Here is upcoming online event of interest to educators who make use of WordPress from WPCampus, the “non-profit organization and community of web professionals, educators, and people dedicated to the confluence of WordPress and accessibility in higher education.”
Across higher education, WordPress is used as a publishing tool, but when we engage with students, it becomes part of the learning environment. We teach students to use the web to tell their stories. They create portfolios, publish project sites, and share digital humanities work. They build professional identities that travel with them beyond a single course or platform.
At the same time, many student-facing initiatives that may utilize WordPress as a tool have a different shared language and vocabulary for what, exactly, we’re teaching: Is it web design, digital writing, technology literacy, open pedagogy, or informational literacy, or all of the above? In practice, it is often a mix, and that makes it worth naming and learning from each other.
This online summit, hosted by WPCampus, the professional organization for WordPress in Higher Ed, centers student-facing programs, both long-standing and emerging. We’ll explore how educators and campus teams are teaching WordPress for authentic public work, and how newer pathways like the WordPress Credits are reframing WordPress not just as a tool students use, but an open source ecosystem that students can participate in and contribute to.
When: 2026-03-24T14:00:00Z→2026-03-24T17:00:00Z
Participate: Register to attend in zoom
Info: https://wpcampus.org/events/
What participants will learn
- Defining outcomes: How campuses frame student WordPress initiatives and what they prioritize.
- Teaching models that scale: Mentorship, peer learning, and support structures that work across programs.
- Pathways beyond the classroom: how student move from course-based projects to portfolios, community contribution, and career development.
- Open source community engagement and sustainability: How student contributions feed into the larger WordPress ecosystem and help sustain open source projects.
Schedule
- 2026-03-24T14:00:00Z→2026-03-24T15:00:00Z – We will kick off the day with an interview with our keynote speaker Isotta Peira discussing her experiences on the WordPress Education team and the ways in which the WordPress Foundation works to partner with institutions and provide opportunities for students.
- 2026-03-24T15:00:00Z→2026-03-24T15:30:00Z – Blake Bertuccelli-Booth and Stefin Pasternak will share a case study on AI Leaders, a University of Illinois Chicago program with a partner grant from Automattic, where students gain experience with modern team practices and working responsibly with generative AI through WordPress-powered projects.
- 2026-03-24T15:45:00Z→2026-03-24T16:30:00Z – Our panel of higher ed professionals will feature Austin Mason, Mary Isbell, and Tom Woodward speaking about their experiences using WordPress in the classroom.
- 2026-03-24T16:30:00Z→2026-03-24T17:00:00Z – Finally, we’ll end the day with a more casual, less structured hangout session. This will be an opportunity to reflect and engage about the day’s presentations and topics.
This is an event offered by and for the open education community. If you are logged into OEG Connect, return to the main OE Events space where you can add your own event as a new topic