We have received a number of requests to accept late submissions given the intense start of term across many schools and campuses with pivots and COVID-19 preparedness. We feel it is important that we are responsive to our community. We are pleased to support you and have extended our deadline to Tuesday, February 15. Please […]
We are pleased to share the 2021 Conference Proceedings, which is a publication of the short papers submitted that successfully passed the double-blind, peer-review process. We invite you to read our editorial and the research and practice short papers. To participate in our conference, only a maximum 500-word submission is required. The submission of a […]
We are pleased to share that we have published the second issue of the OTESSA Journal. Thank you to our authors, reviewers, and copyeditors for their support in getting this work out. Photo by Robert Anasch on Unsplash
We are pleased to announce that we have published the very first issue of the OTESSA Journal (with co-editors, George Veletsianos, Michele Jacobsen, and Valerie Irvine)! Thank you to authors, reviewers, copyeditors, our scholarship librarian (Inba Kehoe), UVic Libraries for hosting both our journal and conference systems, BCcampus for the graphic design support, and to […]
We invite you to suggest keynote and invited speakers for OTESSA 2022! Please fill out as much of the following form as you wish. Thank you for providing your input! Speaker Suggestion Form Photo by Anton Maksimov juvnsky on Unsplash
The Open/Technology, Education, Scholarship and Society Association (OTESSA) is excited to announce the call for proposals for the upcoming #OTESSA22 online conference, with co-chairs Aras Bozkurt (Anadolu University, Turkey), Terry Greene (Trent University, Canada), and Kathy Snow (University of Prince Edward Island, Canada). OTESSA 2022 will take place between May 16-19, 2022 as part of the […]
We are needing to fill some open volunteer positions on our board and team. Please note that these may be direct appointment at this time. Elections are typically held at the AGM at the conference, but our bylaws allow for direct appointments. We do have an equity, diversity, inclusion, and decolonization priority, and invite applicants […]
OTESSA will be participating in the Congress 2022 conference of the Federation of the Social Sciences and Humanities. We just received official confirmation that it will be taking place ONLINE within the dates May 12-20, 2022. As we receive more information from the Federation, such as theme and confirming our conference dates within that window, […]
As we are on a steady growth curve with both the OTESSA Journal (we expect not one but two issues (October and December 2021!) and the OTESSA conference, plus a steady increase in membership, we need to find a solid base of volunteers to join our team. We are seeking reviewers (for journal articles and […]
We would like to recognize all the amazing graduate students who participated in the 2021 OTESSA conference at the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences. Graduate students are the key to a healthy and innovative future in both research and practice. This year, we awarded three $500 graduate awards. They were selected based on […]
