Associate Professor (PhD)
Vice Provost, Teaching and Learning
Dr. Rajiv Jhangiani is the Vice Provost, Teaching and Learning at Brock University, where he directs the Inclusive Education Research Lab and is an affiliated member of the Social Justice Research Institute. The architect of Canada’s first zero textbook cost degree programs, Rajiv’s scholarship focuses on open educational practices, student-centered pedagogies, and ethical approaches to educational technology.
A co-author of three open textbooks in Psychology, his books include Open: The Philosophy and Practices that are Revolutionizing Education and Science (2017) and Open at the Margins: Critical Perspectives on Open Education (2020). Together with Dr. Robin DeRosa, he is a co-founder of the Open Pedagogy Notebook.
- Open educational practices
- Ethical educational technologies
- Inclusive teaching
- Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
- Society for the Teaching of Psychology
- Open Education Global
- Creative Commons Open Education Platform
- International Council on Open & Distance Education
Books
Bali, M., Cronin, C., Czerniewicz, L., DeRosa, R., & Jhangiani, R. S. (Eds). (2020). Open at the margins: Critical perspectives on open education. Rebus Community.
Jhangiani, R. S., & Biswas-Diener, R. (Eds.) (2017). Open: The philosophy and practices that are revolutionizing education and science. Ubiquity Press.
Journal Articles
David, A., Jhangiani, R. S., & Purvey, D. (2022). Rethinking the university: A case study. On the Horizon: The International Journal of Learning Futures. doi: 10.1108/OTH-08-2022-0044
Morgan, T., Childs, E., Hendricks, C., Harrison, M., DeVries, I., & Jhangiani, R. S. (2021). How are we doing with open education practice initiatives? Applying an institutional self-assessment tool in five higher education institutions. The International Review of Open and Distributed Learning, 22(4), 125-140. https://doi.org/10.19173/irrodl.v22i4.5745
Ossiannilsson, E., Zhang, X., Wetzler, J., Gusmão, C. M. G., Aydin, C. H., Jhangiani, R. S., Glapa-Grossklag, J., Makoe, M., & Harichandan, D. (2020). From open educational resources to open educational practices: Moving from the margins to the mainstream. Distance and Mediation of Knowledge: Special Issue on Open Educational Resources. https://doi.org/10.4000/dms.5393
Bali, M., Cronin, C., & Jhangiani, R. S. (2020). Framing open educational practices from a social justice perspective. Journal of Interactive Media in Education, 2020(1): 10, pp. 1–12. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/jime.565
Jhangiani, R. S., Hardin, E. E., & Beers, M. J. (2019). Introduction to the special issue: Open educational practices: Perceptions and outcomes. Psychology Learning and Teaching, 18(1). https://doi.org/10.1177/1475725718814354
Barker, J., Jeffery, K., Jhangiani, R. S., & Veletsianos, G. (2018). Eight patterns of open textbook adoption in British Columbia. The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning.
Jhangiani, R. S., Dastur, F. N., LeGrand, R., & Penner, K. (2018). As good or better than commercial textbooks: Students’ perceptions and outcomes from using open digital and open print textbooks. The Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 9(1).
Jhangiani, R. S. (2017). Pragmatism vs. idealism and the identity crisis of OER advocacy. Open Praxis, 9(2), 141-150. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.5944/openpraxis.9.2.569
Jhangiani, R. S., & Jhangiani, S. (2017). Investigating the perceptions, use, and impact of open textbooks: A survey of post-secondary students in British Columbia. The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 18(4), 172-192. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.19173/irrodl.v18i4.3012
Book Chapters
Jhangiani, R. (2022). Foreword. In E. Dill and M. A. Cullen (Eds.), Intersections of Open Educational Resources and Information Literacy. Chicago, IL: Association of College and Research Libraries.
Suedfeld, S., & Jhangiani, R. (2022). What is political psychology? In O. Feldman & S. Zmerli (Eds.), Politische Psychologie: Handbuch für Wissenschaft und Studium (2. Auflage) [Political Psychology: Handbook for Science and Study (2nd edition)]. Baden-Baden, Germany: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft.
Jhangiani, R. S. (2020). Kwantlen Polytechnic University. In S. Hare, J. Kirschner, & M. Reed (Eds.), Marking OER Courses: Best Practices and Case Studies. Arlington, TX: Mavs Open Press.
Jhangiani, R. S. (2019). Delivering on the promise of open educational resources: Pitfalls and strategies. In K. Zhang, C. J. Bonk, T. C. Reeves, & T. H. Reynolds (Eds.), MOOCs and Open Education Across Emerging Economies: Challenges, Successes, and Opportunities. New York: Taylor & Francis.
Jhangiani, R. S. & Green, A. (2019). An open athenaeum: Creating an institutional home for open pedagogy. In A. Wesolek, J. Lashley, & A. Langley (Eds.), OER: A Field Guide for Academic Librarians. Pacific University Press.
DeRosa, R. & Jhangiani, R. S. (2017). Open pedagogy. In L. Mays (Ed.), A Guide to Making Open Textbooks With Students, Rebus Foundation.
Jhangiani, R. S. (2017). Open as default: The future of education and scholarship. In R. S. Jhangiani & R. Biswas-Diener (Eds.) Open: The philosophy and practices that are revolutionizing education and science. Ubiquity Press.
Biswas-Diener, R., & Jhangiani, R. S. (2017). Introduction to Open. In R. S. Jhangiani & R. Biswas-Diener (Eds.) Open: The philosophy and practices that are revolutionizing education and science. Ubiquity Press.
Jhangiani, R. S. (2017). Ditching the “Disposable assignment” in favor of open pedagogy. In W. Altman & L. Stein (Eds.), Essays from E-xcellence in Teaching.
Other
Green, C., Illowsky, B., Wiley, D., Ernst, D., Young, L., Coolidge, A., & Jhangiani, R. [Contributors] (2018). 7 things you should know about open education: policies. Educause Learning Initiative.
Green, C., Illowsky, B., Wiley, D., Ernst, D., Young, L., Coolidge, A., DeRosa, R., & Jhangiani, R. [Contributors] (2018). 7 things you should know about open education: practices. Educause Learning Initiative.
Jhangiani, R. S. & DeRosa, R. (2017). Open education and social justice. Digital Pedagogy Lab. Retrieved from http://www.digitalpedagogylab.com/open-pedagogy-social-justice/
Hardin, E. E. & Jhangiani, R. S. (2017). Integrating a skills focus in introductory psychology. In R. L. Miller & T. Collette (Eds.) Teaching Tips: A Compendium of Conference Presentations on Teaching, 2015-16.
