Engaging Students in the Creation of Open
Content by Heather M. Ross
Heather did a presentation at Saskatchewan Polytechnic on Open Pedagogy during Open Education Week in March of 2019. I also heard their keynote address at the Cascadia Open Education Summit in Vancouver, B.C. This topic is near and dear to my heart, so I convinced the program committee to recruit Heather to this conference.
Students do better
using OER because they have the textbook, or do as well because no one was probably reading the textbook anyways! As an aside, I know this is true. I never read the textbook, mainly relying on the instructor's notes and classroom activities to provide me with the necessary information.
Educators need to move away from the
view that students are consumers. Open pedagogy allows students to be
contributors
We need to raise
awareness as OER as an option:
- Open pedagogy is particularly useful in upper year class where there are few OER resources
- Technology can be an issue if moving between platforms
- Time is always a key consideration (time to review new textbook, adapt or modify the textbook, update learning materials, etc.)
- Start funding ancillary resources with OER funding as an alternative to commercial homework systems
- Institutional/Department culture - this is where we have an advantage over publishing reps, we know the culture, and we have built relationships with these folks
Support for using OERs comes from:
- Teaching and Learning Centres
- Librarians
- Instructional Designers
- Distance Education Units
- Funding
You can’t Indigenize the curriculum with a commercial textbook.
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