Open Educational Resources (OER)

Open Education Talks are a series of 15-minute lightning talks about facets of open education including open pedagogy and learning, utilizing open educational resources, and integrating open strategies and technologies in higher education. The purpose of these talks is to create an accessible, virtual space to engage in conversations about open education. We encourage talks that are student-led or otherwise showcase the important role of student-educator collaborations in open education, and welcome proposals from educators, students, administrators, librarians, instructional designers, and all other roles related to the design, delivery, and evaluation of open education in post-secondary institutions.

These talks aim to create an accessible, virtual space to engage in conversations about open education. For these talks, we share our understanding of open education from the UNESCO Cape Town Declaration:

“…open education is not limited to just open educational resources. It also draws upon open technologies that facilitate collaborative, flexible learning and the open sharing of teaching practices that empower educators to benefit from the best ideas of their colleagues'' (UNESCO Cape Town Declaration, 2018).

We invite you to submit your talk or poster proposal for the fourth annual Open Education Talks, a series of 15-minute lightning talks about open education, open pedagogy, and integrating open resources and technologies in higher education. This virtual event aims to foster conversations and share best practices in open education.

Talks & Poster Opportunities:

• Talks: Share your experiences in open education, focusing on open pedagogy, OER, student partnerships, AI in education, and more. Sessions will occur every Wednesday in March 2025, from 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM MT, and will be hosted on Zoom.
• Posters: New this year! Submit your infographic or poster to the Digital Poster Wall to visually showcase your open education work. Accepted creators will receive guidelines and licensing information.

Proposal Deadline: December 15, 2024
Speakers Notified: January 10, 2025
Registration Opens: February 3, 2025

This Year’s Streams:

1. Building Blocks of OE: Basics of open education and OER adoption
2. AI, Technology, and OE: AI's role in open education and its ethical implications
3. Student Leadership and Partnership: Student-led projects and collaboration in OE
4. Tensions and Possibilities: Integrating open research and addressing challenges

We invite you to submit your proposal to this form no later than December 15, 2024.

For more details, visit the Open Education Talks website.

This initiative has been developed in partnership with the University of Calgary, Thompson Rivers University, University of Alberta, and Mount Royal University. 

For more information about the Open Education Talks, please connect with Sarah Adams at sarah.adams1@ucalgary.ca