VIVA: Open & Affordable Community Forum
VIVA hosts an annual Open & Affordable Community Forum, featuring presentations from community members and opportunities for networking and discovery. The forum features existing and emerging issues in the field of open education, open pedagogy, and open educational resources.
The forum is held in October or November of each year.
The Forum Planning committee has just started planning this year's forum. A link to this year's forum website will be posted here when it becomes available.
Presentations from VIVA Events are available on
Presentations are organized into collections corresponding to the forum at which they were delivered. To search previous Open and Affordable Community Forums, visit:
Committee Chair
Liz Thompson
James Madison University
Institutional Representatives
Amber Gruszeczka (12/31/26)
Old Dominion University
Mark Hamilton (12/31/25)
Liberty University
Paula Kiser (12/31/25)
Washington & Lee
Joanna Lee (12/31/26)
George Mason University
Bethany Mickel (12/31/25)
University of Virginia
Lynn Riggs (12/31/25)
Reynolds Community College
Nicole Wilson (12/31/26)
James Madison University
Ex Officio
Jessica Kirschner
VIVA