2026 Open Education Conference

Orientation 10:00am - 10:40am

Welcome & Day 1 Keynote: Dr. Sian Proctor 10:45am - 12:00pm

Break (15 min)

Pulling Back the Curtain: Positionality an... 12:15pm - 12:55pm

Open Pedagogy With Generative AI: Do Students Fi...

Advancing AI Literacy Through Open Pedagogy in P...

EdTech, Open Values: Preparing Open Educat... 2:00pm - 2:40pm

Break (20 min)

Exploring Open Science Through AI: Scaffolding S...

Libraries in the Middle: Understanding the Tensi...

Regional Breakout (Americas) 4:00pm - 4:55pm

Break (20 min)

Opening the Book: Student Perceptions of OER Ado...

Beyond Borders: Australian OER Research Contribu...

Daily Debrief 6:00pm - 6:30pm

Reception 6:30pm - 7:00pm

Regional Breakout (Asia and Australasia) 8:00pm - 9:00pm

From Essays to Evidence: Open Assessment a... 12:15pm - 12:55pm

The Dots Between Vision and Launch: OER Program...

Indicating Affordability and Openness: Course Ma...

Finding Your Accessibili-Buddies 2:00pm - 2:40pm

Connecting the Dots: Reframing OER as Tools for...

Making It Count: Building Evidence for OER in Fa...

Reading Shakespeare Between the Lines: OER, Bard...

Opterna AI Study Companion: Open Principles When...

The Space Between Policy and Practice: Bui... 12:15pm - 12:55pm

Between Policy and Practice: Open-Access Teacher...

Beyond the Test Bank: Overcoming NCLEX-Resistanc...

How We Did It: OER Authors Share Four Appr... 2:00pm - 2:40pm

Hidden in Plain Sight: OER Awareness

Teaching Open by Doing Open: A Spanish-Language...

Open as a Strategic Imperative for Sustaining Pu...

With Us: Designing OER With and for Postsecondar...

Beyond “Good Enough”: Co-Designing the Fut... 12:15pm - 12:55pm

The OCTOPUS Project: Integrating Open Pedagogy a...

OER Wins Call for Cake: How Milestone Celebratio...

Building and Sustaining Student Leadership... 2:00pm - 2:40pm

Connecting the Dots: Advancing Continuing Profes...

Let’s Call the Whole Thing on! Speaking the Lang...

From Values to Practice: Folio Thinking for Open...

Connecting OER Publishing Spaces: Aligning Colle...

Another Kind of Open: What a Community Pow... 12:15pm - 12:55pm

A Metatheoretical Investigation of Expanding Ope...

Scaling Open Education With Student Succes... 2:00pm - 2:40pm

Critical Open Educational Practices: Educators R...

The Hidden Curriculum and Hidden Open Education...

Strategic Stakeholder Partnerships to Guide OER...

The Overlooked Third Space: Where Student-Facult...

The Work at the Hinge: Mini Structures That Make...

No Blank Checks: How Much Does a Z-Degree Cost t...

The Space Between Access and Affordability: A La...

Regional Breakout (Africa and Europe) 8:15am - 8:55am

The Space Between Closed Textbooks and Open Futu...

Warmth, Competence, and the Politics of Openness...

Ooh Blogging Is a Place on Earth

Break (20 min)

OER-oboros: What We Can and Should Learn F... 11:15am - 11:55am

Day 2 Keynote: Bryan Alexander 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Break (15 min)

From Hidden Affordability to Student Choic... 1:15pm - 1:55pm

From Shock to Shutdown: The 6-Month Campaign to...

Podcasting as Pedagogy for the Public Good

Break (20 min)

Leveraging the Spaces: A Global Collaborat... 3:15pm - 3:55pm

Virtual Exhibit Hall 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Break (15 min)

Do Androids Dream of OER? A Framework and... 5:15pm - 5:55pm

Daily Debrief 6:00pm - 6:30pm

Game Night 6:30pm - 7:00pm

Breaking the Gilded Cage: Bridging the Space Bet...

From OER Adoption to Course Redesign: Building S...

You Need a Map! Fostering Open Educational Pract...

Federating Openness: The Global Open Gradu... 11:15am - 11:55am

Sustaining Yourself as a Leader in These T... 1:15pm - 1:55pm

Between Educator and Student: Co-Creating AI-Enh...

Open Resources, Closed Gaps: An Anti-Oppressive...

What Do We Mean When We Say High Quality O... 3:15pm - 3:55pm

Overcoming Barriers to OER Adoption, Adapt... 5:15pm - 5:55pm

An Open Educational Ecosystem for Global Researc...

Between Us: Connection, Not Expertise, Sustains...

