Open Education Week March 3-7

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Teaching & Learning Support

Published Date:

March 03, 2025

Open Education Week (March 3-7, 2025) is an annual celebration of open education globally, and an opportunity to share open educational practice and resources. It is a space to learn about, and be inspired by, the amazing work done by the open education community around the world that is increasing access and equity in education.

As a part of this celebration, Queen's Centre for Teaching and Learning, Student Academic Success Services (SASS), and Queen's University Library invite you to attend a panel on Open Education:

Date and Time: Tuesday, March 4, 2025; 10:30am – 12:00pm

Location: Ellis Hall, Room 319

Panelists: Johanna Amos, Student Academic Success Services (SASS); Meghan Norris, Department of Psychology; and students, Hannah Burrows and Alice Lin.

Moderator: Rebecca Sweetman, Centre for Teaching and Learning

For more information and registration please see the website

There are some additional events that might be of interest:

The Open Education Talks (previously called the Open Pedagogy Talks) are a series of 15-minute lightning talks about facets of open education including open pedagogy and learning, utilizing open educational resources, and integrating open strategies and technologies in higher education.

Every Wednesday in March 2025 at 2:00 PM EST to 3:30PM EST

March 5, 2025: Student Partners and Engagement: Strategies and Practices
March 12, 2025 – Advancing Open Education: Supports and Initiatives
March 19, 2025 – Using and Developing OER: Strategies and Practices
March 26, 2025 – Generative AI and Technology: Tensions and Use in Open Education

PressBook Events:

Creating Engaging and Interactive Learning Experiences with Pressbooks + H5P Monday, March 3rd, at 2pm Eastern
OER Under the Hood: A Student Portfolio Experience In partnership with OEGlobal Wednesday, March 5th at 12pm Eastern
Growing Institutional OER Programs: Is Pressbooks Right for You? Thursday, March 6th at 12pm Eastern

eCampus Ontario: Mastering Open Ed Micro-Credential

Mastering Open Education is available now as a facilitated micro-credentialed learning program focused on open licensing, sourcing quality OER, and using tools like Pressbooks and H5P to create engaging, accessible content. March 17 to May 4, 2025 with 6 weeks of content.

By completing this program, you will:

Understand the history and context of OER;
Identify and apply common open licenses;
Demonstrate understanding with the common accessibility concerns and standards that apply to OER;
Select and create H5P activities applicable to your teaching context;
Create Pressbooks and practice adaptation;
Assess the open education context of your own teaching practices and at your institution.

Modules include: