Publications

Academic Articles

Christiansen, E. (2022). Italian immigration to Kelowna and its lasting legacy. Okanagan History, 86.

Christiansen, E. & McNally, M. (2022). Examining the technical and pedagogical elements of select open courseware. First Monday, 27(10). https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v27i10.11639

McNally, M., & Christiansen, E. (2019). Open enough? Eight factors to consider when transitioning from closed to open resources and courses: A conceptual framework. First Monday 24(6). https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v24i6.9180

Christiansen, E. (2015). Don’t make me type: A study of students’ perceptions of library catalogues on tablet computers. Partnership: The Canadian Journal of Librarian and Information Practice and Research 10(1). https://doi.org/10.21083/partnership.v10i1.3192

Book Chapters

Hans, K. & Christiansen, E. (2022). Kris Hans and Erik Christiansen. In S. Abegglen, F. Neuhaus, & K. Wilson (Eds.), Voices from the digital classroom: 25 interviews about teaching and learning in the face of a global pandemic. University of Calgary Press. https://press.ucalgary.ca/books/9781773852782/

NEWSPAPER ARTICLES

Fuiten, A., Morsette, S.J., Amin, S., Christiansen, E., & McNally, M.B. (2023, March 28). Alberta misses chance to make post-secondary education more affordable. Edmonton Journal. https://edmontonjournal.com/opinion/columnists/opinion-alberta-misses-chance-to-make-post-secondary-education-more-affordable

Admin, S., Magdalena, B., Christiansen, E.G., & McNally, M.B. (2023, February 4). There is already a solution for easing high cost post-secondary textbooks. Calgary Herald. https://calgaryherald.com/opinion/columnists/opinion-there-is-already-a-solution-for-easing-high-cost-of-post-secondary-textbooks

Jessel, C., Christiansen, E., & McNally, M. (2021, July 23). Open educational resources would make post-secondary more affordable. Edmonton Journal. https://edmontonjournal.com/opinion/columnists/opinion-open-educational-resources-would-make-post-secondary-costs-more-affordable

Other

Christiansen, E. (2020, July 1). Italian Immigration to Kelowna and its Lasing Legacy [Historical article]. Kelowna Italian Club. https://www.kelownaitalianclub.com/kelownas-first-families/italian-immigration-to-kelowna-and-its-lasting-legacy

Christiansen, E., Dahlqvist, C., Deeke, A., Hays, L., Mallon, M., Weaver, K., & Yoshida, A. (2017, December 3). Making new connections: Librarians meetup at ISSOTL 2017 [Blog post]. International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. https://issotl.com/2017/12/03/making-new-connections-librarians-meetup-at-issotl-2017/

Christiansen, E., & McNutt, K. (2016). OER starter kit [Communications toolkit]. Alberta Open Educational Resources Initiative.

tech Blog

From 2013 – 2022 I ran the Tech Bytes blog. An archive of the blog can be downloaded from GitHub. I felt the need to start fresh and I will be kicking off my new blog sometime this year. Stay tuned…

Research interests

Open educational resources and open courses
Philosophy of education
Student technology competencies and computer literacy
Web and app usability
Student information literacy competencies and research skills