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May 2025
This email will help you plan your Open Education activities over May 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.
Save The Date!
In May
- May 19-22: Cleveland State University, OhioLINK, The Ohio State University, Five Colleges of Ohio – OpenCon Ohio 2025 (OpenCon Ohio 2025 | Open Access Events)
- May 21-22: Florida Virtual Campus – Florida OER Summit (OER Summit 2025 - OPEN FL - LibGuides at Florida Virtual Campus (FLVC))
- May 23: University of Konstanz – EUniWell Open Educational Resources Exchange (EUniWell OER Exchange: Why Share, Why Care?)
- May 29: Bucks County Community College – Faculty of the Future (FOTF) Virtual Conference (Faculty of the Future | Bucks County Community College)
- May 29: Academic Libraries of Indiana – 2025 Indiana Affordable Learning Summit (About Us - Affordable Learning Committee - LibGuides at Academic Libraries of Indiana (ALI))
- May 30: University of Northern Colorado – 2025 Colorado OER Conference (2025 Colorado OER Conference Call for Proposals)
In June
- June 5-6: Georgia State University College of Law – CALIcon 2025 (https://2025.calicon.org/)
- June 9: OEGlobal – Nominations for the 2025 Open Education Awards for Excellence Opens
- June 23-24: ALT – #OER25 – Open Education (OER) Conference (Open Education (OER) Conference | Association for Learning Technology) “Speaking Truth to Power: Open Education and AI in the Age of Populism” for London conference center, London • Register (OER25: Speaking Truth to Power: Open Education and AI in the Age of Populism | Association for Learning Technology)
During 2025
- July 31st - Aug 3rd: FOSSY (https://2025.fossy.us/) at Portland State University
- Aug 6-9: Wikimedia Community – Wikimania Nairobi, Kenya (2025:Wikimania - Wikimania)
- 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
- 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, MI
- Nov 10-13: ICDE – 30th ICDE World Conference 2025 (ICDE World Conference 2025 - ICDE) • Register (ICDE 2025 | Registration)
Looking towards 2026
- Sep 30 - Oct 02: Open Education Global (OEGlobal) (https://www.oeglobal.org) hosted by MIT Open Courseware, Massachusetts Open Education Resources (OER) Advisory Council and OEGlobal 2026 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA (Save The Date for OEGlobal 2026 – OEGlobal)
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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Creative Commons Certification – Next course starts June 2 (Get Certified in Creative Commons! Next Course Start June 2)
Registration deadline May 26 -
Call for feedback – (The Next Chapter: Strengthening the Creative Commons Community Together - Creative Commons) CC Community Survey (The Next Chapter: Strengthening the Creative Commons Community Together - Creative Commons)
Feedback deadline May 30 -
Call for feedback on OEWeek 2025 (Tell Us About OEWeek 2025) – Branded hoodies to be won!
Feedback deadline May 30 -
CCCOER: Call for New Committee Members (Call for New Committee Members – CCCOER)
Deadline June 1 -
Nominations for Open Education Awards for Excellence 2025 (https://awards.oeglobal.org/)
Opens June 9 -
Call for Proposals: (Michigan OER Network - Events) Michigan OER Conference (Michigan OER Network - Events)
Submission deadline June 2
Just Published!
In case you missed it – OR – catch it again …
OEGlobal Voices
- Amanda Coolidge, Marcela Morales, and Maren Deepwell on “The Small Things” (OEG Voices 082: Amanda Coolidge, Marcela Morales, and Maren Deepwell on “The Small Things” – OE Global Voices)
- Bea de los Arcos on We Like Sharing (OEG Voices 081: Bea de los Arcos on We Like Sharing – OE Global Voices)
- Bryan Mathers on the Fabulous Remixer Machine (OEG Voices 080: Bryan Mathers on the Fabulous Remixer Machine – OE Global Voices)
- Patrina Law on OE Award for Leadership (OEG Voices 077: Patrina Law on OE Award for Leadership – OE Global Voices)
CCCOER
- CCCOER (Webinar happening today, plus other news from CCCOER) Member Quarterly Newsletter: (Webinar happening today, plus other news from CCCOER) Spring (Webinar happening today, plus other news from CCCOER)
- CCCOER 2025-2030 Strategic Plan (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-QCIeYwiaCh80TJ-u_V5d1WQWcQlHE52/view)
- Meet the Members: Marina Aminy and Lori-Beth Larsen (Meet the Members: Marina Aminy and Lori-Beth Larsen – CCCOER)
- Showing Up: CCCOER on the Road (and Online) (Showing Up: CCCOER on the Road (and Online) – CCCOER)
- Reflections: Faculty for OER (Reflections: Faculty for OER – CCCOER)
Other essential musts
- Creative Commons – Understanding CC Licenses and AI Training: A Legal Primer (Understanding CC Licenses and AI Training: A Legal Primer - Creative Commons)
- EUNIWell – 23 Reasons to Choose Open Education – A month long celebration (Archives des 23 good reasons - Page 3 of 3 - EUniWell Open Education)
- The OpenEd Podcast (Why Do Schools Make Even Genius Kids Feel Like Failures? by The OpenEd Podcast)
– Why Do Schools Make Even Genius Kids Feel Like Failures? (Why Do Schools Make Even Genius Kids Feel Like Failures? by The OpenEd Podcast)
