Open Pedagogy Support Podcast – Episode 2
Mandi Goodsett
More and more teachers are using creative classroom assignments to help students take ownership of their learning. But when classroom assignments involve public-facing projects, what are the copyright implications? And how can students be responsibly invited to share their voices with the world? This podcast invites faculty to share how they incorporate public-facing projects (such as open pedagogy and multimodal projects) into the classroom, and how librarians and others partner with them for success.
Heather Miceli is a lecturer at Roger Williams University in Bristol, Rhode Island where she teaches in the general education program. Prior to this year, she was an adjunct faculty member for 13 years at a few institutions, both on-the-ground and online. She is very interested in the impacts Open Education Practices/Open Pedagogy can have on student achievement, but also how those practices can impact student confidence and anxiety in science courses. She is also interested in alternative assessment strategies and has been ungrading in her courses for about 3 years. She serves on the New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) OER Advisory Committee. She is also an avid tweeter – you can follow her at @hsmiceli on Twitter.
In this podcast interview, Heather describes her open pedagogy project for non-Science-major undergraduates taking a general education science course. Students co-create public-facing websites, which are then edited and improved upon by future classes of students. Heather also describes the changes in her classroom when she moved away from lecture- and exam-based teaching in favor of project-based learning.
Faculty Discussion/Reflection Questions:
- How can student learning result in works that help others outside of the class to learn?
- How can the expertise of students be introduced into the classroom? In what ways do student authors serve as better instructors for other students?
- What actions might you take to give students more control in the classroom? If doing so sounds intimidating or anxiety-provoking for you, how could you address those feelings? What benefits might come from making that change?
- What role can librarians play in supporting open pedagogy projects?
Helpful Resources:
- CORE 101 Open Pedagogy Project Page
- Creative Commons Lesson Plan for Lindsey’s invited library presentation