Open Pedagogy Assignment
Open Pedagogy Assignments are assignments in which students use their agency and creativity to create knowledge artifacts that can support their own learning, their classmates’ learning, and the learning of students around the world. (See this peer-reviewed article for more details.) The assignment on this page is aligned to a learning outcome of College Success and we’ve identified the module where the reading appears. This assignment can be created with a cell phone camera or other video recording device, Google or Word documents, and your learning management system.
In the module Motivating Success, we provide a general College Overview about college resources.
Directions
For this assignment, you are going to work with a small group to hunt down useful links and resources for your fellow students. This work will become a living document that future students will use.
Create a document that will help students find the information that they need on the topics listed in this reading (College Overview). Think of your audience as friends you want to help with the best information you can find using your college’s website.
Choose one of the headings in College Overview: Formats of Courses, Technology-Enhanced Formats, Types of Classes in Your Degree Plan, Course Policies and College-Wide Policies, and Major College Resources and How to Use Them.
- In your own words, summarize on a Google Doc, or a similar online tool, the main points your group is discussing and why it is important to a college student.
- What links are useful to a student wanting to understand your section? Hyperlink your most useful resources.
- Finally, what advice would you give students if they need assistance with the topics in their headings? Write a few sentences of advice.
Rubric
| Criteria | Meets Requirements | Needs Improvements | Does Not Meet Requirements | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summary of the group’s chosen college resource. | Submission includes summary of chosen college resource and is written in student’s own words. | Submission is incomplete. The written summary includes some but not all the main points the group is discussing and/or does not clearly describe why they are important to a college student. | Submission does not include a summary of the main points and/or why they are important to a college student. | _/10 |
| Useful resources are hyperlinked in the summary. | Submission includes the most useful resources hyperlinked in the summary. Hyperlinks lead to the relevant webpages. | Submission includes some hyperlinks of the most useful resources but more need to be included. | Submission does not include hyperlinks. | _/5 |
| Advice to other students. | Submission includes clear and actionable advice to students who might need assistance with the chosen topic. | Submission is incomplete. Advice lack specific detail and/or it is unclear how the advice given relates to the chosen college resource. | Submission does not include advice to other students. | _/5 |
