Open Pedagogy is an approach to teaching and learning that promotes student engagement, collaboration, and self-directed learning. Students will be involved in the design of instruction as co-constructors of knowledge and active learners. In the Open Method, students are encouraged to engage in group work by engaging in activities of assessing each other and building knowledge together. Open pedagogy also utilizes the use of digital tools to support online collaboration as well as distance learning. After all discussion activities are completed, students are required to reflect on and assess their learning outcomes and processes. The learning process will foster student initiative and collaboration. Critical thinking and problem-solving skills are very important in the Open Pedagogy.
How to better conduct discussions with group members is my focus, and I will then briefly describe the discussion techniques I propose, the details of which will be highlighted in subsequent articles.
1. Before all discussions begin, students’ discussions should relate to the learning material and apply what they have learned. Students should read the learning material in detail and take notes as they read, and ask questions about the reading that appear in the discussion (Discussions in Online Courses: Best Practices and Expectations, n.d.). Students need to first throw out their ideas and encourage other students to discuss their ideas about you.
2. Your posting needs to be as clear and concise as possible, ideally within one to two natural paragraphs, to complete your argumentative posting. Longer posts can be exhausting and may result in no one reading your argument post, leading to an eventual lack of any responses. Such a posting cannot be discussed. (Online Discussions: Tips for Students | Centre for Teaching Excellence, n.d.-b)
3. postings should include the “3C+Q” model, with 3C being compliments, comments, and connections, and Q questioning. This template will help students learn to move the discussion forward (Discussions in Online Courses: Best Practices and Expectations, n.d.).
4. Keep an open mind and accept all new ideas. (Online Discussions: Tips for Students | Centre for Teaching Excellence, n.d.-b). When you disagree with any student’s point of view, do not demean or insult others’ points of view. Of course, if you receive such an unkind response, you should first calm yourself and inform the professor. Sufficient time to calm your emotions will allow you to respond more calmly and professionally (Online Discussions: Tips for Students | Centre for Teaching Excellence, n.d.-b).
5. The Open Pedagogy emphasizes evaluating each other, which is very important in group discussions where students will focus on what they did not focus on because of other students’ comments.
References
Discussions in Online Courses: Best Practices and Expectations. (n.d.). Johns Hopkins Engineering Online. https://ep.jhu.edu/faculty-staff/teaching-technology-resources/discussions-in-online-courses-best-practices-and-expectations/
Online Discussions: Tips for Students | Centre for Teaching Excellence. (n.d.). Uwaterloo.ca. Retrieved June 16, 2023, from https://uwaterloo.ca/centre-for-teaching-excellence/catalogs/tip-sheets/online-discussions-tips-students
Hi Stephaniem,
I like your blog which detailed description of what is Open Pedagogy. As you said, Open Pedagogy empowers learners and educators to actively participate in the creation, adaptation, and sharing of knowledge, a collaborative, as well as innovative educational approach.
Hi Stephanie,
Thanks for sharing your insights into Open Pedagogy. Open Pedagogy also focuses on making educational resources more accessible and transparent. It encourages teachers to work with students to co-create and share knowledge rather than simply delivering information to them. The key feature is this approach values open access to information.
To strengthen your post, you may want to discuss the challenges of this approach and how teachers can address them, as well as share some tips for teachers about applying this method to the real-life classroom. It’s unclear how your suggestions for better discussion connect with Open Pedagogy concepts.
Your article is very well written and explains what open Pedagogy is, but I don’t think open Pedagogy is necessarily online learning. It’s more flexible than other learning styles, providing learners with a personalized, autonomous and collaborative learning experience that focuses more on them. At the same time, open learning has disadvantages, such as difficulties in self-discipline and time management and a lack of guidance and feedback.
Hello, I’m Zhongbao Ji, and I think your explanation of the open teaching method is very detailed, and I also like your explanation of the “3C+Q” model. What I describe is inquiry learning, and I think there are many similarities between these two learning styles, such as Inquiry learning usually follows a structured process, usually including five steps, Questioning, Investigation, Collaboration, Reflection, and Presentation. Among them, Reflection, and Presentation and the open teaching method you mentioned emphasize mutual evaluation, which is very important in group discussions and gives learners the same main ideal.
That is some great idea about open pedagogy. I believe that. from your understanding about open pedagogy, open pedagogy can improve communication skills, encourage learner characteristic improvement since open pedagogy seems rely on the classmates’ cooperation and discussion.
Thanks for the great writing about open pedagogy. I am writing to demonstrate a very similar learning method which is an inquiry-based learning method. Comparing with inquiry based learning. I noticed that open pedagogy has more freedom given to students with unlimited time and online resources. I wonder how you will implement this method to your project.
Hi Stephanie,
I haven’t used the Open Pedagogy approach in my Blog post however, your post has slightly convinced me that I might have been taught using this learning approach. Open Pedagogy includes Student engagement, collaboration, reflection and assessment, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills. Some points overlap with experiential learning which also uses discussions and hands-on activities.