Open Educational Practice (OEP) Digest – August 2026 Welcome to the latest edition of the Australasian OEP Digest. Subscribe to receive all the latest news straight to your inbox every month! #OEPSIG #OER #OEP #OpenEducation #AustralasianOER #AustralianOER #NewZealandOER #AotearoaOER #AustraliOER…

Open Educational Practice (OEP) Digest – August 2026

Welcome to the latest edition of the Australasian OEP Digest. Subscribe to receive all the latest news straight to your inbox every month! #OEPSIG #OER #OEP #OpenEducation #AustralasianOER #AustralianOER #NewZealandOER #AotearoaOER #AustraliOER #AotearOER #OEPDigest #ASCILITE #OpenTextbooks #HigherEducation #Libraries #HigherEd #OpenPedagogy

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Open Educational Practice (OEP) Digest – May 2026 Welcome to the latest edition of the Australasian OEP Digest. Subscribe to receive all the latest news straight to your inbox every month! #OEPSIG #OER #OEP #OpenEducation #AustralasianOER #AustralianOER #NewZealandOER #AotearoaOER #AustraliOER…

Day 1 of the Universities Australia Solutions Summit! @caullibrarians.bsky.social booth set up and keynote session beginning 🤩 #UASolutionsSummit #HigherEducation #Libraries #TertiaryEducation #FirstNationsKnowledge #Equity #Inclusion #CAUL

⚡Calling all #OpenEd friends! I'm running for a 2nd term on the @openedconf.bsky.social Board. Please check it out and cast your vote by this Fri 5 Dec 🤩 openeducationconference.org/board-election #OER #OEP #OpenEducation #AustraliOER #AustralasianOER #HigherEducation #Libraries #EduSky #EduSkyAU

Board Election — Open Education Conference

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One day to go! Get your nominations in!

Ash Barber (she/her)@ashthelibrarian.bsky.social · 9mo ago

📢 It's #OpenEd election time! Got ideas, enthusiasm, community spirit? Self-nominate for the Advisory Board! 🧁 Noms close 14 Nov 🧁 Term = 2 yrs 🧁 Time = 6-10 hrs/mo 🧁 You should nominate ALSO 💡 Register to vote! Deets: tinyurl.com/yckbv3u9 #OpenEducation #OpenEd25 #EduSky @openedconf.bsky.social

MORE Day 1 #ICDEWC30: 🎙️On learner-centred sustainable & culturally incl ed: “Ideally, the classroom is ‘we all learn from each other’” — Carolee Clyne. Sam Lenci added “policy starts the process” of recognising IK & “it’s about the students and their wellbeing” #ICDEWC2025 @icde-org.bsky.social

More Day 1 #ICDEWC30: 🎙️ On Project Nexus & “Cosmogogy” collab learning: “it’s learning with the world, not just about it” Julie Lindsay 🎙️ On lev. storytelling AI to preserve Indigenous culture: “AI should strengthen reciprocity, voice & belonging” Janet Bruce-Brand #ICDEWC2025 @icde-org.bsky.social

Day 1 #ICDEWC30 quotes: - On the importance of contextually relevant design, “training material adapted to local needs improves communication, trust and collaboration” — Diane Hockridge - On AISLA chatbot, “builds critical thinking and *how* to think” — David Rose #ICDEWC2025 @icde-org.bsky.social

More #ICDEWC30 opening quotes: - On convening in person: “There is no artificial intelligence in the rich human knowledge that surrounds you.” Mark Nichols - On inclusion: “writing the cheque isn’t what did it for her, making her feel like she mattered is” Paul LeBlanc @icde-org.bsky.social #EduSky

Stunning #ICDEWC30 open 😍 “we’re gathered by what binds us: a shared belief in the transformative power of education” Giselle Byrnes. And a throwback to adrienne maree brown’s #OpenEd25 keynote: “we are here to imagine together, to ask ‘what if?” #ICDEWC2025 #EduSky #Aotearoa @icde-org.bsky.social

📢 It's #OpenEd election time! Got ideas, enthusiasm, community spirit? Self-nominate for the Advisory Board! 🧁 Noms close 14 Nov 🧁 Term = 2 yrs 🧁 Time = 6-10 hrs/mo 🧁 You should nominate ALSO 💡 Register to vote! Deets: tinyurl.com/yckbv3u9 #OpenEducation #OpenEd25 #EduSky @openedconf.bsky.social

Board Election — Open Education Conference

The Open Education Conference is seeking six new Directors. Interested community members should self-nominate by November 6th at 11:59pm PST.

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Day 1 here we come! 🤩 #OpenEd25 #OpenEducation #OER #AcademicSky #AcademicSkyAU

Welcome to Day 1 of #OpenEd25! 🎉 Check out this welcome video from Board Chair, Ash Barber (@ashthelibrarian.bsky.social) who will share everything you need to get started at the conference. We wish you all a fantastic first day! www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQD6...

Welcome to OpenEd25!

Welcome to the 22nd annual gathering of the Open Education Conference community!

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In this new article from @lseimpactblog.bsky.social, @niamhtumelty.bsky.social Managing Director of LSE Press, and @heroicendeavour.bsky.social discuss open educational resources in the context of higher education. Read the full post: blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci... #openaccess #highereducation

Open educational resources should be central to the public mission of universities - Impact of Social Sciences

Why open educational resources should form a central part of university strategies for public engagement.

