* Times listed are in Mountain Standard Time
March 4, 2026: Strategies for Supporting Students in Open Education
- OE Talks History and Context – Brianna Calomino and Sarah Adams (University of Calgary, OE Talks Co-chairs)
- Student OER for Inclusive Poster Design – Jamie Drozda & Melanie Latham (Thompson Rivers University – British Columbia, Canada)
- Crafting Magic, Conjuring Open Practices – Neil Mulholland (University of Edinburgh – Scotland)
- From Static to Dynamic: Collaborative Student/Faculty Approach to Interactive OER – Veronique Van Lierde & Yasser Lemghari (Al Akhaw ayn University in Ifrane – Morocco)
- BC Institutional Capacity to Support Open Educational Practices – Josie Gray (BCcampus – British Columbia, Canada)
March 11, 2026: Utilizing GenAI and Technology in Supporting OE and OER
- Beyond Openness: Transdisciplinary Collaboration as the Heart of Open Education in the Age of AI – Sandra Abegglen, Mohammadmahdi Zanjanian, and Alexandra Poppendorf with Barbara Brown, Patrick Hanlon, Leeanne Morrow, Fabian Neuhaus, and Soroush Sabbaghan (University of Calgary – Alberta, Canada)
- Building Trust Through AI Transparency in OERs – Amanda Grey and Karen Meijer (Kwantlen Polytechnic University – British Columbia, Canada)
- Opterna: BCcampus Open GenAI Project – Elizabeth A. Childs (Royal Roads University – British Columbia, Canada), Robynne Devine, and Harper Friedman (BCcampus – British Columbia, Canada)
- Thinking Outside the Box! Creating and Implementing a Secondary Database as a Teaching Tool for Dental Students – Nazlee Sharmin and Ava Chow (University of Alberta – Alberta, Canada)
March 18, 2026: Enhancing OER Publishing and Connections with Open Scholarship
- From Research to Reach: Open Education and OER for Knowledge Mobilization – Mélanie Brunet (University of Ottawa – Ontario, Canada)
- OER and the Future of Open Science – Melissa Chim (Excelsior University – New York, USA)
- Trusting OERs: Peer Review for Open Textbooks – Irena Knezevic (Carleton University – Ontario, Canada)
- Empowering Open Education through Wikimedia: The EduWiki Hub Experience – Barakat Adegboye and Bukola James (EduWiki Hub – Nigeria)
- The Forge: A Next-Generation Platform for Open Pedagogy and Resource Co-Creation – Delmar Larsen (LibreTexts, University of California, Davis – California, USA)
March 25, 2026: User-Centric Approaches to OE and Affordability
- Calm Tech Choices for Open Education: A Usability and Equity Framework for Faculty Support – Fanny Tsai (University of California, Irvine – California, USA)
- Leaning into the Message of the Medium – Rosalyn Ediger (Southern Alberta Institute of Technology – Alberta, Canada)
- Student Voices and Student Leadership in the McMaster Textbook Affordability Survey – Katie Harding, Rebecca Bekele, Joanne Kehoe (McMaster University – Ontario, Canada)
- Making Openness Visible: Cost Indicators as an Open Education Practice – Rebecca Shortt and Arianna Cheveldave (BCcampus – British Columbia)
- Small and Ugly OER: Reframing the Conversation to Ease Faculty into Open Education – Nancy A. Henke (University of Northern Colorado – Colorado, USA)
Digital Poster Wall
- Awakening Identity: Using Exploratory, Student-Led Tasks to Build Motivation and Engagement in Postsecondary EAL Learning – Yujian Guo (University of Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan, Canada)
- Crafting Magic, Conjuring Open Practices – Neil Mulholland (University of Edinburgh – Scotland)
- Empowering Open Education through Wikimedia: The EduWiki Hub Experience – Barakat Adegboye and Bukola James (EduWiki Hub – Nigeria)
- Beyond Openness: Transdisciplinary Collaboration as the Heart of Open Education in the Age of AI – Mohammadmahdi Zanjanian, Sandra Abegglen, and Alexandra Poppendorf with Barbara Brown, Patrick Hanlon, Leeanne Morrow, Fabian Neuhaus, and Soroush Sabbaghan (University of Calgary – Alberta, Canada)