Notes on Contributors
Heba Abdel Naby
is Professor of Islamic Art, History and Archaeology at the Faculty of Tourism, Alexandria University, Egypt.
Andrew A. Adams
is Deputy Director of the Centre for Business Information Ethics and Professor at the Graduate School of Business Administration, Meiji University. His research interests are in the social impact of computer and communication technology and related legislation and regulation.
Saida Affouneh
is Dean of the Faculty of Education and Teacher Training and Director of the E-Learning Center at An -Najah National University, Palestine. Her research focuses on academic staff development in eLearning, and Open Education Practices.
Anne Algers
is Associate Professor at the Department of Education, Communication and Learning, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Her research interests include open education and technology-mediated teaching and learning within higher education. She has an interdisciplinary approach and uses the framework of cultural historical activity theory.
Ahmed Almakari
is Director of the Educational Innovation Center of Ibn Zohr University, Agadir Université Ibn Zohr-Agadir, Morocco. Professor Almakari is also an International Consultant-Trainer in E-Learning and an Expert in ICT for UNESCO and the Agence Universitaire de la Francophone (AUF).
Jo Axe
is a professor in the School of Education and Technology at Royal Roads University. In addition to holding a PhD from the University of Bradford in the UK, she is a Chartered Professional Accountant/Certified General Accountant. Jo’s teaching experience includes a mix of on-campus and online deliveries, facilitating courses in both domestic and international programs. Her current research interests include open educational practice, learning community development, and student engagement in online environments.
Lisa Marie Blaschke
is Program Director of the Master of Technology Enhanced Learning (MTEL) at the Center of Lifelong Learning, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg. For a complete list of education, experience, publications, and awards, see: at: http://lisamarieblaschke.pbworks.com
Kate Bowles
is Associate Dean International in the Faculty of Law, Humanities and Arts at the University of Wollongong, Australia. She designs and teaches storytelling work with undergraduates, and her current research focuses on everyday storytelling in healthcare settings.
Elizabeth Childs
is Professor in the School of Education and Technology at Royal Roads University. She holds a PhD from the University of Calgary in Education Technology and teaches in both blended and fully online environments. Her current research interests include open educational practices, flexible learning environments, fully online learning communities, and design thinking and maker research.
Dianne Conrad
is a retired post-secondary educator who continues to write and teach in her areas of interest: adult education, open and distance learning, assessment, teaching and learning. She has co-edited the International Review of Open and Distributed Learning and instructs at graduate levels for Athabasca University.
Catherine Cronin
is an open educator, open researcher, and Strategic Education Developer at the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching & Learning in Higher Education (Ireland). Catherine’s work focuses primarily on critical approaches to openness, digital identity practices, and learning and teaching in increasingly networked and participatory culture. She has been involved in teaching, research, and advocacy in higher education and in the community for over 25 years and is an international contributor to conversations and collaborative projects in the area of open education.
Laura Czerniewicz
is the Director of the Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching (CILT), at the University of Cape Town. She has worked in education in a number of roles with a continuous focus on inequality, access and digital inequality. An NRF-rated researcher, Laura has published widely, both formally and informally.
Tanya Elias
is a doctoral student at the University of Calgary. She works as a learning and training advisor and is a strong advocate for open, flexible and distributed approaches to learning.
Roberto B. Figueroa
is a PhD candidate in Educational Technology at the International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan and an Assistant Professor at the University of the Philippines – Open University (UPOU). He is interested in virtual reality (VR) and its effective integration in learning activities.
Kathryn B. Francis
is a Lecturer in Psychology in the Faculty of Management, Law & Social Sciences at the University of Bradford, UK. She has a PhD in Experimental Psychology from the University of Plymouth and previously held a Postdoctoral Research position at the University of Reading in psychology and philosophy.
Geoffrey Gevalt
an award-winning journalist for 33 years, founded Young Writers Project in 2006 to help youths gain voice and express themselves better. YWP has trained 2,000 teachers and connected with 110,000 youths in school, at workshops and online at https://youngwritersproject.org, a supportive, civil youth community.
