#equityandaccess — Public Fediverse posts

All Things Open 2026

Curious about open access, open data, or open educational resources? Join us virtually for Kennesaw State University Libraries’ fourth annual All Things Open Conference from April 6-9 as we celebrate all Open Movements, including… Open access journals and publishing Open data Open educational resources Open pedagogy and equitable teaching practices Open repositories Open […] 🗓️ Start: April 6, 2026 5:00 pm UTC ⏳ End: April 9, 2026 8:00 pm UTC Participate in #OEWeek25 activities https://oeweek.oeglobal.org/

https://oeweek.oeglobal.org/activity/all-things-open-2026/

ISKME OER Summit

This free event will be hosted virtually on April 29 from 10:00 am – 1:00 pm Pacific Time. Taking inspiration from resilient redwood forests, ISKME’s OER Summit will focus on how being deeply rooted and connected in our communities helps us to rise and thrive together. Stay up to date about this event on the OER Commons 2026 OER Summit Hub. We’ll seek to develop connections, showcase […] 🗓️ Start: April 29, 2026 5:00 pm UTC ⏳ End: April 29, 2026 8:00 pm UTC 📍 Location: Half Moon Bay, United States, Half Moon Bay, United States Participate in #OEWeek25 activities https://oeweek.oeglobal.org/

https://oeweek.oeglobal.org/activity/iskme-oer-summit/

Bridging knowledge gaps through collaboration: Wikimedia in South Africa and the UK

This Knowledge Equity webinar focuses on advancing knowledge equity through Wikimedia initiatives and open education, with a particular emphasis on South African and UK perspectives. During this session we will explore how collaborative efforts between Wikimedia communities, Open Education and Open Research networks can: • Empower local knowledge creation and representation. • Address […] 🗓️ Start: March 24, 2026 12:00 pm UTC ⏳ End: March 24, 2026 1:00 pm UTC 📍 Location: Leeds, United Kingdom, Leeds, United Kingdom Participate in #OEWeek25 activities https://oeweek.oeglobal.org/

https://oeweek.oeglobal.org/activity/wikimedia-south-africa-and-uk/

The Price is Wrong: Free or Low-Cost Alternatives in Higher Education (Concordia University)

Sometimes, the cost of academic publishing can feel very wrong. Costs might feel wrong for students facing higher living and tuition costs, and for researchers seeking to make their work open access. Textbooks, course packs, journal articles, academic books, and related online resources carry various price tags; some of which are shockingly high or low. Uncover the publishing costs in academia […] 🗓️ Start: March 18, 2026 7:00 pm UTC ⏳ End: March 18, 2026 8:30 pm UTC 📍 Location: Montreal, Canada, Montreal, Canada Participate in #OEWeek25 activities https://oeweek.oeglobal.org/

https://oeweek.oeglobal.org/activity/price-is-wrong-free/

Be the change you want to see: Applications of Seamless learning. Research projects from the International Research Network for Innovative Sustainable and Seamless Education (IRN-ISSE)

The International Research Network for Innovative Sustainable and Seamless Education (IRN-ISSE) is a global research partnership that began at mLearn 2018 at Concordia University in Chicago. The vision of IRN-ISSE is to build an international community of practice, inviting researchers and specialists to collaborate for the greater good, with a specific focus on the United Nations Sustainable […] 🗓️ Start: March 4, 2026 1:00 pm UTC ⏳ End: March 4, 2026 2:00 pm UTC 📍 Location: Lund, Sweden, Lund, Sweden Participate in #OEWeek25 activities https://oeweek.oeglobal.org/

https://oeweek.oeglobal.org/activity/be-the-change/

Observatorio de Datos Académicos: SUAyED

Colección de visualizaciones interactivas desarrolladas en Tableau Public para el análisis de datos educativos y la analítica del aprendizaje. El recurso promueve la alfabetización en datos y el uso pedagógico de paneles interactivos como apoyo a la docencia, la investigación y la toma de decisiones educativas basadas en evidencia. 🗓️ Start: March 5, 2026 4:00 pm UTC ⏳ End: March 5, 2026 5:00 pm UTC 📍 Location: México City, Mexico, México City, Mexico Participate in #OEWeek25 activities https://oeweek.oeglobal.org/

https://oeweek.oeglobal.org/activity/observatorio-datos-academicos-suayed/

Engaging Students: Surveys, Bookmarks, and Tools for Open Educational Resources (OER) Momentum at Your College

