Copyright and Licensing for Open Educational Resources
2025-03-04 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | University of British Columbia, 2329 West Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada
Does your project include work created by others? Do you have questions about Creative Commons licenses and how to incorporate licensed works into your project? This session will introduce you to copyright basics for your OER project and take you through licensing considerations to insure that your work is reusable by others. Importantly it will also provide you with a simple workflow to help you identify and respect Creative Commons licensed works.
This session will cover:

Copyright basics including how copyright is assigned to a work
Rationale behind and purpose of open licenses
Identifying the 6 Creative Commons licenses and know how to assign them to OER
Applying Creative Commons licenses and ensure compatibility among the CC licensed works

The Triple A’s of Ancillaries: Advancing Academic Achievement
2025-03-04 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | LibreTexts, Davis, CA, United States
This interactive session will highlight best practices implementation strategies, and the positive impact of LibreTexts ancillaries on student comprehension, retention, and application of course content. It features the presenter’s firsthand experiences in leading a cohort of subject matter experts in communication to create ancillaries for a LibreTexts textbook.

Open Education Connections: K-12 and Higher Ed
2025-03-04 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Open Oregon, Portland, OR, United States
Interested in collaborating with K–12 educators and leveraging Open Educational Resources (OER) in teaching and learning?
Barbara Soots, Assistant Director, Open Education & Instructional Materials in Washington’s Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, leads a session exploring the use of open resources and open education pedagogy in K–12 education. Discover how OER is being utilized and developed in K–12 settings to align with state learning standards, provide districts with the flexibility to adapt resources to meet diverse student needs, and promote equitable access to high-quality instructional materials for all students.
We will discuss strategies and lessons learned from both Washington’s and Oregon’s K-12 OER initiatives, and delve into the challenges and opportunities in this evolving landscape.
This webinar takes place from 1:00-2:00 pm Pacific time, March 4, 2025. The session will be recorded and captioned to share later. We will enable automatic captions in the session

Integrating OER into Course Design
2025-03-04 13:00 - 13:45 (America/Los_Angeles) | San Diego Community College District, San Diego, CA, United States
Open Educational Resources (OER) offer more than just cost savings—they provide opportunities to rethink course design in ways that enhance student engagement and learning. This session will explore strategies for integrating OER thoughtfully into course structures, ensuring that materials align with learning objectives, support diverse learners, and promote active engagement. Participants will gain practical approaches to weaving OER into their courses, leveraging open pedagogy, and designing learning experiences that maximize the benefits of open resources. Whether you’re new to OER or looking to refine your approach, this session will provide concrete strategies to create more effective and student-centered courses.

Join the San Diego Community College District Open Ed Week via Zoom Events and attend this presentation session with Kelly Spoon, Mathematics faculty member at Mesa College.

Introduction to Building Courses in LibreTexts ADAPT Open Homework and Assessment Platform
2025-03-04 14:00 - 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | LibreTexts, Davis, CA, United States
Join LibreTexts Founder and Executive Director, Delmar Larsen, as he gives you a firsthand look at how to build courses in LibreTexts open homework and assessment platform, ADAPT. Currently sponsored by the California Education Learning Lab (CELL), ADAPT is free for all California instructors and students. For educators outside of California, ADAPT is available at cost–with a price point far below what traditional publishers charge.

Biblioteca Științifică a USARB în sprijinul educației deschise: orizonturi noi pentru învățare pe tot parcursul vieţii
2025-03-05 10:00 - 16:00 (Europe/Bucharest) | Biblioteca Științifică a Universității de Stat Alecu Russo din Bălți, Republica Moldova, 38 Puşkin Str., Bălţi, Moldova, Republic of
În cadrul Panelului de discuţii studenţii, cadrele didactice vor lua act de informaţii calitative privind Resursele educaționale deschise (OER) – elemente cheie în transformarea educațională, iar utilizarea acestora în cadrul Bibliotecii Științifice a Universității de Stat „Alecu Russo” din Bălți (USARB) are un impact semnificativ asupra îmbogățirii colecțiilor și accesibilității informațiilor.
Proiectele derulate de USARB în domeniul resurselor educaționale deschise contribuie la consolidarea unui sistem de învățământ accesibil și modernizat, facilitând integrarea resurselor educaționale de înaltă calitate în procesul de învățare. Impactul proiectelor USARB se reflectă în dezvoltarea unei culturi academice bazate pe accesibilitate, colaborare și incluziune digitală. Repozitoriul Instituțional ORA USARB reprezintă o platformă prin care studenții, cadrele didactice și cercetătorii pot accesa eficient resurse educaționale deschise relevante, promovând astfel schimbul de cunoștințe și promovarea valorilor educației, sprijinind procesul de învățare continuă și cercetare științifică în cadrul instituției.

