Next week, join our second Affinity Conversation: Course Marking for Open Education. The session will be an informal chance to talk through how institutions identify and label low-cost and no-cost courses with others doing the same work. All are welcome. 📅 October 20 • 1 p.m. ET 🔗 buff.ly/ba3G8SA
Reminder: our October Information Session is tomorrow, 1pm ET. Learn about membership, our mission and priorities, and ways to get involved. 🔗 buff.ly/ONT08Cn
What We're Listening To 🎧 This month's Open-Ed Mic episode features our own Nicole Allen on advocacy and the future of open education. 🔗 buff.ly/p1iCoiO #OpenEducation #OER
OpenEd26 is October 27-29, fully virtual. This year's theme: The Space Between. It’s not too late to register! 🔗 buff.ly/f3URhSV #OpenEd26
The October National Priorities Listening Session is next Wednesday, October 14 at 3 p.m. ET. We’ll discuss what challenges in higher education open education is well positioned to solve and brainstorm potential priorities. 🔗 buff.ly/QwImzal
📍Policy Spotlight: Utah's revised Policy R465 sets guardrails for automatic textbook billing, requires that affordability plans address professional development for OER creation, and lets faculty count OER work toward tenure and promotion. A strong model for other states. 🔗 buff.ly/GivOTUE
Heading to OEGlobal, Oct 7-9? Find us at our exhibit table, our Oct 7 session on field-building, and our social meetup at Eastern Edge Food Hall. More on our session at the link: 🔗 buff.ly/im4soI4 #OEGlobal26
New resource ✨ Our Member Recognition Request Page outlines ways the association can help you get recognition, promotion, and support. 🔗 buff.ly/V9dJp84
TODAY 12pm ET: our first Affinity Conversation, Conference Planning in Open Education, is an informal meet-up for anyone planning an open ed event to talk about programming, budget, accessibility, and event planning strategy. Share ideas, ask questions, or just listen in. 🔗https://buff.ly/A8E9Ra0
TODAY 2 p.m. ET: Join our September Information Session to discover what OEA membership is all about. All are welcome, including new members looking for tips and anyone thinking about getting involved. 🔗 buff.ly/MW36lUM
New this fall: Affinity Conversations, informal meetups on specific topics, where members can learn from others doing similar work, exchange ideas, and talk through common challenges. First up is Conference Planning in Open Education, this Wednesday at 12 p.m. ET. 🔗 buff.ly/A8E9Ra0
📬 News from the Open Education Association: Hundreds of community members have taken part in the process to develop national priorities for open education. This month's newsletter has more on the project, plus a Utah policy update, OEGlobal 2026 plans, and more. 🔗 buff.ly/c8Novyi
New resource ✨ A guide to getting the most out of the Open Education Association’s Airtable resource boards: how to search, filter, and sort to find exactly what you need. 🔗 www.opened.org/posts/2026/g...
📍 Policy spotlight: Idaho has adopted a revised policy on Instructional Material Access and Affordability, strengthening protections around automatic textbook charges and reinforcing state support for OER. 🔗https://buff.ly/vt07wxV
Reminder: the September National Priorities Listening Session is tomorrow, Sept 17 at 2pm ET. 🔗 buff.ly/HR0A2Yu
What We're Reading: Joel Gladd's CalOER keynote examines how AI agents are changing OER creation and maintenance, the risks to the commons, and how the CARE Framework might apply. 🔗 buff.ly/aq7cA60 #OpenEducation #OER #AIinEducation
Haven't visited the national priorities Idea Board yet? Comment, vote, or submit your own idea for where open education belongs in the national conversation. 🔗https://buff.ly/gXf9HXN
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Lifelong learner Amanda Miller was working toward her doctorate when she noticed her classmates struggling to afford textbooks, the same problem she'd been watching undergraduates face for years. Read her member spotlight: 🔗 buff.ly/6kKuYwK
Want to host your own National Priorities Listening Session? Learn more here: 🔗 buff.ly/EkQNGpK
Reminder: the webinar on student rights and AI is tomorrow at 12 p.m. ET. The webinar will open with a presentation from Student Defense, introducing their Student AI Bill of Rights. This will be followed by a panel discussion connecting these rights to OER and open pedagogy. 🔗 buff.ly/dgUc7rk
Ready to receive Open Education Association news in your inbox? Sign up for the newsletter to receive monthly communications, tools, and updates from across the field of open education: buff.ly/kYhcKfj
🎥 New webinar: Student rights in the era of AI, and what it means for open education. This webinar explores what students are owed as AI becomes embedded in their education, and what open education practitioners can do about it. Sept 9 at 12 p.m. ET. 🔗 Register: buff.ly/dgUc7rk
Applications close September 10 for the Open Education National Summit, Nov 10-12 in Chicago. Travel scholarships are available for a limited number of applicants. 🔗 buff.ly/1RVPAhc
Before Lainie Allen worked with open textbooks, she worked with objects that had survived centuries. She carried a question from museum archives to open education: who gets to create, reach, and steward this knowledge? Read her member spotlight: buff.ly/2kXagCe
The DOERS Collaborative has selected the Open Education Association as its fiscal sponsor and long-term organizational home. The association is glad to support a collaborative that has spent nearly a decade shaping OER policy. Learn more about the partnership: buff.ly/v09r1TN
The Open Education Association is inviting everyone who believes in open education to help shape national priorities for advocacy. Share ideas on our Idea Board, join a listening session, or apply for the Nov. 10–12 National Summit in Chicago. Learn more: buff.ly/wCgqP7B
📬 News from the Open Education Association — This month's newsletter features more information on the process of developing national priorities for open education, plus policy updates, upcoming webinars, a guide to Airtable, and member stories. 🔗 Read more: buff.ly/9MufgoF
Input from across the open education community shapes our work. Share ideas or feedback to the Suggestion Box: 🔗 buff.ly/5QILmMr
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Earlybird pricing for #OpenEd26 ends August 31! Register now for the virtual conference, October 27-29. 🔗 buff.ly/IKGTcMP
