Profile Information

Ben Owens

United States

Roles

Educator

Subjects

Applied Science, Mathematics, Professional Development, Science

About me

Ben Owens is a former engineer who worked for DuPont in locations across the US. before becoming a STEM teacher at Tri-County Early College HS in Murphy, NC for 11 years - a "wall-to-wall" PBL school that did everything it could to blur the lines between education and relevant, real-world learning so that students developed the skills & dispositions needed to thrive in a global, innovation economy. He has done education and teacher advocacy work at the state and national level with BestNC, Hope Street Group, the Gates Foundation, CTQ, ECET2, the NC SMT Center, the NCSU Science House, and the MIT Teaching Systems Lab. Ben is currently a National Faculty member for PBLWorks and an Open Ambassador for opensource.com. He left the classroom in June 2018 after co-authoring the book, “Open Up, Education! How Open Way Learning Can Transform Schools” and started a nonprofit that works with educators across the US create the cultural conditions for localized innovation in their own schools. He is passionate about open source principles and OER! Find Ben on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-owens-0a8a9875/