WikiAfrica Hour's Offline Wikis – Kiwix Demonstration
2025-03-05 10:00 - 11:00 (Africa/Johannesburg) | Online from Multiple Locations
How do we share free knowledge with people who have no stable internet? How do you identify the right offline solution, if you cannot see it in action online first?

Many steps must be taken before offline solutions can benefit the people they are designed for, some of which are quite tricky.
In this OEWeek25 special, following the January edition of WikiAfrica Hour: Offline Wikis, we invite Offline Wiki experts to demonstrate their offline solution. We hope this will make one of the many steps towards offline—the decision phase—easier by showing what you should expect from this platform before you spend hours setting up the hardware, sourcing to the right offline platform, downloading it, and then adding it to your hardware.
In the hot seat for this session is:
✔️ Stephane Coillet-Matillon, who will demonstrate Kiwix

Jornada REA REBIUN - OEWeek 2025
2025-03-05 11:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Madrid) | Red de bibliotecas universitarias (REBIUN), Madrid, Madrid, Spain
El próximo 5 de marzo tendrá lugar, dentro de la Semana de Educación Abierta, la Jornada REA, jornada que han organizado en colaboración la Línea 1 y el Grupo de Trabajo de Repositorios.
La jornada, que se retransmitirá a través de Zoom y que se grabará para su posterior difusión e inclusión en el Kit REA, contará con el siguiente programa:

Presentación Xaquín Lores (UdC)
11:00-11:40 h. «Estado actual de los REA en España, por parte del profesorado que los usa/reutiliza/crea y/o comparte. Resultados preliminares del proyecto de investigación CAETIN (Ciencia abierta en España: la transición hacia un nuevo modelo de investigación)». Gema Santos-Hermosa (UB)
12:00-13:00 h. Mesa Redonda 1: Buenas prácticas en REA por parte del PDI de las universidades españolas. M. Carmen Martín Marichal (ULPGC). Intervienen: Daura Vega Moreno (ULPGC), Lluís Codina (UPF), Victoria Marín (UdL), Begoña Álvarez García (UdC).
13:00-14:00 h. Mesa Redonda 2: Experiencias en las bibliotecas universitarias españolas con los REA. Brigit Nonó Rius (UdG). Intervienen: Paz Llorente Pinto/Yolanda Martín González (USAL), Rosa Maria Sánchez (UC3M) y Fernando Heredia-Sánchez (UMA)
16:00-17:00 h. Taller Práctico sobre Creación de REA: Marina Carbonell (UAB). “Wooclap: herramienta colaborativa para dinamizar las clases que permite incluir preguntas en las presentaciones para poder interactuar con los estudiantes”
Podéis hacer la inscripción gratuita a la misma en el siguiente ENLACE
Si tenéis cualquier duda, contactad con rebiun@crue.org
En breve comenzaremos con la difusión en la que te pedimos colabores para poder llegar al mayor número de personas posibles.

