Open education is growing rapidly across the education ecosystem, ensuring more diverse and inclusive opportunities to access and benefit from education. Pioneering open education work has spread from tertiary (higher) education into primary and secondary (K-12) education, workplace learning, digital learning, and informal lifelong learning. Everyone who wants to ought to be empowered to join us.
As part of its Field Building strategy, OEGlobal hosts three annual events where the global open education community celebrates their collective work, shares ideas, inspires each other, and expands the use of open education around the world.
Open Education Week
Every year, in March, OEGlobal hosts a week-long global event called Open Education Week (OEWeek). Its goal is to raise awareness, showcase initiatives, and celebrate the impact of open education on teaching and learning worldwide. During Open Education Week, educators organize and conduct online and local events such as workshops, webinars, discussions, debates, and other activities for the public or specific audiences, such as faculty or students. All these events are listed on OEGlobal’s open education week website, providing a forum for promotion, participation, and curation.
Open Education Awards for Excellence
OEGlobal’s Open Education Awards for Excellence annually recognize outstanding contributions to the open education community. The four main category groups make up the 16 annual awards.
- People in Open
- What We Share
- How We Share
- Special Awards
Read about the impact of the OEAwards on the open education community.
OEGlobal Conference
The Open Education Global Conference is an annual three-day event where educators, researchers, and policymakers worldwide gather to share advances in open education. It features keynotes, presentations, and labs focused on improving access and success through open solutions. Since 2005, it has been hosted by OEGlobal and its member institutions and supports the UNESCO OER Recommendation. The conference is mainly in person, with online activities, and offers a global perspective on open education.