Documentation:TWP2015/Syllabus/Week 1:Introduction to Open Pedagogies & Open Course Design (1 week)
In week 1, we will:
- Orient ourselves to the course structure and approaches for sharing and receiving feedback on work in progress.
- Discuss what we mean by “open pedagogy” and openness in teaching and learning.
- Reflect on the value of open
Topics
Topics to be covered in week 1 include:
- Introduction and welcome to the course
- Open pedagogy - examples in practice
- Iterative design principles and their application to open course design
- Learning Activities:
In week 1, we will:
- Create our own individual Wordpress sites and add them to the course blog hub, make an introduction post, comment on someone else’s introduction
- Read the assigned readings, which will consist of a curated list of resources on open education
- Choose a license for our sites, post and short explanation to our own blog for why we choose that specific license
- Participate in a synchronous video/audio chat about open education
- Watch some short video stories showcasing open teaching examples
- Use the course twitter hashtag to share an open resource that we use in our teaching or that informs our thinking about openness.
- Participate in the course discussion forum on the following topics:
- What you that was effective or what you thought was not good teaching
- Discuss David Wiley’s question: “what can I do in the context of open that I couldn’t do before?”
- Describe your own learning networks, how expanding them through online connections might be helpful
- Share links or resources that should be added to the reading list for week 2