Faculty and Librarian Collaboration in Introducing Open Pedagogy into an Undergraduate Architecture Course

This presentation will focus on the authors’ recent experiences in introducing open pedagogies into an existing, second-year, introductory architectural structures course. Appropriate OER in this discipline has proved scarce, or difficult to locate, but that hasn’t stopped one faculty member from exploring and implementing open pedagogical practices in the classroom with his students. Participants will hear how the faculty member with the assistance and collaboration of a librarian introduced students to the basic concepts of open approaches to learning and sharing content through the creation of openly-licensed Google Sites. This unique collaboration provided students with scaffolded instruction on copyright, open licensing, and open authorship to facilitate one of the faculty member’s main goals of improving students’ retention of course content by engaging them directly in their coursework through the location, creation and sharing of open content. Presenters will discuss details such as assessment, student feedback and other practical considerations pertaining to the evolution, future and sustainability of this project for other faculty interested in adopting open pedagogical practices in their own courses, in any field. The authors successes and failures will be shared and small group break out discussions will be encouraged in order to brainstorm alternate approaches to the broader concept of student creation of OER as a pedagogical practice. Participants will also be invited to view the student Google Sites on their own devices during the session, and time will be reserved for Q&A.