What is Open Pedagogy?
"The set of pedagogical practices that include engaging students in content creation and making learning accessible is known as open pedagogy." (The OER Starter Kit)
Open pedagogy isn't just about using open resources - but it asks you to consider not "what you teach with", but instead focus on "how you teach". Ask yourself these types of questions:
- What possibilities does the affordances of the Internet, particularly around connection, sharing, and collaboration, have for teaching and learning?
- How do can learning be transformed so individual student work can have impact and value beyond supporting the learning of the individual student?
- What rights and control do students have over their work?
- What are we asking students or faculty to do when we ask them to work in the open?
- What are best practices when students work in the open?
Examples of Open Pedagogy Assignments
Open pedagogy is all about making assignments renewable, rather than disposable. What that means is that an assignment has value and utility beyond the classroom - it's enhancing learning opportunities not just for the student, but also the world around them. This graphic illustrates the differences in types of assignments:
Examples of assignments might include:
- Have students create video-based learning objects that can be shared online
- Students could work together to author, or enhance, an open textbook or other class materials to be used in a class for future semesters
- Students could author or enhance Wikipedia pages
- Work with the local community to find projects your students could contribute to
- Create a website to share projects
- Have students annotate web documents using Hypothes.is
- Students can develop a zine to share their research
- Create a shared annotated bibliography that could be posted online
- Work with students to co-create learning outcomes in your syllabus
- Use open case studies to develop lessons and assignments