It's a Wrap! Open Education Week 2025 Happy Hour
2025-03-07 17:00 - 18:30 (America/Regina) | Online from Multiple Locations
What a week, all the way around the world and back! By request of a colleague we have scheduled an end of day (North America) social gathering for anyone who wants to just smile and feel good about a very full week.
Bring any beverage, pop, water, coffee, sit back, oput your feet up, and share some memories with others who can be there.
This gather is hosted in Zoom, there is no recording.
Sign up ahead of time or at the hour to come join us.
Featured image: Happy morning cup of coffee PickPik photo uncredited shared under PickPik Royalty Free terms of service.

Uploading Files to Wikimedia Commons - French
2025-03-07 18:00 - 19:00 (Africa/Lagos) | Wiki in Africa, South Africa
Wiki Loves Africa is organizing a training for its participants to guide them on how to upload files for the photography contest.
This training will focus on the basics of uploading on Wikimedia Commons and will consist of a demo upload. Participants are advised to have a computing device handy to aid participation.
This training will be presented in French.

শিক্ষা ও গবেষণায় ওপেন ইডুকেশনাল রিসোর্স এর ভুমিকা: সম্ভাবনা ও চ্যালেঞ্জ" (The Role of Open Educational Resources in Education and Research: Opportunities and Challenges)
2025-03-07 20:00 - 21:00 (Asia/Dhaka) | Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Open Access Bangladesh and Librarian Voice are jointly organizing a special expert discussion as part of Open Education Week 2025, titled “The Role of Open Educational Resources in Education and Research: Opportunities and Challenges.”
This event will explore the significance of Open Educational Resources (OER), their impact on education and research, and the future potential of open-access learning materials. Experts will share insights on how OER facilitates knowledge sharing, expands learning opportunities for students, and ensures better access to resources for researchers. Additionally, discussions will highlight the challenges in implementing OER and strategies to overcome them. Students, researchers, educators, librarians, and anyone interested in open education are welcome to participate. Join us as we explore new possibilities in education through Open Educational Resources.

Language OER Conference
2025-03-08 09:00 - 16:30 (America/Chicago) | University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, United States
Hosted by the University of Kansas Open Language Resource Center the Language OER Conference is a venue to showcase large-scale language OER and to exchange information on topics related to OER production and adoption.
The Language OER Conference is completely online and completely free.
The 2025 Language OER Conference is scheduled for Saturday, March 8, 2025. The 2025 program is available to view and may be subject to change.
Please register by Friday March 7th 12:00PM CST to receive information on how to access the conference.
The conference web site includes links to watch recordings from past years of this conference. See also Language at KU for more on the university’s OER policies and a directory of Language OER developed at KU.

Editing Wikiquote with the Wiki Loves Women team
2025-03-08 16:00 - 17:30 UTC | Wiki in Africa, South Africa
Join Zita Ursula Zage, Florence Devouard and Afek Ben Chahed to explore collaborative with initiatives like Wiki Loves Women’s ‘#SheSaid‘ Campaign which document quotes from Black women, non-binary, and LGBTQI+ individuals who have inspired many in the fight against patriarchy and the eradication of gender-based violence aligns perfectly with our theme. During this session, participants will learn how to edit Wikiquote, a free online compendium of sourced quotations from notable people and creative works in every language. This session will be presented in English, on the 8th March 2025 at 16:00 UTC.
Registration link.

Photography Basics For Wikimedia Commons
2025-03-08 17:00 - 18:00 (Africa/Lagos) | Wiki in Africa, South Africa
Wiki Loves Africa is organizing a training for its participants to guide them on how to upload files for the photography contest.
This training will focus on the basics of photography and also there will be demo on how to make simple edits on an image to enhance the quality.
The training will be delivered in English.

Podcasting as Open Pedagogy
2025-03-10 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | University of British Columbia, 2329 West Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada
Podcasting provides students with the opportunity to gain experience in open educational practices including finding and using openly licensed audio and sharing their academic work with the wider community. Learn how to create your own podcast in this introductory and interactive workshop.
This workshop will cover all levels of podcast production including content creation, recording, editing, and promotion. No previous podcasting experience is necessary. This workshop will also cover the basics of Audacity, the free and open source audio editing software. Audacity can be used for many digital projects including podcasts, oral histories, and voice overs or narration. Participants will learn how to record and edit audio using Audacity, as well as how to import music and sound effects.
Pre-requisites: None. This workshop is intended for beginners. To get the most out of this workshop consider downloading Audacity at https://www.audacityteam.org/download/.

