If you are booking travel or are undecided about registering for #OER17, you might want to make sure you stay to the very end as we’ve got an amazing plenary panel lined up, ‘Mapping the Politics of Open’.
Last year the OER16 conference committee invited you to create images that we could use to promote the event. We liked the results so much that we invite you to impress us again by letting your creative energies flow for #OER17: The Politics of Open.
The 8th Open Educational Resources Conference, OER17: The Politics of Open, will be held from 5 to 6 April 2017 at Resource for London, UK. We are pleased to announce that registration for the OER17 conference is now open.
Attending OER17 presents a fantastic opportunity for anyone with an interest in open educational practice, expert or novice, to share, learn and debate ‘The Politics of Open’ and consider what needs to be done to overcome barriers and move open education forwards.
The 8th Open Educational Resources Conference, OER17: The Politics of Open, will be held from 5 to 6 April 2017 at Resource for London, UK.
The conference is an important event for all involved in Higher and Further Education. The 2015 event attracted about 150 to 190 participants from 29 countries, as well as over 1,700 views online, and 8,000 tweets from 1,200 unique Twitter accounts.
There are two ways for you to get involved in this event and connect with its participants.
As a sponsor, you gain
We are seeking to recruit an individual to work specifically on the OER17 conference project, helping to deliver the event which takes place in London 5-6 April 2017. See https://oer17.oerconf.org/ for more information.
We have received many requests to extend the deadline for submissions and are pleased to announce that the new deadline is Midday GMT Friday, 25 November 2016.
The 8th Open Educational Resources Conference, OER17: The Politics of Open, will be held from 5 to 6 April 2017 at Resource for London, UK. The conference themes for submission this year are:
We are delighted to announce that the #OER17: The Politics of Open call for proposals has now been published. The 8th Open Educational Resources Conference, OER17: The Politics of Open, will be held from 5 to 6 April 2017 at Resource for London, UK. The deadline for proposals is on midday GMT Wednesday, 16 November 2016. The conference themes for submission this year are:
We are seeking experienced Co-Chairs for the 2017 Conference Committee of the 8th OER Conference, who will play a major role in planning and facilitating the conference in 2017. For information about previous OER conferences please visit https://oer16.oerconf.org/. The conference format evolves each year to keep pace with the changing expectations and priorities of participants and speakers, but its core values around Open Education remain strong.