Tune in to our newest podcast episode which features… a podcaster! We bring you the voice of Terry Greene from Trent University, whose Gettin’ Air podcast was recognized with a 2024 Open Education Award for Excellence in the Wildcard category.

There is a bit of overlap at play as our host Alan Levine opens with the announcement style of Gettin’ Air followed by Terry voicing the usual opening to OEGlobal Voices. Listen as well for a different twist on the Gettin’ Air theme song. Plus this same episode is going to be cross-published simultaneously as an episode on the Gettin’ Air show.

Described as an “open pedagogy podcast” the 180+ episodes of Gettin’ Air features 30 minute conversations with practitioners in open and technology-enabled learning. Terry’s forte is his prior planning that includes insightful questions about their work, but also key questions in a relaxed format that bring out the human side of Terry’s guests. You can easily see that Gettin’ Air is an inspiration for our own OEGlobal Voices podcast.

In the OEGlobal Voices podcast studio with guest Terry Green, left, and host Alan Levine, right.

Listen in to learn about Terry’s influences growing up in Banff, Alberta, how he got started in podcasting insights into his approach to interviewing his guests, his interests in hip hop music as a metaphor for creating online learning materials, his experience in creating “audio books with beats” as well as supporting the creation of audiobook chapters for Higher Education for Good. Terry’s enthusiasm is contagious and you will discover how he lives up to the recognition as a “wildcard.”

This episode was recorded back in June 2025 during the open nomination period for the Open Education Awards for Excellence– the intention was to ask Terry to give an incentive for others to submit a nomination. Of course we are now past the point since the 2025 Award winners were announced last month. But let Terry’s answer to “why nominate” seed your thoughts for 2026!

It’s not about creating flashy stuff, it’s about creating stuff with heart…. And everybody deserves some recognition for that. It makes me think of Kimberlee Carter from last year, Open Catalyst. She’s not doing flashy stuff, but she’s working her *** off to get people to be aware of OER at Conestoga in in Ontario.

Terry Greene on why you should nominate someone for an OEAward

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FYI: For the sake of experimentation and the spirit of transparency, this set of show notes alone was generated by the AI “Underlord” in the Descript editor we use to produce OEGlobal Voices.

Turning the Tables: An Interview with Terry Greene

In this episode of OE Global Voices, host Alan Levine interviews Terry Greene, host of the Gettin’ Air podcast and Senior E-Learning Designer at Trent University. They discuss Terry’s journey into open education, his approach to podcasting, and his inspirations, including the influence of DS106 and his connections to the hip hop world. Terry also shares his thoughts on balancing work and family and offers insights into his favorite projects and aspirations for an advanced degree. Throughout, they emphasize the importance of community recognition in open education and encourage nominations for the 2025 awards.

  • 00:00 Intro Music and Highlight Quote
  • 00:43 Welcome to the Podcast
  • 00:57 Flipping the Script: Alan Interviews Terry
  • 01:44 Terry’s Background and Achievements
  • 02:55 Podcasting Journey and Inspirations
  • 05:06 Life in Banff and Early Education
  • 07:23 Discovering Open Education
  • 09:01 The Art of Podcasting
  • 15:55 Hip Hop and Online Learning
  • 18:10 Creating Audio Books with Style
  • 25:29 Future Projects and Aspirations
  • 29:48 Encouraging Nominations and Final Thoughts

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Additional Links and Quotes for Episode 87

I don’t overthink the quality of the audio. I just go by good vibes. And the vibes come from finding fun background music, finding interesting stories to talk about. Think of how fun it must be, I assume for Nardwuar to track down Kendrick Lamar’s childhood friend and find out what his silly nickname as a throw back. So digging and finding those fun stories to connect and make someone excited to talk to you is what I enjoy.

Just tell the stories you’re interested in telling. For me, the Gettin’ Air concept just happened when that song came on. This was when Stephen Hurley said, “you should start [a podcast].” And I wasn’t sure how to do it or what it should be about. And the song “Gettin’ Air” said get some airtime for people to share what they do in open education.

Terry Greene advice on podcasting

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I think I noticed a connection or a comparison of it between the work I do as building online courses with subject matter experts. And what you’re doing is curating different technologies and resources , putting it into a module. But you’re building a rhythm of each module. And it I think feels like hip hop, which is also technological– it started because they messed with how a turntable works. They stopped it with their hand instead of just letting it play. And that was scratching and sampling.

I can see what we’re doing in online learning is sampling things and we’re trying to make the most out of the technology we’re handed. So maybe the learning management system is the turntable and we’re not quite perfectly happy how it works, so we gotta put our hands on it and mess with it.

Terry Greene on hip hop music as a metaphor for rearing online learning resources

Usually our music for OEGlobal Voices are open licensed tracks from the Free Music Archive (see our full FMA playlist), but we wanted to pay tribute to the song that inspired Terry’s podcast. Since that song is not openly licensed, we have an unprofessional version of the opening chords played on guitar by host Alan Levine.