OEW@Campus Luzern – Offene Lehrbücher: Zwischen allen Stühlen?
2025-03-10 12:15 - 13:00 (Europe/Zurich) | Campus Luzern, Werftestrasse 4, Luzern, Switzerland
Offene Lehrbücher: Zwischen allen Stühlen?
Nicole Krüger, ZHAW Hochschulbibliothek
In Nordamerika werden OER und «Open Textbooks» fast synonym gebraucht. Umfangreiche staatliche Förderungen flossen in die Veröffentlichung von Lehrbüchern, die heute in der Open Textbook Library oder der BCcampus Open Collection zu finden sind. Hier ist ein Unterschied zur OER-Praxis in Europa zu beobachten: Warum wurden Lehrbücher im OER-Kontext bisher nur wenig beachtet? Warum sind sie nicht Bestandteil von DOAB, dem Directory of Open Access Books? Erhalten offene Lehrbücher – analog zu wissenschaftlichen Open Access-Monografien – finanzielle Förderung? Sind sie Bestandteil von bibliothekarischen Sammlungen? Diesen Fragen ging die LIBER Educational Resources Working Group 2022-2024 unter der Co-Leitung von Nicole Krüger, Helen Moore und Tamara Pianos nach.
Der Beitrag richtet sich in erster Linie an Personen aus dem OER- und Open Access-Support. Neben der Präsentation der Arbeitsergebnisse der Working Group und deren Austausch mit DOAB und der Open Textbook Library sollen Ideen zur Förderung dieser bisher nur wenig beachteten Form von OER ausgetauscht werden.
Campus Luzern lädt Sie herzlich zur kostenlosen Online-Präsentation ein! Der Vortrag findet über ZOOM statt, eine vorherige Anmeldung ist nicht erforderlich.
Zoom-Link: https://hslu.zoom.us/j/68022940452?pwd=[REDACTED]

(English via Google Translate):
Open textbooks: Caught between all chairs?
Nicole Krüger, ZHAW University Library
In North America, OER and “open textbooks” are used almost synonymously. Extensive government funding went into the publication of textbooks, which can now be found in the Open Textbook Library or the BCcampus Open Collection. Here, a difference can be observed compared to OER practice in Europe: Why have textbooks received little attention in the OER context so far? Why are they not part of DOAB, the Directory of Open Access Books? Do open textbooks receive financial support – analogous to academic open access monographs? Are they part of library collections? The LIBER Educational Resources Working Group 2022-2024, co-led by Nicole Krüger, Helen Moore and Tamara Pianos, investigated these questions.
The presentation is primarily aimed at people from OER and Open Access support. In addition to presenting the results of the working group and exchanging them with DOAB and the Open Textbook Library, the aim is to exchange ideas for promoting this previously little-noticed form of OER.
Campus Luzern cordially invites you to the free online presentation! The lecture will take place via ZOOM, prior registration is not required.

Introducing Next Steps for U.S. National Coordination on Open Education
2025-03-10 14:00 - 15:30 (America/New_York) | United States, Virtual, United States
Join us for an exciting and informative session as we introduce the Open Education Association Development Project, a new national initiative aimed at advancing open education across the United States through collaborative action and strategic coordination.
In this webinar, we’ll provide an overview of the project’s background, goals, and upcoming activities. You’ll also have the opportunity to engage with the steering committee and community during an interactive portion, where you can share your thoughts and ask questions.
The recording will be available on opened.org shortly after the event.
Date & Time:
Monday, March 10, 2025
2:00pm ET / 1:00pm CT / 12:00pm MT / 11:00am PT

Profitez des bénéfices des ressources éducatives libres (REL) dans l’enseignement
2025-03-11 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Toronto) | Université Laval, Québec, Québec, Canada
Objectif :
Cette session permettra aux personnes participantes de bien comprendre ce qu’est une REL, d’identifier ses caractéristiques inhérentes, ses avantages et de saisir ses enjeux.
Description : À l’aide d’exemples, d’explications et de témoignages, découvrez quels sont les avantages de réaliser et d’utiliser des REL dans son enseignement. Il sera aussi question des valeurs associées aux REL, des différentes méthodes pour en réaliser (dont l’utilisation de l’IA) et des licences qui y sont associées. Quelques REL créées par des personnes enseignantes seront aussi présentées. Une période d’échange sera réservée à la fin de la rencontre pour discuter et répondre aux questions.