Students experience textbook costs as a barrier to access every day—yet many don’t know that zero textbook cost and OER options even exist. This webinar equips OER advocates with simple, ready-to-use tools to change that. Participants will learn how to engage students using a shared, Institutional Review Board approved student-facing survey that can be deployed immediately with built in […] 🗓️ Start: March 2, 2026 7:00 pm UTC ⏳ End: March 2, 2026 8:00 pm UTC 📍 Location: Sacramento, United States, Sacramento, United States Participate in #OEWeek25 activities https://oeweek.oeglobal.org/

https://oeweek.oeglobal.org/activity/engaging-students-surveys-bookmarks-oer-tools/

Finding the Human Connection in a Digital World: Using Discuss-It to Build Community, Promote Critical Thinking, and Shift the Focus of Assessment

In an age of automation, how do you ensure that student work remains a reflection of genuine learning? Join us to learn about Discuss-It, an openly-licensed tool within the LibreTexts platform. Discuss-It transforms discussions into interactive, multimedia exchanges through audio, video, and text. Learn how integrating voice and video responses can boost engagement, build community, and bring […] 🗓️ Start: March 6, 2026 6:30 pm UTC ⏳ End: March 6, 2026 7:30 pm UTC 📍 Location: Sacramento, United States, Sacramento, United States Participate in #OEWeek25 activities https://oeweek.oeglobal.org/

https://oeweek.oeglobal.org/activity/human-connection-digital-world-discuss-it/

ADAPT and AI: An Instructor’s Success Story

This session demonstrates practical ways to build and deploy homework in LibreTexts ADAPT using WeBWorK algorithmic problems. WeBWorK uses a complex Perl-based language called PG, and writing questions in PG can be challenging. Most PG examples online focus on math, physics, and engineering. As a life science professor, I want to bridge that gap by bringing algorithmic biology problems, which […] 🗓️ Start: March 4, 2026 8:00 pm UTC ⏳ End: March 4, 2026 9:00 pm UTC 📍 Location: Davis, United States, Davis, United States Participate in #OEWeek25 activities https://oeweek.oeglobal.org/

https://oeweek.oeglobal.org/activity/adapt-and-ai-an-instructors-success-story/

Opening Doors: Skyline College Faculty Talk about using Affordable Course Materials

What inspires faculty to move toward Open Educational Resources (OER) and Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) materials? Join us for a conversation with Skyline College faculty who teach with OER and ZTC materials. Panelists will share their motivations for choosing affordable course materials, the challenges and surprises they encounter, and the impact on learning experiences in their courses. This […] 🗓️ Start: March 2, 2026 10:00 pm UTC ⏳ End: March 2, 2026 11:00 pm UTC 📍 Location: San Mateo, United States, San Mateo, United States Participate in #OEWeek25 activities https://oeweek.oeglobal.org/

https://oeweek.oeglobal.org/activity/opening-doors-skyline-college-faculty-talk-about-using-affordable-course-materials/

Call to Action: Co-designing and Enhancing Pharmacology for Nurses

Description This Open Education Week, the OntarioTech University Teaching and Learning Center is inviting Health Sciences faculty to join us in reviewing, modifying, or adapting our Pharmacology for Nurses Open Educational Resource (OER). This resource was developed specifically for nursing graduate students preparing for the NCLEX, providing evidence-based content, clear explanations, and […] 🗓️ Start: March 6, 2026 5:00 pm UTC ⏳ End: March 6, 2026 6:00 pm UTC 📍 Location: Oshawa, Canada, Oshawa, Canada Participate in #OEWeek25 activities https://oeweek.oeglobal.org/

https://oeweek.oeglobal.org/activity/co-designing-enhancing-pharmacology-for-nurses/

