As OTESSA finds new opportunities to advocate for our field and members in different contexts, whether regional, national, or international, we want to ensure that we are incorporating the views of our members. We want OTESSA to be more than a conference or a journal, we want to build community and to advocate for meaningful […]
Our inaugural issue will be comprised of papers resulting from authors who were accepted to present in the OTESSA conference (from 2020 or 2021). All presenters have the option to submit either: a short paper (1000-2000 words, excluding references or appendices), or a full paper (4000-7000 words, including references, but not including appendices). Work to be […]
We have received a number of requests to extend our deadline to January. We are pleased to support you and have extended our deadline to Monday, January 11 at 11:59pm. Please remember that proposals are only a maximum of 500 words and those wishing to submit for review a short paper for proceedings publication or […]
The Open/Technology, Education, Scholarship and Society Association (OTESSA) is excited to announce the call for proposals for the upcoming #OTESSA21 online conference, with co-chairs Michele Jacobsen (University of Calgary) and Anne-Marie Scott (Athabasca University), to be held with the Canadian Congress of the Humanities and the Social Sciences between May 31-June 3, 2021, in collaboration […]
Quietly over the summer of 2020, OTESSA was approved as an official member association of the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences! This was announced in the May 2020 Comminiqué of the Federation. The Federation is a pan-Canadian organization to give voice to the Humanities and Social Sciences across Canada. Their vision and mission as […]
We are pleased to announce a new sponsor! The University of Victoria Faculty of Education (on Canada’s West Coast) has joined OTESSA as both an association member and a friend of OTESSA sponsor! Thank you so much for your support of our new association and of the #OTESSA20 conference! Our members can learn more about […]
We are thrilled to announce that the Association for Learning Technology (ALT) in the UK is a new association member of OTESSA! We look forward to exploring ways to expand on this partnership in the future and look forward to seeing you at #OTESSA20 in London, Ontario, Canada! To help our community learn more about […]
We are pleased to announce that CANeLearn has joined OTESSA as an Association Member! The Canadian eLearning Network (CANeLearn) is a Canadian registered not-for-profit society with a vision to be the leading voice in Canada for learner success in K-12 online and blended learning. CANeLearn provides members with networking, collaboration, and research opportunities. Please visit […]
We may only be a few months old, but we are gaining some incredible momentum! In just over one week, we have had almost 300 members signed up for our small offer of free 2019 membership (just now till the end of December 31, 2019, so we can learn more about you and to provide […]
On behalf of a diverse group, I would like to announce that Open/Technology in Education, Society, and Scholarship (OTESSA) was founded as a non-profit on June 20, 2019. Our hope in founding this community is to connect those concerned with how education, society, and scholarship are being transformed, or can be transformed, through the use […]