We know -- it's a bit of a clickbait title, but we promise we do actually discuss open education and artificial intelligence with the brilliant and endlessly affable Dr Julian Pakay (La Trobe University).

Join us for a wander through Julian's co-authored chapter in Open Education Down UndOER, 'Developing OER as Impactful Educational Interventions'.

This episode covers:

• The many ways OER can address teaching challenges and alleviate learning anxiety for students
• How open education fosters deep learning and combats the shortcut style learning influenced by AI
• Tackles the question of sustainable OER

And, most of all, this conversation will leave you revelling in the utter joy of teaching openly.

Resources:

• Open Education Down UndOER: Australasian Case Studies (the book of case studies through which this podcast is wandering)
• Foundations of Biomedical Science: Quantitative Literacy (one of Julian's OER)

• Threshold Concepts in Biochemistry (another one of Julian's OER)

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Music is "Tomorrow" by Mermaid Guitar, released under a CC BY-SA 3.0 licence: https://mermaidguitar.bandcamp.com.

In our very first episode of Speaking of Open, we sit down with the brilliant Dr Sarah Steen from Deakin University to talk about her experience creating a powerful, practice-based open educational resource (OER). 

Sarah shares how she developed Workplace Role-Play Scenarios, a resource designed to help students build crucial communication and negotiation skills for the workplace. You’ll also hear how she integrated the OER into her teaching and what kind of impact it’s already having on her students’ learning experience.

Whether you’re new to open education or looking to take your OER practice further, this conversation is packed with insights, inspiration, and a whole lot of heart.

Resources:

• Find Sarah's case study 'From Blank Pages to Completion' in the openly-licensed book Open Education Down UndOER: Australasian Case Studies: https://oercollective.caul.edu.au/openedaustralasia/chapter/from-blank-pages-to-completion/
• Check out Sarah's OER Workplace Role-Play Scenarios: Practice Navigating Difficult Conversations, Negotiation and Mediation: https://oercollective.caul.edu.au/workplace-role-play/

Music is "Tomorrow" by Mermaid Guitar, released under a CC BY-SA 3.0 licence, https://mermaidguitar.bandcamp.com