Open Educational Practices: A Reflection Essay
I selected Open Education Practices (OEP) as the openness component of this assignment, because I am interested in the overlap between open pedagogy and OEP. Some authors’ descriptions and definitions of OEP sound very much like what others describe as OP. One such example of an OEP definition that falls into this area of overlap is Cronin’s, for use in a research study: “collaborative practices that include the creation, use, and reuse of OER, as well as pedagogical practices employing participatory technologies and social networks for interaction, peer-learning, knowledge creation, and empowerment of learners” (2017, p. 3). A second is from EDUCAUSE’s Learning Initiative’s “7 Things You Should Know about Open Education: Practices”: use/reuse/creation of OER and collaborative, pedagogical practices employing social and participatory technologies for interaction, peer-learning, knowledge creation and sharing, and empowerment of learners” (2018). Paskevicius and Irvine, reviewing ...