πŸ“’ It's OpenEd Board election time! Do you have ideas, enthusiasm, and community spirit? Have you attended the Open Education Conference before? Self-nominate for the Open Education Conference Advisory Board!

Key Info:
🧁 Nominations close 14 November
🧁 A term on the Board is two years (Jan 2026 - Dec 2027)
🧁 Time commitment is 6-10 hours per month
🧁 If you're not sure if you should nominate, this is me telling you that you should absolutely nominate. If you're still unsure, message me so I can tell you again.
🧁 Why are these dot points cupcakes? I'm hungry and I like them.

ALSO -- This is an election. So, people need to vote.
πŸ’‘ If you are not already registered to vote, make sure you do so by the end of the month! Voting will be open from 1 to 5 December.

Find all the details on the website: https://openeducationconference.org/board-election

#OpenEducation #OpenEd #OpenEd25 #OpenEducationConference #OpenPedagogy #Education #HigherEducation #Libraries #AustralasianOER #AustralianOER #AustraliOER #AustralianOpenEd #AotearoaOER #AotearOER #NewZealandOER @heyopened

Board Election β€” Open Education Conference

The Open Education Conference is seeking six new Directors. Interested community members should self-nominate by November 6th at 11:59pm PST.

Open Education Conference
And since this is #OpenEd25, of course, we're going to connect that work in #OpenScience to #OpenPedagogy. How can we invite students into their learning experience as co-creators of knowledge, and teach them best practices for sharing well and broadly, as outlined by our peers in open science?

Open Educational Practice (OEP) Digest – Oct 2025

Welcome to the latest edition of the Australasian OEP Digest. Subscribe to receive all the latest news straight to your inbox every month! #OEPSIG #OER #OEP #OpenEducation #AustralasianOER #AustralianOER #NewZealandOER #AotearoaOER #AustraliOER #AotearOER #OEPDigest #ASCILITE #OpenTextbooks #HigherEducation #Libraries #HigherEd #OpenPedagogy

https://oepoz.wordpress.com/2025/10/06/open-educational-practice-oep-digest-oct-2025/

Open Educational Practice (OEP) Digest – Oct 2025

Welcome to the latest edition of the Australasian OEP Digest. Subscribe to receive all the latest news straight to your inbox every month! #OEPSIG #OER #OEP #OpenEducation #AustralasianOER #Austral…

Australasian Open Educational Practice Special Interest Group

This fall, reach for new possibilities with 2026 certificates from the Open Education Network. Apply now:

CERTIFICATE in OPEN PEDAGOGY
Create a student-centered curriculum with the power of open pedagogy. Starts January!
Learn more: https://z.umn.edu/OpenPedCert

CERTIFICATE in OPEN EDUCATION LIBRARIANSHIP
Develop and implement a detailed, customized action plan to grow open education on your campus. Starts February!
Learn more: https://z.umn.edu/OpenEdLibrarianCert

#OpenPedagogy #OpenEducation

This fall, reach for new possibilities with 2026 certificates from the Open Education Network. Apply now:

CERTIFICATE in OPEN PEDAGOGY
Create a student-centered curriculum with the power of open pedagogy. Starts January!
https://z.umn.edu/OpenPedCert

CERTIFICATE in OPEN EDUCATION LIBRARIANSHIP
Develop and implement a detailed, customized action plan to grow open education on your campus. Starts February!
https://z.umn.edu/OpenEdLibrarianCert
#OpenPedagogy #OpenEducation

This fall, reach for new possibilities with either of these 2026 certificates from the Open Education Network. Apply now:

CERTIFICATE in OPEN PEDAGOGY
Create a student-centered curriculum with the power of open pedagogy. Starts January!
https://z.umn.edu/OpenPedCert

CERTIFICATE in OPEN EDUCATION LIBRARIANSHIP
Develop and implement a detailed, customized action plan to grow open education on your campus. Starts February!
https://z.umn.edu/OpenEdLibrarianCert

#OENCertificates #OpenPedagogy #OpenEducation

I am very proud of the latest article from our team at the Inclusive Education Research Lab: "An Investigation into Student Perceptions of Social Justice Frames in a Course Syllabus."
https://openpraxis.org/articles/10.55982/openpraxis.17.3.831

#OER #OpenPedagogy #inclusiveteaching

Are you a literature instructor? I HIGHLY SUGGEST you check out this new #openAccess book on strategies for teaching literature with student-selected texts.

Searching for Wonder, by Mary Isbell.

I was involved in discussions with Mary as she was creating this. It's WAY COOL!

#OER #HigherEd #teaching #English #literature #OpenPedagogy

Speaking of Open

Podcast Β· Speaking of Open Β· Speaking of Open is hosted by Ash & Mais, two passionate open education advocates who love to chat and dive deep on the diversity of open education work in Australasia. Join us as we chat with open educators, librarians, learning designers, and more to learn about their work in transforming teaching and learning in the unique Australasian experience. Find Ash Barber on LinkedIn, Bluesky and Mastodon.au @AshTheLibrarian, and Mais Fatayer on LinkedIn @MaisFatayer Except where otherwise noted, the pod is licensed CC BY 4.0. Music by Mermaid Guitar, CC-BY-SA: https://mermaidguitar.bandcamp.com.

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πŸŽ™οΈ The desk of a podcaster πŸ™ˆ
Had a wonderful conversation with Dr Mais Fatayer and Dr Julian Pakay, today, all about using OER to address teaching challenges and whether there are some things open ed can do that AI can’t πŸ€”

Keep an eye out for Julian’s episode of #SpeakingOfOpen coming soon to earbuds near you 🀩

I’m off to go translate all these notes into a legible format so we can get this episode to you before the month is out πŸ₯³

πŸ‘€ Check out the pod: https://tinyurl.com/SoOPod

#OpenEducation #OER #OEP #Podcasts #OpenPedagogy #RenewableAssessment #OpenTextbooks #AustralianOpenEd #AustraliOER #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #TeachingAndLearning #SoTL #HighEducation #DownUndOER