Call for Proposals for the Open for Student Success Symposium
Call for Proposals – Submit by October 25, 2024
Georgia State University Library will again be hosting the Open for Student Success Symposium, an online conference where educators and students share knowledge, practices, and resources centered around open education.
You are invited to submit proposals for 20-minute and 45-minute live sessions, as well as pre-recorded presentations. Submit proposals by October 25, 2024 to: research.library.gsu.edu/open/2025/proposals
Don’t miss the chance to showcase your research and work, as well as engage with a global community of like-minded individuals. Topics and themes include:
- Adaptation or Authorship of OER
- Artificial Intelligence and OER
- Collaboration on OER Projects
- Copyright, Creative Commons and Open Licensing
- Courseware and OER
- Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Representation in OER
- Educational Affordability and OER, and more
Symposium Details
Georgia State University Library is hosting the Open for Student Success Symposium on March 7, 2025, 9:30am-4:30pm ET, via WebEx. Be a part of a dynamic community of students, scholars, and enthusiasts exploring, sharing, and learning about the transformative role of open educational resources in academia.
- Theme: “Open Education—Fueling Equity in Learning”
- Submit proposals by October 25, 2024 at research.library.gsu.edu/open/2025/proposals
- Symposium date and time: March 7, 2025, 9:30am-4:30pm ET, via WebEx
- Session formats include: 45 and 20-minute live sessions, as well as pre-recorded presentations
- Send questions to: Charlene Martoni at cmartoni@gsu.edu
Keynote Speakers
The 2025 event will feature two keynote speakers. Paola Corti, Open Education Community Manager at SPARC Europe, will share how her work is breaking barriers in the Open Education Movement by harnessing an international network of librarians. Virginia Clinton-Lisell, Associate Professor of Education, Health, and Behavior at the University of North Dakota, is also to share findings of her research investigating perceptions of access codes and their impact on student success.
Last academic year, the symposium was open to anyone curious about open educational resources and their applications for higher education. Presenters represented Chattahoochee Technical College, Clayton State University, Columbus State University, Georgia Southwestern State University, Georgia State University, Jefferson Community College, Kennesaw State University, Middle Tennessee State University, University of Georgia, University of Utah, and Valdosta State University. Additionally, the coordinators obtained permission from speakers to publish recordings of the 18 presentations to an openly accessible library research guide under a Creative Commons license.
The symposium will again publish an openly accessible collection of recordings in 2025. The team of librarians behind the event has also put out a special call for GSU students to share their voices, seeking to highlight Atlanta-based projects that address student-centered issues in education.
About the Symposium Organizers
The Open for Student Success Symposium started as a collaboration between two librarians, Mary Ann Cullen and Charlene Martoni, who were selected to represent Georgia State University in the 2022-2023 OpenStax Institutional Partnership. The duo was later joined by their colleagues, librarians Jason Puckett, Denise George, and Stephanie Burnham, and this year, the team added librarians Christina Gangwisch and Brooke Fry to expand programming capacity on the university’s six campuses—and beyond.