Previous OER Conferences

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OER24 - Digital Transformation in Open Education

Date: 27-28 March 2024
Location: Munster Technological University, Cork (Ireland)
Co-Chairs: Dr Gearóid Ó Súilleabháin and Dr Tom Farrelly

2024 PDF Programme / Online Programme

2024 YouTube Playlist

Themes: Digital Transformation in Open Education

Open Education Landscape and Transformation: This theme explores Open Education and its transformative potential, with a particular emphasis on key initiatives and developments in the Irish education and training context.
Equity and Inclusion in OER: This theme delves into the role of Open Educational Resources (OER) in serving marginalised groups and in promoting inclusivity, diversity and equity in open education.
Open Source and Scholarly Engagement: This theme focuses on the connection between Open Education, Open Data, the Open-Source movement, and digital scholarship/librarianship, showcasing the collaboration of researchers across these areas.
Ethical Dimensions of Generative AI and OER Creation: This theme highlights the ethical considerations surrounding the use of generative AI for content creation and its potential in making educational content more accessible.
Innovative Pedagogies and Creative Education: This theme explores the intersection of Open Education with instructional design and learning design, examining creative practices and innovative pedagogies that enhance the learning experience.

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OER23 - Advancing open education practices

Date: 4-6 April 2023
Location: University of the Highlands and Islands, Inverness, Scotland
Co-Chairs: GO-GN Global OER Graduate Network

2023 PDF Programme

2023 YouTube Playlist

Themes: Advancing open education practices

Celebrating the impact of Open Education and OER;
Open Education research and policy around the globe;
Open Education in Scotland – celebrating 10 years of the Scottish Open Education Declaration;
Embedding and supporting Open Education through curriculum design.

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OER22

Date: 26-28 April 2022
Location: London, UK and online
Co-Chairs: GO-GN Global OER Graduate Network

2022 PDF Programme

2022 YouTube playlist

Themes:

Theme 1 – Pedagogy in a time of crisis: what does an ‘open’ response look like? How has the word of open education changed since we last convened in person in 2019? What role do open approaches play in shaping a (post) pandemic pedagogy?
Theme 2 – Open textbooks: with the crisis for students and institutions deepening in the UK and across the globe, and renewed calls for new policies for open textbooks being issued, this theme is for research, practice and policy submission exploring their potential and impact;
Theme 3 – Open in Action: exploring open teaching, educational practises and resources, we are looking for submissions that show openness in action in different contexts and from a range of perspectives.
Theme 4 – Open research: this theme focuses on the importance of open scholarship or research around any aspect of open education;

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OERxDomains21

Date: 21-22 April 2021
Location: Online
Co-Chairs: Jim Groom, Lauren Hanks, Louise Drumm, Joe Wilson and Lou Mycroft

2021 PDF Programme

2021 YouTube playlist

Themes:

Theme 1: Openness, care, and joy in the times of pandemic;
Theme 2: Open Education responses to surveillance technologies and data ownership in education;
Theme 3: Open in Action: open teaching, educational practices and resources, how you might be using Domains and other tools;
Theme 4: Shifts in agency and creativity as empowerment of learners and educators;
Theme 5: Open Source Tools: infrastructure, cloud environments, targeted teaching tools.

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OER20 - The Care in Openness

Date: 1-2 April 2020
Location: Online
Co-Chairs: Mia Zamora, Daniel Villar-Onrubia and Jonathan Shaw

PDF Programme: 2020 day 1, 2020 day 2

YouTube playlist

Themes: The Care In Openness

Theme 1: Openness in the age of surveillance
Theme 2: Sustainable open education communities
Theme 3: Open education for civic engagement and democracy
Theme 4: Criticality and care in open education
Theme 5: Caring pedagogies and designing for diverse communities of inclusion

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OER19: Recentering Open

Date: 10-11 April 2019
Location: National University of Ireland, Galway
Co-Chairs: Laura Czerniewicz and Catherine Cronin

2019 PDF Programme

YouTube playlist

Themes:

Back to basics – asking difficult questions about open education:
- Why open?
- Open for whom?
- Whose interests are served?
- In what ways has the open agenda been appropriated, and what are the implications of this?
The geopolitics of open education, bringing open in from the periphery
The open ecosystem: How is open education part of the broader ecosystem of “opens”?
What does it mean to illuminate open by considering context?
How can historical perspectives contribute to understanding the issues faced in the open education movement today?
Links between critical digital literacies, critical data literacies, and openness
What open business models are emerging? What are the paths to sustainability?
What are the risks and challenges to the open education agenda?

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OER18: Open to All

Date: 18 – 19 April 2018
Location: Bristol, UK
Co-Chairs: Vivien Rolfe and David Kernohan

2018 PDF Programme

2018 YouTube playlist

Themes: Open to All

How can open practice and research support learner success?
How does Open Education foster learner diversity and support inclusivity?
What skills do learners need and develop in experiencing open learning?
Politics in action – (following up from #OER17) – what are your latest initiatives in support of learning and growth?
How is OER learning from, and contributing to, other open activities, e.g. open science, open source, open data, open access etc.?

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OER17: The Politics of Open

Date: 5-6 April 2017
Location: London, UK
Co-Chairs: Josie Fraser, and Alek Tarkowski

2017 PDF Programme

2017 YouTube playlist

Themes: The Politics of Open

Local, national, and international policy and practice
Institutional/organisational politics
Participation & social equality
Open Party

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OER16: Open Culture

Date: 19th-20th April 2015
Location: Edinburgh, UK
Co-Chairs: Lorna Campbell and Melissa Highton

2016 PDF Programme

2016 YouTube playlist

Themes:

Strategic and reputational advantages of openness (including, but not restricted to, outreach, public engagement and return on investment).
Converging or diverging cultures of openness (including open data, open science, open GLAM, open knowledge, open source, open content, open access).
Hacking, making and sharing.
Innovative approaches to opening up cultural heritage collections for education.

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