Dr Patrina Law is a researcher and practitioner of open learning, and so has an informed perspective on the dynamics of open education and the characteristics of open learners. Patrina talks in particular about the development of OpenLearn. We talked in the Jennie Lee building at the Open University.
Interview: https://episodes.castos.com/onlinelearninglegends/013-Patrina-Law-Final.mp3h | recorded December 2018
Patrina’s online profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrinalaw/
Patrina’s publications (Google Scholar): https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=AT1m4OUAAAAJ&hl=en
Twitter: @HigherEdPatrina@
Dr Mathew Hillier has a history of innovation and research in e-exams and computerised assessment based in Australia. His insight into the potential for online assessment and its implementation makes this a highly relevant and timely conversation as we seek to facilitate more online education. Listen out for the triangle of authenticity, security and scalability and insight from the Transforming Assessment Special Interest Group. Interview: https://episodes.castos.com/onlinelearninglegends/040-Mathew-Hillier-final.mp3 | recorded May 2020 Mathew's LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mathewhillier Nominated links (free to access): Transforming Exams project with related publications and presentations on the research page: http://transformingexams.com/Transforming Assessment ASCILITE SIG hosted webinar series (includes session recordings): http://transformingassessment.com/Google scholar list of publications: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=NMkrK2wAAAAJ&hl=en Twitter: @transformassess (main) and @mathewhillier ...
Dave Cormier is a systems change leader and educator based in Canada. He has some thoughtful, insightful, and challenging perspectives about learning guaranteed to have you reflecting on what effective education means in the online resource-rich abundance of the 21st century. Interview: https://episodes.castos.com/onlinelearninglegends/034-Dave-Cormier-Final.mp3 | recorded September 2019 Dave's profile: http://davecormier.com/edblog/whos-dave/ Dave's blog: http://davecormier.com/edblog/ Nominated links (free to access): Cormier, D. (2008). Rhizomatic education: Community as curriculum. Innovate: Journal of Online Education 4(5). Available from: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1045&context=innovate Cormier, D. (in progress). Making the community the curriculum. Pressbooks. Available from: https://davecormier.pressbooks.com/front-matter/introduction/ Cormier, D. (2015). The rhizomatic lense. ICERI2015 Keynote. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROkbPHyb1D0 Cormier, D. (2019). Who is going to help build a pro-social web? http://davecormier.com/edblog/2019/04/06/who-is-going-to-help-build-a-pro-social-web/ Twitter: @davecormier ...
Professor Rory McGreal is an open education resources and open access champion, and is an early innovator with networked learning. He is known internationally for his work, and has had both Commonwealth of Learning and ICDE chairs is recognition of his ongoing advocacy. This interview CC-BY. Interview: https://episodes.castos.com/onlinelearninglegends/033-Rory-McGreal-Final.mp3 | recorded September 2019 Rory's profile: https://unescochair.athabascau.ca/team/chairholder Nominated links (free to access, OER): https://unescochair.athabascau.ca/publications Please note that this episode is released CC-BY (our normal licence is CC-BY-SA). ...