2026 Open Education Conference

2026 Open Education Conference

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

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

Federating Openness: The Global Open Graduate Network Pilot Hub Initiative V2Beck Pitt • Robert Farrow • Carina Bossu • Saraswati Dawadi • Presentation (40 min)

3:15pm EDT

Leveraging the Spaces: A Global Collaborative OER Project V1Virginia Tucker • Sal Kleine • Susan Gasson • Abigail Winter • Jillian Blacker • Laura Anderson • Presentation (40 min)

9:30am EDT

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

From Learning to Earning: Building Workforce Skills for the Next Generation Using Customized OER V4Lindsay Josephs • Presentation (40 min)

2:00pm EDT

Beyond Tech vs. Content: Articulating the Public Interest in AI Policy V4Meredith Jacob • Will Cross • Kathleen DeLaurenti • Jennie Rose Halperin • Panel (55 min)

4:00pm EDT

Bridging the Gap Between Learning and Contributing: Women in Open Knowledge View AnytimeTri Astari • Lightning Talks (View Anytime) Don’t I Know You?: Re-Designing Open Programming for the Space Between View AnytimeHeather Blicher • 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) Making It Local, OER in Papua New Guinea a Localisation and Expansion Case Study View AnytimeKatherine Huth • Lightning Talks (View Anytime) The Interstitium: An Emergent Practice for the Spaces Between View AnytimeCurt Newton • Lightning Talks (View Anytime)