Open Education Talks 2025: Registration Now Open
Sarah Adams
Dear Colleagues,
We are excited to announce the fourth annual offering of The Open Education Talks is now open for registration. This series of lightning talks and new digital poster wall focuses on open education in postsecondary institutions. These 15-minute talks and posters will cover facets of open education, including open pedagogy and learning, utilizing open educational resources, and integrating open strategies in higher education.
These talks aim to create an accessible, virtual space to engage in conversations about open education. For these talks, we share our understanding of open education from the UNESCO Cape Town Declaration:
“…open education is not limited to just open educational resources. It also draws upon open technologies that facilitate collaborative, flexible learning and the open sharing of teaching practices that empower educators to benefit from the best ideas of their colleagues'' (UNESCO Cape Town Declaration, 2018).
Sessions will focus on open education initiatives, projects, and programs related to:
- Building Blocks of OE: These talks focus on the basics of open education, what it is, and why it has had an impact on higher education, including examples.
- Artificial intelligence, Technology, and OE: These talks focus on emerging and responsive connections between artificial intelligence, technology, and OE.
- Student Leadership and Partnership in Open Education: These talks amplify student-led OE projects and initiatives.
- Tensions and Possibilities for the Future of Open Education: These talks focus on how educators integrate open research into their courses and scholarship of teaching and learning practices.
Talks Schedule: Every Wednesday in March 2025 starting at 12:00 pm MST. Digital Posters will be available throughout and following the Talks.
Please see the website for the full schedule.
Registration: Register for Open Education Talks 2025.
Registration is free and open to all interested in attending. On the registration page, you can select to attend one or more of the weekly sessions.
Open Education Talks Steering Committee:
This initiative was developed by the University of Calgary, Thompson Rivers University, the University of Alberta, and University of British Columbia.
Please feel free to share this invitation with your networks.
For more information about the Open Education Talks, please contact me at sarah....@ucalgary.ca.
Thank you, and we look forward to learning alongside you in this endeavour!
Best,
Sarah