2026 Open Education Conference

2026 Open Education Conference

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9:30am EDT

Not Everything Should Be Open: Ethics and Care in Open Education V3rehshetta N/A • Presentation (25 min) Two Households, Both Alike in Dignity: An Exploration of Open Textbooks and the Humanities V5Zara Wilkinson • Presentation (25 min)

10:00am EDT

From Learning to Earning: Building Workforce Skills for the Next Generation Using Customized OER V4Lindsay Josephs • Presentation (40 min) From Trust to Textbooks: Project Management Strategies to Strengthen OER Teams V3Jared Eusea • Amelia Brister • Michael Waller • Johannah White • Presentation (40 min) Mix-and-Match Modular OER: From Concept to Campus-Wide Implementation V5Christine Rickabaugh • Melissa Williams • Presentation (40 min) The Open Nebraska (ONE) List: Developing a System of Academic and Publishing Authority Tags for OER V1Stephen Finlay • Yang Du • Presentation (40 min)

1:15pm EDT

Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Navigating Policy Barriers to Open Values and Practices V4Kelly Smith • Bailey Lake • Leah Halliday • Presentation (40 min) Dive Into the Warp: The Need for Standard Operating Procedures in OER Programs V1Jeff Gallant • Presentation (40 min) OER Developers’ Perspectives on Creating Mathematics Visuals With GenAI V3Virginia Clinton-Lisell • Md Tahsin Rahman • Candace Walkington • Presentation (40 min) Publish and Publicize: How to Help Your Open Textbook Find Its Audience V2Cheryl Casey • Steel Wagstaff • Jenn Martin • Helen Moore • Fran Abbs • Presentation (40 min)

2:00pm EDT

Accessibility Across Areas: Navigating Disciplinary Tensions in OER V3Tanja Vierrether • Cassidy Watson • Nouha Gammar • Ja'Nya Jenoch • Panel (55 min) Beyond Tech vs. Content: Articulating the Public Interest in AI Policy V4Meredith Jacob • Will Cross • Kathleen DeLaurenti • Jennie Rose Halperin • Panel (55 min) From Silos to Shared Strategy: K-12 and Higher Ed OER in Conversation V2Barbara Soots • Reg Leichty • Rebecca Henderson • Amanda McCarthy • Amee Evans Godwin • Panel (55 min) Launching Skills: Open Education’s Role in the Future of Work V1Kevin Corcoran • Amanda Coolidge • Lisa Young • Tannis Morgan • Panel (55 min)

3:00pm EDT

Authenticity by Design: A Business Spanish OER Case Study in Spanish for Specific Purposes V5Juan Fernandez Cantero • Presentation (25 min) Beyond Download Counts: Using Coefficient of Variation to Assess OER Program Health V4Clara Fowler • Presentation (25 min) Filling the Space Between: A Statewide OER Journey Across Nevada V3Gracie McDonough • Oscar Espinoza-Parra • Presentation (25 min)

4:00pm EDT

A Brave Choice: Zero-Textbook Cost at CCA or You’re Already Doing the Work View AnytimeAllyson Perry-Turner • Lightning Talks (View Anytime) Amplifying Open at the Intersection of Science and Education View AnytimeSam Donovan • Drew LaMar • Deborah Rook • Lightning Talks (View Anytime) Between Us: Open Educational Practices as a Bridge Between Classrooms and Families View AnytimeLauren Moore • Lightning Talks (View Anytime) Beyond Anecdotes: Building a Data Dashboard for Open Education Initiatives View AnytimeLindsey Todorovich • Lightning Talks (View Anytime) Bridging Access and Practice: Designing a Fully OER Course for Real-World Impact View AnytimeSarah Straub • Lightning Talks (View Anytime) Bridging the Space Between: Using AI and UDL to Open Access in Higher Education View AnytimeFlorencia Gabriele • Lightning Talks (View Anytime) Building a Foundation for an OER Badge View AnytimeBeatrice Canales • Lightning Talks (View Anytime) Co-DREAM OER: An End of Project Update on Innovative STEM Open Resources View AnytimeYang Wu • Lightning Talks (View Anytime) Curating the Space Between: Student-Created Virtual Galleries Using OER View AnytimeGianna LoScerbo-Starkus • Lightning Talks (View Anytime) Designing an Open Tutorial for Accessible Lecture Capture Using Embedded Audio Description View AnytimeAudra Anjum • Lightning Talks (View Anytime) Do Open Textbook Grants Reach Students Who Need Them Most? View AnytimeIrakli Matcharashvili • Lightning Talks (View Anytime) Don’t I Know You?: Re-Designing Open Programming for the Space Between View AnytimeHeather Blicher • Lightning Talks (View Anytime) Individuals & Institutions: The Structure of Change and the Open Education Network View AnytimeRobin DeRosa • Lightning Talks (View Anytime) Mapping OER to State Numbering Systems View AnytimeIsabelle Antes • Lightning Talks (View Anytime) Performing Open: Theatre, Zines, and Pedagogy in the Space Between View AnytimeBethany Mickel • Amy Hunsaker • Lightning Talks (View Anytime) Reducing Students’ Psychological Distance From Climate Change: Design of an Open Mapping Assignment View AnytimeLeah Wiitablake • D. Matthew Boyer • Natalie Bursztyn • Lightning Talks (View Anytime) Sowing Discord for Iterative Discovery: AI Roundtables Built on Friction View AnytimeChris Macek • Lightning Talks (View Anytime) The Interstitium: An Emergent Practice for the Spaces Between View AnytimeCurt Newton • Lightning Talks (View Anytime) Using Limited Resources to Support OER Accessibility View AnytimeTeresa Schultz • Ariana Micale • Lightning Talks (View Anytime) Visible Impact: Creating Effective Alt Text With Students View AnytimeAlishia Huntoon • Cyndi Rodgers • Elliott Huntoon DeRoche • Lightning Talks (View Anytime) Who Defines Science? A Multilingual, Student-Built Open Science Glossary View AnytimeNourn Amin • Lightning Talks (View Anytime)