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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
Themes: Digital Transformation in Open Education
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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.
Visit the 2023 OER conference archive.
OER22
Date: 26-28 April 2022
Location: London, UK and online
Co-Chairs: GO-GN Global OER Graduate Network
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
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
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
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
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.?
Visit the 2018 OER Conference archive.
OER17: The Politics of Open
Date: 5-6 April 2017
Location: London, UK
Co-Chairs: Josie Fraser, and Alek Tarkowski
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
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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OER15: Mainstreaming open education
Date: 14-15 April 2015
Location: Cardiff, UK
Co-Chairs: Haydn Blackey and Professor Martin Weller
Themes: Mainstreaming Open Education
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OER14: Building communities of open practice
Date: 28-29 April 2014
Location: Newcastle, UK
Co-Chairs: Megan Quentin-Baxter and Simon Thomson
Themes:
- Building and linking communities of open practice
- MOOCs and open courses
- Academic practice, development and pedagogy
- Open policy, research, scholarship and access
- Students as users and co-creators
Visit the 2014 OER Conference archive.
OER13: Creating a Virtuous Circle
Date: 26-27 March 2013
Location: Nottingham, UK
Co-Chairs: Dr Jackie Carter and Dr Chris Pegler
Themes: Creating a virtuous circle
- Evidence
- Experience
- Expectation
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OER12: Innovation and Impact - Openly Collaborating to Enhance Education
Date: 16-18 April 2012
Location: Cambridge, UK
PDF Programme: 2021 pre-conference, 2012 day 1, 2012 day 2, 2012 day 3
Themes: Innovation and Impact - Openly Collaborating to Enhance Education
- Innovation
- Impact
- Collaboration
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OER11
Date: 11-13 May 2011
Location: Manchester, UK
Chair: Jonathan Darby
Themes:
- OER strategy and sustainability
- Academic practice and digital scholarship
- Collaboration and communities
Visit the 2011 OER Conference archive.
OER10
Date: 22-24 March 2010
Location: Cambridge, UK
Chair: Tom Boyle
Themes:
- Open educational content
- OER design
- Open educational communities
Visit the 2010 OER Conference archive.