Announcements

The Open Education Network (OEN) is pleased to announce that, following an extensive search, Robin DeRosa, Ph.D., will join us as our new executive director, effective February 18.

The Open Education Network’s Steering Committee is an outstanding example of our community’s ethos in action. Established in 2016, the committee advises OEN leadership by sharing diverse perspectives, contributing knowledge and experience, and voicing community feedback to inform our organization’s strategic direction.

Community is a priority at the Open Education Network (OEN). We are dedicated to helping OEN colleagues connect and collaborate toward open educational goals and interests. As a result, we are pleased to share that we’ve developed a tool to facilitate these scholarly connections: the Scholarship Matchmaking Spreadsheet.

This month, three community members begin two-year terms on the Open Education Network (OEN) Steering Committee. We are excited to welcome Andrea Bearman, Instructional Technology Coordinator at the Private Academic Library Network of Indiana (PALNI); Bailey Lake, Open Strategies Librarian at Eastern Kentucky University (EKU); and Jennifer Pate, Director of Open Ed at Texas A&M University.

In October the Open Education Network (OEN) celebrated International Open Access Week 2023 with the release of two new openly licensed resources. Developed collaboratively by the OEN community and team, the Open Pedagogy Student Toolkit and Certificate in Open Educational Practices (public version) are now freely available to adopt, adapt, and share.

The Open Pedagogy Portal is an open repository created by the Open Education Network (OEN) as an online source for open pedagogy case studies, student work, and teaching/learning resources in higher education. The site officially went live August 15, 2023, and welcomes submissions. You do not need to be affiliated with an OEN institution to participate. 

This summer the Open Education Network (OEN) is pleased to introduce OEN Engage! The inaugural, four-day virtual event invites the OEN community to celebrate our collective knowledge, individual strengths, and commitment to serving the common good through open education. All members are welcome, and there’s no cost to participate.

The Open Education Network (OEN) acknowledges and celebrates the librarians who completed the 2022 Certificate in OER Librarianship.

The Open Education Network (OEN) congratulates Amanda Larson, Affordable Learning Instructional Consultant at The Ohio State University, recently selected for the OEN 2022-2023 Faculty Fellowship.

Summit Watch Parties are designed to enable guests to gather and participate in groups as they feel comfortable. The OEN launched this on-site/virtual hybrid as an option for members who miss the in-person interaction and personal connections sparked by Summits past.