Creating Accessible OER and Course Materials: What Makes Content Accessible?
2025-03-11 11:30 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | University of British Columbia, 2329 West Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada
Are you updating your course content or developing and incorporating open educational resources (OER) into your teaching and learning?
Join us for a workshop about how to design or adapt OER and other learning materials so they are more accessible for all learners. We’ll start with a demonstration of different content styles and formats, explore how layout/format choices affect different users, and discuss how simple choices made in the planning phase can make big improvements for the accessibility of those resources.

OEW@Campus Luzern – The Legal Framework of OER Usage in the Context of Artificial Intelligence
2025-03-11 12:15 - 13:00 (Europe/Zurich) | Campus Luzern, Werftestrasse 4, Luzern, Switzerland
Suzanna Marazza, CCdigitallaw of the Università della Svizzera italiana
Join us for an engaging and informative webinar exploring the intersection of copyright, generative AI, and Open Educational Resources (OER). This session will delve into the legal implications of training AI models and using OER, along with important copyright considerations for AI-generated content, including the creation of OER through AI tools.
Designed to be both practical and interactive, the webinar will feature real-world examples to bring clarity to these complex issues. There will also be ample time for questions and open discussion, encouraging collaboration and a deeper understanding of the topic. We invite all individuals involved in OER and AI at higher education institutions
-regardless of role- to participate in this valuable opportunity. Please note that the session will be conducted in English. We look forward to your participation!
Zoom-Link:
https://hslu.zoom.us/j/63559424151?pwd=[REDACTED]

Digital Academic Resources for Vietnamese Higher Education Institutions
2025-03-11 14:00 - 16:30 (Asia/Bangkok) | Thanh Do University, Hanoi, Viet Nam
The seminar aims to:

Share insights into digital academic resources available for higher education institutions in Vietnam, including both open-access and subscription-based resources, with policymakers, school administrators, education researchers, lecturers, and students.
Launch the online edition of Open Education and Open Science: A Handbook for Lecturers and Researchers.

Optimiser la conception adaptative des Ressources Éducatives Libres (REL) avec l’IA
2025-03-12 08:30 - 10:00 (America/Toronto) | Université de York, Toronto, Canada
Artificial Intelligence (AI) can transform the creation and adaptation of OER to make them more accessible, interactive and tailored to learners’ needs. This interactive webinar will give you concrete tools to integrate AI into your practice.
This webinar will guide the particiapnts to:
1. Identify how AI can support teaching and learning in Open Education Environments
2. Explore effective instruction writing in AI tools to generate quality educational content
3. Design accessible and interactive educational resources with AI tools
Speakers: Dominique Scheffel-Dunand (Université York, Canada), Sushumna Rao Tadinada (Hyderabad, India)

Faculty Insights: Leveraging GenAI for Open Education at KPU
2025-03-12 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Vancouver) | Vancouver, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Generative AI (GenAI) is a powerful new tool that can support many open educational practices. Come hear the personal journeys of Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) faculty members who are using AI tools to simplify the content development and editing processes, making it easier and more efficient for educators to create high-quality, accessible open educational resources (OER), and how AI tools are being used to foster open pedagogy, enhancing student engagement and collaboration.
This event offers a unique opportunity to learn from your colleagues, gain practical insights, and explore the transformative potential of GenAI in both OER creation and open pedagogy. Whether you’re a KPU faculty member or simply interested in the future of educational content development and teaching methods, this session promises to be both informative and motivating.