Usaremos los hashtag #JornadaREAREBIUN25 #OEWeekREBIUN2025 y el oficial #OEWeek25 y podrá comentarse a través de nuestro canal de Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/rebiun.org

Exploring the Dubai Declaration on OER: Advancing Global Access to Knowledge
2025-03-05 11:00 - 12:00 (Europe/Paris) | UNESCO Dynamic Coalition, Paris, France
This webinar will explore how emerging technologies and open-source tools are reshaping Open Educational Resources (OER). In light of the Dubai Declaration on OER and its complementary role to the UNESCO 2019 Recommendation on OER, the webinar will delve into open licensing frameworks, overcoming barriers and scaling innovations globally—especially within regions like the Pacific region.
The speakers will share concrete examples, policy insights, and regional perspectives to inspire stakeholders and guide future developments in open education.
Objectives:

Raise awareness of the Dubai Declaration and its role in advancing the UNESCO 2019 Recommendation on OER.
Examine the transformative potential of emerging technologies in creating, curating, and disseminating OER.
Showcase regional examples and case studies to illustrate how the Dubai Declaration can be operationalized locally and globally.

Speakers:

Dr Javiera Atenas, Senior Lecturer in Learning and Teaching Enhancement, University of Suffolk, United Kingdom
Dr Wayne Mackintosh, UNESCO Chair in OER, Director OER Foundation, New Zealand
Ms Anne-Marie Scott, Director Anne-Marie Scott Consulting Inc. and board member of the Open Source Initiative (OSI)

BarCamp Ressources Educatives Libres & Intelligence Artificielle – BarCamp OER & AI
2025-03-05 12:00 - 14:30 (Africa/Tunis) | l’Université de Sousse, Tunisie, Sousse, Tunisia
🎯 Public cible : Étudiants et enseignants
🔹 À propos du BarCamp
Un BarCamp est un atelier participatif et collaboratif où chacun peut partager ses idées, poser des questions et apprendre des autres. Cette édition est dédiée aux Ressources Éducatives Libres (REL) et à l’Intelligence Artificielle (IA) dans l’éducation.
🔹 Objectifs

Comprendre l’importance des REL et leur potentiel dans l’apprentissage.
Explorer les opportunités et les défis de l’IA dans l’enseignement.
Partager des expériences et des bonnes pratiques sur l’intégration de ces technologies.
Encourager la collaboration entre étudiants et enseignants pour une éducation plus ouverte et innovante.

🔹 Format et activités
✅ Discussions ouvertes et échanges d’expériences.
✅ Activités pratiques sur l’utilisation des REL et des outils d’IA en éducation.
✅ Débats interactifs sur les enjeux éthiques et pédagogiques de l’IA.
Pas de spectateurs, tout le monde participe ! 👉 Rejoignez-nous et construisons ensemble l’éducation de demain !
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🎯 Target Audience: Students and Teachers
🔹 About the BarCamp
A BarCamp is a participatory and collaborative workshop where everyone can share ideas, ask questions, and learn from others. This edition is dedicated to Open Educational Resources (OER) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in education.
🔹 Objectives

Understand the importance of OER and their potential in learning.
Explore the opportunities and challenges of AI in teaching.
Share experiences and best practices for integrating these technologies.
Encourage collaboration between students and teachers for a more open and innovative education.

🔹 Format & Activities
✅ Open discussions and experience sharing.
✅ Hands-on activities on using OER and AI tools in education.
✅ Interactive debates on the ethical and pedagogical issues of AI.
No spectators—everyone participates! Join us and let’s shape the future of education together! 🚀

Wikiwijs, Wonderous Stories
2025-03-05 12:00 - 12:30 (Europe/Amsterdam) | Malden, Malden, None, Netherlands
You want to be involved in a plan for a programme like Wikiwijs…’. So says the first sentence in the foreword to the Wikiwijs 2009-2011 programme plan, written by the chairman of the programme’s steering group, Fred Mulder. On 13 December 2009, the Wikiwijs website was launched at a meeting in Breda. This (school) year therefore marks the 15th anniversary of Wikiwijs.
But before that launch could take place, a lot had already happened. How did the idea of Wikiwijs actually originate? How did the Wikiwijs programme come about? Which activities were carried out during the five years of the programme? What was the ultimate outcome? And what lessons can we learn from it?
In two blogs, Ben Janssen and Robert Schuwer will answer these questions. We do so because much can be learned from 15 years of working on OERs. In our view, the approach Wikiwijs took is, although 15 years ago, still valuable for current initiatives. Especially the role the Dutch government played is particularly interesting.
The first blog post is already published last Friday. On Wednesday, around noon (GMT+1), we aim to publish the second blog post. Both blogs are written in Dutch, but translating online on the fly is of course possible.

