africains, les REL et les technologies éducatives se développent (ex. : projet PAQUEB, formations aux TIC). Mais leur utilisation pose des questions :

Matériel : Tous les enseignants et élèves ont-ils accès à des ordinateurs, à internet ?
Formation : Les enseignants sont-ils formés pour utiliser ces ressources ?
Adaptation : Les REL correspondent-elles aux besoins locaux et aux programmes scolaires ?

4. Comment étudier ce sujet ?
Cette recherche propose d’analyser la situation à trois niveaux :

Niveau international : Comment les REL s’inscrivent-elles dans les politiques mondiales d’éducation ?
Niveau national : Quelles sont les politiques éducatives du Cameroun sur les REL et le numérique ?
Niveau local : Comment les enseignants de sciences (physique, SVT, etc.) utilisent-ils concrètement les REL dans leurs classes ?

5. Questions clés de la recherche

Les enseignants camerounais connaissent-ils les REL ? Les utilisent-ils ?
Quels sont les freins (manque de matériel, de formation, résistance au changement) et les leviers (motivation, soutien institutionnel) ?
Comment les REL pourraient-elles vraiment améliorer l’enseignement des sciences au secondaire ?

6. Objectifs

Comprendre pourquoi et comment les enseignants intègrent (ou non) les REL.
Identifier les conditions nécessaires pour que ces ressources soient utiles et durables.
Proposer des recommandations pour les décideurs, les formateurs et les enseignants.

Pourquoi ce sujet est-il important pour vous, enseignants ?
Les REL pourraient être un outil puissant pour :

Enrichir vos cours avec des supports variés et actualisés.
Motiver vos élèves grâce à des méthodes interactives.
Réduire les coûts (moins de dépendance aux manuels payants).

Mais pour que cela fonctionne, il faut :

Votre implication : partager vos besoins et vos retours d’expérience.
Un accompagnement : formations, accès au matériel, soutien technique.

Question pour ouvrir le débat : “En tant qu’enseignant(e) au Cameroun, quels sont, selon vous, les principaux obstacles à l’utilisation des REL dans votre quotidien ? Et quelles solutions imagineriez-vous pour les surmonter ?”

Table-ronde | Pédagogie ouverte et REL : retour d’expériences
2026-03-05 16:45 - 17:45 (Europe/Paris) | Nantes, France, Nantes, France
Avec plus de 200 REL disponibles sur la plateforme NÉO, Nantes Université est pionnière de l’Éducation ouverte en France. Découvrez les témoignages d’enseignant·es et étudiant·es qui ont pratiqué l’Éducation ouverte en créant des REL, ou qui portent un projet en cours. L’occasion de décrypter l’innovation pédagogique à l’œuvre dans leurs démarches.
Intervention des membres de Nantes Université :

Ambre Vilain – Enseignante-chercheuse en Histoire de l’art et archéologie
Mathis Vauxion – Étudiant M2 Histoire de l’Art et Culture matérielle
Isabelle Ourliac-Garnier – Enseignante-chercheuse en Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques
Léa Libert – Etudiante en Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques
Thibault Deschamps – Enseignant-chercheur et responsable pédagogique du Master mention “Activité Physique Adaptée et Santé”
Aurélie Jozan – Designeuse UX & Référente Accessibilité Numérique
Grégory Valton – Artiste Photographe, intervenant extérieur en M2 Histoire publique

OEWeek Live! Open Conversation on Online Communities
2026-03-05 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Regina) | Concord, United States, Concord, MA, United States
Join us for another OEWeek live streamed open conversation. We are talking today about the state on online communities for open educators. We have a fantastic panel with leaders/organizers of a few of them.
Can we even define them? What makes for a successful online community? Does the platform matter? How do we facilitate open places without over structuring them? What works? What are the challenges? Can we find ways to cross connect better?
Joining us in the studio are:

Jocelyn Miyara (Creative Commons) representing https://creativecommons.zulipchat.com/
Kathleen Fitzpatrick (Knowledge Commons) representing https://hcommons.org
Apurva Ashok (Rebus Foundation) representing https://rebus.community/
Maren Deepwell (Reclaim Hosting and more) representing https://community.reclaimhosting.com/
Heather Blicher (CCCOER) representing https://www.cccoer.org/
Todd Conaway (University of Washington-Bothell) representing https://uwbopenweb.com/
Amanda Coolidge (Pressbooks) representing a private Slack space

Alan Levine (OEGlobal) representing https://connect.oeglobal.org/

Watch live here or return later to see the recording.

