Open Educational Resources (OER)

Learn about Open Pedagogy (a.k.a. OER-enabled Pedagogy)

• OER-enabled Pedagogy: OER-enabled pedagogy is the set of teaching and learning practices only possible or practical when you have permission to engage in the 5R activities. In this blog post David Wiley expands upon this concept.

• 7 Things You Should Know About Open Education: Practices: Open educational practices seek to fully use the potential inherent in OER to support learning and to help students both contribute to knowledge and construct their own learning pathways.

• A Guide to Making Open Textbooks with Students: A handbook for faculty interested in practicing open pedagogy by involving students in the making of open textbooks, ancillary materials, or other Open Educational Resources. 

• Open Pedagogy Approaches: Faculty, Library, and Student Collaborations: This book is meant to serve educators with varying levels of “open” experience and knowledge, whether one is starting small with a single assignment, radically revamping one’s course design, or simply interested in learning about new pedagogical approaches.

• "Open Pedagogy" from The OER Starter Kit: Defines open pedagogy, describes the major components of a renewable assignment, lists tools commonly used to create renewable assignments.

• Open Pedagogy Toolkit: Aims to highlight relevant literature, resources, projects, and research in the area of open pedagogy.

• The Open Pedagogy Student Toolkit: An open educational resource (OER) designed to guide students engaging in open pedagogy. The toolkit defines open pedagogy, covers the benefits of open pedagogy, and explains the rights and responsibilities of student creators. Written for the student perspective, this toolkit enables instructors to effectively scaffold conversations about open pedagogy and appropriately prepare students for this work.

See examples of Open Pedagogy

• Examples of Open Pedagogy: Examples of open pedagogy assignments in a library guide from the University of Texas, Arlington

• OER-Enabled Pedagogy Examples (Open Education Group): Provides a list of concrete examples of how OER-enabled pedagogy, is implemented in the real world.

• Open Pedagogy Notebook: Examples, practices, and ideas for open pedagogy.

• Open Pedagogy Portal: This portal contains case studies, student work product, and resources to support all of your open pedagogy needs.

• Open Pedagogy Project Roadmap: A module-based resource that will assist you in planning, finding support for, sharing, and sustaining your open pedagogy project, regardless of its size or scope.