About OE Week

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.

In 2022 we celebrated 10 years of Open Education Week – you can see the impact below.

In 2023, we look forward to another decade that continues to celebrate open as an exciting solution for education!

OE Week 2023

OE Week is taking place between March 6-10, although some events happen throughout March. We look forward to receiving your contributions to OE Week 2023!

Key dates for OE Week 2023

  • Call for Proposals opens: January 23
  • Call for Proposals closes: February 28
  • OE Week 2023: March 6-10

We look forward to seeing your exciting events and sharing the Open Education assets you have built!

OEWeek 2023
March 6-10

How to participate

  • Share the details of your event
  • Contribute an Open Education asset or resource
  • Participate in an event.
  • Use an Open Education resource.
  • Discuss all things open education on OEG Connect.
  • Share your #oeweek activities on social media!
  • Use OEWeek 2023 Promotion materials

Frequently Asked Questions


How to Participate

Institutions, organizations, and individuals from around the world committed to the ideals of Open Education are welcome to join, engage and contribute to Open Education Week. Participation is free and open to all.

Ways to Contribute

There are many ways to participate in Open Education Week, you may:

Host your own activity or event

Share your favorite open assets

Engage in conversation with fellow participants on OEG Connect

Attend one or more of the activities being organized by others

Help promote #OEWeek in your community and social networks.

Activities

Find below some suggestions on how to be part of the Open Education Week, but you are welcome to create and share your own ideas. We welcome all types of contributions that will help us highlight the diverse and dynamic world of Open Education.

Anytime activities

We encourage contributions that extend beyond webinars and online live presentations. Try something different and creative that promotes collaboration and networking participation during the week

Live events

Consider hosting one or more of the following real-time activities and have them featured on the OE Week schedule.

Open Assets

Add to the OE Week Library by sharing and highlighting your favorite open assets. These may include OER, open courses, open textbook, open tools, research, open practices, open projects/initiatives. 

OE Global Connect

Visit the OE Week space in OE Global Connect to engage with fellow participants during the week.  You may share and discuss the highlights of activities you are participating in and even create and lead your own conversations on topics of your interest. 

Attend & participate

Everyone is welcome! Join, participate and engage in any of the Open Education Week activities. Participation is free and open to all.

Promote

Contribute by helping us get the word out about Open Education Week in your local networks and local media. Use the hashtag #OEWeek in social media, so we can find and amplify your messages.


Impact of OE Week over 11 years

Over the last decade, members of the open education community around the world have made OEWeek the success it is now.

Every contributor to OE Week has helped build 4,603 OE Week ‘moments’ through the 1,873 events hosted and 1,082 Open Education Resources shared.

Over the last 11 years, through OE Week, 77,555 people have attended events or gained access to Open Education resources, assets, and repositories from 192 countries in 34 languages.

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