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September 1, 2026

New Podcast Episode – Nateque Mahmood’s OER Story: Building Futures Construction Careers Collection

Deakin Library is pleased to announce the release of its newest podcast episode: Nateque Mahmood’s OER Story: Building Futures Construction Careers Collection. The episode features guest Dr Nateque Mahmood, who shared his stories about co-creating an innovative video-based OER with colleagues Abid Hasan, Glenn Costin, and Ankitha Vijaykumar. In the episode, Nateque shares what motivated him to create an OER, the impact he’s observed it’s had on learners, and how the experience has shaped his teaching practice.

Building Futures: Construction Career Collection is an openly licensed collection of short videos that demonstrate the variety of careers in the Australian construction industry. Viewers can step into the shoes of a graduate project coordinator, site supervisor, health and safety advisor, project coordinator, senior project engineer, senior site manager, social procurement manager, or construction director.

Dr. Nateque Mahmood is an associate professor and head of discipline of Construction Management in the School of Architecture and Built Environment at Deakin University. Nateque comes his teaching and research work with over 14 years of as a professional civil engineer.

Stories of Openness is a limited-series podcast and research project that features conversations with Deakin academics who have created open textbooks and other Open Educational Resources (OER). The show is hosted by Lauren Halcomb-Smith.

Access the OER via YouTube: Building Futures: Construction Career Collection

Find out more about the podcast: Stories of Openness: An Open Education Podcast


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