Open Educational Practices by Dr. Rajiv Jhangiani
Channel: Centre for Teaching Excellence
Date: 2016-02-12

“Open Educational Practices” are designed to broaden access and eliminate barriers to learning. They include the creation and adoption of open educational resources, open course development, and open pedagogy. This presentation will make a case for why the move away from traditional (closed) practices is not only desirable but inevitable, and how students, faculty, institutions, and our communities all stand to benefit greatly from this transformation.

Dr. Rajiv Jhangiani is a faculty member at Kwantlen Polytechnic University, where he conducts research in the scholarship of teaching and learning and open education.  He is a Faculty Fellow with the BC Open Textbook Project, the Associate Editor of NOBA, an Associate Editor of the journal Psychology Learning & Teaching, and the Director of Research, Resources, and Special Initiatives with the STP Early Career Psychologists Committee.  Dr. Jhangiani has revised two open textbooks and works with faculty, administrators, and staff at institutions across North America to facilitate the adoption of open educational practices.

Dr. Jhangiani delivered this session at the University of Waterloo on February 8, 2016.