Originally published at: OEG Voices 023: Nick Sengstaken on Student Advocacy and OER – OEG Voices
This episode of OEG Voices features a conversation with Nick Sengstaken who was recognized with a 2020 Open Award of Excellence in the category that recognizes students. His efforts in OER began in 2016. As an undergraduate student at University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Nick took up the challenge of bringing student voices to the issue of textbook affordability. As you will learn in the conversation, Nick approached that work and later efforts all with a perspective of emphasizing the need to to have students included in the conversations about policies that affect them. He absolutely defines this description…