Stories of Openness is a limited series podcast created by the Open Education team at Deakin University Library. Each episode is a conversation with a Deakin academic who has created an open textbook or other Open Educational Resource (OER). Listen as authors share their stories about creating more accessible learning materials and what it has meant for their students, their teaching practice, and beyond.
This podcast is for anyone who is curious about OER or just loves hearing interesting people tell their stories.
Production credits: Hosted by Lauren Halcomb-Smith (Lecturer, Open Education, Deakin Library) Produced by Eddie Pavuna (Scholarly Services Librarian, Deakin Library) Artwork by Sarah Fennelly (Visual Design Lead, Deakin Library) Music by Scott Holmes Music, shared under a CC-BY-NC License
Tools: Episodes recorded in Zoom or Audacity, edited in Audacity using the OpenVINO Whisper Transcription plugin for transcription, and hosted and distributed via Castopod by Ad Aures.
Licensing: Stories of Openness by Deakin University is licensed under a CC BY NC 4.0 license.
Podcasting as a research method: Stories of Openness is part of an ongoing research project that uses podcasting as a research method. The primary aim of our research is to explore the impact that Library-funded OER are having on learning and teaching at Deakin from the perspective of Deakin OER creators. This research has received Deakin University ethics approval: 2025/HE001281. The project is internally funded by the university, with all researchers contributing as part of their normal roles as Library staff.
Find out more: For more information about this podcast, including full production credits and acknowledgements, visit https://www.deakin.edu.au/library/teach/open-education/podcast