Publishing a Book with Pressbooks – An Introduction
2025-03-12 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | University of British Columbia, 2329 West Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada
Pressbooks is a powerful and popular tool for creating open educational resources such as textbooks. Whether you are looking for training for yourself or your research assistants, this training will cover the basics of how to use Pressbooks to create and enhance content.
By the end of this session participants will be familiar with:

Overview of Pressbooks functionality;
The layout of Pressbooks;
Creating book chapters and parts;
Embedding images, video, and slides

OEW@Campus Luzern – (Wie) Unterstützen Open Educational Resources Lehr- und Lernprozesse?
2025-03-12 12:15 - 13:00 (Europe/Zurich) | Campus Luzern, Werftestrasse 4, Luzern, Switzerland
(Wie) Unterstützen Open Educational Resources Lehr- und Lernprozesse?
Dr. Magdalena Spaude, Universität zu Köln
Die Qualität von Bildungsmaterialien – in welcher Form auch immer angeboten – zeigt sich insbesondere daran, wie sie den Lernprozess und die Lehrtätigkeit unterstützen. Dies gilt auch für Offene Bildungsressourcen. Lässt sich diese Qualität auch messen? Mit welchem Ergebnis? Und welches Lernen wird hier unterstützt?
Der Beitrag diskutiert entsprechende Hinweise aus (Meta-)Studien und fragt nach der Bedeutung dieser Ergebnisse für die Gestaltung und Lizenzierung von OER.
Zoom-Link:
https://hslu.zoom.us/j/66303149226?pwd=[REDACTED]

(English via Google Translate):
(How) do open educational resources support teaching and learning processes?
Dr. Magdalena Spaude, University of Cologne
The quality of educational materials – in whatever form they are offered – is particularly evident in how they support the learning process and teaching. This also applies to open educational resources. Can this quality also be measured? With what result? And what kind of learning is supported here?

The article discusses relevant information from (meta-)studies and asks about the significance of these results for the design and licensing of OER.

Liquid Margins 50: Transforming OER with AI and Social Annotation – A Guide for Educators
2025-03-12 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Online from Multiple Locations
Creating and sharing Open Educational Resources (OER) gives educators the freedom to design flexible, affordable learning experiences. But what if you could take it even further? AI-powered tools are making it easier than ever to develop high-quality OER materials, and social annotation is transforming how students interact with course content.
Join Diana Fordham, Missouri Southern State University, and the Hypothesis team for a dynamic conversation on how AI can streamline OER creation and how Hypothesis can make these resources more interactive, engaging, and effective for students.
Key Takeaways:

How AI can help you create adaptable, high-quality OER materials
Ways to integrate Hypothesis to spark discussion and deepen student engagement
Real-world examples of AI-generated OER in action
Strategies to make OER more interactive and collaborative
Best practices for keeping your OER content inclusive, effective, and impactful

Wiki Loves Africa 2025 Contest Launch
2025-03-12 17:00 - 18:30 (Africa/Lagos) | Online from Multiple Locations
Wiki Loves Africa (WLA) is an annual contest where anyone across Africa can contribute free media that is relevant to their experience to Wikimedia Commons for use on Wikipedia and other Wikimedia communities (Wikimedia movement), and also make this shared media freely available for the Humankind.
This year marks the 11th anniversary of the contest and the international organizers think its a good opportunity to reflect on the journey so far hence this event. The theme for 2025 is Farm to Plate and participants are encouraged to contribute media (photographs, video and audio) that illustrate the specific theme

Persistence & Progress: Confronting Wikipedia’s gender imbalance (Wiki Education)
2025-03-13 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Online from Multiple Locations
As the world’s go-to encyclopedia, Wikipedia’s content should reflect the diversity of the real world, but in areas like gender representation, it can still fall short. The persisting gender gap on Wikipedia extends from its content across subjects and biographies to its content contributors themselves – a gap that individual editors, organized groups of contributors, and Wikimedia organizations like Wiki Education are tackling head on.
In celebration of Women’s History Month, join us on Thursday, March 13 on Zoom to explore the ongoing efforts to improve gender representation on Wikipedia!

Persistence & Progress: Confronting Wikipedia’s gender imbalance
Thursday, March 13 (10 am PST / 1 pm EST)
Register now

Panelists:

Caroline Smith, professor, The George Washington University
Kira Wisniewski, Executive Director, Art + Feminism
Siobahn Day Grady, professor, North Carolina Central University
Whitney James, professor, University of Notre Dame

This edition of the Wiki Education Speaker Series will be moderated by Colleen McCoy, Communications and Outreach Coordinator. The event will include a public Q&A – please feel free to bring questions for our panelists!

