Michael Paskevicius completed his Ph.D. with the University of Victoria investigating how open educational practices are being enacted in formal higher education. His research looks at the experiences of faculty in designing and practicing open educational approaches to teaching and learning, as well as the student perspective of being engaged with open educational practices. Michael currently works as an educational developer and has significant experience supporting emerging educational technologies in formal higher education. He strives to embed open educational practices into his work as whenever possible.