It's Open Education Week!
TUESDAY, MARCH 4th, 2025

Open Education week is an annual international celebration of the power of open education to improve student learning, faculty flexibility, and access to education. We’re taking this opportunity to highlight some of our Affordability @ CSU initiatives.
OpenCon Ohio 2025 – Submit a Proposal and Join Us!
OpenCon Ohio 2025, a free, virtual conference about open education and textbook affordability, will be held online the week of May 19-22, 2025. During the week, asynchronous conversations will be held online in Discord to discuss prerecorded lightning talks. On Thursday, May 22, 2025 we will have virtual presentations, interactive conversations, and a keynote presentation delivered by Apurva Ashok, The Rebus Foundation’s Executive Director!
We are currently accepting proposals for 7-15 minute prerecorded lightning talks.
Submission form: https://forms.office.com/r/L7ehVEK7GC
All proposal submissions are due on March 18th, 2025, and decisions about accepted submissions will be communicated by March 31, 2025, if not earlier. Proposals will be evaluated according to the proposal rubric.
Talks should preferably be related to the theme of Empowerment, Care, and Community in Open Education, though other topics are welcome. More information about the OpenCon Ohio 2025 event can be found at the conference website.
Please feel free to direct any questions to OpenCon Ohio Planning Committee Co-Chairs, Mandi Goodsett at a.goodsett@csuohio.edu and/or Heather Caprette at h.caprette@csuohio.edu.