Open Knowledge Spectrums

OER and Social Justice with Marco Seiferle-Valencia

Josie Gray — Thu, 10 Jun 2021 22:55:24 +0000

In this final episode, I talk with Marco Seiferle-Valencia about his work as an OER librarian and how he has supported faculty in creating low or no-cost materials that have specific social justice goals. He shares how his own positionality impacts the work he does in open and offers a critical perspective on citational practices in open education scholarship.

Read the transcript for this episode and contribute to the conversation at https://knowledgespectrums.opened.ca/.

Here is a list of some of the resources mentioned during the episode:

You can connect with me on Twitter @josiea_g and you can tweet about the podcast using the hashtag #OKSPodcast

I record this podcast on the traditional and unceded territories of the lək̓ʷəŋən Peoples, known today as the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations, and the territories of the W̱SÁNEĆ Peoples.

The theme song is “Cool Upbeat Hip Hop Piano” by ItsMochaJones on freesound.org and shared under a Creative Commons Attribution License.

This episode is shared under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. So you are welcome to share and remix this episode, as long as you give credit, provide a link back to the original source, and share any remixed work under the same license.

Disability-Informed Open Pedagogy with Arley Cruthers and Samantha Walsh

Josie Gray — Tue, 18 May 2021 12:00:17 +0000

I talk with Arley Cruthers and Samantha Walsh about their experiences as physically disabled instructors and where they see the potential for disability to be a positive disrupter in open education spaces and for students. We discuss the value of difference and making space for diverse bodies and minds, and the assumptions people make about who will be in a space or use a resource.

Read the transcript for this episode and contribute to the conversation at https://knowledgespectrums.opened.ca/.

Here are additional resources to explore:

An Incomplete History of My Teaching Body by Arley Cruthers in Voices of Practice
Arley’s open textbook: Business Writing for Everyone
An introduction to Universal Design for Learning

You can connect with me on Twitter @josiea_g and you can tweet about the podcast using the hashtag #OKSPodcast

I record this podcast on the traditional and unceded territories of the lək̓ʷəŋən Peoples, known today as the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations, and the territories of the W̱SÁNEĆ Peoples.

The theme song is “Cool Upbeat Hip Hop Piano” by ItsMochaJones on freesound.org and shared under a Creative Commons Attribution License.

Pulling Together – OERs to Indigenize Post-Secondary with Dianne Biin

Josie Gray — Mon, 10 May 2021 15:00:03 +0000

I talk with Dianne Biin about a project she led to create a series of open, professional learning guides to support Indigenization in post-secondary institutions. Dianne describes the work and collaboration that went into bringing those guides to fruition and discusses the decision to publish these guides under an open license. She also offers a critical perspective on openness in the context of Indigenous knowledges.

Read the transcript for this episode and contribute to the conversation at https://knowledgespectrums.opened.ca/.

Here are links to the resources mentioned in this episode:

Pulling Together: Guides for Indigenization of Post-Secondary Institutions – There are six guides in total. When this episode was published, the Researcher’s Guide was not yet available.
Indigenization Project Documents

You can connect with me on Twitter @josiea_g and you can tweet about the podcast using the hashtag #OKSPodcast

I record this podcast on the traditional and unceded territories of the lək̓ʷəŋən Peoples, known today as the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations, and the territories of the W̱SÁNEĆ Peoples.

The theme song is “Cool Upbeat Hip Hop Piano” by ItsMochaJones on freesound.org and shared under a Creative Commons Attribution License.

Student Perspectives on Open and Inclusive Education with Mitali Kamat, Jaime Hilditch, and Caleb Valorozo-Jones

Josie Gray — Mon, 03 May 2021 14:00:25 +0000

In this episode, I speak with three students in my inclusive design masters cohort. They share how they arrived at inclusive design and describe their major research projects. We talk about negative and challenging experiences we have had in formal education and explore ways it could be better. Topics discussed include personalized and experiential learning, disability, mental health, grading, and challenges facing international students.

Read the transcript for this episode and contribute to the conversation at https://knowledgespectrums.opened.ca/.

Here are some links and resources:

Connect with each of them on LinkedIn: Caleb, Mitali, Jaime
Connect with Caleb on Twitter @qrnrd
Caleb’s website: https://calebvalorozojones.ca/
Jaime’s website: https://jaimehilditch.com/
Microsoft’s Inclusive Design Toolkit
OCAD’s Inclusive Design masters program
Inclusive Spectrums: An exhibit our class put together in summer 2020 to share our preliminary research ideas.

