Topic 4

How can equitable access to authentic, meaningful & relevant learning environments for all learners be afforded to all learners in open and distributed learning contexts? What did you already know, what do you know now based on the course readings and activities, what do you hope to learn? 

This blog selected Suzan Koseoglu’s article “Open Pedagogy: A Response to David Wiley” for review. Koseoglu starts the article by quoting David Wiley’s definition of “Open Pedagogy” : “…there’s apparently a temptation to characterize good educational practice as open educational practice” (Koesoglu, n.p). Koesoglu rejected this definition because she thinks that there are limitations that Open Education faces in order for it to be considered as a good or even successful pedagogy. Koesoglu mentioned the 5Rs for OER (Retain, Reuse, Revise, Remix and, Redistribute), which I think are very important when we are trying to talk about how equitable access to authentic, meaningful & relevant learning environments for all learners. As we learned from our previous weeks, Open education resources are licensed under creative commons, and educators can take and use these resources based on their needs. They can modify, change, or alter the content according to what they think will help the students.

If teachers don’t have the knowledge of what is OER or non-OER and do not know how to use OER, then they ‘Open’ means little for them or their students.

Reference:

Article 7. Open Pedagogy: A Response to David Wiley by Suzan Koseoglu. Retrieved from https://bright.uvic.ca/d2l/le/content/144866/viewContent/1260428/View