OEGlobal 2026

OEGlobal 2026

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8:45am EDT

Welcome to Day 3 1 - Salon MIT - 7th Floor

9:00am EDT

Keynote 4 1 - Salon MIT - 7th Floor

10:30am EDT

Democratizing Knowledge Through the Localization of OER at the School and Classroom Level in Lebanon 7 - Dining Room 5 - 6th FloorBethany Eldridge Indigenous Languages, Multimedia, and OER: From Decolonising the Mind to Democratising Knowledge 4 - Salon T - 7th FloorAdéṣínà Ayẹni Opening Pathways to Educational Research: What We Learned from 1200+ Journals Open-Access Status 2 - Salon M - 7th FloorLance Eaton • Danielle Leek Students as Co-Creators: Advancing Equity and Engagement Through Collaborative Open Educational Resource Development in Undergraduate Biology 5 - Dining Room 3 - 6th FloorChristopher Bolden Sustainable Open Education: Ideation, Advocacy, Policy, Networks and Champions 6 - Dining Room 4 - 6th FloorIgor Lesko Feminist Pedagogy as Liberatory Practice 3 - Salon I - 7th FloorHeather Snyder Quinn • Ayako Takase • Jeff Kasper • Alison Place • Sarah Rutherford

11:05am EDT

From Quality to Transparency: Leveraging AI for Assessment and Version Tracking in Open Educational Resources 6 - Dining Room 4 - 6th FloorShahla Rasulzade Innovating Open Simulation: Transforming Healthcare Education Through Open Content, Access, and Equity 4 - Salon T - 7th FloorTeresa Connolly • Fara Bowler Scaling OER Adoption in the Arab Region: The OER SMART Model 5 - Dining Room 3 - 6th FloorMahmoud Hawamdeh Scaling OER Peer Review with Artificial Intelligence: A MERLOT Pilot Study 7 - Dining Room 5 - 6th FloorMichael Plotkin • Medora Huseby The 20-Year Journey of Open Education in Japan: Moving from Institutional Initiatives Toward a Nation-Wide Collaborative Ecosystem 2 - Salon M - 7th FloorKatsusuke Shigeta • Katsusuke Shigeta • Takaya Yamazato

11:50am EDT

Embedding No-Cost and Low-Cost Materials in Program Design 4 - Salon T - 7th FloorJoshua Nave Filmbuilding: A Framework for Connection, Creativity, and Collective Learning 5 - Dining Room 3 - 6th FloorTom Flint Hard Choices, Moral Decisions, and Democracy: Overcoming the “Moral Deficit” Assumption by Building OER Texts 6 - Dining Room 4 - 6th FloorNakia S. Pope Strategic Partnerships to Support Open Initiatives Across STEM 2 - Salon M - 7th FloorKaren Cangialosi • Carrie Diaz Eaton • Kaitlin Bonner Future of Openness: A Human-in-the-Loop Framework for Agentic OER 3 - Salon I - 7th FloorSarah Harmon • Delmar Larsen • Michelle Pilati • Shagun Kaur • Cristina Moon Who Maintains the Commons? A Hybrid Panel on Hacking OER for Shared Stewardship 7 - Dining Room 5 - 6th FloorNathan Schneider • Cheryl Casey • Diana Daly • Amanda Coolidge • Nancy A. Henke

12:25pm EDT

Critical Open Educational Practices: Beyond Access, Toward Pedagogical Transformation 4 - Salon T - 7th FloorLori-Beth Larsen DocIAComp. Artificial Intelligence and Open Education: Toward a Teaching Competency Framework 2 - Salon M - 7th FloorGiovanna Gabriela da Rosa Suárez • Sofía Rasnik Favotto OpenBody Atlas: Visualizing Human Biology and Drug Interactions Through Open, Interactive Learning 5 - Dining Room 3 - 6th FloorYash Sale The Global Open Graduate Network’s Pilot Hubs: A Networked Approach to Scaling Open Education Research 6 - Dining Room 4 - 6th FloorRobert Farrow • Beck Pitt • Carina Bossu • Saraswati Dawadi

12:55pm EDT

Lunch 9 - Lobby - 7th Floor

1:40pm EDT

Compensating the Creator: Four Grant Models of Tiered OER Support 4 - Salon T - 7th FloorAmy Hofer • Sabrina Davis • Hans Aagard • Emily Helton Decolonizing the Open Curriculum: Reclaiming Indigenous and Local Knowledge Through ODL in Higher Education in Cameroon 7 - Dining Room 5 - 6th FloorLoveline Yaro Hacking Distance: Real-World Open Praxis and Postdigital Literacies for the Online Student 5 - Dining Room 3 - 6th FloorJackeline Bucio-Garcia Innovating Beyond Textbooks: Democratizing Knowledge Through Library-Led Support for Open Homework Systems 2 - Salon M - 7th FloorBryan McGeary Teacher Co-Creation of OER Through Design Thinking: A Transferable Pedagogical Model from Latin America 6 - Dining Room 4 - 6th FloorJennifer Venegas Espinoza • Lorena Santos From Collections to Classrooms: Unlocking Cultural Heritage for Open Education 3 - Salon I - 7th FloorJennryn Wetzler • Amanda Figueroa • Christian Dawson

