| Name | Jon Beasley-Murray |
| Faculty | Arts |
| Year(s) | 2019, 2026 |
| Detail | Dr. Jon Beasley-Murray, Assistant Professor in Latin American Studies at the University of British Columbia, co-ordinated the Wikipedia educational project ‘Murder, Madness, and Mayhem’. The collective goals were to have students write a selection of articles on Latin American literature and bring the articles to featured article status (or as near as possible). He has continued to develop By project’s end, after just one semester, they had promoted three articles to Featured Article status, eight to Good Article status, and one to B-Class status. He has continued to develop fully open courses, including RMST 202 and SPAN 312 / RMST 372, publishing all course materials on publicly accessible websites. His work reflects a long-standing commitment to open educational practices and the creation of open resources, with a focus on the pedagogical and social value of openness. By making course content openly available, he supports more inclusive, engaged learning and extends access to knowledge beyond the classroom. |