OERu/OERu 2015 Oceania regional meeting/Facilitators

Carina Bossu

Open salon panel member

Carina is Lecturer (Learning and Teaching) with the Tasmanian Institute of Learning and Teaching at the University of Tasmania. My current work and research are primarily focused on Open Educational Resources (OER) and Open Educational Practices (OEP) in higher education, more specifically issues related to learning, teaching and professional development.

Kate Judith

Open salon panel member

Kate is an Academic Communications Lecturer in the Tertiary Preparations Program at the University of Southern Queensland. As a course developer, she is interested in the challenges of incorporating OER into higher education courses, and the range of strategies that are being employed for overcoming them. Currently she is leading a team which is producing open textbook resources and activities for university preparation.

Dave Lane

Open salon panel member

Dave is a long time IT practitioner, software developer, and open source software advocate who sees the potential for open educational resources to unlock higher learning for all and create new, non-exploitative business models in the process. He's honoured to be working with the OER Foundation to help remove barriers to collaboration for the OERu's many talented partner contributors.

Wayne Mackintosh

Co-facilitator for OERu regional meeting

Wayne Mackintosh is an open educator. His work focuses on "open sourcing" education through the OERu to widen access to more affordable education for all. He is the founding Director and a member of the Board of the OER Foundation based in New Zealand which is coordinating the implementation of the OERu.

Tim McCallum

Open salon panel member

Helen Partridge

Meeting host and open spaces moderator

Paul Stacey

Lead facilitator for OERu regional meeting and open spaces conference. Open salon panel member

Paul Stacey is Associate Director of Global Learning with Creative Commons. Paul is leading an international study exploring open business models for enterprises and institutions using open licensed works. Prior to joining Creative Commons, Paul led Open Educational Resource (OER) and professional development initiatives across all the colleges and universities in British Columbia Canada.

Adrian Stagg

Open salon panel member

Ken Udas

Meeting host and open spaces moderator

Ken has served as the Deputy Vice Chancellor of Academic Services and CIO of the University of Southern Queensland since 2013 and has been involved in high-access/low barrier since the mid-90s. Ken sporadically publishes his less developed thoughts on higher education in Latent Pattern Transmission... when he has time.