Open Education & Science Practices 2025 The XII edition of the International Workshop Open Education Week
2025-03-13 11:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Bucharest) | Politehnica University of Timisoara, Bul Vasile Parvan No.2, Timisoara, Romania
Hosted by the Digital Education Department and the Multimedia Center of the Politehnica University of Timișoara, in collaboration with the Alliance of European Universities E³UDRES² and the Ent-r-e-novators project, with the support of IEEE Romania, The XII edition of the International Workshop Open Education Week, with theme ”Open Education & Science Practices 2025” will delve into how open science and open educational resources are integrated into everyday activities, particularly in universities, research projects, and education in general. Emphasis will be placed on the response of educational and research systems to the challenges of emerging technologies of artificial intelligence, virtual reality and blockchain.
The event will be held in a hybrid format, with presentations delivered both physically and virtually.
The workshop aims to bring together international speakers, preparing interactive sessions and discussions and is addressed to teachers, students, as well as actors in the field of education and training, IT trainers or human resources departments.
Participation is free, and attendees can choose between physical attendance at the UPT Conference Center or online participation. Participants will receive Open Education Workshop Participant Open Badges online and Certificates of Participation for physical attendance.

OEW@Campus Luzern – Auf dem Weg zu einer OER-Community: Einblicke, Stolpersteine und Chancen
2025-03-13 12:15 - 13:00 (Europe/Zurich) | Campus Luzern, Werftestrasse 4, Luzern, Switzerland
Nora Bertram, Regula Zwicky, Universität Zürich
Wie baut man eine OER-Community auf? Genau dieser Frage gehen wir in unserem Beitrag nach – mit ehrlichen Einblicken und konkreten Beispielen aus unserer Praxis. An der Universität Zürich haben wir erste Schritte unternommen: einen OER-Guide mit Empfehlungen und allgemeinen Informationen veröffentlicht, verschiedene Kommunikationskanäle genutzt und wertvolle Erfahrungen gesammelt – mit ersten Ergebnissen, aber auch mit Herausforderungen.
Wir berichten direkt aus unserer „Werkstatt“, teilen unsere Learnings und offenen Fragen und möchten mit euch ins Gespräch kommen. Welche Erfahrungen habt ihr gemacht? Welche Strategien haben sich bewährt? Was funktioniert, um Dozierende für OER zu gewinnen? Welche Kanäle und Zeitpunkte eignen sich am besten? Und wie lassen sich die Chancen von OER überzeugend vermitteln? Lasst uns gemeinsam überlegen, wie wir OER nachhaltig an unseren Hochschulen verankern können.
Zoom-Link:
https://hslu.zoom.us/j/63592301731?pwd=[REDACTED]

(English via Google Translate):
Towards an OER community: insights, stumbling blocks and opportunities
Nora Bertram, Regula Zwicky, University of Zurich
How do you build an OER community? This is precisely the question we address in our article – with honest insights and concrete examples from our practice. At the University of Zurich, we have taken the first steps: published an OER guide with recommendations and general information, used various communication channels and gained valuable experience – with initial results, but also with challenges.
We report directly from our “workshop”, share our learnings and open questions and would like to talk to you. What experiences have you had? Which strategies have proven successful? What works to win over lecturers to OER? Which channels and times are best? And how can the opportunities of OER be communicated convincingly? Let’s think together about how we can anchor OER sustainably at our universities.

OEW@Campus Luzern – Offenheitskompetenzen als Grundlage für Open Education: Chancen und Umsetzung
2025-03-14 12:15 - 13:00 (Europe/Zurich) | Campus Luzern, Werftestrasse 4, Luzern, Switzerland
Dr. Ronny Röwert, Digital Learning Campus Schleswig-Holstein und Bündnis Freie Bildung
Eine offenere Bildungspraxis kann der zentrale Treiber für zeitgemäße Bildung in einer digital geprägten Gesellschaft sein – sie erfordert aber eine offene Haltung und Praxis bei Lehrenden und Lernenden. Das Bündnis Freie Bildung hat ein Modell von Offenheitskompetenzen für Lehrende und Lernende entwickelt, das diese Lücke in bestehenden Kompetenzrahmen schließt. In diesem Vortrag erfahren Sie, wie Offenheitskompetenzen dazu beitragen, Open Educational Practices (OEP) und Open Educational Resources (OER) effektiv in die Bildungspraxis zu integrieren und wie sie weiterentwickelt werden können.
Zoom-Link:
https://hslu.zoom.us/j/63036301423?pwd=[REDACTED]

