Around thirty years ago, the phrase, "from sage on the stage to guide on the side" prompted many post-secondary educators to adopt more learner-centred approaches and active learning strategies.
Open pedagogy takes learner-centred education a few steps farther along the continuum and challenges educators to contemplate learner-driven education. This can be scary. Perhaps scarier in the college context where educators are: hired for their subject matter expertise; responsible to specific program standards; working to strict SWFs that guide many important factors involved in teaching and learning. But Open Pedagogy is a growing practice that has educators praising its ability to stimulate learners and develop them into the global citizens institutions advertise.
It is a high form of experiential learning that has educators designing spaces and optimizing tools for learning that enable learners to contribute and shape the knowledge and environments of which they are an integral part.
Terry Greene, an inspiring colleague in higher education, continues to compile educators' stories on impactful pedagogy. While not all centre on open, the premise of the Patchbook is very open and many of the contributors are open practitioners. Read for equal parts concrete ideas and abstract inspiration.
