Open Education Week: Join a Global Celebration of Openness
Every year, educators, librarians, students, and advocates around the world come together for Open Education Week — a shared moment to celebrate what’s possible when education is more affordable, adaptable, and participatory.
Coordinated by Open Education Global, Open Education Week is a community-led tradition that highlights open educational resources, open pedagogy, and broader efforts to remove barriers to knowledge and learning. Open Education Week has been held annually since 2012, with activities taking place across institutions, regions, and countries. It is not a single conference or centralized program. Instead, it is a distributed celebration shaped by the community itself.
This year, the Open Education Association is honored to participate in Open Education Week for the first time as a new community space for connection, coordination, and shared learning. Here are 3 simple ways to engage.
1. Visit the OE Global Open Education Week Hub
If you’re looking for planning tools, inspiration, or ways to share what you’re doing, OE Global maintains an excellent set of official resources, including the OE Week Handbook and the community calendar.
2. Join or Host the Open Education Association’s Programming
To support Open Education Week 2026, the Open Education Association is offering a set of public sessions that are designed to supplement your local or campus Open Education Week programming.
Getting Started with Open Education is a practical introduction for faculty, staff, and campus leaders who are new to open education or want to strengthen their foundation.
OpenEd25 Keynote Rewatch: Dr. Kim Hunter Reed — will be an informal virtual “rewatch” of New Horizons: Opening Doors and Transforming Lives Through Higher Ed in Louisiana, which discusses bold policy, innovation, and investments that expand access and affordability.
OpenEd25 Keynote Rewatch: adrienne maree brown — will be an informal virtual “rewatch” of a reflective conversation on transformation, imagination, and community care in open education.
3. Engage However You Can, Large or Small
One of the strengths of Open Education Week is that it reflects the many ways open education shows up across campuses, libraries, systems, and communities. In recent years, participation has included everything from statewide webinar series to campus celebrations, resource showcases, and global conversations.
When engaging in Open Education Week, participation is flexible and can be simple and meaningful, such as:
Attending a session or exploring the OE Week calendar
Hosting a small conversation with colleagues or students
Sharing a resource, project, or lesson learned
Amplifying the work of others in your community
If you’d like to offer an event, low-lift formats work especially well—coffee hours, faculty or librarian showcases, student panels, open pedagogy workshops, or informal idea exchanges, creating spaces to connect, share, and build momentum together. Whether you host an event, attend a session, share a resource, or simply start a conversation, your participation strengthens the movement.
