Copyright

Patrick Blessinger; TJ Bliss

Published On

2016-12-19

Page Range

pp. 11-30

Language

  • English

Print Length

19 pages

1. Introduction to Open Education: Towards a Human Rights Theory

Chapter of: Open Education: International Perspectives in Higher Education (pp. 11–30)

Contributors

Patrick Blessinger

(author)
Associate Professor in the School of Education at St John's University
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3398-5825

Patrick Blessinger is the founder, executive director, and chief research scientist of the International Higher Education Teaching and Learning Association (HETL) and an adjunct associate professor in the School of Education at St John's University, New York City. Patrick is the editor-in-chief of two international academic journals and two international book series on higher education, a Governor's Teaching Fellow, and a Fulbright Senior Scholar.

TJ Bliss

(author)
Program Officer in the Education Program at Hewlett Foundation

TJ Bliss is a Program Officer in the Education Program at the Hewlett Foundation. In this role, he oversees grant making to expand the reach and efficacy of Open Educational Resources (OER). Before joining the Foundation, he was the Director of Assessment and Accountability at the State Department of Education in Idaho. TJ was an OER Policy Fellow at the International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL), where he conducted research on state education policies friendly to open education resources (OER).