OTESSA 2027 Call for Proposals
OTESSA encourages researchers and practitioners to share their scholarship on the complexities that technology and/or open practice raise for education, society, and scholarship, as well as to come together to build connections, collaborations, and critical conversations at the 2027 conference.
Scholars, practitioners, graduate and undergraduate students, librarians, designers, makers, policy advisors, and educators or administrators from post-secondary, K12, or workplace settings are all welcome!
Whatever your current role and wherever you are located in the world, we invite you to join us and contribute your experience, expertise, and insights to timely discussions about openness and technology in education, society and scholarship.
Choose one or more locations to share your work with the OTESSA community.
Toronto, Canada
OISE, UToronto
April 13–16, 2027
Parallel to the AERA Annual Meeting held April 14-18
Georgia, USA
University of Georgia
May 25 to 27, 2027
World Café format
Online, Global
May 31– June 4, 2027
Join from anywhere! We will be inclusive of your time zone where possible.
Saskatoon, Canada
University of Saskatchewan
June 6-7 2027
Hosted in partnership with the Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE).
NOTE: Subsequent review rounds are not guaranteed and will be dependent on the number of accepted proposals in the previous rounds.
Submission Info
- Submit a 300 word session proposal (research or practice) using the templates provided.
- Optional short paper for publication: You may choose to submit a 1000–2000 word short paper for publication in the indexed conference proceedings. This may be submitted alongside your session proposal or at any later date (no expiry). Proceedings must be submitted in the templates provided in the submission portal.
Note:
Authors can submit a full research, practice, or discourse paper at any time to the OTESSA Journal (separate portal at https://journal.otessa.org). Full papers must be submitted using the templates provided and are expected to be 4000–7000 words (excluding references). For full submission guidelines, visit the OTESSA Journal website.
- The OTESSA Journal is funded by the Government of Canada through the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and indexed in: EBSCO Education Source Ultimate, ERIC, Google Scholar, Open Alex, Jisc, and Ulrichs Web
Information Sessions
Choose an option below to register for a drop-in Zoom session to learn more about the OTESSA Conference, how to prepare a successful session proposal, and our publishing options.
Photo by Jochem Raat on Unsplash