PROGRAM

Read on for information about the themes, topics, and session types planned for this year’s conference. A full program and session schedule will be published in July.

 

Theme

The 2025 Open Education Conference theme, “Eyes on the Horizon,” embodies a forward-looking perspective where resilience, innovation, and determination navigate the current turbulent times and chart the future for education worldwide. The theme prompts participants to focus on open education’s long-term impact and work toward a more inclusive, responsive, and sustainable education system for everyone. While we face challenges on the ground, keeping our eyes on the horizon enables a sense of purpose and possibility. Our collective gaze fixed on a shared vision has the potential to embolden the open education community—tenaciously committed, collaborative, and forward thinking—to achieve an educational future that is truly open.

TOPICS

Open Education 101

Expanding the Horizons of Open Education

Designing for All

Intentional Community Building

Students as Open Education Leaders

Open Education as Resistance

AI & Emerging Technologies

Pedagogy & Practice

Copyright, Attribution & Authorship

Strategies for Sustainability

Session Types

Short Presentation (In Person, 20 min or Virtual, 25 min)

Full Presentation (Hybrid, Virtual or In Person, 40 min)

Panel (Hybrid, Virtual or In Person, 40 min)

Lightning Talk (Pre-Recorded, 10 min)

Poster (In Person, presented at poster session)

Post-Conference Workshop (Hybrid, Virtual or In Person, 2 hours)

Schedule

Below is the tentative timetable of the conference. All times are Mountain Daylight Time (Denver, GMT -6:00) and subject to change. The program will be fully published in July.

Tuesday, October 28

9:30am-11:30am MDT Pre-conference workshops

1:00pm-5:00pm MDT Sessions

5:30pm MDT Reception and poster session

Wednesday, October 29

9:00am-5:00pm MDT Sessions (some virtual sessions start earlier)

Thursday, October 30

9:00am-1:00pm MDT Sessions (some virtual sessions start earlier)

2:30pm-4:30pm MDT Post-conference workshops