Open pedagogy can be thought of as having two key aspects: 1) an access-oriented commitment to learner-driven education, and 2) a process of designing architectures and tools that enable students to shape public knowledge. It values reducing barriers to learning through choices like open educational resources and accessible technology. It also prioritizes learner agency, production-centered learning, and student-curated resources. Effective open pedagogy involves providing online spaces for collaboration, inviting connections within and beyond the course, and using tools that consider student access and data/privacy issues. It recognizes students as fellow learners rather than consumers, valuing the humanity of education.

1. O P E N N E T WO R K E D L E A R N I N G 2 0 1 9
OPEN PEDAGOGY
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2. R e s i s t i n g t h e d e f i n i t i o n
OPEN PEDAGOGY
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“We might think about Open Pedagogy as an access-oriented commitment to learner-driven education AND
as a process of designing architectures and using tools for learning that enable students to shape the public
knowledge commons of which they are a part.
Open pedagogy is a site of praxis, a place where theories about learning, teaching, technology, and social
justice enter into a conversation with each other and inform the development of educational practices and
structures."
DeRosa & Rajiv, 2017
http://openpedagogy.org/open-pedagogy/

3. “While we are inspired by the opportunity to
give voice to students in authentic ways and to
engage them in shared and participatory
knowledge creation, we also acknowledge the
risk inherent in working in the open.”
https://er.educause.edu/blogs/2018/11/the-values-of-open-pedagogy
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4. We might think about
Open Pedagogy as an
access-oriented
commitment to learner-
driven education AND as a
process of designing
architectures and using
tools for learning that
enable students to shape
the public knowledge
commons of which they
are a part.
Access-oriented
Consider access and equity by
choosing resources and pedagogies
that reduce barriers – including
economic, technical, social, cultural
and political factors…
• Open Educational Resources
• Technology with accessibility
features
• Equitable times and places for
learning
• Respect for and understanding of
cultural differences
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Read more at What is Open Pedagogy?
https://www.yearofopen.org/april-open-
perspective-what-is-open-pedagogy/
Scroll to the second entry by Maha Bali

5. A great list of ideas for developing learner driven pedagogy:
http://openedgroup.org/oer-enabled-pedagogy
We might think about
Open Pedagogy as an
access-oriented
commitment to learner-
driven education AND as a
process of designing
architectures and using
tools for learning that
enable students to shape
the public knowledge
commons of which they
are a part.
Image by congerdesign from Pixabay
Learner-driven
Consider how students can exercise
greater agency and autonomy in their
learning and learn through creation as
much as (or more than) consumption:
• Student negotiated/directed
curriculum
• Production centred learning
• Student curated resources
• Kill the ‘disposable assignment’
“assignments that add no value to the world – after a student
spends three hours creating it, a teacher spends 30 minutes
grading it, and then the student throws it away.” David Wiley
https://opencontent.org/blog/archives/2975
A great list of ideas for developing learner
driven pedagogy:
http://openedgroup.org/oer-enabled-
pedagogy

6. A great list of ideas for developing learner driven pedagogy:
http://openedgroup.org/oer-enabled-pedagogy
We might think about
Open Pedagogy as an
access-oriented
commitment to learner-
driven education AND as a
process of designing
architectures and using
tools for learning that
enable students to shape
the public knowledge
commons of which they
are a part.
Image by congerdesign from Pixabay
Designing architectures
Design your course to enable active
participation, the development of
community and connections with
others:
• Provide an online space for
conversation, feedback and
support
• Create learning experiences that
require student contribution for
learning
• Consider inviting and
encouraging connections within
and beyond the cohort; consider
peers from other universities,
experts, the general public… (a unit
Twitter hashtag can be a great way to
achieve this!)
Learning can be openly shared and community within and beyond the cohort
encouraged – here’s an example: https://opencl.linkinglearning.com.au/open-
connected-learning-modules/orientation-module/

7. A great list of ideas for developing learner driven pedagogy:
http://openedgroup.org/oer-enabled-pedagogy
We might think about
Open Pedagogy as an
access-oriented
commitment to learner-
driven education AND as a
process of designing
architectures and using
tools for learning that
enable students to shape
the public knowledge
commons of which they
are a part.
Image by congerdesign from Pixabay
Tools for learning
Take advantage of the affordances
of open, accessible and connected
social technologies that mediate
learning through knowledge
construction and sharing; however
do not view open as neutral:
• Consider access to technology
for students and allow them to use
tools they feel comfortable with
• Critique the tool prior to
suggesting its use; data ownership,
privacy, accessibility and
reputation are all important. Read
Audrey Watter’s words on
Surveillance Capitalism and
educational technology:
http://www.boundary2.org/2019/10/audrey-watters-education-
technology-and-the-age-of-surveillance-capitalism-a-review-of-
shoshana-zuboff-the-age-of-surveillance-capitalism/
A thought provoking chapter from An Urgency of Teachers about going beyond
the LMS: https://criticaldigitalpedagogy.pressbooks.com/chapter/beyond-the-
lms/

8. A great list of ideas for developing learner driven pedagogy:
http://openedgroup.org/oer-enabled-pedagogy
We might think about
Open Pedagogy as an
access-oriented
commitment to learner-
driven education AND as a
process of designing
architectures and using
tools for learning that
enable students to shape
the public knowledge
commons of which they
are a part.
Image by congerdesign from Pixabay
Public knowledge
commons
“My graduate education encouraged me
to think of students as antagonists, always
trying to get one over on their instructors. I
was urged to be on the lookout for
plagiarism, to be vigilant for cheaters, to
assume that the students wouldn’t do the
reading, and to expect to be treated as a
cog in a consumerist machine by students
who would challenge their grades on a
whim.” Catherine Denial, 2019.
Open pedagogy recognises students as
fellow learners, and education as richer
than a simple transactional process where
students are consumers and teachers are
the producers. It values the humanity
within education.
It is described by Catherine Denial as a
pedagogy of kindness: believing students,
and believing in students.
The entire post by Catherine Denial:
https://hybridpedagogy.org/pedagogy-of-kindness/

9. Read more and access a range of resources:
Open pedagogies: Transforming and empowering learning
http://www.linkinglearning.com.au/open-pedagogies/
Curated content: https://elink.io/9cdf235
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