2026 Open Education Conference

2026 Open Education Conference

12:15pm EDT

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 Dots Between Vision and Launch: OER Program Startup Costs and Case Studies V2Molly Ledermann • Stacey Brockman • 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) 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) 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) 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)

4:00pm EDT

Regional Breakout (Americas) V1Social Sessions

5:00pm EDT

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

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)

9:30am EDT

Between Hype and Practice: Faculty Perceptions of AI in OER Creation V4Dawn (Nikki) Cannon-Rech • Presentation (25 min)

10:00am EDT

Between Us: Connection, Not Expertise, Sustains Open Learning V3SherAaron Hurt • Presentation (25 min) Beyond Cost Savings: Making Multi-Dimensional ROI Visible in OER Grantmaking V5Johannah White • Presentation (25 min) From OER Adoption to Course Redesign: Building Structure That Scales V2Erica Huff • Presentation (25 min) Warmth, Competence, and the Politics of Openness: How OER Advocates Gain Influence V1Mandi Goodsett • Presentation (25 min)

10:30am EDT

From Frustration to Adoption: A Narrative Pathway to Adoption of an OER Course in Decision Analytics V4Sergio Garcia • David Alvarado • Presentation (25 min) Open Publishing in the Curriculum: Experiential Education Supporting Sustainable OER V5Mary Isbell • Robin DeRosa • Amber Montano • Oliver Kirchner • Presentation (25 min) Student Academic Outcomes Associated With No-Cost Course Materials Across MA Public Higher Education V3Amanda Simons • Connie Strittmatter • Robert Awkward • Emily Alling • Bernadette Sibuma • Suzanne Smith • Emma Wood • Presentation (25 min) You Need a Map! Fostering Open Educational Practices and Social Justice Through Mapping V2Elia Machado • Presentation (25 min)

11:15am EDT

Between Adoption and Transformation: How to Foster the Sustained Use of Open Materials Over Time V6Lily Todorinova • Zara Wilkinson • Marci Meixler • Presentation (40 min) Beyond Fair Use: Section 121 for Title II Accessibility Compliance V5Beth Chenette • Presentation (40 min) Connecting Open Educational Resources to K-12 in Dual Enrollment V4Allison Buckley • Annika Many • Tabetha Nguyen • Presentation (40 min) OER-oboros: What We Can and Should Learn From Mutual Aid Before the Open Movement Eats Itself V1Abbey Childs • Presentation (40 min) The Space Between OER & Gen AI: A Temporary Situationship or an Ongoing Relationship? V3Joanna Schimizzi • John LaPete • Pamela Herrington Moriarty • Bobbie Myatt • Presentation (40 min)

1:15pm EDT

Demystifying the Space Between Submitting Your Paper and Getting It Published V3Amanda Larson • Chelsee Dickson • Kristina Clement • Presentation (40 min) From Hidden Affordability to Student Choice: A ZTC Degree Feasibility Study V1Rachel Fleming • Cheryl Bailey • Shima Moradi • Heather Evans • Lia Veisalov • Elina Balalina • Settara Ngo • Danielle Zee • Sereen Suleiman • Presentation (40 min) OER: The Twelfth High Impact Practice V4C. Edward Watson • Heather Miceli • Jessica Chittum • Beth Perkins • Presentation (40 min) Sustaining Yourself as a Leader in These Times: Voices From the Rebus Luminary Fellowship V2Kim Grewe • Megan Zara • Christine Rickabaugh • Amber Hoye • Apurva Ashok • Veronica Vold • Joan Giovannini • Greg Wilson • Presentation (40 min) The Space Between Adoption and Relevance: Libraries, Consortia, and OER Localization V5Nancy O'Neill • Eileen Harrington • Colleen McKnight • Erica Owusu • Annika Many • Presentation (40 min)

2:00pm EDT

Accelerating OER in Health Sciences: Connecting Federal Training Grants to a Library-Led Initiative V4Clara Fowler • Presentation (25 min) Connecting the Dots: Workforce Educational Modules to Link Practice With Digital Open Resources V6Abigail Merolle • Patrick Killian • Rebecca Hardin • Chris Impellitteri • Courtney Lee • Edward Waisanen • Matthew Vedrin • Mitchel Ghantous • Presentation (25 min) From Shock to Shutdown: The 6-Month Campaign to Halt Automatic Textbook Billing V1Michaela Bettez • Presentation (25 min) Sidebars as Seedbeds: How a Modular Design Can Help With Updating, Customizing, and Localizing OER V5Victor Chen • Gabriela León-Pérez • Presentation (25 min) Who Teaches With OER: Secondary Analysis of the Ithaka S+R Instructor Survey V3Stacy Katz • Jennifer Van Allen • Presentation (25 min)

2:30pm EDT

AI as a Living OER for STEM Assessment V4Machele Kindle • Presentation (25 min) Open Resources, Closed Gaps: An Anti-Oppressive Model for OER Development in the Social Sciences V2Karen Sobel • Becky Cottrell • Kelly Nelson • Erin Boyce • Perri Corvino • Presentation (25 min) 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) Productive Friction: Queer Pedagogy and the Limits of AI in Open Education V5Trent Kays • Presentation (25 min) What Comes After OER? Supporting Faculty Beyond Their Initial Open Education Project V3Jessica Kirschner • Joshua Marsh • Presentation (25 min)

3:15pm EDT

Bridging the Gap: The Workforce OER Playbook for Higher Education and Industry V3Amber Hoye • Kaitlin Schilling • Jaimie Henthorn • Mindy Newfarmer • Presentation (40 min) Centering Student Voices: A Multi-Campus OER Advocacy Fellowship Model V6Jayati Chaudhuri • Michaela Bettez • Hallie Clawson • Daisy Malone • Jonathon Rocha • Guadalupe Morales Rodriguez • Leilani Acosta Salgado • Fatima Zubair • Presentation (40 min) Teaching the Space Between: Designing Open Assignments With the Open Speculative Pedagogy Framework V4Mackenzie Salisbury • Presentation (40 min) What Do We Mean When We Say High Quality OER?: Evolving Beyond the Textbook Paradigm V2Anita Walz • Abbey Elder • Presentation (40 min)

5:15pm EDT

Designing for Antiracist Teaching: Opportunities and Challenges Revising a Fully Asynchronous Course V3Kim Grewe • Veronica Vold • Laura Dunn • Joy Shoemate • Jamie Thomas • Presentation (40 min) From the Field, for the Field: A National Research Agenda to Guide Open Education V4Amanda Coolidge • Kate Baca • Presentation (40 min) Overcoming Barriers to OER Adoption, Adaptation, and Creation V2Cheryl Casey • Presentation (40 min)

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)