OEWeek Live is hosted in our Streamyard studio and you can watch with others on YouTube. Make use of the chat to ask questions and send comments to the guests in the studio.
Posts And Links on Communities Shared by Guests

Sustainability through Community (Kathleen Fitzpatrick)
Open Infrastructures and the Future of Knowledge Production, part 2 (Kathleen Fitzpatrick)
Reimagining CCCOER: Strategic Planning and Candy Sushi (Heather Blicher)
blogging4life aka Blogging Community of Practice (series, from Reclaim Hosting)
On “Building” Community I Got Bubkis (Alan Levine)
What’s My Next Online Community Life Cycle Curve? (Alan Levine)
My “Proivate” Life (Todd Conaway)
The (non-profit) business of connecting people through technology (Zoe Wake Hyde, Rebus Community)
Effective Collaboration (The Rebus Guide to Publishing Open Textbooks (So Far))
Fostering OER Leadership through Facilitation Pathways (OpenEd 2024 presentation)

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 Unsplasb Photo by Marvin Meyer on Unsplash Free to use under the Unsplash License

De travaux jetables à des savoirs durables: cultiver l’ouverture en éducation
2026-03-05 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Toronto) | Montreal, Canada, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
À l’heure où les travaux étudiants finissent souvent dans l’oubli numérique, comment concevoir des apprentissages qui laissent une trace utile et partagée ? Ce webinaire propose de passer d’une logique de travaux jetables à celle de savoirs durables, grâce aux pratiques éducatives ouvertes (PEO). À partir de recherches menées à l’Université TÉLUQ, nous explorerons comment les PEO permettent de cultiver l’ouverture : en donnant du sens au travail intellectuel, en favorisant la collaboration et en contribuant à des biens communs de connaissance.
Des exemples concrets — dont celui de la plateforme MediaWiki — illustreront comment les technologies libres peuvent soutenir des pratiques pédagogiques plus participatives, pérennes et socialement pertinentes. Le webinaire s’adresse aux formateurs, enseignants et concepteurs pédagogiques souhaitant faire évoluer leurs pratiques vers plus d’ouverture — non seulement dans les ressources, mais dans la culture éducative elle-même.Cultiver l’ouverture, c’est faire pousser des savoirs vivants — au-delà du temps d’un cours.
Avec la participation et la collaboration de : Béatrice Pudelko, professeure, Université TÉLUQ

Accessibility + OER (Ohio Open Education Collective)
2026-03-05 11:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Columbus, United States, Columbus, OH, United States
Celebrate Open Education Week with the Ohio Open Education Collective for a high level overview of the new Title II guidelines for accessible content and explore how to build an accessibility-first mindset when creating OER. The session will culminate with best practices and resources.

Observatorio de Datos Académicos: SUAyED
2026-03-05 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Mexico_City) | México City, Mexico, México City, Mexico
Colección de visualizaciones interactivas desarrolladas en Tableau Public para el análisis de datos educativos y la analítica del aprendizaje. El recurso promueve la alfabetización en datos y el uso pedagógico de paneles interactivos como apoyo a la docencia, la investigación y la toma de decisiones educativas basadas en evidencia.

OE Week at ELAC
2026-03-05 08:00 - 17:00 (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.

Accessible Considerations in OER Integration
2026-03-05 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Toronto) | St. Catharines, Canada, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
This Brock Universirt workshop offers guidance for instructors and teams engaged in the adoption, adaptation, and creation of Open Educational Resources (OER), with a focus on inclusive resource development and supporting access-forward open pedagogical practices.
Whether you are considering integrating OER into your classroom and want to begin the process with intentional inclusivity in mind, or you are already using OER and are interested in strengthening inclusive approaches within your practice, this workshop is designed for you.