Intro to the LibreTexts LibreVerse

If you’ve heard of LibreTexts but aren’t quite sure where to start, this one’s for you. Join a member of our team for a guided tour of the “LibreVerse,” our full ecosystem of free, open tools we’ve built to support educators and students at every stage of their learning journey. We’ll walk you through our repository of over a million pages of OER content; our Remixer that lets you take any of […] 🗓️ Start: March 2, 2026 7:00 pm UTC ⏳ End: March 2, 2026 8:00 pm UTC 📍 Location: Davis, United States, Davis, United States Participate in #OEWeek25 activities https://oeweek.oeglobal.org/

https://oeweek.oeglobal.org/activity/intro-to-the-libretexts-libreverse/

Hinds Community College Wikipedia Editathon

Hinds Community College’s Wikipedia Editathon is taking place Wednesday, March 4th from 1-3pm, McLendon Library in the Bucci Room. 🗓️ Start: March 4, 2026 7:00 pm UTC ⏳ End: March 4, 2026 9:00 pm UTC 📍 Location: Raymond, United States, Raymond, United States Participate in #OEWeek25 activities https://oeweek.oeglobal.org/

https://oeweek.oeglobal.org/activity/hinds-community-college-wikipedia-editathon/

AfLIA Open Education Week Virtual Summit

The African Library and Information Associations and Institutions (AfLIA), in collaboration with OER Africa, is pleased to announce the 2026 AfLIA Open Education Week Virtual Summit, scheduled for 3–4 March 2026. The virtual summit will convene librarians, educators, researchers, policymakers, and other stakeholders to explore how Open Education can expand access, improve equity, and […] 🗓️ Start: March 3, 2026 9:00 am UTC ⏳ End: March 3, 2026 1:00 pm UTC 📍 Location: Accra, Ghana, Accra, Ghana Participate in #OEWeek25 activities https://oeweek.oeglobal.org/

https://oeweek.oeglobal.org/activity/aflia-oeweek-virtual-summit/2026-03-03/

Stronger Together: The Network of Open Organizations

The Network of Open Organizations is a global alliance of diverse institutions and leaders committed to expanding open education and access to knowledge worldwide. Launched in 2019 and coordinated by Open Education Global, the Network brings together educational institutions, NGOs, inter-governmental bodies, and other open advocates to collaborate on shared goals, including supporting the […] 🗓️ Start: March 3, 2026 4:30 pm UTC ⏳ End: March 3, 2026 5:30 pm UTC 📍 Location: Concord, United States, Concord, United States Participate in #OEWeek25 activities https://oeweek.oeglobal.org/

https://oeweek.oeglobal.org/activity/stronger-together-the-network-of-open-organizations/

LibreTexts ADAPT: Homework Reimagined

ADAPT, LibreTexts’ open homework and assessment platform, is designed to do exactly that. Join our Founder and Executive Director, Delmar Larsen, for a guided tour of everything ADAPT has to offer: – 240,000+ openly licensed questions – Adaptive Learning Trees and personalized learning models – Built-in analytics and an Early Warning System powered by predictive analytics – Seamless LMS […] 🗓️ Start: March 4, 2026 7:00 pm UTC ⏳ End: March 4, 2026 8:00 pm UTC 📍 Location: Davis, United States, Davis, United States Participate in #OEWeek25 activities https://oeweek.oeglobal.org/

https://oeweek.oeglobal.org/activity/libretexts-adapt-homework-reimagined/

A Community Like No Other: LibreTexts Academy and LibreNet Consortium

The LibreTexts Academy is the professional development hub of the LibreVerse, designed for faculty who are serious about open education but don’t have unlimited time to figure it all out alone. Whether you’re adopting an existing open textbook for the first time, or building a fully custom course from the ground up, the Academy meets you where you are and takes you where you want to […] 🗓️ Start: March 5, 2026 8:00 pm UTC ⏳ End: March 5, 2026 9:00 pm UTC 📍 Location: Davis, United States, Davis, United States Participate in #OEWeek25 activities https://oeweek.oeglobal.org/

https://oeweek.oeglobal.org/activity/ibretexts-academy-and-librenet-consortium/

Viquipèdia:Viquimarató Dones i Salut (Wikipedia : Women and Health Wikimarathon)