Math Brunch at OE Week
2025-03-05 12:00 - 14:00 (Europe/Madrid) | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Within the framework of Open Education Week (OE Week 2025), the EPSEB library at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya organize the workshop Open educational resources: Gate2Math, by the teacher Carles Serrat.
Gate2Math is a tool that facilitates access to online mathematical resources in a open and freeThis workshop is aimed at students and teaching and research staff (PDI) of all levels, with the aim of raising awareness of the possibilities offered by this platform for learning and teaching mathematics.

Order date: March 5 from 12 p.m. to 14 p.m
place: EPSEB library
You must bring a laptop.

To conclude the session, a brunch will be offered for all attendees.

How can I use Open Educational Resources (OER)?
2025-03-05 14:00 - 15:00 (Europe/Stockholm) | Karlstad University, Universitetsgatan 2, 65188 Karlstad, Sweden
What impact can Open Educational Resources (OER) have for you, as a teacher? And how can you use them when teaching?
Librarian Inga-Lill Nilsson talks about the advantages of Open Educational Resources (OER) and how you, as a teacher, can create and use them when teaching.
This workshop is held in Karlstad University Library via Zoom, more details on event page.

WikiAfrica Hour's Offline Wikis – Internet in a Box Demonstration
2025-03-05 16:00 - 17:00 (Africa/Johannesburg) | Online from Multiple Locations
How do we share free knowledge with people who have no stable internet? How do you identify the right offline solution, if you cannot see it in action online first?

Many steps must be taken before offline solutions can benefit the people they are designed for, some of which are quite tricky.
In this OEWeek25 special, following the January edition of WikiAfrica Hour: Offline Wikis, we invite Offline Wiki experts to demonstrate their offline solution. We hope this will make one of the many steps towards offline—the decision phase—easier by showing what you should expect from this platform before you spend hours setting up the hardware, sourcing to the right offline platform, downloading it, and then adding it to your hardware.
In the hot seat for this session is:
✔️ Tim Moody, who will demonstrate Internet in a Box

Opening Doors & Breaking Barriers: Advancing EDI through Open Education
2025-03-05 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Toronto) | St Claire College, Chattam-Kent, ON, Canada
Open education is more than just a teaching approach—it’s a powerful tool for social justice. In this interactive workshop, we’ll explore how openness can drive meaningful equity, diversity, and inclusion efforts. Join us to learn how to leverage your position to break down barriers, foster inclusive learning environments, and challenge the status quo.

WikiWednesday: Using Wikipedia in the Classroom
2025-03-05 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) | Indiana Unviersity Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN, United States
Uncover how Wikipedia can transform your classroom into a space for creating and sharing open knowledge.
A monthly Wikipedia skills and interests meetup for the IU Indianapolis community. Come and learn with us!
Topics include:

Wikipedia editing, policies, and tricks
Wikidata editing and tools
Wikimedia Commons editing and tools
Subject focussed editing groups and volunteers
Wikipedia in the classroom

Free food for in-person attendees!
If you plan to come in person to this event, please plan to bring your own computer.