(English via Google Translate):
Openness Competencies as a Basis for Open Education: Opportunities and Implementation
Dr. Ronny Röwert, Digital Learning Campus Schleswig-Holstein and Alliance for Free Education
A more open educational practice can be the central driver for contemporary education in a digitally influenced society – but it requires an open attitude and practice among teachers and learners. The Alliance for Free Education has developed a model of openness competencies for teachers and learners that closes this gap in existing competency frameworks. In this lecture, you will learn how openness competencies help to effectively integrate Open Educational Practices (OEP) and Open Educational Resources (OER) into educational practice and how they can be further developed.

Open Data Day Timisoara 2025
2025-03-15 10:00 - 18:00 (Europe/Bucharest) | West University of Timisoara, Timisoara, Romania
Hei, pasionați de date și transparență! Avem vești grozave pentru voi!

Sărbătorim împreună Ziua Datelor Deschise la Timișoara!
Sâmbătă, 15 martie, vă așteptăm la un eveniment despre datele deschise. Acesta face parte din sărbătoarea internațională Open Data Day, dar va fi adaptat la contextul nostru, regional și național. Începem lejer, de la ora 10 – cafeaua este din partea casei – iar de la 10:30 dăm startul primelor prezentări.
Ce vă așteaptă?
𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘇𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮̆𝗿𝗶 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲 despre lumea datelor deschise 𝗔𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲, unde puteți afla mai multe despre datele deschise, într-un context mai relaxat 𝗦𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘂𝗻𝗶 𝗱𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 – perfecte pentru a face conexiuni noi
Vom crea un spațiu unde toată lumea să poată interacționa: societatea civilă, reprezentanții administrației locale și centrale, oamenii din mediul academic și din business, dar și cei curioși și/sau în căutare de noi provocări!
Cine poate veni?
Absolut oricine! Nu contează dacă ești expert în date sau doar curios despre cum funcționează lucrurile. Dacă ești interesat de transparență și vrei să afli mai multe, ești binevenit!
Recomandăm să iei cu tine dispozitivul portabil preferat pentru a putea valorifica pe loc noile cunoștințe – un laptop, o tabletă, o agendă, etc. Nu este obligatoriu, dar cu siguranță nu strică!
Stay tuned! În următoarele zile vom dezvălui mai multe detalii despre invitații noștri speciali și despre activitățile pe care le vom desfășura împreună.
Haideți să deschidem împreună ușa către o lume mai transparentă, mai conectată și mai educată! Ne vedem la ICAM!
Participarea este gratuită, dar din motive logistice vă rugăm să vă înscrieți folosind formularul: https://bit.ly/oddtm2025
De asemenea, puteți intra pe site pentru mai multe informații: https://opendataday.ro

OE Week Reflection with Alan Levine & Equity Unbound Community
2025-03-17 21:00 - 22:00 (Africa/Cairo) | Online from Multiple Locations
We will host a post-OE Week reflection session, with Alan Levine. This will be an open conversation and reflection using the posts from the Padlet we will be collecting and curating reflections, thoughts, ideas throughout OE Week.
This session will take place on Monday 17 March at 9 pm Cairo | 7 pm UTC | 3 pm EDT. If you’d like to join us for that, please register using the registration link below.

Webinar Series: OER in Vocational Education and Training: Making education more accessible and affordable
2025-03-18 14:00 - 15:30 (Europe/Berlin) | UNESCO-UNEVOC, Bonn, Germany
In this edition of the webinar series held jointly by the European Training Foundation (ETF), the International Council of Distance Education (ICDE) and the UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training, we will focus on the role of OER in improving access by reducing costs for students.
After an introduction to OER, the session will particularly highlight an impressive initiative by the Milwaukee Area Technical College in the USA. During COVID, the college formed an Open Access Team that has been very successful in expanding low-cost and no-cost textbook options across the college. Furthermore, Susanne Grimm of OERinfo Germany will present the relaunched OER World Map. This interactive map can be used to expand knowledge, share information and experiences and it can help collect data on OER initiatives. Finally, Torunn Gjelsvik will provide an update on ICDE’s new OER strategy and its Open Education Network.

