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– July 2025 –
This email will help you plan your Open Education activities over the next month and beyond. It provides information on upcoming events, opportunities for participation, discussions to join, and news and ideas to consider. Discover everything happening in the global Open Education community right here.
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Save The Date!
Over July & August
- July 31: Nominations for OEAwards Close (https://awards.oeglobal.org/)
- July 31 - Aug 3: FOSSY (https://2025.fossy.us/) at Portland State University
- Aug 1: Communal Resistance to Artificial Systems: 4th Civics of Technology Online Conference (Communal Resistance to Artificial Systems: 4th Civics of Technology Online Conference) , Civics of Technology
- Aug 6-9: Wikimedia Community – Wikimania Nairobi, Kenya (2025:Wikimania - Wikimania) • Virtual Registration (2025:Registration - Wikimania)
- Aug 6-8: CAL OER Virtual Conference (CAL OER 2025 - Registration) • Register (2025 Cal OER Conference Tickets, Wed, Aug 6, 2025 at 9:00 AM | Eventbrite)
- Aug 8: The (2025 AI+OER Institute - Teaching & Learning Center - LibGuides at Clover Park Technical College) 2025 AI + OER Institute (2025 AI+OER Institute - Teaching & Learning Center - LibGuides at Clover Park Technical College) , Clover Park Technical College
In September
- Sept 4-5: UNESCO Digital Learning Week 2025 (Digital Learning Week) • Register (Digital Learning Week 2025 / Semaine de l'apprentissage numérique 2025 (2-5 September 2025): Overview · Indico.UN)
- Sept 10-12: Commonwealth of Learning – Eleventh Pan-Commonwealth Forum on (https://pcf11.org/) Open Learning (https://pcf11.org/)
- Sept 16-18: MoodleMoot Global 2025 (MoodleMoot Global 2025) at Edinburgh International Conference Centre, Edinburgh, UK
- Sept 16: Speaking Truth to Power: Open Education and AI in the Age of Populism, (Call for Submissions: Online Conference on Open Education, AI, and Populism | Association for Learning Technology) ALT
- Sept 17: OE Cafe #99: Navigating GenAI, open licensing, and community trust, Network of Open Organisations • Register (Meeting Registration - Zoom)
- Sept 25: ICDE GAC: Oceania Task Force Meeting - ICDE (ICDE GAC: Oceania Task Force Meeting - ICDE)
During 2025
- Oct 3: Open Arkansas Conference (Open Arkansas Conference | North Arkansas College) , North Arkansas College • Register (LibWizard)
- Oct 28-30: SPARC – Open Education Conference (https://openeducationconference.org/) • Register (Oxford Abstracts Delegate Registration)
- Nov 7: Washtenaw Community College – 2025 MI OER Conference (Michigan OER Network - Events) in Ann Arbor
- Nov 10-13: ICDE – 30th ICDE World Conference 2025 (ICDE World Conference 2025 - ICDE) • Register (ICDE 2025 | Registration)
- Nov 25-26: OERcamp.global2025 (OERcamp.global 2025 – #OERcamp) • Register (OERcamp.global 2025)
Looking towards 2026
- Oct 7-9: Open Education Global (OEGlobal) (OEGlobal26 – How Will You Participate – OEGlobal) is a hybrid event hosted by MIT Open Courseware, Massachusetts Open Education Resources (OER) Advisory Council and OEGlobal 2026 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA – Tell us how you will (OEGlobal 2026 Participation Survey) participate in OEGlobal 2026 (OEGlobal 2026 Participation Survey) .
For North America-related events, consult the Open Education Conference List (Open Education Conference List — opened.org) from the Open Education Association Development Project.
Open Education Calls!
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LAST CALL … Nominations for Open Education Awards for Excellence 2025 (https://awards.oeglobal.org/) • Closes July 31
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Submit your session (OERcamp.global 2025 :: pretalx) to OERcamp (OERcamp.global 2025 :: pretalx) .global 2025 (OERcamp.global 2025 :: pretalx)
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Call For Chapters: Localisation of Open Educational Resources in Higher Education, Commonwealth of Learning (http://file:///Users/islahaddowflood/Downloads/OER-Localisation-Call-for-Chapters.pdf) .
Closes August 15
Just Published!
