{"id":73,"date":"2021-02-24T10:53:22","date_gmt":"2021-02-24T15:53:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca\/openpedagogy\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=73"},"modified":"2021-02-24T11:41:51","modified_gmt":"2021-02-24T16:41:51","slug":"characteristics-of-open-pedagogy","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/openpedagogy\/chapter\/characteristics-of-open-pedagogy\/","title":{"raw":"Characteristics of Open Pedagogy","rendered":"Characteristics of Open Pedagogy"},"content":{"raw":"Some characteristics of open pedagogy, as discussed at the March 2020 Open Pedagogy workshop.\r\n<h2>Characteristics<\/h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Student-centred - built around the students in the class<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Dynamic and constantly evolving - students are active contributors<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Free - applying the 5Rs (retain, reuse, revise, remix, redistribute)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Public facing - available to everyone, anyone can engage with it<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Students are not just a receptacle for the instructor's knowledge<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Equity, social justice lens to teaching<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Instructor serves as the facilitator, scaffolding and guiding the student experience<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h2>Strengths<\/h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Opens up teaching to more scrutiny<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Public assignments give students a feeling of responsibility, the opportunity to engage with peers, and greater rigour to their work<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Polished work - students see things published under their name as a representation of their identity<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Flexible, reusable<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Move away from the elitism of academia<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Co-creation of knowledge, can challenge established expertise<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Focus on the process of discovering knowledge<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h2>Weaknesses<\/h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Opens up teaching to more scrutiny<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Public assignments could increase student stress or anxiety<\/li>\r\n \t<li>In this kind of public space, can there be spaces for things to be messy?<\/li>\r\n \t<li>How can we make this form of pedagogy transparent?<\/li>\r\n \t<li>A move away from elitism could also be a move away from expertise.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Needs to be designed and facilitated carefully.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h2><img src=\"http:\/\/pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca\/openpedagogy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2020\/03\/IMG_7735-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-56\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/h2>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;","rendered":"<p>Some characteristics of open pedagogy, as discussed at the March 2020 Open Pedagogy workshop.<\/p>\n<h2>Characteristics<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Student-centred &#8211; 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