Happy Open Education Week 2026!
Today marks the start of Open Education Week! Open Educational Resources are openly licensed materials that can be:
- Retained
- Reused
- Revised
- Remixed
- Redistributed
OER can make a huge difference to our students. In anonymous surveys, students report using the money they saved from having to buy textbooks on rent, groceries, tuition, and more!
However, as important as these resources might be, they’re often overlooked or misunderstood. Are you curious about OER? Check out this infographic to learn more.
And if you’d like to learn even more about OER, here are our upcoming OE Week activities:
March 2th – March 6th: Visit our blog for a daily post spotlighting OER work happening here at UT Austin.
March 3rd, 11am-12pm CT: OE Week Virtual Panel: Estamos aquí! Enacting Open Pedagogy Principles Through a Heritage Spanish Collaborative Textbook
Join Drs. Jocelly Meiners and Anel Brandl as they discuss their recent Open Education project, Estamos aquí! Comunidades bilingües e identidades regionales de los Estados Unidos.
The event is free, but you do need to register. For more information, check out the flyer. Reach out to Heather Walter to access the recording if you cannot attend.
March 4th, 12pm-2pm CT: Tabling event in PCL Lobby. Come by to chat with a librarian about OER.
