[Bcoel] Open Education Talks 2025 - Call for Proposals!

Dear Colleagues, We invite you to submit your talk or poster proposal for the fourth annual Open Education Talks<https://oetalks.opened.ca/>, a series of 15-minute lightning talks about open education, open pedagogy, and integrating open resources and technologies in higher education. This virtual event aims to foster conversations and share best practices in open education. Talks & Poster Opportunities: * Talks: Share your experiences in open education, focusing on open pedagogy, OER, student partnerships, AI in education, and more. Sessions will occur every Wednesday in March 2025, from 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM MT, and will be hosted on Zoom. * Posters: New this year! Submit your infographic or poster to the Digital Poster Wall to visually showcase your open education work. Accepted creators will receive guidelines and licensing information. Proposal Deadline: January 10, 2025 Speakers Notified: January 17, 2025 Registration Opens: February 3, 2025 Streams: 1. Building Blocks of OE: Basics of open education and OER adoption 2. AI, Technology, and OE: AI's role in open education and its ethical implications 3. Student Leadership and Partnership: Student-led projects and collaboration in OE 4. Tensions and Possibilities: Integrating open research and addressing challenges Submit your proposal to this form<https://forms.gle/DsobzvxkRYxQfje26> no later than January 10, 2025. We look forward to hearing about your innovative work in open education! Thanks, Brenda on behalf of The Open Education Talks Steering Committee (University of Calgary, Mount Royal University, Thompson Rivers University, University of Alberta)