By the end of this module, you should be able to:

• Identify examples of student-focused, course-centered and globally-focused open pedagogy assignments

Types of Open Pedagogy Assignments

Student Opportunities

Activities that have tangible benefits to the students beyond the course

• ePortfolios

• Certifications

• Creations for another space/platform or repurposable for other uses

  • Letter to the editor

  • Op-ed, book review for publication

  • Pitch for blog series/article for platform

  • Interview

Course-Centered

• Created/Enhanced the Learning Materials

  • Course Wiki

  • Annotate/Reorganize course learning materials

  • Video/Podcast series on course topics

• Create an ongoing communal resource

  • Course Blog

  • YouTube Channel

  • Podcast Series

Globally-Focused

• Activities that contribute to improving/enhancing the world

  • Citizen science

  • Crowdsourcing projects for museums/archives, etc

  • Open knowledge projects (e.g. Wikipedia)

  • Improving/augmenting other OER resources

Additional Open Pedagogy Examples

Open Pedagogy Assignments Compilation - Quill West & contributors

Open Pedagogy Examples - Austin CC

Examples from Open Pedagogy Notebook

Open Pedagogy - Examples of Class Activities

Open Pedagogy Examples - UTA Libraries

OER Enabled Pedagogy

Concept Review

You’ll notice that this module contains many external links to additional Open Pedagogy examples. Take the time to read these resources to explore further the concepts and points presented in this module. There is no quiz at the end of this module; your activity is to explore the supplemental links.

Attributions:

Types of Open Pedagogy Assignments from More Adventures in Open Pedagogy licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License by Lance Eaton.