Sarah Steen's OER Story: Workplace Role Play Scenarios
‘Workplace Role Play Scenarios’, published in 2023, is an internationally-recognised OER about helping students navigate difficult conversations, negotiation, and mediation in the workplace. In this episode, author Dr Sarah Steen generously shares her stories about how the OER came to be, it’s impact learners in and beyond Deakin, and how it’s shaping her own teaching practice in the brave new world of AI-enabled education. Guest bio: Dr Sarah Steen (FHEA) is a Senior Lecturer and Course Director at Deakin Business School. A passionate and innovative educator with over 15 years’ experience, she has developed an OER featuring role-play scenarios grounded in authentic, real-world contexts, providing students with rich opportunities to build critical employability skills. The OER has attracted over 6,000 visitors and has been adopted by Australian and international universities, as well as integrated into a state government training program. In 2025, Sarah received the Deakin University Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Contribution to Education and Employability in recognition of the OER’s impact. Links: Access the OER via Deakin Open eBooks: https://deakin.pressbooks.pub/workplaceroleplayscenarios/ View Dr Sarah Steen at Deakin: https://experts.deakin.edu.au/40976-sarah-steen Connect with Dr Sarah Steen on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drsarahsteen/ Find out more about this podcast: https://www.deakin.edu.au/library/teach/open-education/podcast Digital Object Identifier (DOI): https://doi.org/10.26187/deakin.24233626
