Open Education Week is a global event organized by Open Education Global to highlight the power of open education, its benefits, and its impact on learning worldwide. Pressbooks is excited to host three dynamic sessions exploring interactive learning, OER adoption, and scaling institutional open publishing programs.
Monday, March 3rd, at 2pm Eastern
Come learn how to create engaging learning materials in Pressbooks with social annotation, inline quizzes, and formative assessments. We’ll also demo how instructors can seamlessly integrate this content into courses taught in their LMS and get real-time grade updates and deeper insight into student learning
What You’ll Learn:
✔ How to enhance OER with interactivity (quizzes, annotations, multimedia)
✔ How to track student learning & engagement in real-time
✔ How to integrate Pressbooks content into your LMS for seamless course delivery
In partnership with OEGlobal
Wednesday, March 5th at 12pm Eastern
Join us for our first-in-a-series OER Under the Hood session presented by OEGlobal and Pressbooks. We’ll dive “under of the hood” of Terry Greene’s Ebook of One’s Own student portfolio project which invites learners to develop new technical skills while showcasing their educational journeys
What You’ll Learn:
✔ How Ebook of One’s Own empowers students to create personalized digital portfolios
✔ The vision behind the project and how it was brought to life using Pressbooks
✔ Insights from Trent University’s implementation and how it engages students
✔ Lessons from Boise State’s adaptation and the impact on student learning
Thursday, March 6th at 12pm Eastern
Join us for a guided show-and-tell about Pressbooks networks and what to consider as you make choices around open publishing tools for your campus community.
This session is designed for institutions considering open publishing tools and will cover:
✔ Key features and considerations when choosing an open publishing platform
✔ How to manage, scale, and sustain OER initiatives with Pressbooks
✔ How Pressbooks supports institutional OER programs
In addition to the sessions we are running, there are several Pressbooks customers who will be providing insights into how their institutions are using Pressbooks. There are sessions on how to empower faculty to create unique OER, best practices for creating accessible OER, the power of interactivity and more.
Open Education Week (OE Week) is an annual global event led by Open Education Global to raise awareness about open education, its benefits, and its impact on teaching and learning worldwide.
OE Week is organized by Open Education Global (OEG), a nonprofit organization that supports the adoption and impact of open education. Institutions, educators, and organizations worldwide contribute by hosting events and sharing resources.
Open Educational Resources, or OER, are teaching, learning, and research materials that come with an open license. This open license grants permission for users to freely access, adapt, share, and remix these materials. The openness of OER is not just about being “free”—it’s about providing educators with the flexibility to customize content, supporting more effective and inclusive learning environments.
Pressbooks is a user-friendly publishing platform that supports knowledge creation and helps educators, institutions, and organizations create, publish, and share OER in interactive, accessible formats. It supports multimedia, assessments, and seamless LMS integration to enhance learning.
You can attend events, explore OER resources, or share your own open education work! Join Pressbooks’ OE Week sessions to discover new tools, connect with experts, and learn how to enhance open learning at your institution.