This Tech Tuesday is brought to you by the letters, A, O, D, E, I, P, and R and an OEReo (perhaps from Cookie Monster)!
O is for Open. Open includes Open Education, Open Access, Open Science, Open Data, Open Source, and maybe even Open Government.
As part of Open Education, there has been a focus on OER - Open Education Resources. UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) defines OERs as “learning, teaching and research materials in any format and medium that reside in the public domain or are under the copyright that has been released under an open license, that permits no-cost access, re-use, re-purpose, adaptation and redistribution by others” (UNESCO, 2022). Examples of OER include teaching materials, readings, music, images, and research.
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Open Pedagogy or
Open Education Practices (OEP)
Resources are one part of the education equation, but there is also the learning process, which leads us to Open Pedagogy or OEP. OEP involves the use of OER to support learning, or the open sharing of teaching practices to improve education and training at the institutional, professional, and individual levels.
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A 58-second Open Educational Resources Concept: What is an OER? video. |
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When you use open pedagogy in your classroom, you are inviting your students to be part of the teaching process, participating in the co-creation of knowledge. “OEP engages both faculty and students with the use and creation of OER, draws attention to the potential afforded by open licenses, facilitates open peer review, and supports participatory student-directed projects” (Paskevicius, 2017).
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OEP Examples
- Adapt, remix, or build OER textbooks with your students
- Ask your students to help write test questions, construct the course reading list, or curate or contribute to course content
- Build class policies, syllabi, assignments, or rubrics with your students
- Have students create tutorial videos to be used in current or future courses
- Have students share their work on a social media platform of choice or create blogs, podcasts, or websites
- Engage students in public chats with authors or experts
- Encourage students to apply their expertise to serve their community
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Teach your students how to write or edit Wikipedia articles
You will notice that these assignments are non-disposable activities; shared in the real world/beyond the class the student resides, in an authentic environment. Using OEP, students are generative producers rather than just consumers where they can share their knowledge past the classroom or instructor (Bruff, 2013).
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Inform your students about their audience: Clearly explain to your students, in advance, who will have access to their content. Guide what is appropriate for them to share with public audiences.
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Provide options: Allow students to opt out of publicly sharing their content, and/or offer alternatives (allow anonymous sharing, allow students to contribute without being publicly identified, etc.)
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Select the most appropriate audience: Sometimes it is appropriate to have student work be publicly shared with a global audience, while other times it is appropriate to limit access (for example, only sharing with future students who are enrolled in your course).
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Develop a "student use agreement" or permission form: One of the most effective ways to respect student privacy and intellectual property is to have your students complete a permission form with options for how they agree to share their work and build in an activity for them to understand and submit the form. This form allows them to opt out if desired. You might also consider adding choice(s) to the form for students to agree to apply an open license to specific course projects (not all of their work, but perhaps a key assignment), which makes it much easier to share. Here is a sample permission form created by Heather Garcia (Foothill College). It is in the Public Domain and can be freely adapted by simply making a copy. Here is another example using Google Docs.
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D, E, I, and A are for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Access
OER and OEP bring these things together. Using OER brings access and equity. OEP brings inclusion. OER can help capture aspects of diversity and inclusion. Here are a few low-stakes ways to bring in more diversity and inclusion:
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This OER, OEP, and DEIA information is brought to you by Alisa Beyer (Psychology Faculty), who works with Monica Johnson (Library Faculty) and the OER team on open education initiatives.
Alisa and Monica are happy to chat and connect about any of these topics with you. If you are interested in OER, please fill out this form or email oer@cgc.edu.
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Alisa has OEReo Oreos for you today, January 30th.
Come to the CTLA during her drop-in hours,11:30 am - 1:00 pm, and grab one (or two).
OER Oreo design from Stephanie Williams (MCC)
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Inclusive or Exclusive? Examining "Inclusive Access" Textbook Programs Webinar, February 6th from 1-2 pm Register Here!
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District OER recognition deadline is February 14th.
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AZOER Conference (external FPG) on February 29th and March 1st. Register Here!
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Be on the lookout for more Open opportunities in our OER@cgc.edu emails!
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