I appreciated how this assignment isn’t just written, but verbal as well (because students are acting as discussion leaders). It also combines generative writing with revision, with students […]

I agree with Bruce that this is ambitious, but I really like how you are explicit about the fact that you are in the brainstorming process and that part of this first piece of the assignment would […]

Echoing Bruce’s sentiment that your approach to grading seems like a good one for an open assignment. That’s to say, you’re grading them on the resources they make or help make. I also think your […]

This sounds like a useful yet still straightforward adaptation of the question bank idea. Instead of questions, students are making a bank of reflections and tips to help future cohorts. I […]

I really like the progression of this assignment–students move from bullet points related to a pair of simple “is or is not” statements, then begin to draft and revise. Another cool thing about this […]

This sounds like a great project. I’m wondering if you would benefit from using collaborative annotation software like Hypothesis or a new one I just heard about, Perusal? I especially liked […]

Wow, what a fully realized project! Two things that stuck out to me are how completely you’re combining some technical/hands-on modalities (like the software and services to podcast) with more […]

What a cool idea. I’m curious if you saw an example like this, or if you are riffing/making one of your own. I really like how you start with survey questions, which are simultaneously “simple” yet […]

Thanks for sharing this plan to create a glossary. I like how you’ve thought out what your role will be as a facilitator/instructor and how you’ll share the resulting work outside of the class. Also, […]

I liked your point that: “After all, Wikipedia is often critiqued for how often information can be changed and by anyone in the world. But what if it’s changed/updated by students who know what t […]

I found myself nodding in agreement to your points about the last two quotes you noted. Even as a writing teacher, I have come to terms with the fact that argumentation and persuasion, though very […]

I really appreciated your point: “My greatest concern about implementing a similar assignment for my students would be that for a topic such as gender identity, the information on wikipedia is likely […]

I liked the way you broke down the role of student-driven assessments and I agree with you. At least, in theory, having students make the criteria by which they’ll be graded should make them feel […]

I agree it’s overwhelming. […]

That’s a nice point about guidelines. I have read brief descriptions of instructors who have created entire assignments out of asking students to come up with the criteria or guidelines for how a given […]

I like your point about academic tone. I’m wondering the same thing. It seems like in some cases having an academic tone is very important, but in others not as necessary. I’m getting the sense that […]

I liked your point about “paying” students through credit. Some of the open pedagogy lesson plans I’ve seen will treat the making of the OER as the class assignment. So that one semester students […]

Thanks for this line: “Building the syllabus would precisely be the process by which they truly engage with the material and learn. THEY could set the tone in the class and I would be there to […]

Wow, so it sounds like you have actually already piloted and completed an OER assignment in a class! When you wrote “So after a couple semesters, I just started to use the questions developed from […]

Nice to get to talk with you a bit today during the live session. I really appreciate your point about the time commitment and I hear you. I don’t think any of us should be heaping extra unpaid […]

Thanks for responding! I know that the John Jay lib guide has a few examples of OER sociology courses. I haven’t looked at them closely, so I don’t know if they’re relevant or not, but I’ll include […]

We will look at someone who had their students edit a Wikipedia page for a LatinX American Studies class in week 3, I think.

Also, I recall coming across an OER about the role of non-profit […]

Nice to meet you on Wednesday. I can imagine it’s difficult to find open resources when you must also abide by a set of national standards. I know that OER commons has quite a few resources related […]

I really liked your explanation of “going backwards” from the learning goal. I know that there are a few different pedagogies, each with different names that emphasize this and it would be […]

Thanks so much for sharing that podcast! It made me think of another example from the CUNY system that I think Bruce had found earlier in the summer. It’s called Queer and Trans Prison Voices and […]

Not sure if you’ve seen this already, but here’s a link to an OER comp sci course here at John Jay: https://guides.lib.jjay.cuny.edu/c.php?g=1125125&p=8266207

I’m not sure if it’s relevant to […]

I’m also interested to […]

That’s great to know. We have a couple different examples of OER for STEM classes in the Google spreadsheet, and I think at least one of them was geared to non-science majors. I think the following […]

Marlene you are still definitely a superstar. I think that’s a permanent title.

It’s interesting and useful to hear you both connecting open pedagogy to asynchronous learning–I’ve […]

1) Write a few sentences explaining how you might incorporate this […]

Below is a list of just a few, common categories of educational resources that can be designed to be student-driven: 

An in-class activity (i.e students are tasked […]

Robin DeRosa’s My Open Textbook: Pedagogy and Practice

Rajiv Jhangiani’s Why have students answer questions when they can write them? […]

Have you ever assigned your students to create an educational resource that […]

1) Write a few sentences explaining how you might incorporate this […]

Below is a list of just a few, common categories of educational resources that can be designed to be student-driven. 

An in-class activity (i.e students are tasked with […]

Have you ever assigned your students to create an educational resource that […]

Robin DeRosa’s My Open Textbook: Pedagogy and Practice

Rajiv Jhangiani’s Why have students answer questions when they can write them? […]