Feeling Our Present While Working Toward Better Futures I acknowledge the strain of all the events both globally and close to home and have felt these with you. I hope you take good care of yourself both personally and in the workplace. We need to support each other through these times, and I have been […]
We wanted to share with you that the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting will be held in Toronto, Canada, next year on April 14-18, 2027. We will be exploring hosting one of the sites for the OTESSA conference in Toronto to be adjacent to the AERA event. Given the AERA 2027 deadline for proposals […]
$156,000 Government of Canada SSHRC Grant Awarded for the OTESSA Journal! We are pleased to announce that after a few long years of starting up and operating an open access journal, we are now funded by the Government of Canada Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council’s Aid for Scholarly Journals grant in the amount of […]
The Fall has been a busy time with grant applications and government advocacy, the latter of which continues to this day. I have been in conversations with individuals within and around government systems advocating for our field. Understandably, these are difficult times financially for educational institutions and many members of our community have faced the […]
The deadline for session proposals, optional proceedings, and/or short papers is now April 15, 2025, 11:59 p.m., Pacific Time. The Open/Technology, Education, Scholarship, and Society Association (OTESSA) is thrilled to announce the Call for Proposals for the upcoming #OTESSA25 Conference, taking place from May 30 – June 6, 2025. Choose your preferred way to attend: […]
The deadline for session proposals, optional proceedings, and/or short papers is now March 1, 2025, 11:59 p.m., Pacific Time. The Open/Technology, Education, Scholarship, and Society Association (OTESSA) is thrilled to announce the Call for Proposals for the upcoming #OTESSA25 Conference, taking place from May 30 – June 6, 2025. Choose your preferred way to attend: […]
The Open/Technology for Education, Society, and Scholarship Association (OTESSA) is now accepting applications for these three positions: Editor of Indigenous Content for the OTESSA Journal Indigenous Conference Proceedings Editor for OTESSA Indigenous Co-Chair for OTESSA The OTESSA Journal publishes open-access articles in English and French, and we are open to expanding publishing to be inclusive […]
The Open/Technology for Education, Society, and Scholarship Association (OTESSA) is seeking applications for the following three key roles: Editor of French content for the OTESSA Journal French Conference Proceedings Editor for OTESSA French Co-Chair for OTESSA The OTESSA Journal publishes open-access articles in English and French. We are a new journal in our third year, […]
OTESSA welcomes individuals interested in a co-chair role to contact conference@otessa.org to indicate their willingness to serve. We seek co-chairs representing diverse areas (e.g., educational technology, open education, libraries, etc.) and sectors (higher education, K12, workplace learning). We will require co-chairs for the Congress 2025 location onsite in George Brown College (GBC) in Toronto, Ontario, […]
We plan to host co-location conference sites this year with online and in-person destinations across Canada, the United States, and around the globe. If you are interested in hosting an OTESSA conference location, please email conference@otessa.org for further information and to receive an information package. Host sites will be able to receive financial support from […]