Student Academic Outcomes Associated With No-Cos...

The Space Between OER & Gen AI: A Temporar... 11:15am - 11:55am

Demystifying the Space Between Submitting... 1:15pm - 1:55pm

Who Teaches With OER: Secondary Analysis of the...

What Comes After OER? Supporting Faculty Beyond...

Bridging the Gap: The Workforce OER Playbo... 3:15pm - 3:55pm

Designing for Antiracist Teaching: Opportu... 5:15pm - 5:55pm

Between Hype and Practice: Faculty Perceptions o...

A Multilingual Wikipedia Editathon for Knowledge...

From Frustration to Adoption: A Narrative Pathwa...

Connecting Open Educational Resources to K... 11:15am - 11:55am

OER: The Twelfth High Impact Practice 1:15pm - 1:55pm

Accelerating OER in Health Sciences: Connecting...

AI as a Living OER for STEM Assessment

Teaching the Space Between: Designing Open... 3:15pm - 3:55pm

From the Field, for the Field: A National... 5:15pm - 5:55pm

Collaboratively Developing Open Resources Across...

Beyond Cost Savings: Making Multi-Dimensional RO...

Open Publishing in the Curriculum: Experiential...

Beyond Fair Use: Section 121 for Title II... 11:15am - 11:55am

The Space Between Adoption and Relevance:... 1:15pm - 1:55pm

Sidebars as Seedbeds: How a Modular Design Can H...

Productive Friction: Queer Pedagogy and the Limi...

OER That Don’t Look Like OER: Designing Le... 5:15pm - 5:55pm

Between Adoption and Transformation: How t... 11:15am - 11:55am

Connecting the Dots: Workforce Educational Modul...

Centering Student Voices: A Multi-Campus O... 3:15pm - 3:55pm

Beyond University Boundaries: Digital Transforma...

The Open Nebraska (ONE) List: Developing a... 10:00am - 10:40am

Break (20 min)

Day 3 Keynote 11:00am - 12:15pm

Breakout (Keynote Debrief) 12:20pm - 1:00pm

Break (15 min)

Dive Into the Warp: The Need for Standard... 1:15pm - 1:55pm

Launching Skills: Open Education’s Role in the Future of W... 2:00pm - 2:55pm

An Open Competency Framework to Recognize the Sk...

Closing 3:30pm - 4:00pm

Reception 4:00pm - 4:30pm

Open Policy as a Method of Open Education: How I...

Connecting the Open Dots: Policy, Alliance... 10:00am - 10:40am

Publish and Publicize: How to Help Your Op... 1:15pm - 1:55pm

From Silos to Shared Strategy: K-12 and Higher Ed OER in C... 2:00pm - 2:55pm

From AI Disclosure to Human Declaration: Centrin...

Not Everything Should Be Open: Ethics and Care i...

From Trust to Textbooks: Project Managemen... 10:00am - 10:40am

OER Developers’ Perspectives on Creating M... 1:15pm - 1:55pm

Accessibility Across Areas: Navigating Disciplinary Tensio... 2:00pm - 2:55pm

Filling the Space Between: A Statewide OER Journ...

Beyond Borders: OER and Academic Performance Amo...

From Learning to Earning: Building Workfor... 10:00am - 10:40am

Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Navigatin... 1:15pm - 1:55pm

Beyond Tech vs. Content: Articulating the Public Interest... 2:00pm - 2:55pm

Beyond Download Counts: Using Coefficient of Var...

Two Households, Both Alike in Dignity: An Explor...

Mix-and-Match Modular OER: From Concept to... 10:00am - 10:40am

From Inception to Practice: Developing Ope... 1:15pm - 1:55pm

Authenticity by Design: A Business Spanish OER C...

Reducing Students’...

From Here to There...

Do Open Textbook G...

Beyond Anecdotes:...

Don’t I Know You?:...

The Interstitium:...

Structure and Emer...

Making It Local, O...

Co-DREAM OER: An E...

Cultivating Open E...

Performing Open: T...

Individuals & Inst...

Between Us: Open E...

Open Ed Practices...

Bridging the Gap B...

Amplifying Open at...

TUS Open Press: In...

Bridging the Space...

Expanding Educatio...

Visible Impact: Cr...

From Classroom to...

Teachers as Change...

Designing an Open...

Harnessing OER to...

Using Limited Reso...

Building a Foundat...

From Vision to Imp...

Bridging Access an...

Reframing Medical...

A Brave Choice: Ze...

Generating Reach b...

Who Defines Scienc...

Embedding Openness...

How Students Perce...

Sowing Discord for...

Beyond “Yes-Man” A...

Curating the Space...

Mapping OER to Sta...