#opened25 — Public Fediverse posts

Happy #OpenEducation Week March 2-6! Be inspired by all that's happening to advance #OpenEd by watching the newly released video recordings of sessions from the #OpenEd25 Conference. https://openeducationconference.org/news/2026/happy-open-education-week-opened25-recordings-now-available

Hats off to some of the team behind #OpenEd25: Hailey Babb, Christina Riehman-Murphy, Ash Barber, Nicholas Swails, Rosario Rogel-Salazar, Nicole Allen, Pranjal Saloni, Amanda Larson, Aishah Abdullah, Gabby Hernandez & Annika Many. Go to https://openeducationconference.org/ for more on #OpenEd26!

Check out our recap of #OpenEd25! Takeaways from students, researchers, professors & administrators on what inspired them connecting w/ the #OpenEducation community last month in Denver. Save the date for virtual #OpenEd26 Oct 27-29, 2026. New story here:
https://sparcopen.org/news/2025/open-education-conference-recap-2025/

More than 1,600 people attended #OpenEd25 last month in Denver & online! Hear what some of them had to say about the experience. We just posted a wrap-up story on the event w/ key takeaways & their hopes for the future of #opened #OER. https://sparcopen.org/news/2025/open-education-conference-recap-2025/

Stunning #ICDEWC30 open 😍 “we’re gathered by what binds us: a shared belief in the transformative power of education” Giselle Byrnes. And a throwback to adrienne maree brown’s #OpenEd25 keynote: “we are here to imagine together, to ask ‘what if?”

#ICDEWC2025 #Wellington #Aotearoa

Last week's #OpenEd25 conference connected & inspired #OER advocates from all parts of the world. As you reflect on your experience, please share what you liked & what could be better for #OpenEd26. The feedback form is anonymous, but data may be shared publicly. https://form.jotform.com/252953517519263

Did you enjoy #OpenEd25 and want to be part of shaping future conferences? Consider running for the Conference Board! Deadline is November 14th. Read more and self-nominate here: https://openeducationconference.org/board-election

📢 It's OpenEd Board election time! Do you have ideas, enthusiasm, and community spirit? Have you attended the Open Education Conference before? Self-nominate for the Open Education Conference Advisory Board!

Key Info:
🧁 Nominations close 14 November
🧁 A term on the Board is two years (Jan 2026 - Dec 2027)
🧁 Time commitment is 6-10 hours per month
🧁 If you're not sure if you should nominate, this is me telling you that you should absolutely nominate. If you're still unsure, message me so I can tell you again.
🧁 Why are these dot points cupcakes? I'm hungry and I like them.

ALSO -- This is an election. So, people need to vote.
💡 If you are not already registered to vote, make sure you do so by the end of the month! Voting will be open from 1 to 5 December.

Find all the details on the website: https://openeducationconference.org/board-election

#OpenEducation #OpenEd #OpenEd25 #OpenEducationConference #OpenPedagogy #Education #HigherEducation #Libraries #AustralasianOER #AustralianOER #AustraliOER #AustralianOpenEd #AotearoaOER #AotearOER #NewZealandOER @heyopened

What one word would you use to describe your #OpenEd25 experience? Inspiring? Invigorating? Engaging? Conference organizers welcome your feedback on the form below.
Save the date for next year's virtual #OpenEd26 to be held Oct 27-29, 2026.
https://form.jotform.com/252953517519263

Today's #OpenEd25 snack break is generously sponsored by OpenStax! Thank you for helping to make this event possible! 💖

This backs up previous studies that #OER are generally helpful for students, but particularly for those who may not be able to afford their materials. But the amount and complexity of the data here is much more than that. I look forward to the full report coming from the AAC&U team later! #OpenEd25

A lot of data was used to get a more complete picture of the courses, instructors, and students being studied, to help the researchers understand where variables might be affecting what they found. "Pulling this data was an experience," Heather Miceli notes. #OpenEd25

To meet all of their research goals, the team had to take multiple approaches, integrating an institutional survey (does your institution have support for #OER?), collecting course data, running focus groups, and surveying instructors. #OpenEd25

Next up at #OpenEd25 Day 3, I am attending "Beyond Affordability: Early Insights from a Multi-Institutional Study on #OER and Student Success" from folks doing research through the AAC&U.

As with many of the presentations at #OpenEd25, I am so glad to be learning with and from the speakers here this morning. Karen is always a wonder to hear from and I am lucky to be listening in this room and sharing with you all! But I'm going to cut off my live posts here to engage in Q&A more thoughtfully.

Open pedagogy is an educational practice that encourages collaboration and community engagement (much like service learning) and students developing learning objects (not just textbooks! We are sick of textbooks!) and students can learn to be open scholars through this work. #OpenEd25

And since this is #OpenEd25, of course, we're going to connect that work in #OpenScience to #OpenPedagogy. How can we invite students into their learning experience as co-creators of knowledge, and teach them best practices for sharing well and broadly, as outlined by our peers in open science?

This morning, I am late to my first #OpenEd25 session of Day 3, "Developing a Comprehensive Undergraduate Open Science-Open Pedagogy Program" by Karen Cangialosi. I did catch a great quote as I snuck in the door, though: "Science supports democracy, and democracy supports science."

It's the final day of #OpenEd25. The past two days have been full of inspiration, connection, and learning—and there is still so much ahead! Here's today's schedule: https://opened25.sched.com/. Thanks to all who helped bring together the #OpenEd community once again! https://openeducationconference.org/

It's the final morning of #OpenEd25! Thank you to our sponsors who have made our event possible. ⭐

This team has done some excellent work, so I highly recommend checking out their slides and following the work happening at NCSU more closely to learn more: https://sched.co/270KH
#OpenEd25

Each of the "pit stops" on this road or process can come about in many different ways. You need to approach it based on your community, your institution, and your faculty. But connecting with them on an individual level is the important piece here. #OpenEd25

Katya is now sharing the method that they've developed to support and uplift faculty doing #OER work at NCSU. #OpenEd25

Next up at the end of Day 2 for #OpenEd25, I'm attending "'Thank You for All You Do': Celebrating Faculty Contributions in Open Education" from David Tully and Katya Mueller from NCSU!

This is a short presentation, but it's important for us to look inward and outward to consider "How can we make our work sustainable?" and also "How can we build awareness of our work and its relevance to our many communities? Thanks to the presenters and the #OpenEd25 team for sharing these tips.

We can also identify strands of funding available at our institution. Funding for professional development, digital learning, partnerships with units across campus who care about student success and want to support our community, and finally, grants and philanthropy (not just "OER" grants)
#OpenEd25

Now at #OpenEd25, I'm attending "Institutional Alignment and Braided Funding for Sustainable Open Education Programs" from Joy Shoemate and James Glapa Grossklag.

I hope others at #OpenEd25 were able to take some good notes at my last session of the conference! I couldn't take notes myself since I was presenting, but I'm back to share about my experience at the last couple of sessions of the day!

Today's lunch is generously sponsored by the William & Flora Hewlett Foundation. Thank you for your support of #OpenEd25! 💖