Open Textbooks/Open Educational Resources: Conferences and Opportunities

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."

Sign up here for Colorado OER Conference updates.

The FL OER Summit Planning Committee is pleased to invite registration for the 2025 FL OER Summit. The Summit will be held virtually May 21-22 (Wednesday-Thursday), and the theme is "Engage and Empower." Join librarians, educators, instructional designers, and OER professionals from across Florida and the U.S. as we explore existing trends, look towards innovative directions, and discover how OER positively impacts students, faculty, and institutions.  Topics which will be explored include:  

• Open Education Pedagogy 
• Collaborative Learning: Breaking Down Barriers 
• OER in Action: Examples and Strategies
• Equipping Educators: From Concept to Classroom
• Students Shaping Tomorrow's Classrooms

Registration and participation are free.

This year’s OpenCon Ohio 2025 will be a free, virtual conference. It will take place online the week of May 19-22, 2025. The keynote will be Thursday May 22nd, by Apurva Ashok (from KE, Apurva is an awesome scholar and even better human). During the week, asynchronous conversations will be held in Discord to discuss prerecorded lightning talks. The theme of the conference is Empowerment, Care, and Community in Open Education. For more information visit the conference website or email Mandi Goodsett at a.goodsett@csuohio.edu.

The conference planning committee is currently accepting proposals for 7-15 minute prerecorded lightning talks. Give me a shout if you need some ideas, I am happy to tell you how great your work is and how it would be a great fit for this conference! ~KE

The 2025 Open Education Conference will be in Denver, CO and virtual October 28-30, 2025. Visit the conference website to sign-up for email updates and opportunities to volunteer. 

The Open Education Conference List is one of the initial deliverables curated by the Open Education Association Development Project (opened.org). It has been developed in response to requests from the open community for a central place to find and share information. The list includes annual events with a primary focus on open education. Email contact@opened.org with questions, and if you have an event you would like to submit you are invited to do so using the suggestion box. 

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