The OEGlobal conference took place online in 2021. The conference process is documented in the text below.

Read about what happened during the conference here. Every aspect of the online conference remains on the Conference site on OEG Connect as its own OER. Access it here.

September 27 to October 1

The online portion of the conference will have presentations and activities from around the world showing the connection of open education to the UNESCO OER Recommendation.

UNESCO OER Recommendation – English
UNESCO OER Recommendation – French
UNESCO OER Recommendation – Spanish
UNESCO OER Recommendation – Russian
UNESCO OER Recommendation – Chinese
UNESCO OER Recommendation – Arabic

As a global event, the Online Conference is designed for a multilingual and multicultural audience. The call for proposals encourages sessions to be written and delivered in any of the six official languages of United Nations – Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian or Spanish.

The online conference is structured around the five action areas of the UNESCO OER Recommendation.

Day 1: Capacity Building, Monday September 27

Focus: ways global open education community is advancing capacity to create, access, re-use, adapt and redistribute OER

Day 2, Policy, Tuesday September 28

Focus: ways global open education community is developing supportive policy

Day 3, Access, Wednesday September 29

Focus: how global open education community is generating effective, inclusive and equitable access to quality OER

Day 4, Sustainability, Thursday September 30

Focus: engaging the global open education community with nurturing the creation of sustainability models for OER

Day 5, International Cooperation, Friday October 1

Focus: engaging global open education community in international cooperation to advance UNESCO OER Recommendation

Each day webinars and activities will engage the global open education community in collectively advancing the implementation of the Recommendation.

Online Conference Format

The online conference program will have webinars, interactive activities, and social activities.

Webinars

Each day has webinars comprised of five presentations (selected from call for proposals) focused on the UNESCO OER Recommendation action area of the day. Webinars can be in any of the six languages of UNESCO – Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian or Spanish. Each webinar has a session chair and a rapporteur.

Rapporteurs will produce reports on webinars from the online conference which will serve as inputs to the In-person Congress. These reports will serve as starting points to discussions from which practical recommendations will be proposed and adopted.

Interactive Activities

Each day has interactive asynchronous activities (selected from call for proposals) focused on the action area of the day. Activities can be in any of the six languages of UNESCO – Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian or Spanish. Activities will be short, have a clear purpose and provide an easy means for participants to actively contribute. Activities will emphasize engaging participants in taking action together through such things as analyzing exemplar case studies, discussion, and collectively co-creating different ways of implementing the UNESCO OER Recommendation.

Social Activities

The online conference will have fun, informal social activities that provide a means for connecting people together, bridging culture, and helping participants get to know each other.

Final Program

Online conference sessions will be invited and selected through a call for proposals. The call for proposals will include an invitation for webinar presentations, webinar chair and rapporteur volunteers, and interactive activities. Proposals will be peer-reviewed. Online conference call for proposals will be open from 12th April through 7th May.

The final program for the online conference will be organized through a collaboration of the global open education community, local organizers, and the Open Education Global conference committee.

View the final program here.

Every session documented: