2026 Open Education Conference

2026 Open Education Conference

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12:15pm EDT

Another Kind of Open: What a Community Pow Wow Can Teach Us About Openness V5Jessica O'Reilly • Presentation (40 min) Beyond “Good Enough”: Co-Designing the Future of High-Trust OER V4Danielle Leek • Andrea Scott • Presentation (40 min) From Essays to Evidence: Open Assessment and Critical Thinking in the Age of AI V2Jacob Lauritzen • Presentation (40 min) Pulling Back the Curtain: Positionality and Reflexivity in Qualitative Open Education Research V1Lindsey Gwozdz • Jasmine Roberts-Crews • Presentation (40 min) The Space Between Policy and Practice: Building Institutional Readiness for Open Education V3Kelly Arispe • Amy Vecchione • Hans Aagard • Jennifer Marsh • Jeff Lingwall • Presentation (40 min)

1:00pm EDT

Between Policy and Practice: Open-Access Teacher Preparation in Rural and Indigenous Contexts V3Karen Schnaubert • Presentation (25 min) Open Pedagogy With Generative AI: Do Students Find It Helpful? V1Virginia Clinton-Lisell • Presentation (25 min) The OCTOPUS Project: Integrating Open Pedagogy and Open Science V4Sam Donovan • Karen Cangialosi • Melanie Lenahan • Carlos Goller • Presentation (25 min)

1:30pm EDT

Advancing AI Literacy Through Open Pedagogy in Public Speaking Courses V1Sherry Rice • Bryan McGeary • Tiffany Petricini • Presentation (25 min) Beyond the Test Bank: Overcoming NCLEX-Resistance to Embrace Open Nursing Education V3Kathryn Zeigler • Mary Bester • Presentation (25 min) Indicating Affordability and Openness: Course Marking at Post-Secondary Institutions in Canada V2Katie Harding • Presentation (25 min) OER Wins Call for Cake: How Milestone Celebrations Advance the Work V4Ginelle Baskin • Michele Gibney • Presentation (25 min) The Work at the Hinge: Mini Structures That Make Open Education Enterable V6Megan Zara • Presentation (25 min)

2:00pm EDT

Building and Sustaining Student Leadership in the OER Movement V4Caleb Gustavson • Manny Rin • Presentation (40 min) EdTech, Open Values: Preparing Open Educators for AI, and the Next Big Thing V1David Tully • Will Cross • Campbell Barnes • Presentation (40 min) Finding Your Accessibili-Buddies V2Joanna Schimizzi • Luis Perez • Antoniette Aizon • Presentation (40 min) How We Did It: OER Authors Share Four Approaches to Textbook Development V3Abbey Elder • Kate Gilbert • Carly Manz • Agata Guskaroska • Amber Anderson • Presentation (40 min) Scaling Open Education With Student Success and Institutional Innovation V5Elizabeth Tolman • Maryanne Maddoux • Gwendolyn Main • Presentation (40 min)

3:00pm EDT

Connecting the Dots: Advancing Continuing Professional Education Through OER V4Nancyruth Leibold • Laura Schwarz • Ellen Vorbeck • Allyson Hopperstad • Presentation (25 min) Connecting the Dots: Reframing OER as Tools for Knowledge Mobilization V2Mélanie Brunet • Presentation (25 min) Critical Open Educational Practices: Educators Redesigning Courses for Meaningful Change V5Lori Beth Larsen • Presentation (25 min) Exploring Open Science Through AI: Scaffolding Student Research With Ethical, Accessible Supports V1Christin Monroe • Presentation (25 min) Hidden in Plain Sight: OER Awareness V3Stephanie Warden • Natasha Schumacher • Emily Moran • Presentation (25 min) No Blank Checks: How Much Does a Z-Degree Cost to Develop? V6Chealsye Bowley • Presentation (25 min)

3:30pm EDT

Let’s Call the Whole Thing on! Speaking the Language of Student Success V4Jennifer Pate • Kathy Essmiller • Presentation (25 min) Libraries in the Middle: Understanding the Tension Between OER and Inclusive Access Models V1Sabrina Davis • Presentation (25 min) Making It Count: Building Evidence for OER in Faculty Evaluations V2Caterina Azzarello • Nancy Henke • Presentation (25 min) Teaching Open by Doing Open: A Spanish-Language OER for Capacity Building V3Rosario Rogel-Salazar • Presentation (25 min) The Hidden Curriculum and Hidden Open Education Partners V5Liz Thompson • Presentation (25 min) The Space Between Access and Affordability: A Landscape Study at a Regional University V6Lei Wang • Presentation (25 min)

5:00pm EDT

From Values to Practice: Folio Thinking for Open Education V4Amanda Grey • Nishan Perera • Presentation (25 min) Open as a Strategic Imperative for Sustaining Public Systems V3Josie Gray • Presentation (25 min) Opening the Book: Student Perceptions of OER Adoption in Undergraduate Science V1Kay Tucker • Jenny Fafeita • Hendrika Duivenvoorden • Sruthy Sreekanth • Monica Upadhyay • Presentation (25 min) Reading Shakespeare Between the Lines: OER, Bardbot, and Critical AI Literacy V2Liza Long • Presentation (25 min) Strategic Stakeholder Partnerships to Guide OER Development and Adoption V5Macarena Lange • Margaret Brown-Sica • Presentation (25 min)

5:30pm EDT

Beyond Borders: Australian OER Research Contributing to the Open Movement in New and Innovative Ways V1Lauren Halcomb-Smith • Angie Williamson • Danielle Johnston • Presentation (25 min) Connecting OER Publishing Spaces: Aligning Collective, Local, and Institutional Priorities V4Sarah Adams • Presentation (25 min) Opterna AI Study Companion: Open Principles When Working With GenAI V2Harper Friedman • Robynne Devine • Elizabeth Childs • Presentation (25 min) The Overlooked Third Space: Where Student-Faculty Partners Plan, Promote, and Implement OER Work V5Donna Ziegenfuss • Emma Day • Presentation (25 min) With Us: Designing OER With and for Postsecondary Adults With Intellectual Disabilities V3Annie Draeger • Presentation (25 min)