Concevoir l’engagement : scénarisation pédagogique et design émotionnel en environnement ouvert / Designing engagement: educational scripting and emotional design in an open environment
2026-03-05 11:30 - 12:30 (America/Toronto) | Toronto, Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada
Dans le cadre de la Semaine de l’éducation ouverte, cet atelier propose d’explorer comment transformer l’expérience d’apprentissage en ligne grâce à un outil auteur intégré à Moodle, conçu comme un véritable assistant pédagogique à la scénarisation. Au-delà de la simple création de contenus interactifs, cet outil soutient la structuration des parcours, renforce la cohérence pédagogique et accompagne la conception de ressources éducatives ouvertes plus engageantes et centrées sur l’apprenant. L’atelier abordera également la question du design émotionnel des interfaces : comment l’ergonomie, la mise en forme et les choix visuels influencent-ils l’engagement, la motivation et la persévérance des apprenants ? Comment concevoir des environnements numériques qui suscitent non seulement la compréhension, mais aussi l’adhésion ? Cette réflexion croise innovation pédagogique, scénarisation structurée et pratiques éducatives ouvertes, afin d’ouvrir de nouvelles perspectives dans la conception et la diffusion de ressources numériques.
English
As part of Open Education Week, this workshop explores how to transform the online learning experience using an authoring tool integrated into Moodle, designed as a true educational scripting assistant. Beyond simply creating interactive content, this tool supports the structuring of learning paths, reinforces pedagogical consistency, and supports the design of more engaging and learner-centered open educational resources. The workshop will also address the issue of emotional interface design: how do ergonomics, layout, and visual choices influence learner engagement, motivation, and perseverance? How can we design digital environments that not only promote understanding, but also engagement in Open Education? This reflection combines pedagogical innovation, structured scripting, and open educational practices to open up new perspectives in the design and dissemination of open digital resources.

Getting Started with OER
2026-03-05 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Denver) | Albuquerque, United States, Albuquerque, NM, United States
You’ve likely heard about OER and how it can save students money. But did you also know that OER can increase student engagement and retention? The 2022 Florida Student Survey found that 53% of the 13,000 students they surveyed did not purchase a required textbook for a course due to its cost. Because of textbook costs, forty-three percent of students in the survey took fewer courses, and twenty-four percent of students surveyed reported dropping out of a course (Florida Virtual Campus 2022).
The New Mexico Open Educational Resources Consortium, or the NMOER Consortium, is holding three workshops this fall to help NM educators find free, open, high-quality resources to use in their classes.
This workshop will also cover the different ways educators can integrate these resources into their courses. All New Mexico educators, students, staff, and administrators are invited to learn about how to get started with OER.
Presented by Jennifer Jordan, Principal Investigator, NMOER; OER Librarian and Assistant Professor, UNM

Invited Talk: “Designing AI-Supported OER: Creation, Scale, and Responsible Use” TAMU
2026-03-05 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Chicago) | College Station, United States, College Station, TX, United States
Generative artificial intelligence is increasingly being used to support the creation, revision, and scaling of open educational resources (OER). As institutions adopt AI to accelerate open textbook development and reduce reliance on commercial publisher materials, there is a growing need for clear structures that ensure quality, accessibility, and institutional accountability. Without intentional guardrails, AI-assisted OER creation can introduce uncertainty around authorship, licensing, accuracy, and long-term sustainability.
Speaker: Joshua Hill, Hillsborough College, Tampa FL
Please register online

Keeping Learning Open in an Era of Censorship
2026-03-05 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Denver) | Edmonton, Canada, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Open Education has evolved from a focus on textbook savings to a broader movement for advancing social justice. In today’s geopolitical climate, it can also serve as a form of resistance—challenging political narratives and restrictions.

In this session from Norquest College, we will explore censorship threats to Open Education. Conversely, we will also speculate on how Open Education can undermine information controls and help sustain access to knowledge.

Learning Online: Publishing OER with AU Press
2026-03-05 10:00 - 23:00 (America/Vancouver) | Athabasca, Canada, Athabasca, Alberta, Canada
Athabasca Uiniversity Library is proud to present a panel discussion with the creators of the new OER, Learning Online: An Introduction to Online Education for the Health Disciplines.
This panel will feature conversation with Dr. Kristen Petrovic (Associate Professor, Faculty of Health), Dr. Emily Doyle (Program Director, Master of Counselling) and Dr. Lynn Corcoran (Associate Professor, Faculty of Health) as they discuss their experience adapting OER through the OER Publishing Support Program and the AU Press Remix imprint.