You can connect with me on Twitter @josiea_g and you can tweet about the podcast using the hashtag #OKSPodcast

I record this podcast on the traditional and unceded territories of the lək̓ʷəŋən Peoples, known today as the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations, and the territories of the W̱SÁNEĆ Peoples.

The theme song is “Cool Upbeat Hip Hop Piano” by ItsMochaJones on freesound.org and shared under a Creative Commons Attribution License.

Collaborative and Open Publishing Models with Apurva Ashok and Zoe Wake Hyde

Josie Gray — Tue, 27 Apr 2021 16:00:14 +0000

In this episode, Apurva Ashok and Zoe Wake Hyde discuss open publishing practices, tools, and processes. They share the work that the Rebus Community is doing to support more collaborative, open, and transparent approaches to OER creation. We discuss some of the ethical and equity considerations that relate to open publishing, the work that goes into successful collaborations, and the power of publishing.

Read the transcript for this episode and contribute to the conversation at https://knowledgespectrums.opened.ca/.

Here are some links and resources:

Follow Zoe (@zwhnz), @RebusCommunity, and @RebusInk on Twitter
Connect with Apurva on LinkedIn
Rebus Community website
Rebus Community resources
Rebus Ink website
A Guide to Making Open Textbooks with Students
The Rebus Guide to Publishing Open Textbooks (So Far)
Sign up for Rebus’ monthly office hours (in partnership with the Open Education Network)

Here are some of the specific projects they mentioned:

Introduction to Philosophy series (6 books total, 4 that are published)
Blueprint for Success in College and Career
Marking Open and Affordable Courses

You can learn more about this podcast at knowledgespectrums.opened.ca. On the website, you can find all episodes and transcripts, along with many other resources and information related to this project. You can connect with me on Twitter @josiea_g and you can tweet about the podcast using the hashtag #OKSPodcast.

The theme song is “Cool Upbeat Hip Hop Piano” by ItsMochaJones on freesound.org and shared under a Creative Commons Attribution License.

This episode is shared under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. So you are welcome to share and remix the episode, as long as you give credit, provide a link back to the original source, and share any remixed work under the same license.

I record this podcast on the traditional and unceded territories of the lək̓ʷəŋən Peoples, including the Esquimalt and Songhees Nations, and the lands of the W̱SÁNEĆ Peoples. I am very grateful for the opportunity to live, work, and learn on these lands.

Leveraging Creative Commons Licenses with Dr. Amy Nusbaum

Josie Gray — Fri, 23 Apr 2021 16:30:19 +0000

In this episode, Dr. Amy Nusbaum shares projects she led to leverage the permissions of open licenses and adapt an introduction to psychology open textbook to make it more inclusive. In one project, psychology students provided suggestions on how the textbook could better fit their local context. In the other, Amy leveraged open tools to crowd-source the evaluation of the textbook through the lens of diversity, representation, and inclusion.

We talk about open pedagogy, the importance of support, collaboration, and funding, and the real impact that small changes can have.

Read the transcript for this episode and contribute to the conversation at https://knowledgespectrums.opened.ca/.

Here are some links and resources mentioned in this episode:

Follow Amy on Twitter @amy_nusbaum
Check out Amy’s Google Scholar page (This is where you can find all of her published research)
Who Gets to Wield Academic Mjolnir?: On Worthiness, Knowledge Curation, and Using the Power of the People to Diversify OER – The published article describing the diversification project Amy led, plus the associated research on the impact on students’ sense of belonging on campus.
Psychology – 2e (OpenStax) – The textbook that Amy’s projects focused on.
Hypothes.is – collaborative, web annotation
Pressbooks – self-publishing tool often used in post-secondary for creating and sharing OER

You can learn more about this podcast at knowledgespectrums.opened.ca. On the website, you can find all episodes and transcripts, along with many other resources and information related to this project. Comments and Hypothes.is are enabled on the website, so if you have thoughts and ideas you want to share, that is a great place to post them.

You can connect with me on Twitter @josiea_g and you can tweet about the podcast using the hashtag #OKSPodcast.

The theme song is “Cool Upbeat Hip Hop Piano” by ItsMochaJones on freesound.org and shared under a Creative Commons Attribution License.

