About this resource

About This Resource

This resource is intended to provide practitioners with introductory, practical content that they can learn from and adapt to better support their own campus Open Education efforts, particularly Open Pedagogy. It is not intended to be an extensive or exhaustive resource about the educational theories and frameworks out of which Open Pedagogy has emerged, as there are several other wonderful resources that cover that information. Mandi’s podcast series of faculty interviews will be helpful for other faculty seeking to learn more about their peers’ experiences with Open Pedagogy, but librarians will also benefit from hearing firsthand perspectives so they can better understand the necessary support. The one-shot lesson plans are intended to assist academic librarians tasked with supporting faculty embarking on Open Pedagogy projects, however, we recognize that it often takes a village, and individuals in other roles will also benefit from these (adaptable) lesson plans.

The Podcast Series

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? In this podcast series, Mandi Goodsett invites several faculty from various institutions 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.

The Lesson Plans

Academic librarians are often primary facilitators of support for OER adoption and creation in higher education. As faculty interest and knowledge of OER have increased over the last several years, so has their interest in involving their students in the creation and revision processes. As librarians and faculty navigate this new and exciting path together, all parties should be mindful of examining the needs of our students as they begin their own journeys as open scholars.

One of the main topics we encourage faculty to devote at least one session to in their syllabi is copyright. As most faculty aren’t comfortable leading these discussions, we have developed two lesson plans that have been piloted several semesters with undergraduates participating in Open Pedagogy projects spanning various disciplines.

Lindsey’s lesson focuses on helping students understand the foundations of intellectual property and copyright in a fun manner that allows for creativity, focuses on individual agency, and touches on the far-reaching negative impacts that information privilege places on the advancement of society as a whole. This lesson can be done in person or virtually, is meant for a one-shot instruction session, and can be completed in 60 minutes or less.

Similarly, Mandi’s lesson focuses on giving students a brief primer on copyright and Creative Commons licensing, while offering them some opportunities to test their skills. In addition, students explore where to find openly-licensed content, which they can then use in their Open Pedagogy assignment. This lesson plan can also be done in person or virtually and can also be completed in about 50 minutes.