Explorando os Futuros da Educação Aberta
2026-03-05 18:00 - 20:00 (Europe/Lisbon) | Lisbon, Portugal, Lisbon, Portugal
Com vista a assinalar, em Portugal, a edição de 2026 da Open Education Week (OEWeek 2026), o Laboratório de Educação a Distância e eLearning (LE@D) da Universidade Aberta (UAb) apresenta um evento online que visa debater os desafios que a Educação Aberta enfrenta atualmente, num contexto marcado pelo impacto da IA e outras tecnologias emergentes. Com o título «Explorando os Futuros da Educação Aberta», o programa conta com a participação da Professora Marisol Ramírez Montoya, do Instituto Tecnológico e de Estudos Superiores de Monterrey (Tec de Monterrey), México, e do Professor Martin Ebner, da Universidade Tecnológica de Graz (TU Graz), Áustria, que partilharão as suas experiências e reflexões em torno deste tema.
A participação é livre de custos, mas implica inscrição prévia.

Designing With, Not Around, Disabled Learners: A Screen-Reader Demo Experience
2026-03-05 20:30 - 22:00 (Africa/Cairo) | Cairo, Egypt, Cairo, Egypt
This session from Equity Unbound will demonstrate why screen-reader access is important when designing learning materials, especially Open Educational Resources. Have you ever wanted to know how people who are visually impaired or totally blind access your content? Come to this session and I, a visually impaired screen-reader user and an accessibility expert myself, will demonstrate for you the experience of a blind person navigating websites and digital materials.
We will begin with a TRIZ Liberating Structures activity in which participants will intentionally design the worst possible experience for someone using a screen reader. As we name common mistakes and exclusionary practices first, we will surface the barriers that disabled users encounter every day.
Through screen-reader demonstrations on JAWS, NVDA, and Voiceover, participants will experience how everyday design choices shape who can participate fully in learning spaces and who is required to work harder to feel “included” because the design was not made accessible from the beginning. Participants will see concrete examples of inaccessible practices, such as poorly structured documents, missing alt text, cluttered layouts, and excessive emoji use, and how these choices interfere with learning and participation.
The session will connect these examples to the four principles of accessibility: perceivable, operable, user-friendly, and real. We will also discuss reasonable accommodations and why accessibility must be built into course design rather than added later. Throughout the session, participants will be invited to reflect, ask questions, and rethink their own materials. By the end, they will leave with practical strategies for creating learning spaces that are genuinely inclusive for screen reader users.
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MTSU Student Perspectives on Textbook Costs
2026-03-05 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Chicago) | Murfreesboro, United States, Murfreesboro, TN, United States
How do textbook costs affect Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) students’ learning experiences, choices, and success?
Join us as we share findings from a recent campus-wide survey exploring the impact of course material costs on students. This session will highlight key data, student voices, and opportunities for faculty to make their courses more affordable and equitable through the use of Open Educational Resources (OER) and other no-cost materials. This presentation is available remotely on Zoom.

Statistics Functions in Pressbooks and SOAR
2026-03-05 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Albany, United States, Albany, OR, United States
This Excelsior University webinar explores how to measure your OER’s impact using the statistical functions in Pressbooks and Excelsior’s institutional repository, SOAR.
Registration requires an Excelsior login.

OpenEd25 Keynote Rewatch: adrienne maree brown
2026-03-05 15:00 - 16:30 (America/New_York) | Washington, D.C., United States, Washington, D.C., DC, United States
The Open Education Association invites you to a virtual rewatch of bestselling author adrienne maree brown’s keynote from the 2025 Open Education Conference. Drawing on decades of movement facilitation, science fiction scholarship, and community care, this keynote invites participants to reflect on transformation, imagination, and the practices that help communities grow and heal.
All are welcome to attend this virtual “rewatch party,” which will feature a livestream of the keynote and live chat in Zoom. After the recording, attendees are welcome to stay for an optional discussion.
