OERcamp.global 2025
We are excited to announce the 2nd OERcamp.global for 2025! OERcamp.global is hosted by Agentur J&K – Jöran und Konsorten, which has been hosting OERcamps since 2012, in close cooperation with the German Commission for UNESCO. The event is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) as part of the German OER Strategy.
Save the date!
The OERcamp.global will be held on November 25-26, 2025, with 24 hours non stop programme around the globe. Registrations and CfP are starting in March 2025. We will inform you right away if you subscribe to our newsletter.
Meanwhile please find more information on the 1st OERcamp.global below.
What was OERcamp.global 2021?
OERcamp is a BarCamp on Open Education and Open Educational Resources (OER). “BarCamp” means that everyone can contribute to the programme by submitting their sessions. It is a user-generated (un-)conference. A BarCamp is not only about sharing knowledge: Open issues, ongoing activities and joint reflection can take place in sessions, as well. It’s about sharing and co-creating knowledge, the open way!
The event communication was in English. Workshop sessions in any other language were highly welcomed!
Browse recordings and more from OERcamp.global 2021
OERcamp.global comprised 114 sessions from 186 speakers. 79 sessions and 11 keynotes have been recorded. There were 1089 registrations from 87 different countries. The session hosts provide videos, slides etc. via Sched. Videos from the keynote talks are published on this playlist on YouTube.
How did it work?
OERcamp.global took place in a format called ‘BarCamp’. This unconference format invites everyone to contribute to the programme. It’s an open and participatory event, made of user-generated workshop-events.
The opening session of OERcamp.global started on 9 December 2021 at 1 pm UTC.
We had 48 hours of sessions and plenary hours, so that everyone could choose the time of the day (or night) to participate in the event.
Programme and schedule
The programme included more than 100 sessions, with workshops, exchange rounds and talks from India to Chile, Namibia to California, Austria to Indonesia. You can find them in our schedule on Sched. Another part of the programme were plenary hours, no parallel sessions but special events, mostly keynotes to present insights from different parts of the world.
Why an OERcamp.global?
Let’s celebrate OER! Let’s share our knowledge, experience and resources! Let’s get to know each other, as individuals, as organisations, globally! Let’s talk about our projects, our aims, our hopes, and also about our doubts and challenges.
OER is all about sharing – and why should we stop at geographical borders? We gathered for a 48-hour unconference with practitioners, activists, scientists, nOERds and novices from around the globe. (No, of course, no one had to stay for the full 48 hours. Just pick from the schedule – it’s an all you can learn buffet! 😉)
UNESCO Recommendation on OER
Sessions are welcome on all aspects of OER and Open Education. We especially encourage topics which support the implementation of the UNESCO OER Recommendation regarding the five Areas of Action outlined in the Recommendation:
1. Building the capacity of stakeholders to create, access, re-use, adapt and redistribute OER;
2. Developing supportive policy for OER;
3. Encouraging inclusive and equitable quality OER;
4. Nurturing the creation of sustainability models for OER; and
5. Promoting and reinforcing international cooperation in OER.
More on OERcamps
OERcamps open up new and contemporary formats for learning based on openness, sharing, personal meaning, participation and equality. They are the appropriate format of education for a time in which we are depending on not only transferring fixed knowledge but also co-creating new knowledge. OERcamps are about sharing, discussing, negotiating solutions for a world in perpetual change.
The OERcamp started as a grassroot movement in Germany in 2012. It has since been awarded the Open Innovation Award, mentioned in the Horizon Report, and highlighted in a UNESCO Report. Learn more about the OERcamps …
Contact
If you have any further questions or comments, please contact us via info [at] oercamp.global.
