Using OER as a springboard to rethink pedagogy. Prepared for Saudi women leaders in education for eLearning Pioneers 2015, at the University of New Hampshire.

1. Open Pedagogy
Dr. Robin DeRosa
OER Ambassador Pilot Consultant
University of New Hampshire
Professor of English and Interdisciplinary Studies
Plymouth State University

2. • Student textbooks cost
about $1,200 per year.
• That’s equal to 12% of
tuition at my university.
• Students worry more
about paying for books
than they worry about
paying for college.
• Textbook costs have
risen 812% since 1978.
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3. Reuse
Revise
Remix
Redistribute
Retain
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4. CreativeCommons

5. OERPedagogy
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6. Open Pedagogy
• Community and collaboration over
content.
• Connects the university with the wider
public.
• Treats education as a learner-developed
process.
• No gates. No hoops. No end.

7. Community/Coll
aboration
• P2P feedback
• Team-oriented inquiry
and problem-solving
• Value of diverse skills
and experiences
• Not “mastery,” but
growth
• Power of the
community as a 21st
century model
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8. Connect to Public
• Transdisciplinary
approach benefits
students and wider
world
• Working in a real-world
lab emphasizes
experience over
preparation
• Students can contribute
now and will contribute
even more later
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9. Learner-Developed Process
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10. No Gates
No Hoops
No End
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11. No Gates
No Hoops
No End
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12. No Gates
No Hoops
No End
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13. Going “Open”
• Use OER and engage with OER.
• Value community over content.
• Make your classroom a public workspace.
• Empower students to direct their learning.
• Never impede learning for any reason.
• Limit disposable assignments.
• Find ways to help the course continue…

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