Jenni Hayman
is Chair, Teaching and Learning, at Cambrian College, Sudbury, Ontario. She has recently completed her doctorate candidate at Arizona State University conducting research on use of OER in post-secondary contexts.
Leo Havemann
is a postgraduate researcher at the Open University (UK), and a Digital Education Advisor at University College London, having previously worked as a learning technologist at Birkbeck, University of London, as well as in various teaching, library and IT roles.
Rebecca Heiser
is an Instructional Designer for The Pennsylvania State University’s Lifelong Learning and Adult Education online graduate program with World Campus. Her research interests include identity-centered design, inclusive and equity-centered design, online learning communities design, learning analytics, informal learning spaces, aesthetic design, and OER.
Kristina Ishmael
is a Senior Project Manager, Teaching, Learning, and Tech in the Education Policy Program, New American. She previously served at the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Educational Technology, Nebraska Department of Education, and is a former classroom teacher.
Jeremiah H. Kalir
assistant professor of Information and Learning Technologies at the University of Colorado Denver School of Education and Human Development, is currently chair of the American Educational Research Association’s Media, Culture, and Learning Special Interest Group. He is Co-PI of ThinqStudio, CU Denver’s digital pedagogy incubator, and serves on the board of directors for InGlobal Learning Design.
Tharindu R. Liyanagunawardena
is a learning technology researcher and the chair of the Online Learning Research Centre at the University College of Estate Management. Her principal interest lies in the area of the social implications of information and communication technologies, especially eLearning.
Frank Loesche
is interested in creative, non-obvious, and playful problem solving. As a PhD candidate within the CogNovo programme at Plymouth University, he focuses on the temporal aspects of Eureka moments from a multidisciplinary perspective.
Klara Łucznik
completed her PhD in Psychology as a part of CogNovo at Plymouth University, focused on group creativity and flow in dance improvisation. Her research interests include embodied cognition and group dynamics in collaborative processes.
Diego S. Maranan
is an artist and educator who investigates the use of technology for reimagining our relationship with the body and the environment. He is Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Information and Communication Studies at the University of the Philippines Open University, and co-founded SEADS, a global network of artists, scientists, designer, and activists.
Wolfgang Müskens
is a researcher at the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Faculty of Educational and Social Sciences. With over 15 years experience in the Recognition of Prior Learning field, he helped establish Germany’s first PLAR-service at University Oldenburg (2017). He holds a doctorate in psychology.
Paul Prinsloo
is a Research Professor in Open and Distance Learning at the University of South Africa. He holds a DLitt and Phil and has published widely in books and journals. He keynotes globally and researches in the areas of learning analytics, student success and retention and postgraduate identities and supervision.
Laura Ritchie
is Professor of Learning and Teaching at the University of Chichester. She designed and leads both undergraduate and postgraduate f2f and distance courses, and advocates open-learning through an open music class. Laura’s book Fostering Self-Efficacy in Higher Education Students brings her research to everyday classrooms.
Lloyd Hawkeye Robertson
is a counselling and educational psychologist in northern Saskatchewan, Canada. He also teaches a graduate class for Athabasca University. He has published on the structure of the self and has presented on prior learning assessment, self-structure, counselling in northern and remote communities, the psychological effects of Indian residential schools, suicide treatment and prevention, and community development in mental health.
Trevor John Robertson
is an Assistant Professor of English at Woosong University, South Korea. He has published research on the student-teacher relationship in international education.
Dulce Torres Robertson
is an educator with over 20 years experience who has taught education and graduate school courses in the Philippines. She has also published several English textbooks, provided personnel training, and crafted administrative policy and procedures. She is currently an Assistant Professor of English at Pyeongtaek University, South Korea.
Kristin M. Rouleau
is an experienced teacher, principal, and district administrator. She is currently senior director of Learning Services and Innovation at McREL International. Her research interests focus on educator social learning ecologies and how these networks lend themselves to developing educator practice and creating more open environments for teaching, leading, and learning.
