We’re delighted to be participating in this year’s OER25 conference in London, UK on 23 & 24 June 2025. The conference theme is Speaking Truth to Power: Open Education and AI in the Age of Populism. We’re supporting 10 GO-GN members and alumni to participate and thrilled to see that 14 sessions feature research from 11 GO-GN members and alumni plus the team.
All times are BST (UTC +1). GO-GN members and alumni are highlighted in bold.
Monday 23 June 2025
11.05-12.05 BST
Open Science for Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility (IDEA). Francisco Iniesto (UNED) and Carina Bossu (OUUK). Room 3.
14.00-15.00 BST
Aligning ways of Being, Knowing, and Doing: A Holistic Framework for Open Microlearning in an AI-driven Higher Education Landscape. Alison Lockley (Charles Darwin University). Room 3.
Resistance and Creativity: Generating AI Alternatives. Catherine Cronin (Independent), Rosemarie Mcllwhan, Louise Drumm & Helen Beetham. Room: 4.
Hopeful, Positive, Global Generative AI for OER. Judith Pete (Tangaza University) & Jenni Hayman (Royal Roads University). Room: 5.
15.20-16.20 BST
Fighting the good fight: Go rogue or go home (workshop). Kate Molloy (Dublin City University) & Clare Thomson. Room: 1
Knowledge sharing in the sustainable consumption of mineral resources domain: Redefining OER and OEP in the generative AI era. Chulantha Jayawardena, Carina Bossu (OUUK) & Anuradha Peramunugamage (The Open University of Sri Lanka). Room: 3.
Valuing ‘open’ in the policy of higher education institutions. Leo Havemann (OUUK). Room: 3
16.30-17.00 BST
Challenges and limitations of AI-generated content in engineering design: A case study from Sri Lanka. Anuradha Peramunugamage (The Open University of Sri Lanka) and Chulantha Jayawardena. Room: 1
Tuesday 24 June 2025
12.15-13.15 BST
Learning with AI, a living open book, with a rotating student editorial team. Olivia Davies, Amani Ahsan, Richard de Blacquiere-Clarkson, Kristine McDermid, Damian McDonald, Thom Freeth & Chrissi Nerantzi (Leeds). Room: 3
Including their voice: Understanding barriers and opportunities surrounding open education resource adoption by higher education faculty in India (poster session). Helen DCruz (University of Toronto). Room: 4
14.00-15.00 BST
Openness as Critical Practice. Robert Farrow (OUUK). Room: 2
Building sustainable, resilient, and inclusive open education ecosystems: OER as digital public goods. Javiera Atenas, Rob Farrow (OUUK), Leo Havemann (OUUK), Eamonn Costello & Nicholas Caldwell. Room: 3
15.20-16.20 BST
Supporting doctoral researchers in open education: An update from the Global OER Graduate Network (GO-GN). Beck Pitt, Rob Farrow & Carina Bossu (OUUK). Room: 2
AI as Co-Agent: A post-phenomenological exploration of professional capital and capabilities among non-native English speaking faculty. Gelareh Keshavarz (Athabasca University). Room: 3
