eCampusOntario Webinar #4: OE Fellows: Policy Obstacles in Ontario
Channel: eCampusOntario
Date: 2018-11-27

James Skidmore, University of Waterloo
Nick Baker, University of Windsor
Michel Singh, La Cité

One of the issues preventing greater instructor involvement in open education is professional recognition; they question whether the effort required will be rewarded. Top-down signs of support (e.g. acknowledging open educational practices in tenure and promotion) are rare; bottom-up activism feels like an uphill battle. Can anything be done? In this webinar, panelists identify signs of progress and discuss where open educators might best concentrate their efforts to make a difference in institutional policy.