Pamela Ryan
has retired from full-time academia and now works as an academic consultant and advisor for the University of South Africa, helping young academics with their research papers and funding applications, and editing theses, dissertations, and academic books. She has been a research fellow at St Edmund’s College, University of Cambridge since 2003. With a background in English Studies, her interests are in Sylvia Plath, modern women’s fiction, psychoanalysis, open learning and digital literacy.
Aska Sakuta
is a PhD Candidate and Associate Lecturer in Dance and Sports Psychology at the University of Chichester, focussing on the cognitive and performative aspects of Flow experiences during movement improvisation.
Sujata Santosh
is Assistant Director in the National Centre for Innovation in Distance Education at the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), New Delhi, India. Her research interests focus on open education resources, massive open online courses, e-learning, and digital libraries. She also has interest in latest developments and innovations in distance education
David Starr-Glass
is a mentor with the International Programs (Prague) of SUNY Empire State College. He has earned master’s degrees in business administration, occupational psychology, and education. When not in Prague, he lives in Jerusalem and teaches economic and business-related courses with local colleges.
Cristina Stefanelli
is a senior project manager at UNIMED, the Mediterranean Universities Union (Rome, Italy), where her work focuses primarily on activities relating to eLearning, Open Education and Virtual Exchanges in higher education.
Seddik Tawfik
is the Secretary General for the Council of Private and National Universities in Egypt and former Vice President of Alexandria University for Graduate Studies and Research. Professor Tawfik’s work includes supporting opportunities for young researchers to excel in the international field, and on the improvement and reform of higher education in Egypt.
Ilaria Torre
is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Trinity College, Dublin. She has a PhD in Psychology from Plymouth University, UK.
Adiy Tweissi
is an Instructional Technology Expert and Educational Content Designer and Assistant Professor in Business Information Technology at the Princess Sumaya University of Technology (PSUT). Dr Tweissi is also Director of the E-Learning Center at PSUT.
George Veletsianos
is a Professor and Canada Research Chair in the School of Education and Technology at Royal Roads University. He holds a PhD from the University of Minnesota and has held faculty positions at the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Manchester (UK). His research examines the practices and experiences of learners and educators in digital settings, particularly online education and social media. George writes about his research at http://www.veletsianos.com
Arjen E. J. Wals
is a Professor of Transformative Learning for Socio-Ecological Sustainability at the Education and Learning Sciences Group of Wageningen University in the Netherlands. He also holds the UNESCO Chair of Social Learning and Sustainable Development. His blog on www.transformativelearning.nl signals developments in the emerging field of education, learning and capacity building for sustainability.
Keith Webster
has been an educator in various roles and institutions for over 30 years. He is currently Associate Director, Centre for Teaching and Educational Technologies at Royal Roads University and an Open Learning Faculty member at Thompson Rivers University.
Shirley A. Williams
is a national teaching fellow and an emeritus professor at the University of Reading, UK. Her research interests include learning technologies, communities, social networks, digital identity and knowledge transfer. She is currently exploring the use of Artificial Intelligence in Online Learning.
Katherine Wimpenny
is Lead for Intercultural Engagement and Global Education, in the Research Centre for Global Learning: Education and Attainment, Coventry University, UK. Her research examines how higher education institutions are integrating ethical, social, cultural and moral dimensions into the purpose, functions, design and delivery of learning experiences.
Gabi Witthaus
is an open educator based in Leicester, UK. She works at the University of Birmingham as a learning design advisor and is also an independent consultant. Gabi’s research interests include online learning design and widening participation in higher education, with a focus on inclusion of refugees. She blogs at www.artofelearning.org
Tara Zaksaite
is an Experimental Psychologist working as a Research Associate at the Open University. She is interested in human learning, memory, and decision-making, as well as how we can best combine experimental and applied research methods.
Olaf Zawacki-Richter
is Professor of Educational Technology at Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Institute of Education, and the Director of the Center for Open Education Research (COER, http://www.uol.de/coer/).