OEGlobal 2024

Whereas traditional definitions of open pedagogy have included writing textbooks or creating quiz banks, this lightning talk describes an innovative way of having students explore course concepts in Psychology courses: creating abstract art related to the concepts. The presenter will share examples from her classes and discuss the ways she has learned to scaffold students' production of art related to course concepts. She will also share student reflections on the projects.



Included in [Session 4C]: Open Pedagogy

Author Keywords
open pedagogy, multimodal learning, student feedback, cross-disciplinary collaboration

Open Pedagogy has been used in a variety of courses to enhance student engagement with learning outcomes. However, few examples exist of open pedagogy being used in mathematics classrooms. An instructor created a multi-semester initiative called The Euclidean Project; the goal is to use open pedagogy over several semesters to ultimately create a complete, interactive, open edition of Euclid’s Elements—one of the most studied mathematics texts in history.

This session will describe how the project was started in a graduate-level geometry course. Students were assigned propositions from Book 1 of Euclid’s Elements to recreate using Geogebra, a web-based open source platform that can be used to create interactive mathematical elements. This session will describe the course and the assignment, student perception of the assignment, and implications for future research.



Included in [Session 4C]: Open Pedagogy

Author Keywords
open pedagogy, open educational practices, mathematics, open textbooks, open source technical platforms, Geogebra