Wikidata and Wikibase - Curriculum Transformation in the Digital Humanities (Hybrid Seminar)
2025-03-05 15:00 - 17:00 (Europe/London) | University of Edinburgh, Old College, South Bridge, EH8 9YL, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Join us for an afternoon of talks exploring Wikimedia in the curriculum, Scottish history and historical data (accused witches and religious change in early modern Scotland) and opening up the collections of the National Library of Wales!
Wikibase is the underlying platform that powers Wikipedia’s sister project, Wikidata, and as an open source platform, it allows users to create their own version of Wikidata with their own field names while still being able to connect to and leverage data from Wikidata. As such, it offers more quality control and bespoke opportunities for collections and research dataset holders.
Data skills for all!
As part of our ongoing mission to support our open knowledge and data skills commitments, this HYBRID seminar ( REMOTE participation available!) will build on prior learning and past seminars hosted by the Edinburgh Centre for Data, Culture and Society (CDCS) in 2019.
We see this seminar as our next logical opportunity to support teaching and learning at the University at a time of curriculum transformation. The University has developed a framework for future skills in the curriculum to include data skills for all. This seminar will showcase a number of case studies of how Wikipedia and Wikidata have been included as curriculum elements in teaching and the impact that can have on students working on large and open data sets.
Jason Evans, Open Data Manager at the National Library of Wales, will expound on how the National Library has shared its collections as linked open data to Wikidata over the last eight years (including the opportunities and benefits of doing so) AND will also showcase their new SNARC Wikibase (Semantic Name Authority Repository Cymru) to ensure they can leverage the vast amount of complementary data in Wikidata through federated queries but also now have both a controlled vocabulary and access control for their authority records.
Dr. Chris Langley, The Open University, is a historian working with Wikibase to create a database of the General Assemblies of Scotland following his Wikidata work on the Mapping the Scottish Reformation project.
SCHEDULE:

3:00 pm – 3:10pm: Welcome from Ewan McAndrew, Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh.
3:10 pm – 3:25pm: ‘Wikidata in the Curriculum’ – Ewan McAndrew will preface our two guest speakers with a general introduction to student work with Wikidata assignments including the Map of Accused Witches in Scotland project and Tower Block Archive.
3:25 pm – 3:35pm: ‘Mapping Religious Change in Early Modern Scotland’ – Dr. Chris Langley (The Open University) will introduce the ways in which Wikibase Cloud can be used to structure historical data. In particular, the talk will explore how to use Wikibase and LeafletJS alongside textual sources relating to seventeenth-century Scotland.
3.35 pm – 4.00pm: ‘Wikibase for Name Authority at the National Library of Wales‘ – Jason Evans (National Library of Wales) on the modest goal of creating a knowledge graph of all Welsh cultural heritage data. Learn how NLW’s Wikibase is helping them take their first steps. The talk will highlight the benefits of using Wikibase alongside Wikidata to build a linked network of entities across multiple collections.
4:00pm – 4:10pm: ‘Wikimedia in Education: Booklet of Case Studies (v2.0)’ – Satu Kapiainen (Information Services, University of Edinburgh) will showcase the new edition of our booklet of 21 case studies of how Wikimedia is being used as a form of learning technology in UK education.
4:10 pm – 4:30pm: – Q&A with all the speakers.
4:30pm – 5pm:- Tea and coffee and general mingling/discussion.
5pm: Thanks and event close.