2:15pm EDT

Generative AI for Mathematics Open Educational Resources: Developer and Educator Perspectives 7 - Dining Room 5 - 6th FloorCandace Walkington • Virginia Clinton-Lisell • Cristina Heffernan • Jiabao Wen UHCOOL: A Sustainable Governance Model Bridging University OER and K-12 Blended Learning 2 - Salon M - 7th FloorWei-I Lee • Ken-Zen Chen • Hao-Yi Chen • Yun-Chia Jasmine Chang French Ministerial Strategy for OER and Open Education in Higher Education: National Recommendations and Actions Plan 4 - Salon T - 7th FloorLuc Massou • Céline Joiron Open for All: Implementing UNESCO’s Capacity Building Practices to Support a Thriving, Resilient OER Community 6 - Dining Room 4 - 6th FloorSuzel Molina • Beatrice Canales • Anne Best • Rosalie Wallace Sidebars as Seedbeds: How a Modular Design Can Help with Updating, Customizing, and Localizing OER Content 5 - Dining Room 3 - 6th FloorJessica Kirschner • Victor Tan Chen

3:00pm EDT

Leading Openly, Reaching Widely: MOLLI Beyond Maryland 5 - Dining Room 3 - 6th FloorGracie McDonough • Debbie Baker Beyond the Textbook: Innovating Open ASL Curriculum for Equitable Access 2 - Salon M - 7th FloorMelanie Nakaji Breaking the Golden Handcuffs: Harnessing ADAPT’s Public Question Bank for Open, Flexible Assessment 6 - Dining Room 4 - 6th FloorDelmar Larsen • Michelle Pilati • Cristina Moon Intentional Design for Open Authorship: Building Infrastructure, Community, and Time to Write 7 - Dining Room 5 - 6th FloorAnita Walz • Jessica Kirschner • Joshua Marsh Open Isn’t Enough: Why OER Needs Care Pedagogies to Move from Information to Action 4 - Salon T - 7th FloorKathryn Frazier • Elizabeth Siler The Future of Openness Is Shared: Co-Creating Communication Strategies 3 - Salon I - 7th FloorKathy Essmiller • Kathy Essmiller • Jojo Karlin

3:35pm EDT

From Evidence to Understanding: Aligning OER Research with Disciplinary Practice 3 - Salon I - 7th FloorKathy Essmiller • Kathy Essmiller • Jennifer Pate • Virginia Clinton-Lisell Open as Resilience: Collaborations, Storytelling, and Solidarity in Contexts of Crisis 7 - Dining Room 5 - 6th FloorPaola Corti • Heather Blicher • Adriana D’Amico Beyond the Book: Hacking OER Infrastructures for Shared Maintenance and Governance 6 - Dining Room 4 - 6th FloorNathan Schneider • Diana Daly Coding a Drawing Tool Together: Learning How to Contribute to Open Source Software 4 - Salon T - 7th FloorRoxana Hadad • Amy B. Woodman Strategic Alignment: Leveraging OER to Foster Transformative Faculty Partnerships 2 - Salon M - 7th FloorKelly Smith • Bailey Lake The Inclusion Algorithm: Using AI Gems to Audit Equity in Open Education 5 - Dining Room 3 - 6th FloorAhmad Kareh

4:15pm EDT

AI, Openness, and Democracy: Ethical AI Education in Diverse Learning Contexts VideoEglė Celiešienė • Gabija Skučaitė Bridging Global Open Education and Local Capacity Building: An Integrated Model from Paraguay. VideoJosé Molinas Vega Can Open Technology and AI Power a Global STEAM Educator Network for Under-Resourced Communities? VideoSrishti Sethi Creating Inclusive Multilingual Resources for all VideoComfort Adejoke Durojaiye • Kaung Myat • Jonas Fos Don’t I Know You?: Re-Designing Open Programming for Inventive Collaboration VideoHeather Blicher Experiences of online faculty in using open pedagogy to support social justice VideoMelissa Ashman From Classroom to Community: Open Pedagogy for Inclusive Care VideoAndrea Reed From Consumers to Contributors: Exploring How Participation in Open Publishing Influences Student Belonging VideoGinelle Baskin From Numbers to Narratives: Using Data Storytelling to Demonstrate OER Impact and ROI VideoLindsey Todorovich From Open Resources to Open Pathways: Leveraging OER to Expand Concurrent Enrollment Access VideoDeLaina Tonks Integrating Interactive 3D Physics Simulations into Open Educational Resources and Textbooks VideoThomas Nguyen MIT OpenCourseWare To Go: Extending Open Knowledge to Mobile Learners Globally VideoCurt Newton • Brandon Muramatsu • Hardi Vajir OER and General Education as “Good, Necessary Trouble” VideoKisha Tracy Open Access 3D Printed Anatomical Models for Health Sciences Education VideoSteven Summers Promoting the UNESCO Sustainable Development Goals with Institutional Repositories VideoMelissa Chim Reinventing assessment as an open educational practice: an experience in a posgraduate course in Uruguay VideoAda Czerwonogora

OEGlobal 2026

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