Open Pedagogy Toolkit: Module 1

Overview and Learning Objectives
What is Open Pedagogy?
Forms of Open Pedagogy
Benefits of Open Pedagogy
Challenges of Implementing Open Pedagogy
Reflection

Readings and Resources

A good resource for learning more about OP is Robin DeRosa and Rajiv Jhangi’s chapter, “Open Pedagogy”, in “A Guide to Making Open Textbooks with Students”. DeRosa and Jhangiani, well-known OP advocates and practitioners, describe how engaging students as active collaborators in creating open educational resources fosters deeper learning and equity. This chapter foremost provides practical strategies for implementing OP to enhance access, agency, and participation in the classroom.

Digging Deeper:

Benefits of Open Pedagogy in “The Open Pedagogy Student Toolkit, by Reyne Veiger, explains how OP benefits students by increasing engagement, fostering collaboration, and developing real-world skills through authentic, public-facing work. It also shows how these practices promote equity and empower learners as co-creators of knowledge.

Bishop, Katie, et al. “Assessment of a textbook affordability initiative: A framework for measuring the impact on student enrollment and Retention Outcomes.” The Journal of Academic Librarianship, vol. 51, no. 3, 3 May 2025, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2025.103025.

Chiappe, A., Pinto, R., & Arias, V. (2016). Open assessment of learning: A meta-synthesis. The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 17(6), 44-61. https://doi.org/10.19173/irrodl.v17i6.2846

Colvard, N. B., Watson, C. E., & Park, H. (2018). The impact of open educational resources on various student success metrics. International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 30(2), 262-276. https://www.isetl.org/ijtlhe/pdf/IJTLHE3386.pdf1-15. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40561-022-00191-0

Cronin, C. (2017). Openness and Praxis: Exploring the use of open educational practices in higher education. The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 18(5), 15–34. https://doi.org/10.19173/irrodl.v18i5.3096

Davidson, C. N. (2015). How to crowdsource grading. HASTAC. https://www.hastac.org/blogs/cathy-davidson/2015/08/16/how-crowdsource-grading

DeRosa, R., & Jhangiani, R. S. (2017). Open Pedagogy. In R. S. Jhangiani & R. Biswas-Diener (Eds.), Open: The philosophy and practices that are revolutionizing education and science (pp. 115–124). Ubiquity Press. https://doi.org/10.5334/bbc.i

Fluckiger, J., Vigil, Y. T. Y., Pasco, R., & Danielson, K. (2010). Formative feedback: Involving students as partners in assessment to enhance learning. College Teaching, 58(4), 136-140. https://doi.org/10.1080/87567555.2010.484031

Hess, C., & Ostrom, E. (Eds.). (2006). Understanding knowledge as a commons: From theory to practice. MIT Press.

Hilton, J. (2016). Open Educational Resources and College Textbook Choices: A review of research on efficacy and perceptions. Educational Technology Research and Development, 64(4), 573–590. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-016-9434-9

Houlden, S., & Veletsianos, G. (2022). A Postdigital Perspective on Open Educational Practices. Postdigital Science and Education, 4, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42438-021-00243-1

Madison, Michael. “All about Knowledge Commons.” Everything In Between, Substack, 19 Aug. 2024, profmadison.substack.com/p/all-about-knowledge-commons?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share.

Nascimbeni, F., & Burgos, D. (2016). In search for the open educator: Proposal of a definition and a framework to increase openness adoption among university educators. The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 17(6), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.19173/irrodl.v17i6.2736

Stommel, J. (2020). The public and the private in teaching and learning. Jesse Stommel. https://www.jessestommel.com/the-public-and-the-private-in-teaching-and-learning/

Werth, E., & Williams, K. (2021). The Why of Open Pedagogy: A value-first conceptualization for enhancing instructor praxis. Smart Learning Environments, 8(1), 

Wiley, D. (2014). The access compromise and the 5th R. Iterating Toward Openness. https://opencontent.org/blog/archives/3221

Wiley, D., & Hilton III, J. L. (2018). Defining OER-enabled pedagogy. The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 19(4), 133-147. https://doi.org/10.19173/irrodl.v19i4.3601