The purpose of this collaborative project is to incorporate Open Educational Resources (OER) and Virtual Reality (VR) into college courses to promote student engagement and flexible learning opportunities. This project will assist teachers in the K-12 and higher education environment to better identify lesson strategies for the implementation of OER and VR. This collaborative partnership primarily focuses on the experiences of two assistant professors in the School of Education at different universities and their encounters thus far in the study with the integration of the two resources. Though the use of OER and VR are not connected, two assistant professors work as a team during workshops, consulting, and staff developments. The two explore various emerging technologies and other resources and share their experiences with K-12 and higher education instructors in the field. The two assistant professors teach literacy and instructional technology pedagogy at their institutions. Throughout this project, faculty and teacher candidates participate in lessons, assignments, and projects that incorporate the use of OER and VR. The researchers of this project strive to integrate active learning and studentcentered experiences into lessons. As mentioned, the partnership hopes to glean the following outcomes from the study: enhanced student engagement and achievement and increased personalized and cooperative learning opportunities. The results will be shared after formal surveys are disseminated to students over the span of two semesters at each university. To better validate this research, from 2016-2019 formal studies are being conducted at each university. Therefore, additional data is currently being collected. [For the full proceedings, see ED592847.]