October is a fantastic time for open education conferences and following on from #OEGlobal26 earlier in the month, the virtual Open Education Conference (#OpenEd26) is taking place 27-29 October 2026.
The conference theme is The Space Between and keynotes announced to date include Dr. Sian Proctor and Dr. Bryan Alexander plus a fantastic Future of Open Education panel.
There are nine GO-GN doctoral researcher and alumni presentations, plus the GO-GN co-ordination team on the programme. You can view our curated list of presentations below.
- Find out more about the conference theme The Space Between.
- Review the full conference programme.
- Register for the conference.
Please note that all times below are Eastern Daylight Time (EDT): Check your timezone. GO-GN doctoral researcher members and alumni are indicated in bold.
Tuesday 27 October 2026
12.15 – 12.55. Another kind of open: What a community Pow Wow can teach us about openness. Jessica O’Reilly.
15.00 – 15.25. Critical open educational practices: Educators redesigning courses for meaningful change. Lori-Beth Larsen.
15.30 – 15.55. Let’s call the whole thing on! Speaking the language of student success. Jennifer Pate and Kathy Essmiller.
Wednesday 28 October 2026
11.15 – 11.55. Federating openness: The Global Open Graduate Network Pilot Hub Initiative. Beck Pitt, Robert Farrow, Carina Bossu and Saraswati Dawadi.
14.00 – 14.25. Who teaches with OER: Secondary analysis of the Ithaka S+R instructor survey. Stacy Katz and Jennifer Van Allen.
Thursday 29 October 2026
09.30 – 9.55. Beyond Borders: OER and academic performance among LIS undergraduates in Nigerian Universities. Olawale Iyinolakan.
09.30 – 9.55. Not everything should be open: Ethics and care in Open Education. rehshetta.
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How students perceive open education: A pre- and post-course analysis. Brandon Carson.
Making it local, OER in Papua New Guinea: A localisation and expansion case study. Katherine Huth.
Image credits: Featured image from the Open Education Conference website and licensed CC BY 4.0. GO-GN penguin images: Bryan Mathers of Visual Thinkery for GO-GN and licensed CC BY 4.0.
