About me
Dr. Debbie Baker serves as the open educational resources coordinator and an instructional designer for the Maricopa Community Colleges (MCCCD), and has been an educator for almost 30 years. Her work has centered on reshaping traditional classroom dynamics by involving students in the co-creation of curriculum, fostering a collaborative and dynamic learning environment.Debbie brings a wealth of experience and insight into the transformative power of open pedagogy. She currently serves as Chair for DOERS, a group of 45 public higher education systems and statewide/provincewide organizations that helps member organizations implement, scale, and sustain OER by advancing research and policy, sharing tools and learnings, and showing how OER can foster equity and student success.She is also the Co-PI for the federally funded Open 4Peer Review initiative at the Maricopa Community Colleges in Phoenix, Arizona