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Open Educational Practice (OEP) Digest – Oct 2025 Welcome to the latest edition of the Australasian OEP Digest. Subscribe to receive all the latest news straight to your inbox every month! #OEPSIG #OER #OEP #OpenEducation #AustralasianOER #AustralianOER #NewZealandOER #AotearoaOER #AustraliOER…

@ashthelibrarian.bsky.social Call for sessions is out for 2026.everythingopen.au - would love to see a full track for all things #OpenEducation :)

Everything Open 2026 | Canberra, Australia

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🤩 The #SpeakingOfOpen pod is now listed in the Great Australian Podcast Index 🙌🥳 Check out the pod: tinyurl.com/soopod

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Great Australian Pods front page showing recently added podcasts including work from: @ashthelibrarian.bsky.social @helet24.bsky.social www.greataustralianpods.com #GreatAusPods #AusPods #Podcast #Podcasts #Podcasting #Podcasters #Australia

👀 What's that? Another episode of #SpeakingOfOpen has been released? Check out our chat with Julian Pakay about ‘What can #OpenEducation do that #AI can't?’ 🎧 Spotify: tinyurl.com/SoOPodS 🎧 YouTube: tinyurl.com/SoOPodY 🎧 Your fave app: tinyurl.com/SoOPod #OER #OEP #OpenPedagogy #EduSky #EduSkyAU

Speaking of Open

Podcast · Speaking of Open · Speaking of Open is hosted by Ash & Mais, two passionate open education advocates who love to chat and dive deep on the diversity of open education work in Australasia. Jo...

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🎙️ Desk of a podcaster 🙈 Had a great convo w Mais & Dr Julian Pakay on using OER to address teaching challenges & whether #OpenEducation can do some things #AI can’t 🤔 Julian’s ep of #SpeakingOfOpen coming soon to earbuds near you 🤩 tinyurl.com/SoOPod #OER #OEP #SoTL #DownUndOER #EduSky #EduSkyAU

Soooooo so so excited that adrienne maree brown is keynoting the Open Education Conference this year! 🥳 How very lucky we are 🤩

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🎤 Keynote announcement! adrienne maree brown will deliver a virtual keynote at #OpenEd25 in October! adrienne is a movement facilitator, somatics practitioner, science fiction scholar, and NYT-bestselling author of books including Emergent Strategy. register.oxfordabstracts.com/event/74737?...

🌈 Happy Pride Month! 🌈 This wonderful video shows how it feels for the LGBTQIA+ community to see allyship through simple things like a rainbow bracelet, lanyard, pin or sticker, etc. tinyurl.com/344rn24z More info and resources via my post: tinyurl.com/3xva9853 #Pride #Rainbow #EduSky #EduSkyAU

José Rolón on Instagram: "Thank you, @oslopride for this impactful… | Ash Barber

🌈 Happy Pride Month! 🌈 I stumbled upon this wonderfully moving video on Instagram which highlights how it feels as a member of the LGBTQIA+ community to see an ally display their allyship through simp...

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The results are in! Check out your 2025-26 ASCILITE OEP SIG Convenor team and give our newest Convenors a warm welcome 🥳 #OEPSIG #ASCILITE #OER #OEP #AustralasianOpenEd #OpenEducation #EduSky #EduSkyAU

📢 Aus/AoNZ #OpenEd peeps! @pressbooks.bsky.social & @oeglobal.bsky.social bring their latest venture to our region on Wed 25 June 10am AEST. Sarah Steen, Nora Leopardi, & Nara Jones chat w @cogdog.bsky.social about #OER for games and role play scenarios to deepen student learning tinyurl.com/OERUH2

In exciting and slightly nerve-wracking news, Mais Fatayer and I have started a podcast! #SpeakingOfOpen is a place where we chat with awesome people in the #OpenEd world in #Australasia. Check out our first ep with the warm wonderful @sarahsteen.bsky.social 🥰 tinyurl.com/SoOep1 (Also on YouTube)

OER and Engaging Students - Dr Sarah Steen

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Voting is open! OEP SIG Co-Convenor Election Voting closes Tuesday 27 May! #OEPSIG #Convenors #Election

Welcome to the May edition of the Australasian OEP Digest for 2025. Subscribe to receive all the latest news straight to your inbox every month! #OEPSIG #OEPDigest #OER #OpenEducation #OEP #AustralasianOER

@ashthelibrarian.bsky.social @autnews.bsky.social launched first two OERs today. Lots of praise for our incredible @tuwhera.bsky.social team and the OER collective from both authors. Both big fans of the experience and service #openscholarship #OER ❤️ oercollective.caul.edu.au/physiotherap...

Gosh, that week went fast! Get your nominations in today!

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⏰ Just over a week until the #OEPSIG Co-Convenor self-nomination period closes (28 April). Get your nominations in ASAP 🤩 oepoz.wordpress.com/2025/04/07/o... #OER #OEP #EduSky #ASCILITE

⏰ Just over a week until the #OEPSIG Co-Convenor self-nomination period closes (28 April). Get your nominations in ASAP 🤩 oepoz.wordpress.com/2025/04/07/o... #OER #OEP #EduSky #ASCILITE

OEP SIG Co-Convenor Election

ASCILITE Australasian OEP SIG Co-Convenor election announced! Self-nominate by 28 April!

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Delight in Steel’s consummate awe at student work and the power of open pedagogy in the new series “OER Under the Hood” from Pressbooks & OEGlobal, convened by @cogdog.bsky.social Poignant excerpts from Terry and Amanda (plus a few of my own musings) here: tinyurl.com/mpjba6ku #EduSky #OER #OEP

OER Under the Hood: A Student ePortfolio Experience | Ash Barber

Need a pick-me-up? Having A DAY and wanna feel excited about #OpenEducation again? Have a watch of the new series “OER Under the Hood” from Pressbooks & OEGlobal. (And I can attest to the resul...

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