Open pedagogy is the practice of engaging with students as creators of information rather than simply consumers of it. It's a form of experiential learning in which students demonstrate understanding through the act of creation. The products of open pedagogy are student created and openly licensed so that they may live outside of the classroom in a way that has an impact on the greater community. Open projects frequently result in the creation of OERs.
There are many ways of building open pedagogy into your learning environment. You can engage your students to create a set of exercises for a specific chapter in an open textbook, or incorporate student assignments into a collection of OER which could be submitted as part of a future open textbook or used in conjunction with an existing resource. Instead of using disposable assignments that offer no value to the student or the instructors, your students, under your direction and supervision, can build a resource designed to improve the learning space for future students.
| Student creates an artifact | The artifact has value beyond supporting its creator's learning | The artifact is made public | The artifact is openly licensed | |
| Disposable assignments | X | |||
| Authentic assignments | X | X | ||
| Constructionist assignments | X | X | X | |
| Renewable assignments | X | X | X | X |