Speaking of Open

What can Open Education do that AI can't? - Dr Julian Pakay

July 28, 2025·43 min
Episode Description from the Publisher

We know -- it's a bit of a clickbait title, but we promise we do actually discuss open education and artificial intelligence with the brilliant and endlessly affable Dr Julian Pakay (La Trobe University). Join us for a wander through Julian's co-authored chapter in Open Education Down UndOER, 'Developing OER as Impactful Educational Interventions'.This episode covers: The many ways OER can address teaching challenges and alleviate learning anxiety for studentsHow open education fosters deep learning and combats the shortcut style learning influenced by AITackles the question of sustainable OERAnd, most of all, this conversation will leave you revelling in the utter joy of teaching openly.Resources:Open Education Down UndOER: Australasian Case Studies (the book of case studies through which this podcast is wandering)Foundations of Biomedical Science: Quantitative Literacy (one of Julian's OER)Threshold Concepts in Biochemistry (another one of Julian's OER)Listen to all Speaking of Open podcast episodes via your app of choice at PodcastIndex.org.Music is "Tomorrow" by Mermaid Guitar, released under a CC BY-SA 3.0 licence: https://mermaidguitar.bandcamp.com.

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