Dr. Nathaniel Ostashewski is Associate Professor of Open, Digital, and Distance Education at Athabasca University in Alberta, Canada. He teaches graduate courses in distance education research design, educational technology, and online and blended learning. He has been utilizing digital technology in teaching since 1990, both at the K12 and graduate education level. Dr. Ostashewski has been training educators how to incorporate technology-enabled learning into “worth-it” classroom, blended, and online activities. Working at universities in Australia and Canada, he has been developing and researching MOOC designs that incorporate Community of Inquiry and Networked Learning approaches since 2009. His current research interests include technology-enabled learning and pedagogy, online & blended learning, OERs, and networked teacher professional development, and MOOC design and delivery.
M.Ed. Instructional Design – Instructional Technology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
B.Ed./AD. – Secondary Education, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
B.Sc. – Chemistry & Microbiology Majors, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Cleveland-Innes, M., Gauvreau, S., Richardson, G., Mishra, S., & Ostashewski, N. (2019). Benefits and Challenges of Technology-Enabled Learning using the Community of Inquiry Theoretical Framework.
Ostashewski, N., Dron, J., & Howell, J. (2018). Supporting peer interactions in a MOOC: Utilizing social networking tools to personalize learning. Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 29(2), 209-230.
Henderson, S., & Ostashewski, N. (2018). Barriers, incentives, and benefits of the open educational resources (OER) movement: An exploration into instructor perspectives. First Monday, 23(12).
Ostashewski, N., Howell, J., & Dron, J. (2017). MOOCifying Courses: Delivery of a MOOC to Enhance University Course Activities. Journal of Learning for Development-JL4D, 4(2).
Ostashewski, N., Reid, D., & Ostashewski, M. (2016). Utilizing Multimedia Database Access: Teaching Strategies Using the iPad in the Dance Classroom. Journal of Dance Education, 16(4), 122-128.
Dron, J., & Ostashewski, N. (2015). Seeking connectivist freedom and instructivist safety in a MOOC (En Busca De La Libre Conectividad Y De La Seguridad Instructiva En Un Mooc). Educación XX1, 18(2), 51.
von Konsky, B., Martin, R., Bolt, S., Broadley , T., & Ostashewski , N. (2014). Transforming higher education and student engagement through collaborative review to inform educational design. Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 30(6), 619-633.
Gibson, D., Ostashewski, N., Flintoff, K., Grant, S., & Knight, E. (2013). Digital badges in education. Education and Information Technologies, 1-8.
Ostashewski, N., Reid, D., & Moisey, S. (2011). Applying constructionist principles to online teacher professional development. The International Review Of Research In Open And Distance Learning, 12(6), 143-156.
Ostashewski, N., & Reid, D. (2010). Online teacher professional development: Using design-based research to refine teacher PD in a social networking site. Revista de Informática Aplicada / Journal of Applied Computing, 6(2) 47-54.
Mishra, S., Cleveland-Innes, M., & Ostashewski, N. (2019). Capacity Building of Teachers: A Case Study of the Technology-Enabled Learning (TEL) Massive Open Online Courses. In MOOCs and Open Education Across Emerging Economies: Challenges, Successes, and Opportunities, Zhang, K., Bonk, J. A., Reeves, T., & Reynolds, T. H. (Eds.). Routledge.
Cleveland-Innes, M. & Ostashewski, N. (2019). MOOCs: Past, present and Future. In The Impact of MOOCs on Distance Education in Malaysia and Beyond, Ally, M., Embi, M. A., & Norman, H. (Eds.). Routledge. Available at: https://bit.ly/2H9ONKw
Ostashewski, N., Dickinson-Delaporte, S., & Martin, R. (2015). Reconceptualizing Learning Designs in Higher Education: Using Mobile Devices to Engage Students in Authentic Tasks. In J. Keengwe, & M. Maxfield (Eds.), Advancing Higher Education with Mobile Learning Technologies: Cases, Trends, and Inquiry-Based Methods (pp. 220-237). Hershey, PA: IGI Global. doi:10.4018/978-1-4666-6284-1.ch012
Ostashewski, N., Martin, R., & Brennan, A. (2015). Blended Learning and Digital Curation: A Learning Design Sequence. In J. Keengwe, & J. Agamba (Eds.), Models for Improving and Optimizing Online and Blended Learning in Higher Education (pp. 256-268). Hershey, PA: IGI Global. doi:10.4018/978-1-4666-6280-3.ch014 13
Ostashewski, N., & Reid, D. (2015) The history and framework of digital badges in Education. In Gamification in Education and Business, Wood, L. & Reiners, T. (Eds.). Springer, Cham.
Herrington, J., Ostashewski, N., Reid, D., Flintoff, K., (2014). Mobile technologies in teacher education: Preparing pre-service teachers and teacher educators for mobile learning. In Effective Teacher Education: Partnerships, Reflective Practice, and the place of technology (pp. 137-151). Ryan, J & Jones, M. (Eds.). AUS.
Archibald, D., Barbour, M. K., Leary, H., Wilson, E. V., & Ostashewski, N. (2020). Teacher education and K-12 online learning.
Dr. Ostashewski: Selected Research & Practice in Open, Digital, & Distance Education.
MOOC Design & Delivery: Introduction to Technology-enabled Learning (www.telmooc.ca)
Educator Online PD: Remote Teaching 101 - Online & Blended Teaching during the Pandemic (https://www.aace.org/learntechu/remote-teaching/)
Edited Book: Ostashewski, N., Howell, J., & Cleveland-Innes, M. (Eds.). (2016). Optimizing K-12 Education Through Online and Blended Learning. IGI Global.
Keynote (Dec. 2021). Technology-enabled learning and the Community of Inquiry: A Holistic Learning Approach. International Conference on Hybrid, Blended & E-Learning ICHBEL-2021