In the Interdisciplinary Studies program where I have begun working, we encourage students to go public with their work. It’s a common idea well beyond interdisciplinary studies: for students to feel more engaged with the work they do, to feel that what they are doing matters, they need to do that work for an audience […]
United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Open Pedagogy Assignments
Montgomery College is fully committed to social justice and innovation through its focus on open pedagogy. Faculty from various disciplines and across campuses at the institution are working in teams to create several renewable assignments (which have a Creative Commons license) for deployment in their courses. The conceptual framework on which this work is based […]
The Open Patchbooks
The Open Faculty Patchbook is a community ‘patchwork’ of teaching skills and experiences. Each ‘patch’ has been written by a professor in higher education and is focused on one particular pedagogical skill. Together, these patches create a how-to-teach manual for higher education that is openly licensed and available to anyone. As mentioned, each chapter covers […]
