Open Education Week is coming up March 2-6! See below for the events planned in Oregon.
Open Ed Week
- OER Course Redesign Training: Open Ed Week Sprint Registration Deadline. Redesign your course with OER in a one-week sprint and earn a $750 stipend. Register by Feb. 23.
- Office Hour: Openly License Something. Peter Musser, Head of Library Services for ISKME/OER Commons, will help you openly license and share your work publicly. No experience necessary! March 2, 12-1 p.m.
- Faculty OER Mentors: Broadening Support at Portland Community College. Join Jen Klaudinyi, Faculty Librarian, and PCC’s OER Faculty Mentors to learn about a new OER support initiative. March 4, TBD.
- 90-minute Webinar: AI, Copyright, and Open Education: What We Know Now. Join the Copyright First Responders Pacific Northwest to explore the emerging intersection of AI, copyright, and open educational resources. March 6, 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Other Upcoming professional development hosted by Open Oregon Educational Resources
- Building Inclusive Classrooms: Modeling Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment for Future Teachers. Anne Grey explores how curriculum, activities, and assessments with an open education lens can support diverse learners. Feb. 18, 12-1 p.m.
- Working toward Accessibility for OER Collections (90 minute webinar). Representatives of three OER publishing programs consider what the upcoming federal accessibility requirements mean for people who manage OER collections. Feb. 23, 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
- Beyond Compliance to Universal Design of OER. Suzanne Wakim will discuss how you can apply universal design and open pedagogy to create a truly awesome OER. March 13, 12-1 p.m.
Other ways to get involved
- Introduction to Accessibility for OER, hosted by ISKME. Webinar will be repeated Feb 9, 7:30 Pacific; March 4, 1 p.m.; and March 12, 4 p.m.
- OER Image Accessibility Series, cohosted by ISKME and CAST. March 11, 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Open Oregon Educational Resources can sponsor tuition for participants at Oregon’s public colleges and universities.
- OER and Title II Accessibility Compliance: Separating Myths from Facts, hosted by the Open Education Association. Feb. 17, 9 a.m.
- Designing for Accessibility: Publishing Compliant Content in Pressbooks, hosted by Pressbooks. Feb 18, 9 a.m.
- Behind the Scenes: Managing Grant-Funded Projects with Washington Open ProfTech, hosted by CCCOER. Feb 18, 12 p.m.
- Registration is open for Open Ed Live, hosted by the University of Central Florida. Feb 23-25.
- Getting Started With Open Education, hosted by the Open Education Association. March 3, 10 a.m.
- OpenEd25 Keynote Rewatch: Dr. Kim Hunter Reed, hosted by the Open Education Association. March 4, 11 a.m.
- OpenEd25 Keynote Rewatch: adrienne maree brown, hosted by the Open Education Association. March 5, 12 p.m.
- Registration is open for the 2026 Language OER Conference, taking place virtually March 7.
- Registration is open for Pub101 for Authors, hosted by the Open Education Network. This training will meet weekly on Wednesdays, March 25 – May 15, 11 a.m. – 12 p.m.
- From the Field: Inside Fanshawe’s OER Design Studio, hosted by CCCOER. March 18, 12 p.m.
- Certificate in Open Education for Librarians, hosted by Library Juice Academy and led by Quill West and Colleen Sanders. Next session runs April-August 2026. Open Oregon Educational Resources can sponsor tuition for participants at Oregon’s public colleges and universities.
- OER Styles Accessibility Series, cohosted by ISKME and CAST. April 8 and May 13, 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Open Oregon Educational Resources can sponsor tuition for participants at Oregon’s public colleges and universities.
- Registration is open for Online Northwest 2026, taking place at the University of Oregon Portland Campus April 10.
- How Do Course Materials Impact Student Belonging? Insights from User Experience Research, hosted by CCCOER. April 15, 12 p.m.
- There are usually more events posted at Open Education Conference List and Open Education Webinar Calendar.
For more information, please contact Laura Haga by email or on Teams.