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Heather Blicher

  • Thinking Together to Thrive

    Thinking Together to Thrive

    Heather Blicher shares her views of OEGlobal 2026’s program tracks in the next article for “Come Invent With Us”.

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  • Open Education as Resilience: Sumud and Higher Education in Palestine

    Open Education as Resilience: Sumud and Higher Education in Palestine

    Join us for a thoughtful and learning-centered session exploring how educators sustain teaching and learning in emergency-affected contexts, with a focus on higher education continuity, student support, learning loss, and teacher preparation.

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  • OEWeek Ambassadors: Showing Up and What We’re Learning

    OEWeek Ambassadors: Showing Up and What We’re Learning

    Open Education Week (OEWeek) always leaves us with a lot to think about. Not just because of the number of events and contributions, but because of what it reveals about […]

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  • Reflections from the 2025 MI OER Conference Keynote

    Reflections from the 2025 MI OER Conference Keynote

    By Heather Blicher, CCCOER Director, Open Education Global On November 7, 2025, I had the privilege of delivering the keynote at the 2025 Michigan OER Conference at Washtenaw Community College. With 100+ attendees from universities and community colleges across Michigan, this year’s gathering centered the theme, Limitless Learning, Infinite Impact, and set the tone for…

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  • Together We Can Do More: People, Values, & Action

    Together We Can Do More: People, Values, & Action

    By Heather Blicher, CCCOER Director, Open Education Global In late September, I joined a small group of Open Education leaders and practitioners at the McTavish Academy of Art in Victoria, British Columbia, for a two-day gathering, Together We Can Do More: Sustaining Open and Ourselves in This Current Time.

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  • OEGlobal at OER25: Stories, AI, and the Future of Open

    OEGlobal at OER25: Stories, AI, and the Future of Open

    The 16th Annual Open Education Conference (OER25), hosted by the Association for Learning Technology (ALT), took place on June 23 – 24, 2025, in London at the Resource for London conference centre. This year’s theme was Speaking Truth to Power: Open Education and AI in the Age of Populism. OEGlobal was there.

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