Call For Chapter Contributors
About the Project
The Australasian Open Educational Practice Special Interest Group (ASCILITE OEP SIG) is soliciting contributed chapters for the publication Open Education Down UndOER: Australasian Case Studies on the CAUL OER Collective Pressbooks Platform.
This book is a peer-reviewed, openly-licensed collection of scholarly chapters from librarians, researchers, learning and teaching teams and engaged practitioners from Australia, Aotearoa New Zealand, and the Asia-Pacific region.
The objective of this publication is to raise awareness about the role of Open Educational Practices (OEP) in advancing learning and teaching, inspiring educators and institutions to embrace open practices, promoting inclusivity and equity in education, with an emphasis on sustainability.
The case studies will carry the voices and the lived experiences of these practitioners with a further aim to highlight the role of third-place professionals in supporting initiatives in open education that contribute to student learning success.
Submission Guidelines
Submissions must be prepared in accordance with the following guidelines.
Themes
Case studies need to focus on one or more of the following primary themes:
- Advocacy
- Adoption
- Adaptation
- Creation
- Authentic Assessment
- Collaboration
- Access and Affordability
- Other themes by negotiation
ASCILITE OEP SIG supports innovation and flexibility and encourages the inclusion of ebook chapter content that includes interactive objects in various formats like embedded videos or H5P activities.
Audience
The proposed book would benefit and inspire faculty academics, information professionals, research communities, and financial delegates responsible for institutional textbook procurement.
Structure
We ask that each contribution retains the following top level headers to ensure each chapter is consistent and easy to navigate.
Word count: Maximum 2,000 (does not include references, appendices or author biographies)
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Copyright
Note that by contributing to Open Education Down UndOER: Australasian Case Studies, you confirm that you are the copyright owner of the material submitted or that you have the right to publish on behalf of your institution. The entire book will be published by CAUL OER Collective with a Creative Commons Attribution licence (CC BY 4.0) Overall copyright of the book (excluding that of the chapters is held by by CAUL OER Collective and ASCILITE OEP SIG.
As author of the chapter, you will retain your copyright via the selection of a Creative Commons licence (CC BY 4.0 or other Creative Commons licence as negotiated). If there is any third-party copyright included in your contribution, you will have sought permission to reproduce this content in this openly licensed context.
Key Dates
| Initial expression of interest | |
| Chapter and author contributions confirmed | 29 February 2024 |
| Authors prepare chapter | 29 February – 31 August 2024 |
| Peer review process commences | September 2024 |
| Initial chapter peer review complete and feedback provided to authors | 30 September 2024 |
| Reviewed chapters resubmitted | 15 October 2024 |
| Book publication | 12 November 2024* |
*We intend to publish prior to the OEGlobal Conference (13-15 November 2024) in Brisbane, Queensland to maximise promotion and dissemination.
Interested?
Expressions of interest now closed. Please contact oercollective@caul.edu.au if you have any questions. A member of the Editorial Team will be in contact.
Editorial Team
- Dr Mais Fatayer, University of Technology, Sydney
- Rani McLennan, Council of Australians University Librarians
- Ash Barber, University of South Australia
- Nikki Andersen, University of Southern Queensland
- Angie Williamson, Deakin University
- Steven Chang, La Trobe University
- Sarah McQuillen, University of South Australia
- Alice Luetchford, James Cook University
- Dr Adrian Stagg, University of Southern Queensland
- Jennifer Hurley, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
