Open Pedagogy

Announcing the publication of Tools to Promote Open Pedagogy in the Classroom, a 30-page toolkit with 16 distinct teaching methods that promote open pedagogy explained. Authored by Associate Professor Michael D. Aldridge, a member of the University of Northern Colorado's School of Nursing. The beginning of the toolkit explains open pedagogy and its relationship to OER. There is a section at the end with additional resources and next steps if faculty want to implement some of these methods. There are multiple weblinks and examples embedded in the document so that faculty who are interested in a particular method can use those resources for more information and to see examples of how to implement open pedagogy.

This resource is licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Table of Contents:

  • Purpose of this Guide and Tips for Success 
  • What is Open Pedagogy? 
  • Students’ Views of Open Pedagogy 
  • Method 1: Have Students Write Questions for OER Materials 
  • Method 2: Teach Students How to Edit Wikipedia Articles 
  • Method 3: Allow Students to Create Work Outside the LMS System Method 4: Ask Students to Share Knowledge with the Community 
  • Method 5: Engage Students in Social Media Platforms 
  • Method 6: Build the Course Collaboratively with Students 
  • Method 7: Let Students Curate the Course Content 
  • Method 8: Have Students Co-Create the Course Syllabus 
  • Method 9: Have Students Create Open Websites with Course Topics Method 10: Have Students Co-Create an Annotated Bibliography 
  • Method 11: The Importance of Empathy in Open Pedagogy 
  • Method 12: Work in Faculty Teams to Create Open Pedagogy Assignments
  • Method 13: Students Gather Information from a Website to Create Learning for the Class
  • Method 14: Students Create an Open “Textbook” for the Course 
  • Method 15: Students Annotate Notes in an Open Access Resource 
  • Method 16: Introducing Doctoral Students to OER Resources & Open Pedagogy
  • Additional Resources about Open Pedagogy 
  • Next Steps: Developing An Open Pedagogy Teaching Philosophy

Design credit: Key by Herwan Prayitno from Noun Project is licensed under CC BY 3.0.