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Open Educational Resources (OER): Open Education Week March 3-7, 2025

A Guide for Educators and Learners

 

                                                                                                              

An annual celebration, Open Education Week (OE Week) is an opportunity for actively sharing and learning about the latest achievements in Open Education worldwide.
Open Education Week was launched in 2012 by Open Education Global as a collaborative, community-built open forum. Every year OE Week raises awareness and highlights innovative open education successes worldwide. OE Week provides practitioners, educators, and students with an opportunity to build a greater understanding of open educational practices and be inspired by the wonderful work being developed by the community around the world.

OE Week Workshops & Webinars

OpenEdWeek MCC Faculty Workshops

Wednesday, March 5th 3:00-3:45pm, Bedford Library Room 5 or Zoom

Friday, March 7th 10-10:45am on Zoom

EXPLORING OER & ANCILLARY MATERIALS WITH AN EQUITY LENS

This session will explore OER including open textbooks created by MA faculty with an equity lens, as well as OER repositories with a focus on ancillary (such as activities, lesson plans, slides, and assessments) materials. Join Tracy Joyce, Coordinator of Library Services & August W. Guszkowski, Graduate Student OER Intern

Can’t make the workshop, but still want to learn about using OER in your courses?

Use this link to register for the workshop, or to connect with a librarian for more information.

A zoom link will be sent to you prior to the workshop if you are attending on Zoom.

 

OpenEdWeek MCC Student Workshops

Wednesday, March 5th from 2:00-2:45pm, Bedford Library Room 5 or Zoom

AFFORDING TEXTBOOKS: WHAT EXACTLY ARE OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES (OER) ANYWAY?

Have you heard of open educational resources, OER, but not sure what that means and want to learn more? Have you taken classes that have used free textbooks or course materials? Join August W. Guszkowski, Graduate Student OER Intern student OER Ambassador, Siya Bhagat, to learn more about free and open resources, and share your experiences with textbook costs.

Can’t make the workshop, but still want to learn about OER?

Use this link to register for the workshop, or to connect with a librarian for more information.

A zoom link will be sent to you prior to the workshop if you are attending on Zoom.

 

Additional OEWeek 2024 Webinars

OE Week Resources