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LibreTexts News & Updates | April 2026
Greetings, LibreTexts Community!
Keep reading for the latest updates from the LibreTexts team.
Be sure to subscribe to our brand new calendar of events to stay up-to-date on all our workshops, webinars, conferences, and other events!
Plan your Summer with LibreTexts!
We look forward to seeing everyone in-person at ZTC Summit at College of the Canyons this Friday, May 1. Please stop by and say hello and pick up some cool new swag!
There's still time to register for Advancing Open Education Together: An Intersegmental OER Summit on May 15 and 16. Regional colleagues from across California’s higher education systems will gather for a day-long convening focused on advancing open educational resources (OER) through collaboration, shared learning, and strategic dialogue. Participants from the University of California, California State University, and California Community Colleges will come together to hear system-level updates, highlight local successes and ongoing challenges, and explore emerging issues shaping the future of open education. The event will also examine the evolving intersection of OER and artificial intelligence and provide space for discussion around regional partnerships and cross-system collaboration. Through conversation and knowledge-sharing, this gathering aims to strengthen the statewide open education community and identify opportunities to expand equitable access to learning materials for students.
Details and registration for May 15 at UCIrvine: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/advancing-open-education-together-an-intersegmental-oer-summit-tickets-1985076044887?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true
Our Annual weeklong LibreFest Workshop will be held the week of July 13. Bring your syllabus and course schedule and leave with a real plan to go OER. No prep work needed. All experience levels welcome! Stay tuned for registration and additional information coming soon!
Don't forget to get your proposals in and register for the Cal OER Conference, held virtually July 29-31. The theme this year is Exploring the Open Frontier: AI and Emerging Technologies in OER. Details are available on the Cal OER website: https://sites.google.com/view/caloer/home?authuser=0.
In partnership with the ASCCC Open Educational Resources Initiative, our team is pleased to announce Introduction to Remixing and Open Homework Systems Regional Meeting - South. This workshop will be hosted by Allan Hancock College in Santa Maria, CA on August 14, 2026 from 8:30-3:30 PST.
Additional information and registration can be found here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/introduction-to-remixing-and-open-homework-systems-regional-meeting-south-tickets-1985074535372?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl
That's a Wrap: Effordability Summit
LibreTexts Director of Curriculum Innovation and Design, Justin Shorb, represented the project at this year's Effordability Summit at the University of Wisconsin, Stout earlier this month. Thank you to everyone who stopped by our table and chatted with Justin about how LibreTexts can transform open pedagogy on your campus! If you'd like to learn more about having LibreTexts at your conference or event, please reach out to [email protected].
Noteworthy
Since our start in 2008, the LibreTexts team has facilitated faculty collaborations across the country, helping instructors work together on building new course content while making powerful connections across institutions and disciplines. Making it easier for our community to work together and build their own communities starts here! Currently we have faculty looking to work on the following projects over the next year:
- Introduction to Special Education for K-12 Classrooms - especially on describing how to implement best-practices in the classroom (textbook)
- Organic Chemistry Structure-based Question Writing (using ADAPT Sketcher)
- Voice and Video thread-based question writing for language courses (ADAPT Discuss-It); Especially in Spanish, Portuguese, French, Arabic, and Italian
- Collaboration opportunities for Education Research
- Materials Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, and Nanomaterials
- Mathematics in Context, Intro to Physics, Sport Studies,
- Emerging technologies, UDL in ID, Learning theories in action, instructional strategies for e-learning, ID models through experiential learning
If you are interested in finding collaborators, asking questions about how LibreTexts are used in other people’s classes, or other communities of practice, please head over to the new LibreTexts Connections Forum and join the conversations!
Is your institution part of our LibreNet consortium? If not, consider joining and become part of a growing community of OER practitioners and advocates unlike any other. More information about the numerous benefits of LibreNet membership can be found on our website.
Have you heard about our professional development opportunities through LibreTexts Academy? From year long cohorts to asynchronous webinars, Academy has something for all of the OER advocates and practitioners in your life. Head over to our website and fill out an interest form to get started.
Don't forget about our First Friday Features held virtually the first Friday of each month. There will be no First Friday for May 1. Please join us June 5 for the next one!