In a practical sense, the renewable assignment model is a major facet of what extends intentional open pedagogy beyond simply adopting OERs. For our purposes, Renewable Assignments are defined as: learning assessment tools through which students contribute to the openly accessible knowledge corpus. In essence, the rationale behind renewable assignments (which could also be understood as "sustainable" or "neighborly" assignments) is that the products by which student learning is assessed should not be destined for the trash bin of history, but rather have a chance to live on in a publicly accessible capacity that might benefit others in the future. By adding this gravity and purpose to assignments, the stakes for student performance are raised; a product intended for public access inherently encourages student effort in a different way. Most importantly, involving students in the construction of knowledge can afford them agency in their learning and empower them beyond a single course.

Important considerations for renewable assignments

• Student privacy is an important concern to account for when planning renewable assignments. Allowing students to decide whether their work becomes public preserves student agency in the knowledge construction process. A common refrain amongst open advocates when facing privacy decisions is "as open as possible, as closed as necessary," which can be applied on a case-by-case basis. For example, asking students to use pseudonyms when working on sensitive public-facing assessments is one way to afford protection while maintaining the open impact of their work.

• Teaching students about copyright and creative commons licensing is an important preface to certain renewable assignments. This can be an empowering part of a course as it emphasizes students' ownership of their assignments and supports their agency by allowing them the choice of how to share their work.

How to design or locate examples of renewable assignments

Tools and resources for renewable assignments

A simple web search for "open pedagogy renewable assignments" will populate an extensive list of information about and ideas for renewable assignments, like the Open Education Group's list of discipline-specific assignment concepts. There are also a number of digital tools that naturally facilitate open pedagogical practices, many of which are identified in the various aforementioned collections of renewable assignment ideas. Here are two popular tools used by open pedagogy practitioners: