Keywords: Technical Communication, Open Pedagogy, Open Access, Digital Publishing, Writing. Dr. Tiffani Tijerina is an Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Writing at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Her teaching and research focus on open educational resources, open pedagogy, instructional design, alternative grading, social justice, design justice, emerging technology, AI writing, and the intersections of all. For more information visit thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com and follow @thebigrhet.