Casual Coffee Hour with MIT OpenCourseWare and CCCOER
2025-03-20 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Online from Multiple Locations
Did you know MIT OpenCourseWare and the Community College Consortium for OER (CCCOER) have become friends? We’re having great conversations and swapping ideas about Open. And we’d like to bring you in on it! Join us as we spotlight recent teaching materials from MIT OpenCourseWare and their work with community colleges. Add your voice to the conversation and then take your impact out into the world. The first twenty new friends to join us in the webinar will receive coffee gift cards on us to fuel your open endeavors. We can’t wait to meet you!
Presenters:

Shira Segal, MIT OpenCourseWare Collaborations and Engagement Manager
Sarah Hansen, MIT OpenCourseWare Assistant Director, Open Education Innovation

Moderated by:

Heather Blicher, Community College Consortium for OER Director, Open Education Global

Please register here. To encourage an open conversation and relaxed atmosphere, this webinar will not be recorded.

Women WordPress Day Cartago
2025-03-22 09:00 - 12:00 (America/Costa_Rica) | Universidad Americana Cartago, Cartago, Cartago, Costa Rica
Celebra el Día Internacional de la Mujer en el Women WordPress Day. Únete a mujeres de la comunidad WordPress Cartago mientras comparten su sabiduría y experiencias en un entorno inclusivo para todos. Este evento es ideal para quienes buscan aprender, conectar y descubrir cómo las mujeres están transformando el mundo de la tecnología.
En esta oportunidad, ofreceremos dos charlas introductorias diseñadas para ser accesibles y enriquecedoras para todos:

UX para WordPress: más allá de la estética: Aprenderemos cómo el UX va más allá de hacer que un sitio web de WordPress se vea bonito. Aprenderemos a aplicar principios de diseño centrado en el usuario para crear experiencias intuitivas y memorables que impulsen la interacción y la conversación.
Expositora: Karen Mendez
Optimizando la accesibilidad de mi sitio WordPress: Aprende a mejorar la accesibilidad de tu sitio WordPress con prácticas y herramientas clave. Exploraremos su importancia, dónde encontrar más información y aplicaremos una verificación práctica en sitios reales.
Expositora: Lilliam Montoya

Fecha: 22 de Marzo de 2025
Hora: 09:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Lugar: UAM Paseo Metropoli, Cartago
No dejes pasar esta oportunidad de conectar con la comunidad. ¡Te esperamos!

Viquipèdia:Viquimarató Dones i Salut (Wikipedia : Women and Health Wikimarathon)
2025-03-24 08:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Madrid) | Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Aquesta viquimarató forma part de les activitats del Projecte Dones i Salut a la Viquipèdia i els seus objectius principals són analitzar el contingut actual relacionat amb la salut de les dones a la Viquipèdia, millorar els articles existents i crear-ne de nous per cobrir les llacunes identificades. L’equip de treball d’aquest projecte està coordinat per RedCAPS encarregat de revisar i aportar informació rellevant per validar el contingut de cadascuna de les entrades en què treballarem.

Objectius

Millorar la qualitat del contingut i les referències dels articles a la Viquipèdia.
Traduir entrades ja existents en altres llengües.
Incorporar la perspectiva de gènere en els articles
Aportar imatges a Wikimedia Commons.
Completar les entrades de Wikidata corresponent

Évaluer l’impact de vos REL interactives et accessibles dans votre pratique d’enseignement
2025-03-24 08:30 - 10:00 (America/Toronto) | Université de York, Toronto, Canada
This hands-on workshop guides OER developers to assess the impact of their OER in their learning environment using LMS platforms. During the workshop, OER creators or adopters will be guided and encouraged to:
1. Export and integrate their OER into an LMS.
2. Design data collection tools (surveys, focus groups, etc.) to gather feedback from students on their perceptions and uses of OER in their learning environment.
3. Explore strategies for analysing this feedback in order to improve OER and encourage colleagues to adopt them.
Speakers: Dominique Scheffel-Dunand (Université York, Canada), Sushumna Rao Tadinada (Hyderabad, Inde)