Zoom link for remote attendance
Wikibase for Name Authority at the National Library of Wales (Jason Evans)
With the modest goal of creating a knowledge graph of all Welsh cultural heritage data, learn how our Wikibase is helping us take our first steps. The talk will highlight the benefits of using Wikibase alongside Wikidata to build a linked network of entities across multiple collections.
Speaker bio
Jason Evans is the Open Data Manager and Wikimedian at the National Library of Wales. Working at the intersection of access policy, data science and digital engagement Evans aims to make cultural heritage collections more accessible and discoverable through new policy and practice.
Mapping Religious Change in Early Modern Scotland (Dr. Chris Langley)
This talk will introduce the ways in which Wikibase Cloud can be used to structure historical data. In particular, the talk will explore how to use Wikibase and LeafletJS alongside textual sources relating to seventeenth-century Scotland.
Speaker bio
Dr. Chris Langley is a historian of early modern religious culture, especially in Scotland: he wants “to understand how people in the past experienced religion and how it fit into their lives”. Chris uses digital techniques, including open linked data, to understand religious change. His current research project explores the Scottish General Assemblies between 1638 and 1653.
Map of Accused Witches of Scoland v2.0 – a student project 5 years in the making
Year on year, students on the Design Informatics MA/MFA programme derived meaningful learning experiences through engaging practically with data skills and Scottish accused witches to support course learning outcomes. Our open data Map of Accused Witches in Scotland project (2019) then helped surface data from the Survey of Scottish Witchcraft, as linked open data and provided five student interns with rich learning opportunities to geolocate all the historic placenames mentioned and put the individual human stories behind the data on the map for the first time, allowing them to be explored as never before. For five years, this resource has helped raise awareness of, and discourse about, the Scottish witch trials (1563-1736) at a national and international level and been utilised by school pupils, teachers, researchers, authors, historians, journalists, and members of the public all around the world; demonstrating the interest in, and benefits of, such work.
Ewan McAndrew, Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh, will provide a brief overview of the project’s creation and highlight the contributions of everyone involved.
Who is this event for?
Humanities students, Informatics and Computer Science students, the CDCS past attendees, AI researchers, Data researchers, attendees from our 100 strong launch event for the Map of Accused Witches v2 launch, Library and University Collections staff, National Library of Scotland metadata staff, Informatics staff etc.
Anyone interested in the possibilities of staff and students sharing data to Wikidata and/or creating their own collection/research database in Wikibase.
An open data future?
If our Map of Accused Witches project could be considered Open Data ‘Project A’ then ‘Project B’ has been the Dr. Chris Langley’s work on Mapping the Scottish Reformation site which explores the Scottish clergy during the 16th and 18th century: where they were employed, how they moved around, where they were educated and more.
Both the Map of Accused Witches and Mapping the Scottish Reformation projects demonstrated the usefulness for students & researchers of taking the hitherto de facto print resources, The Sourcebook of Witchcraft by Christina Larner and the Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, The Succession of Ministers in the Church of Scotland from the Reformation, for the exploring of the Scottish Witch Trials and the Scottish Reformation respectively and updating, improving and augmenting these resources as digital tools using linked open data on a sustainable platform AND providing students with much needed opportunities for learning of digital and data skills – both through practical coursework and through internship opportunities.
Both of these projects showcased their initial ideas in CDCS seminars in 2019. And both have moved on in the last five years considerably, especially given discussions on data quality, maintaining the data, controlling access to the data and the usefulness of high quality of data for LLMs/artificial intelligence.
So a final outcome would be to see Open Data ‘Project C’, ‘Project D’, ‘Project E’ etc. etc. to build on the learning from the Map of Accused Witches project and Mapping the Scottish Reformation and provide more opportunities for students to learn data skills through practical engagement with research and collections datasets… and with Scottish history.

By Students for Students In-person Information Booth (Conestoga College, Waterloo Campus)
2025-03-05 11:00 - 13:00 (America/Toronto) | Conestoga College, 299 Doon Valley Dr, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
Visit our in-person information booth at our Waterloo Campus, run by the Open Learning co-op and work-study students. Get informed on the basics of OER and be entered to win prizes. This event is geared towards current students, but everyone is welcome!

OE Week Live! March 5 Open Exchange on AI
2025-03-05 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Regina) | Online from Multiple Locations
Open Education Week 2025 is happening this week and we are hosting a few of our OEWeek Live webcasts as 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.
There seems no end to the talk and sometimes yelling about Artificial Intelligence. So here’s more! This special show aims to bring some thoughtful exchanges from open educators who are willing to be part of a conversation that ideally avoids taking sides but share their experiences and perspectives, especially with regards for open education, bringing both critical and practical approaches.
Can we place ourselves on the Eh! Aye! Venn Diagram?
Eh? Aye! Venn diagram Cartoon by @visualthinkery is licensed under CC-by-sa. Remix by Bryan Mathers.
We cannot even come close to covering everything in an hour, but let’s see what happens. Guests for this conversation include:

Jonathan Poritz (Independent Consultant in Open Education) with a few AI criticisms, see web site
Amy Collier (Middlebury College) on the Demystifying AI Digital Detox
Tom Woodward (Middlebury College) on the Demystifying AI Digital Detox and website posts on AI
Bryan Alexander (Futurist, Writer, Consultant) on AI in Higher Education, see AI, Academia, and the Future newsletter and web site
Alegria Ribadeneira (Colorado State University – Pueblo) Open pedagogy and language instruction with AI, see web site
Lance Eaton (College Unbound, author, speaker) on AI policies and supporting faculty, See Ai + Education = Simplified substack
Liza Long (College of Western Idaho) on Teaching Writing with AI and researcher, author), see Artisanal Intelligence substack and Cyborgs and Centaurs: Academic Writing in the Age of Generative Artificial Intelligence open textbook
Vidminas Vizgirda (PhD student, Institute of Language Cognition and Computation, University of Edinburgh) on What “open” AI in education means (or could mean)

