Amy Hofer, Coordinator, Open Oregon Educational Resources, is the OER librarian for Oregon’s colleges and universities; visit the Open Oregon Educational Resources website at openoregon.org to learn more. Amy is a coauthor of the book “Transforming Information Literacy Instruction: Threshold Concepts in Theory and Practice.” By night she is a fiddler and square dance caller.

Stefanie Buck is the director of Open Educational Resources (OER), a unit within Oregon State Ecampus that focuses on affordable learning through no- and low-cost course materials.

Established in 2014, the OER unit supports and encourages faculty to adopt, adapt and author high-quality OER materials to help improve student learning and retention. The unit serves all Oregon State faculty who teach face to face, online and hybrid courses.

Prior to this, Stefanie worked for OSU Libraries from 2009-2019 as the Ecampus librarian. She has presented at conferences and published on topics related to distance education and student learning. She currently serves at the chair of OSU’s Faculty Senate Online Education Committee.

Stefanie holds a bachelor’s degree in history from Iowa State University, master’s degrees in history and library science from the University of Hawai’i, and a M.Ed. in Instructional Design from the University of Massachusetts, Boston.

Angela Gunder is the Vice President of Learning for the Online Learning Consortium. Prior to her role at the OLC, she served as the Director of Instructional Design & Curriculum Development for the Office of Digital Learning, managing and mentoring the team that builds the fully-online programs for The University of Arizona. Her over fifteen-year career as a designer for higher education informs her instructional design practice, where she leverages her expertise in web design, usability, visual communication, programming, and standards-based online learning. From 2009-2017, she served as the technical lead of a federally-funded grant from the National Security Agency on emerging technology for critical language acquisition (Annual Direct Costs: $100K). She is an Associate Editor for the Teacher Education Board of MERLOT, and the recipient of the 2018 MERLOT Distinguished Service Award, the organization’s highest honor. She is also the recipient of two Online Learning Consortium Effective Practice Awards for the creation of a framework for personal learning networks, and for the creation of exploratory installations of education technology, respectively. In 2019, Ms. Gunder was named an OLC Fellow for her dedication to service, innovation, and scholarship in support of student success in online learning. Her research interests include open educational practices, digital literacies, narrative in online course design, and emerging technology for second language acquisition. She holds a B.S. in Computer Science and Fine Art from Fordham University, a M.Ed. in Education Technology from Arizona State University, and is completing her Ph.D. in Teaching, Learning and Sociocultural Studies at The University of Arizona.