Quality, flexibility, cost and equity: drivers for open textbooks – keynote & panel
5 March 2020
We are honoured to have Dr Rajiv Jhangiani talking to us from Canada on Friday 13 March to share some of his research and practices with open textbooks. Join us at Deakin Downtown or online for Rajiv’s keynote, followed by a panel exploring the quality, cost, flexibility and equity drivers for open textbooks.
| When? | 9.00 am to 11.00 am, Friday 13 March 2020 |
| Where? | Online or at Deakin Downtown – Level 12, Tower 2, 727 Collins Street, Melbourne (Collins Square). |
| Cost? | This is a free event |
| Register? | Register here! |
Rajiv’s keynote will focus on the quality, cost, flexibility and equity drivers for open text books in the context of increasing digital provision and need to diversify texts for local socio-cultural contexts. Following the keynote, the audience will have an opportunity to explore the issues with a local student and staff panel.
Rajiv is the Associate Vice Provost, Open Education at Kwantlen Polytechnic University. His research and practice focuses on open education, student-centered pedagogies, and the scholarship of teaching and learning. Rajiv has co-authored three open textbooks in Psychology and led text-book ‘sprints’ to rapidly author new open textbook content including quiz-banks and supplementary resources. He advocates for the adoption of open educational practices in Canada and worldwide to support the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals and spoke at the United Nations on the topic in 2019.
Rajiv has been invited to provide his perspective as part of CRADLE’s research project, led by Sarah Lambert, on the potential of open textbooks as social justice initiatives in Australia.
To read more about the project, please visit the project website: http://australianopentextbooks.edu.au/
