The Open Education Consortium and the AGH University of Science and Technology, organizers of the Open Education Global Conference 2016, invite proposals for conference sessions to take place in Kraków, Poland April 12-14.

The theme of the Open Education Global Conference 2016 is Convergence Through Collaboration.

The conference will feature five tracks with Convergence through Collaboration as the cross-cutting theme:

• Integration of Open Practices: Explores the ways that open educational practices are meeting the needs of 21st century education, including formal and informal sectors. Sessions could include innovative approaches to openness in teaching and learning, continuous improvement using open education, degrees built on OER, etc.
• Collaboration: Highlights the ways that collaboration enhances efforts in openness. Topics could provide examples of collaborations between institutions and organizations that amplified outcomes, or plans for a collaborative, open future. Proposals discussing synergies and collaborations between and across open access, open source software, open data, open government, open education and other movements are encouraged.
• Open Education as Strategy: Focuses on the ways that open practices contribute to solving greater problems in education. Sessions may examine ways that institutions use openness to make educational delivery more efficient, relevant and affordable; open education as a strategy to solve social needs, such as inequality, workforce development and lifelong learning; or how openness supports institutional mission and outreach.
• Research to Advance Open Education: This track will include research on all aspects of open education, including usage, effectiveness, policy, learning outcomes, data management and analysis, surveys and impact studies.
• Open Education Initiatives in Europe: Each year at the Global Conference, we devote time to showcasing local and regional initiatives in open education. This year, we invite presentations that focus on European open education efforts, including emerging practices, project showcases, EU-funded programs, and national and regional initiatives.

We look forward to welcoming you in Kraków, Poland.

Open Education Global Conference 2016 Planning Team
Email: conference@oeconsortium.org
Website: http://conference.oeconsortium.org/2016/
Twitter: #oeglobal