Language OER Conference
The goal of the Language OER Conference is to provide a venue to showcase large-scale language OER and to exchange information on topics related to OER production and adoption. Presentations have included OER in Arabic, Armenian, American Sign Language, Bosnian, Chinese (Mandarin), Croatian, Czech, English as a Second Language, French, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Khmer, K'iche', Kiswahili, Korean, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Tibetan, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, and Vietnamese. Special focus has also been provided on issues of copyright, Fair Use, accessibility and inclusivity.
The conference is completely online and completely free.
The Open Language Resource Center at the University of Kansas is seeking proposals for the sixth annual Language OER Conference to be held Saturday, March 7, 2026 via Zoom.
We invite faculty, graduate students and academic staff to submit 15-minute lightning presentations showcasing large-scale language OER projects or exploring issues related to language OER production and adoption. Preference will be given to OER projects that are already publicly available.
The deadline for proposal submission is Monday, January 5, 2026.
Notification of acceptance will be provided by Friday, January 9, 2026.
Past Conferences
Webpages for the individual conferences, including conference programs with abstracts, can be found at the following sites:
2021 Conference | 2022 Conference | 2023 Conference | 2024 Conference | 2025 Conference
The table below provides links to video recordings of all presentations from past Language OER Conferences. When available, the presentations are accompanied by links to the OER projects themselves. An additional list of OER is provided on the Language OER at KU webpage.