Characteristics of Open Pedagogy Assignments

When the open pedagogy principles of collaboration, sharing, and learner agency get applied to assignments, they transform from a disposable, transactional exchange between student and teacher into an invitation from teachers to students to engage in a deeper form of scholarship. They “provide students with opportunities to engage in meaningful work, add value to the world, and provide a foundation for future students to learn from and build upon” (Larson, 2023). The assignment is “designed to be reused and revisited by more than just the student and their instructor” (Capilano University Library, 2022).