From BC Campus OpenEd:

To define open pedagogy, we need to break it down to its two components, open and pedagogy:

Open, in this instance, refers to open educational resources (OER) – defined by UNESCO as “any type of educational materials that are in the public domain or introduced with an open license.”

Pedagogy is the practice and method of teaching; how we teach, rather than what we teach.

Open pedagogy, also known as open educational practices (OEP), is the use of open educational resources (OER) to support learning, or the open sharing of teaching practices with a goal of improving education and training at the institutional, professional, and individual level.

When you use open pedagogy in your classroom, you are inviting your students to be part of the teaching process, participating in the co-creation of knowledge.

In addition to the definition from BC Campus, here are some other faculty perspectives on open pedagogy from around the world when asked What is Open Pedagogy?

Additional Sources & Readings

Open Pedagogy Notebook – What is Open Pedagogy?

California Community Colleges Implement Zero-Textbook-Cost Degree Pathways (Inside Higher Ed)

The “Banking” Concept of Education by Paulo Freire

How OER Can Help Overcome the Higher Education Equity Barrier

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