The Grove of Giants: Open Voices, Just Choices Speaker Series
Inclusive OER Design
Surita Jhangiani
Assessing Inclusive OER Design with DEIA and UDL Principles
Drawing on her experiences with and research on open pedagogy, belonging, and critical digital pedagogies, Surita Jhangiani [website], associate professor of Teaching and interim associate dean of Equity at the University of British Columbia, shares her insights on integrating and assessing student perceptions of diversity, equity, inclusion, and anti-racism (DEIA) in OER using principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL).
About the Speaker
Surita Jhangiani (she/her/hers; Ph.D.) is the David Lam Chair in Multicultural Education and an Associate Professor of Teaching in the Faculty of Education at the University of British Columbia. A two-time Open Educational Resource Champion award recipient, she advocates for open education, critical multicultural pedagogy, and alternative grading. Her scholarship explores open pedagogy, equity, diversity, inclusion, and decolonization (EDID), as well as fostering belonging in learning environments. Beyond academia, Jhangiani is a writer, podcaster, and mentor. Her publications include Toward a Critical Instructional Design and Designing for Care, along with contributions to The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning [website].
Learn more about Dr. Jhangiani [website]
Examples of Dr. Jhangiani’s Work
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Resources
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Bali, M. (2024, February 26). Where are the crescents in AI?. LSE Higher Education. https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/highereducation/2024/02/26/where-are-the-crescents-in-ai/
Empowered OER by Ash Barber is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
Business Writing for Everyone by Arley Cruthers is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0.
Open For Antiracism Program by the Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources is licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Griffiths, R., Joshi, E., Pellerin, E., & Wingard, A. (2022). Teaching and Learning with Open Educational Resources (OER). SRI International. https://achievingthedream.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/OER-Teaching-and-Learning-Report-04202022_Acc.pdf Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Grunzke, R.Z., Jiles, T. Mayo, S., Grotewold, K., & Ianniello, P. (2021). Equity Rubric for OER Evaluation. Branch Alliance for Educator Diversity. Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
Hodgkinson-Williams, C. A. & Trotter, H. (2018). A Social Justice Framework for Understanding Open Educational Resources and Practices in the Global South. Journal of Learning for Development, 5(3), pp. 204-224. https://jl4d.org/index.php/ejl4d/article/view/312 Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kelly, A. E., Laurin, J. N., & Clinton-Lisell, V. (2022). Making Psychology’s Hidden Figures Visible Using Open Educational Resources: A Replication and Extension Study. Teaching of Psychology, 51(3), 251-259. doi.org/10.1177/00986283221108129 Licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0.
Naicker, R. (n.d.) Critically Appraising for Antiracism. https://www.criticallyappraisingantiracism.org/home
Nusbaum, A.T. 2020. Who Gets to Wield Academic Mjolnir?: On Worthiness, Knowledge Curation, and Using the Power of the People to Diversify OER. Journal of Interactive Media in Education, 1(4), pp. 1–9. https://jime.open.ac.uk/articles/10.5334/jime.559 Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Stommel, J. Critical Digital Pedagogy: a Definition, Hybrid Pedagogy, is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0.
Teaching in the University by Donna Westfall-Rudd, Courtney Vengrin, and Jeremy Elliott-Engel is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0.
Tools
CAST (Center for Applied Special Technology). (2026). AI and UDL Work Better Together.
- CAST’s Artificial Intelligence and Universal Design for Learning tool
CAST (Center for Applied Special Technology). (2024). CAST Universal Design for Learning Guidelines. https://udlguidelines.cast.org/
