During the 3 weeks period of learning. I learned about the concept of open pedagogy and its advantages. Besides, I learned about the differences between distributed and open environments.
In the first week of learning, I was firstly introduced to the concept of open learning. At that time, I thought open learning is the same as digital learning. I was confused about some phrases such as “blended environments”. http://junhaolin.opened.ca/individual-post-1/
In the second week, I finished the readings and worked together with my pod members on our pod project. It was when I had a deeper understanding of distributed and open environments. That was also the first time I applied what I had learned in the course to design a set of teaching method for a specific individual. Although we made a lot of mistakes at the beginning as it was the first time we worked for a project like this, we made a lot of changes according to professor’s advice and turned it into a much better version.
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In the third week, the readings gave me a clearer concept about open pedagogy. I started to realize that open pedagogy is not just about a flexible schedule; it is a learner-centered kind of pedagogy where students can even be engaged in designing the rules of the courses.
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In the final week of the course, I learned about OER-enabled learning and reviewed what I had learned throughout the course. I had some new perspective about open pedagogy and I was impressed by the serval examples of OER-based learning. Rather than using the materials that are all developed by the teachers, OER-based learning makes full use of the works of students and turns the works into new course materials. In this circumstances, students are not only absorbing the knowledge, but also producing the knowledge. I found that idea very cool and maybe I can apply it to my career in the future. Recently, one of my friends who is majored in education invite me to cooperate with her to start a small business. She intended to open some tutorials classes which will apply a whole new way of education. I think I can borrow the ideas from the course to design a new kind of education style.
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