2026 Colorado OER Conference
Arapahoe Community College
Friday, May 29
Free registration
The 2026 Colorado OER Conference will be held on Friday, May 29 at Arapahoe Community College in Littleton, CO. Registration for the 2026 Colorado OER Conference and pre-conference accessibility workshop is free.
Theme
The theme of the 2026 Colorado OER Conference is “Open for Good: Resilience, Innovation and Collaboration.” At the conference, we will explore adapting during crises, inspiring projects, community building, and co-creating with students through open pedagogy. Aspen trees are quintessential Colorado. These vibrant icons of our state's landscape are resilient and adaptive, often the first to return after a fire due to sharing resources through a communal root system. The interconnectedness of aspen trees is symbolic of our 2026 theme. Together we will celebrate the Colorado open education community's resilience, innovation, and collaboration in creating a more sustainable education system for everyone. We're Open for Good.
Conference Schedule
The program for the 2026 Colorado OER Conference is available in the schedule tab. Presentation sessions will follow five simultaneous tracks: general, resilience, collaboration, innovation, and creation. There are sessions for all experience and knowledge levels of open education! The conference will run approximately 8:00 AM - 4:30PM on Friday, May 29. Attendees will be provided breakfast and lunch.
Pre-Conference: Accessibility Workshop
The 2026 Colorado OER pre-conference will be held on Thursday, May 28 at Arapahoe Community College in Littleton, CO. The pre-conference workshop will run from 12:00 - 5:00PM with lunch provided. Detailed schedule will be released in April. Free registration for the accessibility workshop is open.
2026 Conference Organizing Committee
Chair: Allyson Turner, Community College of Aurora
Chealsye Bowley, Colorado Department of Higher Education
Caterina Belle Azzarello, University of Northern Colorado
Elia Trucks, University of Denver
Ellie Svoboda, University of Colorado Anschutz
Emily Romero, University of Northern Colorado
Ibrahim Mohamed, University of Colorado Denver
Leslie Reynolds, University of Colorado Boulder
Megan Rector, Arapahoe Community College
mitch cota, Arapahoe Community College
Nicholas Swails, Colorado Northwestern Community College
Rebecka Cranwell, Northeastern Junior College
Renee Barnes, Colorado Department of Education
Sara Satkowiak, Auraria Library
Shammi Gandhi, University of Northern Colorado
The call for proposals closed February 15. Thank you to reviewers Allyson Turner, Caterina Belle Azzarello, Chealsye Bowley, Ellie Svoboda, Emily Romero, Ibrahim Mohamed, Kara Lucas, Leslie Reynolds, Marcus Elmore, Michael Novak, mitch cota, Nancyruth Leibold, and Sara Satkowiak.
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