In case you missed it – OR – catch it again …
OEGlobal Voices
- Board Viewpoints with Takaya Yamazato (OEG Voices 084: Board Viewpoints with Takaya Yamazato – OE Global Voices)
- IRRODL at 25 (OEG Voices 083: IRRODL at 25 – OE Global Voices)
CCCOER
- July: Change is Hard: Exploring Change Management Strategies for Course Marking (Change is Hard: Exploring Change Management Strategies for Course Marking – CCCOER)
- From the Director: (From the Director: Reimagining CCCOER – CCCOER) Reimagining CCCOER, Strategic Planning and Candy Sushi (From the Director: Reimagining CCCOER – CCCOER)
- A Message from the President of the CCCOER Executive Council (A Message from the President of the CCCOER Executive Council – CCCOER)
- CCCOER Member Quarterly Newsletter: Summer (CCCOER Summer Newsletter)
- American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) Joins CCCOER (American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) Joins CCCOER – CCCOER) , by Amy Chen, Program Director for Open Education at the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC)
Other essential musts
- Speaking of Open (Unsupported browser) :
– What can Open Education do that AI can’t? – Dr Julian Pakay (Unsupported browser)
– OER and Engaging Students – Dr Sarah Steen (Unsupported browser) - OER Under the Hood
– Supporting Scenario-Based and Role Play Learning (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJred94em4o)
– A Student ePortfolio Experience (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4K_rdfwtBxY)
Up For Discussion …
A taste of conversations now happening on OEGlobal Connect (https://connect.oeglobal.org/) …
- One of The Most Inspiring Public Domain Educators, RIP Tom Lehrer (One of The Most Inspiring Public Domain Educators, RIP Tom Lehrer)
- Join the Global Movement to Revolutionize Education with OfflineAI (Join the Global Movement to Revolutionize Education with OfflineAI)
- What are people doing with H5P and new DOJ regulations? (What are people doing with H5P and new DOJ regulations?)
- Question on Course Marking with Barnes & Noble (Question on Course Marking with Barnes & Noble)
- Chime in your thoughts on CC Signals (Chime on your thoughts on CC Signals)
- Call for chapters - OER and Localization in Higher Education - Until Aug. 15, 2025 (Call for chapters - OER and Localization in Higher Education - Until Aug. 15, 2025)
In The News
News from the open movement far and wide …
- Intersection of Public Engagement and Open Access Presents Opportunities (Intersection of Public Engagement and Open Access Presents Opportunities - SPARC) , SPARC
- Recursos educativos abiertos y la Declaración de Dubai | Diálogos Educativos | T5 (Recursos educativos abiertos y la Declaración de Dubai | Diálogos Educativos | T5 – OEGlobal) , OEGlobal
- Theme for Open Access Week 2025 Asks “Who Owns Our Knowledge?” (Theme for Open Access Week 2025 Asks “Who Owns Our Knowledge?” - SPARC) , SPARC
- Growing the Open Content Pool: University of Leeds and Sylla Partnership (https://www.sylla.io/news/growing-the-open-content-pool-university-of-leeds-and-sylla-partnership) , Sylla
- For fifth time, China blocks Wikimedia Foundation as permanent observer to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) (https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2025/07/09/china-block-wikimedia-wipo/) , Wikimedia Foundation
- OEGlobal at OER25: Stories, AI, and the Future of Open (https://www.oeglobal.org/2025/07/03/oeglobal-at-oer25-stories-ai-and-the-future-of-open/) , OEGlobal
- The Wikipedia Test (https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2025/06/27/the-wikipedia-test/) : a public policy tool, Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikimedia Foundation Challenges UK Online Safety Act Regulations (https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2025/07/17/wikimedia-foundation-challenges-uk-online-safety-act-regulations/) , Wikimedia Foundation
- Recommended Licenses and Tools for Cultural Heritage Content (https://creativecommons.org/2025/07/09/recommended-licenses-and-tools-for-cultural-heritage-content/) , Creative Commons
- Introducing CC Signals: A New Social Contract for the Age of AI (https://creativecommons.org/2025/06/25/introducing-cc-signals-a-new-social-contract-for-the-age-of-ai/) , Creative Commons
- The Economics of Open: Can Open Licensing Be a Sustainable Strategy for Cultural Heritage Institutions? (https://medium.com/creative-commons-we-like-to-share/the-economics-of-open-can-open-licensing-be-a-sustainable-strategy-for-cultural-heritage-305dfa7edbcb)
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