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OEGlobal Visits MIT To Prepare For OEGlobal 2026

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This is the planning team. From left to right: Sarah Hansen, OE Global 2026 Conference Co-Chair, Assistant Director, Open Education Innovation; Shira Segal, OE Global 2026 Conference Co-Chair and Steering Committee Chair, OCW Collaborations and Engagement Manager; Sue Tashjian, Academic Innovations Program Manager and Advisory Council Co-Chair; Northern Essex Community College; Bob Awkward Co-Chair, OER Statewide Coordinator, Assistant Commissioner of Academic Effectiveness; Curt Newton, Director, MIT OpenCourseWare; Marcela Morales, Co-Executive Director, OEGlobal; Igor Lesko, Co-Executive Director, OEGlobal and Gus Zahariadis, Event Coordinator, MIT Open Learning

From 15–17 September 2025, Marcela Morales and Igor Lesko, Co-Executive Directors at Open Education Global (OEGlobal), visited the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Boston, Massachusetts (MA), USA, for a series of planning meetings and site visits with representatives from MIT Open Learning and the Massachusetts Open & Low-Cost Educational Resources (OLER) Advisory Council.

The visit focused on preparations for the OEGlobal 2026 Conference (conference.oeglobal.org/2026), which OEGlobal, MA OLER Advisory Council, and MIT Open Learning will co-host.

From left: Shira Segal, Sarah Hansen, Sue Tashjian, Curt Newton, Bob Awkward, Igor Lesko, Marcela Morales, andGus Zahariadis.
Marcela Morales refreshing knowledge on Creative Commons Licences.
Marcela Morales introducing the OEGlobal team.
From left: Shira Segal, Sue Tashjian, Marcela Morales, Sarah Hansen, Bob Awkward, Igor Lesko, Gus Zahariadis.

Taking place 7–9 October 2026 in a hybrid format (in-person and online), OEGlobal 2026 Conference will bring together practitioners, policy builders, advocates, researchers, students, and decision-makers to share practices, network, and explore the future of Open Education — discussing emerging trends, challenges, and opportunities shaping the field.

From left: Dimitris Bertsimas, Vice Provost for Open Learning, Igor Lesko and Marcela Morales, Co-EDs of OEGlobal, and Curt Newton, Director, MIT OpenCourseWare discuss the intricacies of hosting the 2026 OEGlobal Conference at MIT.

In addition to the conference planning meetings and site visits, Marcela and Igor also shared updates on OEGlobal’s ongoing activities during presentations to MIT Open Learning teams and meetings with senior leadership at MIT, strengthening connections and fostering collaboration between OEGlobal and MIT’s vibrant open learning and education community.

Exciting collaborations are ahead as we work together to make the 2026 OEGlobal Conference a dynamic and impactful event for the global open education community!

Key Information:

  • Conference dates: 7-9 October 2026
  • Format: Hybrid (in-person and online). In-person: MIT, Boston, MA, USA
  • Conference theme: Come Invent With Us – Innovating open practices to uphold and uplift knowledge as a public good. Create together, learn together, thrive together.
  • Call for Proposals Opens: Early 2026.
  • For more information, please email conference@oeglobal.org, visit https://conference.oeglobal.org/2026/, and subscribe to our newsletter for regular updates.

Images courtesy of Igor Lesko, Marcela Morales, and Shira Segal. Caption for featured image: Members of the planning team (from left): Sarah Hansen, OE Global 2026 Conference Co-Chair, Assistant Director, Open Education Innovation; Shira Segal, OE Global 2026 Conference Co-Chair and Steering Committee Chair, OCW Collaborations and Engagement Manager; Sue Tashjian, Academic Innovations Program Manager and Advisory Council Co-Chair; Northern Essex Community College; Bob Awkward Co-Chair, OER Statewide Coordinator, Assistant Commissioner of Academic Effectiveness; Curt Newton, Director, MIT OpenCourseWare; Marcela Morales, Co-Executive Director, OEGlobal; Igor Lesko, Co-Executive Director, OEGlobal and Gus Zahariadis, Event Coordinator, MIT Open Learning. Photo courtesy of Shira Segal, MIT.

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