For Wednesday, June 26: As we begin to finalize our Open assignments and consider their implementation in our courses, let’s reflect back on memorable assignments and activities we had as students. Prior to our next session, please reflect on an assignment you experienced in college which you felt either […]
Open Pedagogy
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When considering and enacting asset pedagogies, such as open pedagogy and culturally sustaining pedagogy (CSP), we often focus on single classrooms rather than systems/structures. CSP acknowledges and addresses “communities who have been and continue to be damaged and erased through schooling” (Paris & Alim). Equity-centered trauma-informed education, as conceived by […]
By now, you will have written and posted your “I am from…” poem on the OpenLab! You’ve now experienced and practiced public writing – where your assignment was not only to write a poem that describes who you are and where and what you are from, but also to share […]
Read “What an Open Pedagogy Class Taught Me About Myself” which provides one student’s perspective on the impact of an open pedagogy assignment on their self-understanding. Consider and respond to the following questions in a comment below:
Think about these open pedagogy considerations and the following list of elements of an open pedagogy assignment (created by past seminar participants from DeRosa & Jhangiani reading): In the comments below, reflect on:
What are struggles in your courses? For you? For your students? Disengagement? Burn out? Lack of reading? Other? Post your reflection on this topic as a comment below.
Reflect on where joy is in your course(s) (or kindness or love) and post your thoughts as a comment below. (Click on linked words for articles exploring joy, kindness, and love in higher education.)
Watch Read Read Chapter 1: Surfacing Backward Design from Small Teaching Online. Come to the next session ready to apply backward design to creating your open pedagogy assignment. The link above goes to the e-book chapter in one of our Library databases. Let us know if you have trouble logging in to read […]
To be completed by Wednesday, June 5. Watch the video below, in which Robin DeRosa and Rajiv Jhangiani introduce the idea of open pedagogy. The video is about one hour in length. The first three minutes are an introduction to the webinar series, so the video is cued to start […]
View Explore Explore the information and resources available at UDL Guidelines. Write Share your thoughts in the comments below in response to these prompts:
