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LibreTexts News & Updates | March 2026
Greetings, LibreTexts Community!
Keep reading for the latest updates from the LibreTexts team.
OpenEd Week Videos Now Available
That's a wrap on OpenEd Week 2026! Thank you to everyone who joined us live for one of our sessions this year! If you missed anything, or would like to take another look, you can find all of the recordings on the LibreTexts YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL83Q_gTbFatQeT7Z3957Hney8zONdRskQ.
Thank you as well to our LibreNet Consortium partners, the University of Chicago and their OE 2026 Team, Taylor Faires, Michael Hernandez, Emily O’Brock, and Joe Olivier, for inviting us to participate in their local OEWeek efforts. You can check out recordings from UChicago OEWeek 2026 here:
Into the LibreVerse:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9l_fha9KPw
The Future of OER in the AI Age:
Save the Date
Join us May 15 and 16 for Advancing Open Education Together: An Intersegmental OER Summit. Regional colleagues from across California’s higher education systems will gather for a day-long convening focused on advancing open educational resources (OER) throughcollaboration, 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-systemcollaboration. 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
Details and registration for May 16 at Norco College: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/advancing-open-education-together-an-intersegmental-oer-summit-tickets-1985090201229?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true
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
On behalf of the Cal OER Organizing Committee, pleased to announce that the sixth annual Cal OER Conference will be held virtually on July 29-31, 2026. This event is open to everyone, so we hope you will attend and consider presenting. The theme for the 2026 conference is Exploring the Open Frontier: AI and Emerging Technologies in OER.
Cal OER will focus on OER efforts and impact, broadly defined, across the state of California and especially across the state’s three public higher education systems, the California Community Colleges, the California State University, and the University of California.
The call for proposals and registration information is forthcoming. Keep an eye on their website for information as it becomes available:
https://sites.google.com/view/caloer/
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. Next month you can join us at 11:30 am PST on April 3 at zoom.libretexts.org to hear the latest developments from our team.