Epistemic Violence in World History Curriculum with Dr. Tadashi Dozono

Josie Gray — Wed, 21 Apr 2021 16:30:37 +0000

In this episode, Dr. Tadashi Dozono shares his research on epistemic violence in world history classrooms and curriculum. We talk about textbooks, standardized curriculum, queer theory, the power of grammar, and allowing students to bring their own ways of knowing into the classroom.

Tadashi Dozono is an assistant professor of history/social science education at California State University Channel Islands. Through cultural studies, ethnic studies, queer theory, and critical theory, Tadashi’s research emphasizes accountability towards the experiences of marginalized students by examining the production of knowledge in high school social studies classrooms.

Read the transcript for this episode and contribute to the conversation.

Here are some links:

Some of Tadashi’s research:
Read Sasha Costanza-Chock’s book: Design Justice: Community-Led Practices to Build the Worlds We Need (I referenced the introduction)
Explore the Cite Black Women website to learn about the origins of this movement, the five guiding principles, and their podcast.
Check out this great intro to queer theory through the lens of the Harry Potter books by Hannah McGregor and Marcel Kosman: Witch, Please: Book 2, Episode 2: Queer Theory

You can connect with me on Twitter @josiea_g and you can tweet about the podcast using the hashtag #OKSPodcast

The theme song is “Cool Upbeat Hip Hop Piano” by ItsMochaJones on freesound.org and shared under a Creative Commons Attribution License.

Introducing Open Knowledge Spectrums

Josie Gray — Sun, 18 Apr 2021 23:18:07 +0000

Introducing the Open Knowledge Spectrums podcast! A limited-series podcast exploring epistemic justice and knowledge equity in open education.

This first episode introduces Josie, open education, and epistemic justice. It discusses why Josie chose to explore these topics as a podcast and provides brief introductions of all of the great interviews to come!

Read the transcript for this episode and contribute to the conversation at https://knowledgespectrums.opened.ca/.

Resources used to create this episode:

Bali, M., Cronin, C., Czerniewicz, L., DeRosa, R., & Jhangiani, R. (Eds.). (2020). Open at the margins: Critical perspectives on open education. Rebus Community.
Bali, M., Cronin, C., & Jhangiani, R. (2020). Framing open educational practices from a social justice perspective. Journal of Interactive Media in Education, (1), 1-12.
Lambert, S. R. (2018). Changing our dis(course): A distinctive social justice aligned definition of open education. Journal of Learning for Development, 5(3).
Crenshaw, K. (1989). Demarginalizing the intersection of race and sex: A Black feminist critique of antidiscrimination doctrine, feminist theory and antiracist politics. University if Chicago Legal Forum 1989(1), 139-167.
Fricker, M. (2007). Epistemic injustice: Power and the ethics of knowing. Oxford University Press.
Greene, K. J. (2010). Intellectual property at the intersection of race and gender: Lady singes the blues. American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law 16(3), 365-385.
hooks, b. (1994). Teaching to transgress: Education as the practice of freedom. Routledge.
Indigenous Corporate Training, Inc. (2019, Oct 8). Indigenous knowledge and the question of copyright. https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/indigenous-knowledge-and-the-question-of-copyright
McGregor, H. (Host). (2017-2020). Secret feminist agenda [Audio podcast].
Mills, C. W. (2007). Chapter 1: White ignorance. In S. Sullivan & N. Tuana (Eds.), Race and epistemologies of ignorance (pp. 13-38). State University of New York Press.
Young-ling, G. (2006). Intellectual property rights, legislated protection, sui geris models and ethical access in the transformation of Indigenous traditional knowledge [Unpublished doctoral dissertation]. University of British Columbia. https://open.library.ubc.ca/cIRcle/collections/ubctheses/831/items/1.0103864

You can learn more about this podcast at knowledgespectrums.opened.ca. On the website, you can find all episodes and transcripts, along with many other resources and information related to this project. Comments and Hypothes.is are enabled on the website, so if you have thoughts and ideas you want to share, that is a great place to post them.

You can connect with me on Twitter @josiea_g and you can tweet about the podcast using the hashtag #OKSPodcast.

I record this podcast on the traditional and unceded territories of the lək̓ʷəŋən Peoples, known today as the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations, and the territories of the W̱SÁNEĆ Peoples.

The theme song is “Cool Upbeat Hip Hop Piano” by ItsMochaJones on freesound.org and shared under a Creative Commons Attribution License.