{"id":1137,"date":"2026-04-17T15:08:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T23:08:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/open\/?page_id=1137"},"modified":"2026-04-17T15:15:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T23:15:20","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/open\/about-me\/","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hi! I’m Will Engle and I work for UBC’s Centre for Teaching, Learning, and Technology<\/a> as a strategist<\/a>[<\/a><\/sup> for open education initiatives<\/a>. Specifically, I support with projects<\/a> that are leveraging technologies, approaches and pedagogies to support open learning and scholarship. With a background in library science, I am interested in understanding and supporting the removal of barriers[<\/a><\/sup> that limit access to, and participation in, education, information, and knowledge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My contact information is available at https:\/\/ctlt.ubc.ca\/people\/will-engle\/<\/a>, my blog is here: http:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/open<\/a>, and materials from many of my past presentations and workshops can accessed here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some Random Project and Work Examples<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  1. Engle, Will (2025). Open educational practices<\/a>. UBC CTLT Edubytes<\/em>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Award for Excellence in Open Education: Will Engle<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. ETUG Member Profile: Meet Will Engle from UBC<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. GenAI and OER<\/a>. 2024.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Engle, Will. (2014). UBC MOOC Pilot: Design and Delivery Overview Report<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. MediaWiki as a Transformative University Platform: Creating an Institutional Gateway to the Commons. Wikimania 2015. Mexico City, Mexico<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. Teaching with Wikipedia Notes<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  8. Hackathons for Awareness and Community Engagement in Learning Analytics<\/a> (PDF). 2024.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  9. 2017 BC Educational Technology Users Group Wikipedia Edit-a-thon<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  10. The Medium and the message: CMOOC as Open Professional Development. Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, Vancouver, BC<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  11. Creating the Pathway: Using Open Badges to Support Personalized Learning. Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, Vancouver, BC<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  12. Case Studies on the Student as Producer. Open Education Conference. Arlington, VA<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  13. Hands-On Learning: The Role of Maker Culture in Innovative Pedagogy<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  14. Open Practices: Wikipedia-based Assignments in Your Classroom<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  15. Designing for Open Pedaogies: Exploring Educational Design Challenges in Open Contexts.<\/em><\/a> CNIE 2019<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  16. Designing for Open: Educational Design and Open Pedagogy<\/a>. Cascadia Open Education Summit 2019<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  17. Open Educational Practices: Aligning Teaching and Learning with Research Practices, UBC<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  18. Open in Action: A Panel Discussion. 2016 Open Access Week<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  19. Yun, Erin (2019). “Q&A with Will Engle, Open Education Strategist, Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology”<\/a>. CTLT Indigenous Initiatives<\/em>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  20. Engle, Will. (2018) Open UBC Snapshot: Use of Open Resources Continues to Increase<\/a> Open UBC<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  21. Engle, Will (2017). “UBC Textbook Displacements by Open Resources”<\/a>. Open UBC<\/em>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  22. OER Accessibility Toolkit<\/a>. Open UBC.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  23. Engle, Will (2019). “Open UBC Snapshot: Significant Use and Support for Open Resources”<\/a>. Open UBC<\/em>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  24. Engle, Will (2020). “Open UBC Snapshot: Significant Commitments to Open Resources”<\/a>. Open UBC<\/em>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  25. “CTLT Equity and Diversity Standing Committee”<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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