Aquesta viquimarató forma part de les activitats del Projecte Dones i Salut a la Viquipèdia i els seus objectius principals són analitzar el contingut actual relacionat amb la salut de les dones a la Viquipèdia, millorar els articles existents i crear-ne de nous per cobrir les llacunes identificades. L’equip de treball d’aquest projecte està coordinat per RedCAPS encarregat de revisar […] 🗓️ Start: March 24, 2025 7:00 am UTC ⏳ End: March 24, 2025 4:00 pm UTC 📍 Location: Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain Participate in #OEWeek25 activities https://oeweek.oeglobal.org/

https://oeweek.oeglobal.org/activity/viquimarato-dones-i-salut/

Persistence & Progress: Confronting Wikipedia’s gender imbalance (Wiki Education)

As the world’s go-to encyclopedia, Wikipedia’s content should reflect the diversity of the real world, but in areas like gender representation, it can still fall short. The persisting gender gap on Wikipedia extends from its content across subjects and biographies to its content contributors themselves – a gap that individual editors, organized groups of contributors, and Wikimedia […] 🗓️ Start: March 13, 2025 5:00 pm UTC ⏳ End: March 13, 2025 6:00 pm UTC 📍 Location: Online from Multiple Locations Participate in #OEWeek25 activities https://oeweek.oeglobal.org/

https://oeweek.oeglobal.org/activity/persistence-progress-confronting-wikipedias-gender-imbalance-wiki-education/

The HAN Change Approach

In this webinar for OEGlobal members, we’ll explain the HAN change approach to digital education. Our 12-year program includes 5 subprojects: Support Change Management Technical Infrastructure Professionalize, Recognize & Appreciate Startups Enjoy our webinar and engage with us about our approach. Background info Who is HAN University of Applied Sciences? We are HAN University of […] 🗓️ Start: April 9, 2025 2:00 pm UTC ⏳ End: April 9, 2025 3:30 pm UTC 📍 Location: HAN University of Applied Sciences, Arnhem, Netherlands Participate in #OEWeek25 activities https://oeweek.oeglobal.org/

https://oeweek.oeglobal.org/activity/the-han-change-approach/

Open for Antiracism: Leveraging Open Education to Support Antiracism in the Classroom, 4 years in review

In this 45-minute panel discussion, we address the question: “How can the open education field engage effectively with antiracist pedagogy?” The Open for Antiracism Program (OFAR) provides an example from its four years of programming that supports. California community college faculty to transform their classrooms to be antiracist through the affordances of OER and open pedagogy. Now in […] 🗓️ Start: March 4, 2025 5:00 pm UTC ⏳ End: March 4, 2025 5:45 pm UTC 📍 Location: College of the Canyons, Santa Clarita, United States Participate in #OEWeek25 activities https://oeweek.oeglobal.org/

https://oeweek.oeglobal.org/activity/open-for-antiracism-leveraging-open-education-to-support-antiracism-in-the-classroom-4-years-in-review/

DOERS3: Advancing OER for All through Practical Tools

Join us for a brief 30-minute session to learn the work DOERS3 is doing to update the rubric formerly known as the Equity Through OER Rubric, which is currently under revision for its 2.0 update. In the session, you will hear how the group is moving forward with updates based on feedback and lessons learned from its 2022-23 pilot program. You’ll also hear about their plans for running a second […] 🗓️ Start: March 7, 2025 5:00 pm UTC ⏳ End: March 7, 2025 5:30 pm UTC 📍 Location: Online from Multiple Locations Participate in #OEWeek25 activities https://oeweek.oeglobal.org/

https://oeweek.oeglobal.org/activity/doers3/