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

Learn More:

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

DePauw Affordability Champions: A panel discussion of PALSave Open Educator Award winners.
2025-03-05 11:30 - 12:30 (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) | DePauw University, Greencastle, IN, United States
The Open Educator Award at DePauw University recognizes innovation and excellence in support of textbook affordability and student success.
DePauw faculty Sarah Rowley, Nipun Chopra and Humberto Barreto have been recognized with this award by the Private Academic Library Network of Indiana (PALNI), a consortium the DePauw Libraries are a member of. These and other DePauw faculty have participated in PALNI’s PALSave program, whether that be through adopting an open textbook, redesigning a course using free resources for students, or authoring their own open access textbook. They will present their pedagogical experiences at this panel presentation, which falls during Open Education Week, an annual opportunity for sharing and learning about the latest achievements in Open Education worldwide.

Open Up: Eliminating Barriers in Education
2025-03-05 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Toronto) | Loyalist College, Belleville, ON, Canada
Brought to you by Collab4Open
Open educational resources are innovative not just because they are free but because of how teachers adopt and creatively adapt them, bringing them to life in the classroom or to reach every student. This session introduces Open Educational Resources and Practices, how to spot an open resource and where to find them.

Working with Vendors to Make your Open Educational Resources (OER) More Accessible
2025-03-05 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Toronto) | eCampusOntario, 372 Bay St, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Join eCampusOntario for an interactive 45-minute workshop designed to help educators, administrators, and content creators improve the accessibility of Open Educational Resources (OER). In this session, we’ll explore effective strategies for collaborating with vendors and third-party providers to ensure that OER materials are fully accessible to all learners, including those with disabilities.
Key topics covered will include:

Best practices for communicating accessibility needs with vendors

Tools and resources for assessing the accessibility of OER

Building long-term, productive partnerships with vendors to improve accessibility

By the end of the workshop, you’ll walk away with practical tips and resources to help you work more effectively with vendors to enhance the accessibility of your OER, ensuring that every student has equal access to high-quality learning materials.

Hosted by eCampusOntario’s Ontario Exchange.

OER Under the Hood: A Student ePortfolio Experience
2025-03-05 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Toronto) | Pressbooks, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Join us for the inaugural OER Under the Hood session presented by OEGlobal and Pressbooks. In this series we’ll explore what goes into creating unique, engaging open learning materials by going “under the hood” of various projects.
In our first session we’ll hear from Terry Greene about his My Learning Journey: An Ebook of One’s Own student portfolio project at Trent University. We’ll learn about the vision behind the project and how it came to life using Pressbooks by taking a look at the project from the inside. We’ll also hear from Amber Hoye about her experience adapting this project at Boise State.
Recording Now Available

Portfolios Shared:

Mollie’s Learning Journey (Trent University)
Colter Sprague (Boise State University)
Maria Rom (Boise State University)

Virginia Tech Author Stories from the Field: Managing Creation of a Student-Authored Open Textbook
2025-03-05 12:20 - 13:10 (America/New_York) | Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, United States
Are you looking for ways to collaborate with students to create something useful that can be publicly shared? Join Donna Westfall-Rudd, Program Coordinator of College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Graduate Teaching Scholars program and Anita Walz, Assistant Director of the University Libraries’ Open Education Initiative as they discuss the process of envisioning, developing, creating, and publishing the student authored and edited open textbook: ‘Teaching in the University: Learning from Graduate Students and Early Career Faculty’ https://pressbooks.lib.vt.edu/universityteaching and https://doi.org/10.21061/universityteaching

H5P Workshop at McMaster University
2025-03-05 12:30 - 13:30 (America/Toronto) | McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
eCampusOntario offers free access to H5P, a powerful tool for creating interactive learning elements? H5P allows you to design engaging activities—such as quizzes, drag-and-drop exercises, interactive videos, and more—that can be seamlessly embedded into Avenue to Learn.