– Have We Been Teaching STEM Completely Backwards? The Case for Project-Based Learning (Have We Been Teaching STEM Completely Backwards? The Case for Project-Based Learning by The OpenEd Podcast) - OKS – Open Knowledge Spectrums Podcast (https://knowledgespectrums.opened.ca/)
– OER and Social Justice with Marco Seiferle-Valencia (OER and Social Justice with Marco Seiferle-Valencia – Open Knowledge Spectrums Podcast) - Chalk Radio at MIT OpenCourseWare (https://chalk-radio.simplecast.com/)
– MIT Programmer Ana Bell on Growth Mindset, Coding, and Rubber Ducks (https://chalk-radio.simplecast.com/episodes/mit-programmer-ana-bell-on-growth-mindset-coding-and-rubber-ducks)
– MIT Economist Andrew W. Lo on Finance, AI, and Human Behavior (https://chalk-radio.simplecast.com/episodes/mit-economist-on-finance-ai-and-human-behavior)
Up For Discussion …
A taste of conversations now happening on OEGlobal Connect (https://connect.oeglobal.org/) …
- Re/Marks on Power: Remi Kalir’s New (open access) Re/Markable book (Re/Marks on Power: Remi Kalir's New (open access) Re/Markable book)
- The AI Challenge: A Plymouth State University Design Forward Module (The AI Challenge: A Plymouth State University Design Forward Module)
- Switching on OER (Switching on OER)
- Guessing Locations (poorly) With AI (Guessing Locations (poorly) With AI)
- 50 Powerful Images Made by Photographers, Not Machines (50 Powerful Images Made by Photographers, Not Machines)
- Join the Global Movement to Revolutionize Education with OfflineAI (Join the Global Movement to Revolutionize Education with OfflineAI)
- New OER repository launched in Saskatchewan (New OER repository launched in Saskatchewan)
- HAN University of Applied Sciences’ Change in Approach to Digital Educational Resources (Welcome HAN University of Applied Sciences: Learn About their Change Approach to Digital Educational Resources)
- A Hat/Tip for Amazing H5P Contributions (https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/a-hat-tip-for-amazing-h5p-contributions/7619/1)
- Wikipedia is Now an Adult (https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/wikipedia-is-now-an-adult/3412)
- New educational repository for environmental education (https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/new-educational-repository-for-environmental-education/7617)
In The News
News from the open movement far and wide …
- OEWeek25: One for the Record Books! (https://www.oeglobal.org/2025/04/08/oeweek25-one-for-the-record-books/) , OEGlobal
- Concordia’s commitment to open educational resources and open publishing helps faculty and students, (https://www.concordia.ca/cunews/main/stories/2025/04/14/concordia-s-commitment-to-open-educational-resources-and-open-publishing-helps-faculty-and-students.html) Concordia University
- Open Access at Rollins: Breaking Barriers to Knowledge (https://www.thesandspur.org/open-access-at-rollins-breaking-barriers-to-knowledge/) , Sandspur
- “Redemption”: The winners of Wiki Loves Monuments 2024 (https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2025/04/08/redemption-the-winners-of-wiki-loves-monuments-2024/) , Wikimedia Foundation
- The Next Chapter: Strengthening the Creative Commons Community Together (https://creativecommons.org/2025/05/15/the-next-chapter-strengthening-the-creative-commons-community-together/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-next-chapter-strengthening-the-creative-commons-community-together) , Creative Commons
- Emily Ford Joins SPARC as Director of the Open Research Funders Group (https://sparcopen.org/news/2025/emily-ford-joins-sparc-as-director-of-the-open-research-funders-group/) , SPARC
- Our new AI strategy puts Wikipedia’s humans first (https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2025/04/30/our-new-ai-strategy-puts-wikipedias-humans-first/) , Wikimedia Foundation
- Accessibility in Course Design: Essential or Advanced? (https://onlinelearningconsortium.org/olc-insights/2025/04/accessibility-in-course-design/) , OLC
- Webinar: Teaching and Companion Resources: LibreTexts Commons as a Repository for Ancillary Materials (https://libretexts.org/event/webinar-teaching-and-companion-resources-libretexts-commons-repository-ancillary-materials) , LibreText
- Defending Libraries in the Digital Age: Lila Bailey Calls for Library Legal Champions at Georgetown Law’s iPIP Clinic Celebration (https://sparcopen.org/news/2025/defending-libraries-in-the-digital-age-lila-bailey-calls-for-library-legal-champions-at-georgetown-laws-ipip-clinic-celebration/) , SPARC
- CALM Program Helps Reduce Textbook Costs, Saving Students Millions (https://news.csusm.edu/calm-program-helps-reduce-textbook-costs-saving-students-millions/) , CSUSM
- Open Educational Resources Save Students Nearly $500,000 in Course Costs This Past Year (https://www.unco.edu/news/articles/oer-5-year-report-25.aspx) , (https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMibEFVX3lxTE1xY2lreWtOVldpMmE0dElMS1oxclRJODh5di0wMm1aLU9xX1V3ODBoaWQ5MHFMS2J6TFJ5TW5uajZZNFcyNmdxb3NrZ250aW9vQlVmVEp0YXplejZuNWd5YkVXQ0J4U0ZHa29HZg?oc=5) UNCO News Central
- Brock lauds open education resource champions (https://brocku.ca/brock-news/2025/03/brock-lauds-open-education-resource-champions/) , Brock University
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