Join Oregon’s higher education community in the global celebration of Open Education Week!
All week
OER Course Redesign Training: Open Ed Week Sprint. Redesign your course with OER in a one-week sprint and earn a $750 stipend! Register by February 23, 2026.
March 2
Featured post: Open Application Grant Project Updates (update will post on Monday morning!)
12-1 Office Hour: Openly License Something, hosted by Open Oregon Educational Resources
Peter Musser, Head of Library Services for ISKME/OER Commons, will help you openly license and share your work publicly. No experience necessary!
Register
12-2 Cake and Coffee in the Libraries, hosted by Portland Community College
We will kick off Open Ed Week with cake and coffee in all PCC campus libraries! PCC’s strong embrace of open education and OER is thanks to the dedication and work of our faculty and we invite you to celebrate their contributions with a slice of cake and hot beverage. Gluten-free and vegan options available. All students, faculty, staff, and community are invited!
March 3
1-2:30 90-Minute Webinar: Water is Still Life – Visualizing Native and Indigenous Resistance to Generative AI, hosted by Open Oregon Educational Resources
Join Marco Seiferle-Valencia, Open Education Librarian, University of Idaho, for a talk on the AI environmental challenges presented by the mass adoption of generative AI. A brief breathing practice with Marianne Tanner, Part-time Faculty Librarian, Portland Community College, will help us envision our own roles as information and truth protectors.
Register
1-2:30 90-Minute Watch Party: Water is Still Life – Visualizing Native and Indigenous Resistance to Generative AI, hosted by Oregon Institute of Technology
Join a watch party either in the Klamath Falls LRC Den (Lower Level in the Library) or Portland Metro – Room 120. Refreshments will be provided!
March 4
1-2 Faculty OER Mentors: Broadening Support at Portland Community College, hosted by Open Oregon Educational Resources
Join Jen Klaudinyi, Faculty Librarian, and PCC OER Faculty Mentors Anna Erwert, Anne Nichol, and Rachelle Katter to learn about a new OER support initiative.
Register
March 5
Featured post: Preservice Faculty Cohort Update (update will post on Thursday morning!)
1:30-3:30 Textbook Affordability Champions, hosted by Western Oregon University
Interested in learning more about textbook affordability? Stop by Hamersly Library to grab a free slice of pizza and learn more about the efforts WOU faculty and community are doing to reduce the course materials cost for our students.
3-4 K12 Sex Ed and Substance Use OER for Oregon Health Standards, hosted by Open Oregon Educational Resources
Join Sasha Grenier and Alanna Russell from the Oregon Department of Education for an engaging session discussing the Sexuality Education and Substance Use OER that support educators in meeting Oregon’s Health Education Standards.
Register
March 6
9-10 OER table at Celebrate Your True Self, hosted by Western Oregon University
Come to the Werner University Center Pacific Room and find WOU’s OER team to learn about the value of representation and access to diverse voices by promoting available LGBTQ2SIA+ Open Educational Resources.
11:30-1 90-minute Webinar: AI, Copyright, and Open Education: What We Know Now, cohosted by Open Oregon Educational Resources and Copyright First Responders Pacific Northwest
Join the Copyright First Responders Pacific Northwest to explore the emerging intersection of AI, copyright, and open educational resources.
Register
Thank you Open Ed Week 2026 planners:
- Rachel Bridgewater, Portland Community College
- Beth Hale, Chemeketa Community College
- Loree Hyde, Oregon Institute of Technology
- Kevin Moore, Mt. Hood Community College
- Daniel Rockwell, Western Oregon University
