Congratulations to Jon Beasley-Murray, Associate Professor of Spanish, for receiving the Open Education Resources (OER) Excellence and Impact Award. This award celebrates the remarkable contributions of UBC faculty members who enrich the academic experience and empower students to thrive in a new age of teaching and learning through Open Education.
“Dr. Beasley-Murray has consistently advanced open educational resources through publicly accessible course materials and open pedagogy that positions students as active contributors to knowledge. His ‘full open course’ model, spanning RMST 202 and SPAN 312/RMST 372, integrates videos, podcasts, blogs, and openly licensed textbooks that can be reused and remixed. Students engage with content independently, then contribute to public discourse through their own work. Dr. Beasley-Murray’s OER practice exemplifies a form of humanities scholarship that is not only digitally savvy but socially committed. His sustained, evolving approach demonstrates a clear commitment to accessibility, innovation, and the value of student voices in shaping shared knowledge.”
