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How to Get Involved in the National Priorities Process
How to we make open education a larger part of solving the greatest challenges facing education today? Here’s how to get involved.
OpenEd Digest - August 2026
This month’s roundup of open education news, opportunities and events.
August Newsletter: Developing National Priorities for Open Education
This month’s newsletter highlights an invitation to collaboratively choose national priorities, a policy update from Idaho, and upcoming events.
Member Spotlight: Lainie Allen
A museum studies scholar turned open education librarian on the importance of stewardship.
Member Spotlight: Amanda Miller
An educator and lifelong learner working toward her doctorate watched her classmates struggle with textbook costs and recognized the problem she'd been trying to solve from the other side of the room.
Choosing What’s Next: National Priorities for Open Education
This fall, the Open Education Association invites the open education field to collaborate on a process to select national priorities and develop shared plans to advance them.
OpenEd Digest - July 2026
This month’s roundup of open education news, opportunities and events.
Getting the Most Out of Our Resource Boards: A Guide to Airtable
The Open Education Association's resource boards are built on Airtable. Learn how to search, filter, and sort to find exactly what you need across all our resources.
July Newsletter: OER is a High Impact Practice
This month’s newsletter highlights a new study that identifies OER as a high-impact practice, spotlights advocacy for California’s ZTC program, and shares new working group opportunities.
DOERS Now Housed at the Open Education Association
The DOERS Collaborative has selected the Open Education Association to serve as its fiscal sponsor and long-term organizational home.
Member Spotlight: Emily Ragan
Emily Ragan was “tricked” into trying OER by a practical argument, then discovered a pedagogical paradigm shift.
Member Spotlight: Rebecca Karoff
In open education, a former University of Texas administrator found ways to remove financial and academic barriers and build campus community all at once.
New Resource: Open Education Funding Guide
The Open Education Funding Guide is a starting point for seeking resources to sustain and grow open education work over time. The guide covers how to plan, where to seek funding, how to build relationships, and how to write a strong proposal.
Open Advocates Make the Case for ZTC Degrees in Sacramento
A delegation of California open advocates spent a day in Sacramento highlighting the impact of the state’s Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) Degree Grant Program.
New Research Identifies Open Educational Resources as a High-Impact Practice
New research from AAC&U officially recognizes open educational resources as a high-impact practice, placing OER alongside undergraduate research, internships, and other approaches central to student success.
Idaho Adopts Strengthened Course Material Affordability Policy
The Idaho State Board of Education adopted a revised version of its course material affordability policy, strengthening protections for students on automatic textbook billing and reinforcing the state's support for open educational resources.
OpenEd Digest - June 2026
This month’s roundup of open education news, opportunities and events.
Astronaut Sian Proctor to Keynote OpenEd26
The Open Education Conference is delighted to announce that this year’s opening keynote will be Dr. Sian Proctor, a geoscientist, artist, astronaut, and educator best known as the pilot of the historic all-civilian Inspiration4 space mission.
Colorado Reauthorizes OER Program for Five More Years
Governor Polis signed HB 26-1016 into law on June 1, reauthorizing Colorado's Open Educational Resources grant program through 2031. The program has saved Colorado students nearly $60 million in textbook costs since its launch.
May Newsletter: Sustaining Open Education Work
This month’s newsletter highlights the upcoming funding strategies webinar and open applications for the Open Textbook Pilot grant.