About the 2025 OER Symposium: The ​2025 Oregon Virtual Statewide OER Symposium will showcase open education projects and impacts across the state of Oregon. We are celebrating 10 years of Oregon's open education community of practice! We seek to inspire participants with takeaways to apply to their own work in open education.

How the Flipped Conference Works

  • Explore the pre-recorded lightning talk presentations.
  • Bring your questions, comments, and ideas to the Virtual Watch & Discussion Party sessions.
  • Each session has two simultaneous Virtual Watch & Discussion Party Rooms (or ‘tracks’) that you will be able to switch between.
  • We will watch the recorded presentations together, followed by discussion with the presenters.

Schedule
2025
Friday, May 2nd
10:30 AM

Welcome to the Symposium!

Amy R. Hofer, Open Oregon Educational Resources

10:30 AM - 10:45 AM
10:45 AM

Room 1: A Tale of Two Philosophy Texts

Martha Bailey, Portland Community College

10:45 AM - 11:20 AM

Room 1: Digital Accessibility and OERs: How, Why, and When

Stewart Baker, Western Oregon University

10:45 AM - 11:20 AM

Room 2: Fostering Belonging and Success Through Open Engaged Pedagogy

Kimberly Puttman, Oregon Coast Community College, Chemeketa Community College
Kathryn Burrows, Independent Scholar
Michelle Culley, Open Oregon Educational Resources

10:45 AM - 11:20 AM

Room 2: Open Textbooks in Criminal Justice

Shanell Sanchez, Southern Oregon University
Jessica Peterson, Southern Oregon University

10:45 AM - 11:20 AM
11:25 AM

Room 1: Increasing Engagement and Equity Through the PCC Ready Bag Project

Taryn Oakley, Portland Community College

11:25 AM - 12:00 PM

Room 1: “Forgive the life you’ve lived”—Explaining Why Two Faculty and their Undergraduate Students co-edited Sharing Stories of Hope and Transformation in U.S. Higher Education: An eReader by Portland State University Studies (2024)

Óscar Fernández, Portland State University
Brenda Rodriguez-Garcia, Portland State University
David Peterson del Mar, Portland State University

11:25 AM - 12:00 PM

Room 2: OER Redesign for Educator Preparation Programs

Marie LeJeune, Western Oregon University
Mandy Olsen, Western Oregon University
Micah Walker, Western Oregon University

11:25 AM - 12:00 PM

Room 2: Recognizing & Celebrating Faculty OER Champions

Holly Gabriel, Southern Oregon University
Justine Munds, Clackamas Community College

11:25 AM - 12:00 PM
1:00 PM

Ditch the textbook! Free textbooks for all!! Welcome, AI overlords!!! 15 years of keeping learning at the center OER

Jen Klaudinyi, Portland Community College

1:00 PM - 2:15 PM
2:30 PM

Statewide Update and OER Champion Awards

Amy R. Hofer, Open Oregon Educational Resources

2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
3:15 PM

Virtual Game After Party!

Julia Stone, Portland State University
Elizabeth Duell, Orbis Cascade Alliance

3:15 PM - 5:00 PM