Who, or What, is the OEN?

The Open Education Network (OEN) is a growing, vibrant, and supportive community that advances higher education equity, affordability, and access through open education.

We work with more than 1700 higher education institutions and are based at the College of Education and Human Development's Center for Open Education at the University of Minnesota. We are not a vendor. We are higher ed.

We are a community. We believe that by working together, we can transform higher education.

How do we do that?

OEN Community visual, outlining Strategies, Best Practices, Shared Solutions, Connections, and Community embracing everything.

At the center of what we do and who we are is our community. Our Guiding Principles and our community's input and needs steer our work and actions.

Upcoming modules will delve deeper into what guides our community, and ways you can contribute, support, connect, and engage with other members.

Meet Our Team

OEN staff is here for you and happy to help. Feel free to reach out to Director of Community Engagement, Barb Thees, with any questions or feedback you may have (thee0017@umn.edu).

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