* As the shift to subscription models accelerates and as platforms, tools, and content are tied together, how do we prevent open educational resources from being excluded? * How can institutions committed to equity and open education offer tools, platforms and models from within the open community to compete with closed models? * What is the positive agenda for members in the open educational community in the context of the growth and adoption of big tech artificial intelligence tools? What policies and implementation choices matter to enable openness and advocate for an equitable system of access to knowledge?
Attendees of this session will be able to:- Understand what policy and implementation choices are available to mitigate the impact of subscription models and to support existing OER programs
- What are the opportunities for an barriers to the creation of tools, including specific purpose AI tools within the open community to provide for an alternative to commercial tools.
- What are the policies and advocacy opportunities for members of the open community to support more equitable access to knowledge from their specific professional communities within education, research and librarianship?
