Open Textbooks/Open Educational Resources: Conferences and Opportunities

Kennesaw State University Libraries invite interested parties to submit a proposal for All Things Open Week 2025 virtual conference. The conference will be co-hosted by Texas Tech University Libraries. The 2025 theme is "Sustainable Growth". Topics may include

• open access publishing
• open data
• open educational resources
• open pedagogy
• open science
• open-source software
• open licensing and fair use
• any other topics moving toward access and community impact

Formats include lightning talks or full-length presentations. The portal is open for submissions through March 17, 2025. The All Things Open Planning Committee includes chelsee Dickson, Heather Hankins, Rachel Schrauben Yeates, Brianna Parfaite, Femi Jayeola, Sabrina Davis and Austin Moyers. For more information and to submit a proposal, visit digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/ato/cfp.html.

The Missouri Affordable and Open Educational Resources Conference planning committee invites you to share your research, ideas, and best practices for using, creating, or adapting affordable and open educational resources at the 6th annual MO A&OER conference. The conference will be held virtually on March 6, 2025. The conference is free to all attendees with registration open through March 5, 2025. This year's theme is "What's the Blueprint? Collaborative Strategies for OER Success". The keynote speaker will be Abbey Elder, the statewide open education coordinator for the Iowa Open Education Action Team. For more information visit the conference website.

The Colorado OER Council and Colorado Department of Higher Education announce that the 2025 Colorado OER Conference will take place in Greeley, Colorado, at the University of Northern Colorado on Friday, May 30, 2025. The theme of the conference will be "Mapping the Open Road: Navigating the Future of OER."

The call for session proposals is open through Friday, February 28, 2025. Free registration will open March 3, 2025. Sign up here for Colorado OER Conference updates.

Planning ahead? Join Creative Commons in one of the 10-week online courses in open licensing, open practices and the ethos of our shared, digital commons. And, get CC-Certified as an expert in open licensing! 

Courses include readings, quizzes, discussions, and practical exercises to develop learners’ open skills. Participants get personalized engagement with expert facilitators and copyright lawyers in the field, and offer a 1:25 (max) ratio of facilitators to course participants.

Currently they offer CC Certificate courses for Open Culture/ GLAM, Academic Librarians, and Educators. However, courses are open to everyone, from university students and entry-level professionals to experts in the fields of library science, education, and cultural heritage.

Learn more about the CC Certificate program.

From Kathy: I took this course a couple of years ago. It is well done, and I was especially grateful for the people I met and the ways in which it broadened my scholarly network. 

Higher Education for Good, edited by Laura Czerniewicz and Catherine Cronin

Open Praxis Volume 14

Martin Weller. "Metaphors of EdTech"

OER24 Presentations

OER23 Presentations

The conference organizers recorded as many sessions as possible and have made them available on YouTube.

CCCOER Fall Webinar Series --

The Dec. 7 webinar was moderated by Matthew Bloom from Maricopa County, you will enjoy hearing his perspective.

Michigan OER Virtual Summit

Took place September 29-30, 2022

Theme: "Looking Back, Looking Forward"

The keynote speakers were Dr. Maha Bali, Associate Professor of Practice at the Center for Learning and Teaching at the American University in Cairo, and Nicole Allen, Director of open Education for SPARC. This will be a really strong conference. Some of the recordings from this very strong conference are now available. Let me know if you went and what you thought! ~KE

OpenEd22 Conference

Recordings are now available from the 2022 Open Education Conference. Hear from other scholars exploring open educational resources, open pedagogy, and open education initiatives. This was a really great conference, and had researchers from a wide range of disciplines sharing how they are incorporating open practices into their research and teaching. Visit openeducationconference.org for opportunities to get involved with planning the 2023 national conference.

2.4.25 Kathy Essmiller