Dear colleagues,
Following the success of last year’s cohort, I am delighted to share this call for applications for the
2020 Open Pedagogy Fellowship that will once again focus on the
United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs are a set of 17 goals that address a wide range of social issues, such as poverty, inequality, climate change, and peace and justice. This year, in addition
to continuing to partner with faculty at Montgomery College (Maryland, USA), the fellowship is expanding to include faculty from Maricopa Community Colleges (Arizona, USA).
This fellowship program is designed to assist faculty with creating assignments to help students become agents of change in their own communities. Each fellowship team (which will include at least one faculty member from KPU and one faculty
member from either Montgomery College or Maricopa Community Colleges) will design three “renewable assignments” during Summer 2020. A minimum of two assignments will be deployed in the classes of each fellowship team during the subsequent academic year. Faculty
are expected to present to the KPU community at appropriate venues (e.g., Teaching, Learning, Scholarship, & Research Symposium) on their work. A student showcase will take place during the Spring 2021 semester (tentatively planned for Tuesday, February 23,
2021).
It is anticipated that up to 10 teams will be selected per year for the UN SDG Open Pedagogy Fellowship, which includes training and support from the Office of Open Education. Open Pedagogy Fellows will be required to attend a kick-off
meeting and three additional meetings throughout the summer:
- Tuesday, May 26, 10:00am-1:00pm (Kick-off Meeting)
- Wednesday, June 10, 10:00am-1:00pm
- Wednesday, June 24, 10:00am-1:00pm
- Wednesday, August 12, 10:00am-1:00pm
KPU faculty interested in becoming a UN SDG Open Pedagogy Faculty Fellow should discuss their interest with the
Rajiv Jhangiani, Associate Vice Provost, Open Education. There will be priority consideration for applications for teams, including interdisciplinary teams. Communications with Montgomery College/Maricopa Community
Colleges faculty and students can be done entirely through web conferencing and/or email. Completed applications must be endorsed by the
Dean of your Faculty/School and submitted to open@kpu.ca by midnight on
March 30, 2020. Applications will be adjudicated by the Open Education Working Group. Faculty will be notified of acceptance into the fellowship the week of
April 6, 2020.
For more information and to browse through examples of assignments designed by the 2019 cohort please visit:
https://www.kpu.ca/open/un-sdg-fellowship
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Rajiv Jhangiani, Ph.D.
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