2026 Open Education Conference

2026 Open Education Conference

12:15pm EDT

Another Kind of Open: What a Community Pow Wow Can Teach Us About Openness V5Jessica O'Reilly • Presentation (40 min)

1:00pm EDT

A Metatheoretical Investigation of Expanding Open Education to Union Education Environments V5Ben Johnson • Presentation (25 min)

2:00pm EDT

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)

9:30am EDT

An Open Educational Ecosystem for Global Research Capacity Building: IFMSA’s Peer-Assisted Learning V3Faris Agabou • Diana Basit • Hajar Belkhal • Ismail Mousa • Anna Liakopoulou • Presentation (25 min) Collaboratively Developing Open Resources Across Cultural Boundaries V5Isaac Mulolani • Kavita Rani • Kiran Lata • Presentation (25 min)

10:00am EDT

A Multilingual Wikipedia Editathon for Knowledge Equity V4Javad Anjum • Audra Anjum • MK Niharika • Presentation (25 min) Between Us: Connection, Not Expertise, Sustains Open Learning V3SherAaron Hurt • Presentation (25 min)

10:30am EDT

Ooh Blogging Is a Place on Earth V1Jim Groom • Presentation (25 min)

11:15am EDT

OER-oboros: What We Can and Should Learn From Mutual Aid Before the Open Movement Eats Itself V1Abbey Childs • Presentation (40 min)

2:30pm EDT

Podcasting as Pedagogy for the Public Good V1Nicole Wilson • Elaine Kaye • Melissa Alemán • Allison Fagan • Diana Galarreta-Aima • Kristen McCleary • Kirsten Mlodynia • Presentation (25 min)

5:15pm EDT

OER That Don’t Look Like OER: Designing Learning That Meets Students Where They Are V5Pranjal Saloni • Presentation (40 min)

9:30am EDT

Not Everything Should Be Open: Ethics and Care in Open Education V3rehshetta N/A • Presentation (25 min) Open Policy as a Method of Open Education: How IFMSA Policy Documents Shape Global Student Advocacy V2Faris Agabou • Diana Basit • Anna Liakopoulou • Nouran Walid • Kana Kordić • Presentation (25 min)

10:00am EDT

Mix-and-Match Modular OER: From Concept to Campus-Wide Implementation V5Christine Rickabaugh • Melissa Williams • Presentation (40 min)

1:15pm EDT

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

Launching Skills: Open Education’s Role in the Future of Work V1Kevin Corcoran • Amanda Coolidge • Lisa Young • Tannis Morgan • Panel (55 min)

4:00pm EDT

Beyond “Yes-Man” AI: Solving Spatial Scarcity & Algorithmic Bias for Marginalized Learners in India View AnytimeSaili Sonawane • Lightning Talks (View Anytime) Bridging the Gap Between Learning and Contributing: Women in Open Knowledge View AnytimeTri Astari • Lightning Talks (View Anytime) Building a Foundation for an OER Badge View AnytimeBeatrice Canales • Lightning Talks (View Anytime) Designing an Open Tutorial for Accessible Lecture Capture Using Embedded Audio Description View AnytimeAudra Anjum • Lightning Talks (View Anytime) Don’t I Know You?: Re-Designing Open Programming for the Space Between View AnytimeHeather Blicher • Lightning Talks (View Anytime) Expanding Education: Narrative Role-Playing Games and Open Education Resources View AnytimeAlexandria Poppendorf • Lightning Talks (View Anytime) From Classroom to Community: Discover the Importance of Open Education in Public Health Training View AnytimeZulal Ali • Lightning Talks (View Anytime) Generating Reach by Embedding OER in Volunteer Formats for Sustainable Marketing Programs View AnytimeEvelyn Feistmantl-Schweigl • Lightning Talks (View Anytime) Harnessing OER to Support Production and Provision of Juvenile Titles in Underserved Languages View AnytimeBeth Samuelson • Comfort Durojaiye • Myat Kaung • Lightning Talks (View Anytime) Making It Local, OER in Papua New Guinea a Localisation and Expansion Case Study View AnytimeKatherine Huth • Lightning Talks (View Anytime) Open Ed Practices as a Compass: Building Cognitive Resilience Against AI-Mediated Disinformation View AnytimeLaura Santana • Marcos Mucheroni • Lightning Talks (View Anytime) Sowing Discord for Iterative Discovery: AI Roundtables Built on Friction View AnytimeChris Macek • Lightning Talks (View Anytime) Structure and Emergence: How BarCamps and Peer-to-Peer Learning Build Open Education Communities View AnytimeJöran Muuß-Merholz • Karoline Lorscheider • Nicole Hagen • Lightning Talks (View Anytime) The Interstitium: An Emergent Practice for the Spaces Between View AnytimeCurt Newton • Lightning Talks (View Anytime)