Global to Local: Reimagining OER Localisation in Higher Education

This Open Education Week online panel from the Commonwealth of Learning presents fresh insights into Open Educational Resource (OER) localisation across the Commonwealth. Facilitated by Professor Lynne Bowker (Laval University) and Dr Jako Olivier (Commonwealth of Learning), the session is linked to their forthcoming edited volume, Localisation of Open Educational Resources in Higher […] 🗓️ Start: March 5, 2026 3:00 pm UTC ⏳ End: March 5, 2026 4:00 pm UTC 📍 Location: Vancouver, Canada, Vancouver, Canada Participate in #OEWeek25 activities https://oeweek.oeglobal.org/

https://oeweek.oeglobal.org/activity/global-to-local/

Wiki Loves Africa 2026

Wiki Loves Africa is an annual public contest organised by Wiki In Africa in collaboration with the Wikimedia movement across Africa. The contest encourages people across Africa can contribute media (photographs, video and audio) about their environment to Wikimedia Commons for use on Wikipedia and other project websites of the Wikimedia Foundation. This year’s Wiki Loves Africa’s theme is […] 🗓️ Start: February 28, 2026 10:00 pm UTC ⏳ End: April 30, 2026 10:59 pm UTC 📍 Location: Cape Town, South Africa, Cape Town, South Africa Participate in #OEWeek25 activities https://oeweek.oeglobal.org/

https://oeweek.oeglobal.org/activity/wiki-loves-africa-2026/

Yet MORE Day 1 #ICDEWC30 (was a very long day!):
🎙️On learner-centred sustainable and culturally inclusive education: “Ideally, the classroom is ‘we all learn from each other’” — Carolee Clyne.

🎙️Sam Lenci added “Policy starts the process” of recognising Indigenous Ways of Knowing and Being and that “It doesn’t have to be a class about Indigeneity; it’s about the students and their wellbeing.”

#ICDEWC2025 #OpenEd #IndigenousWaysOfKnowing #LearningDesign #Policy

https://www.sciencefriday.com/articles/indigenous-peoples-astronomy/

This is from 2019, but I hadn't read it yet, and thought others may not have had the chance as well.

Reclaiming #indigenouswaysofknowing is essential to #decolonization .

#starpeople #indigenousastronomy

Relearning The Star Stories Of Indigenous Peoples

How the lost constellations of Indigenous North Americans can connect culture, science, and inspire the next generation of Indigenous scientists.

Science Friday

UTS Open Education Week 2025

University of Technology Sydney has another great Open Education Week program this year. We will focus on: In our program we will focus on: Fostering inclusive and global learning. Open education supports curriculum internationalisation and decolonisation, ensuring diverse perspectives and epistemologies are integrated into learning materials Transforming assessment practices. Open […] 🗓️ Start: April 6, 2025 2:00 pm UTC ⏳ End: April 11, 2025 1:59 pm UTC 📍 Location: University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia Participate in #OEWeek25 activities https://oeweek.oeglobal.org/

https://oeweek.oeglobal.org/activity/uts-open-education-week-2025/

UTS Open Education Week 2025

University of Technology Sydney has another great Open Education Week program this year. We will focus on: In our program we will focus on: The program includes these sessions via Zoom…

Open Education Week

Activity-A-Thon on Sustainable Futures: Education, Culture & Heritage in Open Access

Join us in exploring how open education supports sustainability across education, culture, and heritage [Including Food, clothing etc] . Choose from the activities below and contribute to a greener, more inclusive future. Register here to participate in one or multiple activities: Reel & Video-Making Competition Photo & Caption Challenge Open Knowledge Map Podcast Challenge 🗓️ Start: March 2, 2025 6:30 pm UTC ⏳ End: March 15, 2025 6:29 pm UTC 📍 Location: MIT-ADT University, Pune, India Participate in #OEWeek25 activities https://oeweek.oeglobal.org/

https://oeweek.oeglobal.org/activity/activity-a-thon-sustainable-futures/

The Provocations of Indigenous Cultures within a Conference: Using Métissage to Explore the In/Compatibility of Indigenous Ways of Knowing with Open Education

At OE Global 2023 Indigenous ways of knowing and being were a fundamental component of the conference design and organization. Indigenous and non-Indigenous organizers established a collaborative governance approach to foster partnership and mutual guidance throughout the planning and execution stages. In this session, Dawn Witherspoon, Darrion Letendre, and Robert Lawson will perform […] 🗓️ Start: March 7, 2025 6:00 pm UTC ⏳ End: March 7, 2025 7:00 pm UTC 📍 Location: Norquest College, Edmonton, Canada Participate in #OEWeek25 activities https://oeweek.oeglobal.org/

https://oeweek.oeglobal.org/activity/provocations-of-indigenous-cultures-within-conference/

The Provocations of Indigenous Cultures within a Conference: Using Métissage to Explore the In/Compatibility of Indigenous Ways of Knowing with Open Education

At OE Global 2023 Indigenous ways of knowing and being were a fundamental component of the conference design and organization. Indigenous and non-Indigenous organizers established a collaborative…

Open Education Week

Seeking âsokanihkew - a conversation about bridging 40 years of copyright and First Nation's knowledge

In the late 1980s, Alexander Wolfe wanted to save his family and community oral tradition stories, so he wrote a book called “Earth Elder Stories.” Harvey Knight from Muskoday First Nation assisted in the writing of the book.

Harvey will talk about the book’s history (why oral tradition was committed to print) and discuss how oral tradition stories should be used in libraries and […]

taking place 🗓️ Start: March 5, 2025 2:30 pm - ⏳ End: March 5, 2025 3:30 pm from: 📍 Location: Saskatchewan Polytechnic, Saskatoon, Canada

https://oeweek.oeglobal.org/activity/seeking-asokanihkew/

Seeking âsokanihkew - a conversation about bridging 40 years of copyright and First Nation’s knowledge

In the late 1980s, Alexander Wolfe wanted to save his family and community oral tradition stories, so he wrote a book called “Earth Elder Stories.” Harvey Knight from Muskoday First Nation assisted in…

Open Education Week

The Agreements that Allow Us to Care for Each Other – Aggie Open Invited Speaker, Jessie Loyer

The UC Davis Library’s AggieOpen Invited Speaker Series addresses important issues in Open Education and allows speakers to share their research with a broader audience. Our 2025 Invited Speaker,  Indigenous Engagement Librarian Jessie Loyer, will explore the history of Open Access and draw upon histories of caretaking in her talk, “The Agreements that Allow Us to Care for Each Other.”

“In […]

taking place 🗓️ Start: March 4, 2025 11:00 am - ⏳ End: March 4, 2025 12:00 pm from: 📍 Location: Online from Multiple Locations

https://oeweek.oeglobal.org/activity/the-agreements-that-allow-us-to-care-for-each-other-aggie-open-invited-speaker-jessie-loyer/

The Agreements that Allow Us to Care for Each Other – Aggie Open Invited Speaker, Jessie Loyer

The UC Davis Library’s AggieOpen Invited Speaker Series addresses important issues in Open Education and allows speakers to share their research with a broader audience. Our 2025 Invited Speaker…

Open Education Week
@Ryntastic Thanks for showing the text for @RisingVoices. Advancing science through collaborations that merge Western academic science and Indigenous science is progress to me! #IndigenousWaysofKnowing