Illinois Open Education (ILOE) Updates and Upcoming Events
August 11, 2025
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The Illinois Open Education Coordinating Team is excited to share some upcoming events and reshare our report from the April ILOE Summit and ways you can get involved with Open Education capacity-building efforts in Illinois
Who is ILOE?
Illinois Open Education (ILOE) is a collective of academic library workers, faculty, students, staff, instructional designers and technologists, administrators, and members of organizations focused on higher education who are committed to advancing and sustaining Open Educational Practices (OEP) in Illinois.
Based on the fundamental principle of education as a basic human right, ILOE seeks to not only promote and support the use of low and no cost course materials, but to 1) inform Illinoisans about the value and possibilities of Open Educational Materials and Open Pedagogy, 2) encourage the adoption and foster the creation of free, equitable, and accessible materials and participatory and collaborative assignments, and 3) vigorously advocate for cross-institutional collaboration and persistent funding to scale and maintain OEP work in the state.
Summit Report
We appreciate all of the feedback and conversation throughout the event and are excited to share with you our report from the 2025 Illinois Open Education Summit. In it, you will find key themes along with recommendations and next steps. Please share widely with any stakeholders you think will be interested.
The report can be found at the following link: Illinois Open Education Summit Report
Upcoming Events:
Illinois Open Education General Meeting on 9/5
ILOE General Meeting
Friday, September 5th at 10:00AM
Link to join Teams meeting
Join us to plan next steps for capacity building. All are welcome. Here is an agenda for that meeting:
- Introductions
- General Direction for ILOE
- Organizing groups for specific initiatives
○ Centralized Information and Data Systems
○ Legislative Action and Sustainable Funding
○ Stakeholder Engagement
○ Advocacy and Representation
- Thoughts, Feedback, and General Discussion
- Announcements
Maturity Model Workshop on 9/12
The Open Education Maturity Model: A Tool for Strategic Planning
Friday, September 12th at 10:00AM
https://cod.zoom.us/j/87834297813
In this session, workshop participants will engage with the Open Education Maturity Model, a flexible framework designed to assist institutions in reflecting on and planning for their open education initiatives. Participants will be asked to assess the current stage of their open education efforts in order to set goals and plan for future growth. First offered as a breakout during the 2025 Illinois Open Education Summit, this virtual session is designed to allow more open education advocates and partners an opportunity to attend.
Get Connected with ILOE
Institutional Primary Open Education Contact:
We want to be able to make sure that our updates and event announcements are reaching the right people at our institutions. The right people are those that have capacity to read and share out relevant information to stakeholders on campus. If you are that person, please fill out the following google form to make sure you are added to our mailing list. If not, please share it with your institution’s Open Education point person. Primary Open Education Contact Google Form
Interest Form:
Let us know if you want to get involved! It will take many of us collectively working towards capacity-building for OER in Illinois to be successful. If you are interested in participating in, or leading, any of the various efforts for building Open Education capacity in Illinois, please indicate your interest using this Google form.
Join Our Google Group:
We have developed a google group to keep everyone connected. We will use the google group as a means of sharing communications and to coordinate work related to various capacity- building efforts. Anyone can request to join the group, and only group members can see the group conversations. Group managers are the only people who can see the roster and contact information for the group. Request to join the Illinois Open Education Google Group using this link.
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