• Beyond Cost Savings: How Open Educational Resources Support Student Mental Health

    Oshawa, Canada Oshawa, Ontario, Canada

    Description Textbooks can be expensive, stressful, and sometimes out of reach, and that pressure often shows up in students’ well-being and learning. In this session, we’ll talk about how Open Educational Resources (OER) can ease some of that stress by giving students free, day-one access to course materials and more flexible, inclusive ways to learn. […]

  • The Future of Pedagogy: Ethical and Inclusive AI in OER Development

    Ontario Tech U Oshawa, Ontario, Canada

    This session explores the transformative potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in enhancing Open Educational Resources (OER) while ensuring ethical implementation. By proposing a framework to integrate ethical and inclusive AI practices, it emphasizes transparency, fairness, privacy, and accountability. The session demonstrates how AI can scale content creation, improve accessibility through translation and adaptive technologies, and […]