This session will provide an overview of H5P and showcase a variety of interactive elements that instructors can use to enhance student engagement in online courses. Whether you’re looking to create dynamic learning experiences or explore innovative ways to present content, H5P offers an intuitive and flexible solution.

Join us to see real-world examples, learn how to integrate H5P into your course, and get started with designing interactive activities for your teaching and learning.

Open Pedagogical Practices: How to be Open in your classroom
2025-03-05 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Denver) | SCFL 1-096@NorQuest, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
In this presentation, you will hear from Dr. Robert Lawson and Gayle St. Denis about the foundation of open pedagogy and the opportunities it presents. Open pedagogy empowers students to become involved in the development or co-development of educational resources. At some institutions, students are now co-creating multiple-choice questions, case studies, Wikipedia articles, and even textbooks.
In this session you will review how open education can promote social justice and provide students with the 21st-century skills they will need upon graduation. You will also explore ways to scaffold this approach for you and your students. Come join us to learn more about this exciting and rewarding learning approach!

5 Z-Degree Campuses in 50 minutes
2025-03-05 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Chicago) | Minnesota State, Saint Paul, MN, United States
Ten Minnesota State colleges currently offer Z-degrees, with 15 more colleges and universities on the way. Hear stories from five Z-degree campuses.

Century College: Transforming Higher Education
Lake Superior College: Sustaining a Z-Degree
Minnesota State Community and Technical College: Navigating Sustainability and Innovation
Northland Community & Technical College: OER Culture-Building
Rochester Community and Technical College: Teamwork Makes the Z-Degree Work

Introducing LibreTexts Academy Center for Open Instructional Innovation and Professional Development
2025-03-05 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | LibreTexts, Davis, CA, United States
LibreTexts Academy is here! Join Director of Curriculum Innovation and Development, Justin Shorb, for an introduction to our Academy Center for Open Instructional Innovation and Professional Development. From year long cohorts to asynchronous webinars, Academy has something for all of the open education advocates and practitioners on your campus.
Be sure to fill out our interest form before attending available at https://libretexts.org/academy.

The Evolution of Open and Distributed Learning
2025-03-05 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Edmonton) | Athabasca University, 1 University Dr, Athabasca, AB T9S 3A3, Athabasca, Alberta, Canada
“The rise of online education has transformed teaching and learning paradigms. These changes are fueled by advancements in technology and the demand for flexible, inclusive access to education—even in times of war and epidemic. Online educational practices emphasize interactivity, learner autonomy and self-direction, and accessibility, while theoretical frameworks have expanded to address issues such as openness, digital equity, attrition, engagement in virtual environments, and the design of learning-centered curricula. This evolution has created opportunities and challenges as researchers explore digital tools and platforms to measure if they enhance learning effectiveness and address diverse learning needs.” (Anderson et al., 2025)
In this session, Dr. Connie Anderson and Professor Emeritus Terry Anderson will review the role and impact of open and distributed learning over the last twenty-five years and explore how it may continue to evolve into the future.
The Evolution of Open and Distributed Learning
Dr. Connie Blomgren and Professor Emeritus Terry Anderson
March 5, 2025, 11am MT
http://www.cideresearch.ca/session/blomgren-anderson-2025
This is the second session in the CIDER series celebrating Open Education Week 2025 and the 25th anniversary of the open access journal, The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning. These three free, online sessions exploring the critical role of openness in education will be held on Monday, March 3, Wednesday, March 5, and Friday, March 7, 2025.

Using Canvas Commons (SDCCD)
2025-03-05 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | San Diego Community College District, San Diego, CA, United States
This presentation will guide you through the process of effectively using Canvas Commons, from searching and importing content to sharing your own resources. By mastering these skills, you’ll be able to streamline your course development process, enhance your course design, and provide a more engaging learning experience for your students.
Join the San Diego Community College District Open Ed Week via Zoom Events and attend this presentation session with Instructional Design Coordinator, Madeline Button
