{"id":2,"date":"2011-05-26T20:57:16","date_gmt":"2011-05-26T20:57:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/willsblog3\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-04-17T15:07:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T23:07:32","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/willsblog3\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"

About Me<\/span><\/h2>\n

Hi! I’m Will Engle and I work for UBC’s Centre for Teaching, Learning, and Technology<\/a> as a strategist<\/a>[<\/span>1]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> for open education initiatives<\/a>. Specifically, I support[<\/span>2]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>[<\/span>3]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> with projects<\/a> that are leveraging technologies[<\/span>4]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>[<\/span>5]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>[<\/span>6]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>[<\/span>7]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>, approaches[<\/span>8]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>[<\/span>9]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>[<\/span>10]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>[<\/span>11]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> and pedagogies[<\/span>12]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>[<\/span>13]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>[<\/span>14]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>[<\/span>15]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>[<\/span>16]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> to support open learning and scholarship[<\/span>17]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>[<\/span>18]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>. With a background in library science, I am interested in understanding[<\/span>19]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> and supporting the removal of barriers[<\/span>20]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>[<\/span>21]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>[<\/span>22]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>[<\/span>23]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>[<\/span>24]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>[<\/span>25]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> that limit access to, and participation in, education, information, and knowledge.<\/p>\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

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

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