New Year's resolution? Submit a proposal for Florida OER Summit 2026, May 20 - 21

[Elisabeth Ball]

As you anticipate the new year, consider submitting a proposal for the Florida OER Summit 2026, May 20 - 21.  The theme is "OER Understood the Assignment." The deadline to submit is February 6. 

The Florida OER Summit 2026 will be held virtually on Wednesday and Thursday, May 20 - 21, 2026.  The theme of this year's summit is "OER Understood the Assignment."  Join librarians, instructors, students, instructional designers, and Open Education Resources (OER) professionals from across Florida and beyond as we explore how OER, through continuous improvement, meets the financial and pedagogical needs of students, past, present, and future.

Topics of interest for proposals of how "OER Understood the Assignment" include:

 Mirror, Mirror in the Classroom  

• OER Reflections, looking back
  
• Examination of OER  
  
• Assessment strategies
  
• Research or data analysis  
  
• Authorship and remixes/adaption 
  

Pedagogy in Practice

• Open pedagogy for deeper student engagement and understanding  
  
• Unique open pedagogy—creating something new  
  
• Students as content builders
  

Nailed It!?  

• A Spectrum of success- FL OER Spectrum
• Did OER understand the assignment?  
• Let's try that again! How OER missed the assignment
• How to fix it; How OER did get the assignment right

OER’s Next Assignment

• Looking forward: OER roadmap
  
• Beyond OER textbooks: ZTC courses/degrees and AI  
  
• Hopes, fears, and next steps 
• Publisher Models [Inclusive Access, Equitable Access) and the future of OER
• Expectations (meeting ADA requirements, the forecast of OER
• OER for the workforce   
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The deadline for proposals is Friday, February 6, 2026, via the proposal form. 

The Planning Committee will deliver decisions by February 25, 2026.  Invited presenters will be asked to accept or decline the invitation to present by February 27, 2026. Please note that all presenters will need to register (free) for the Summit.

If you have any questions about the proposal process or Summit, please contact Rebel Cummings-Sauls, rsa...@flvc.org.

Thank you.

Elisabeth Ball

Program Manager, Digital Services + OER, Florida Virtual Campus (FLVC)