Dear Colleagues,

We've extended our call for proposals for Open Education Talks 2025! It's a busy time of year so we thought we'd give everyone a little more time. We're now accepting submissions until January 10, 2025.

We invite you to submit your talk or poster proposal for the fourth annual Open Education Talks, a series of 15-minute lightning talks about open education, open pedagogy, and integrating open resources and technologies in higher education. This virtual event aims to foster conversations and share best practices in open education.

Talks & Poster Opportunities:

• Talks: Share your experiences in open education, focusing on open pedagogy, OER, student partnerships, AI in education, and more. Sessions will occur every Wednesday in March 2025, from 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM MT, and will be hosted on Zoom.
• Posters: New this year! Submit your infographic or poster to the Digital Poster Wall to visually showcase your open education work. Accepted creators will receive guidelines and licensing information.

Proposal Deadline: January 10, 2025
Speakers Notified: January 17, 2025
Registration Opens: February 3, 2025

Streams:

1. Building Blocks of OE: Basics of open education and OER adoption
2. AI, Technology, and OE: AI's role in open education and its ethical implications
3. Student Leadership and Partnership: Student-led projects and collaboration in OE
4. Tensions and Possibilities: Integrating open research and addressing challenges

Submit your proposal to this form no later than January 10, 2025.

We look forward to hearing about your innovative work in open education!

Best regards,
Sarah Adams

on behalf of the Open Education Talks Steering Committee
(University of Calgary, Mount Royal University, Thompson Rivers University, University of Alberta)

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Sarah Adams | MISt | she/her/hers | sarah.adams1@ucalgary.ca

Open Education Librarian

Undergraduate Education (Werklund) Liaison

Libraries and Cultural Resources | University of Calgary

I gratefully acknowledge that I live and work on the traditional territories of the people of the Treaty 7 region in Southern Alberta. The City of Calgary is also home to the Métis Nation of Alberta, Districts 5 and 6.