Hi everyone,

If you’re interested in the Certificate of Open Pedagogy, applications are due next week! See the call below.

Note that we are an institutional member, so the cost would be $770

Cheers,

Amanda

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Reminder: Applications for the Certificate in Open Pedagogy are due one week from today on Friday, November 1st. Please see below for details, or reach out to Tanya Grosz with questions (grosz045@umn.edu).

On Wednesday, September 4, 2024 at 9:24:51 AM UTC-5 Tanya Grosz wrote:

Apply for the Certificate in Open Pedagogy (formerly Open Educational Practices) through the Open Education Network

The Open Education Network is accepting applications for faculty and faculty partners (librarians, instructional designers, etc.) to receive a certification in open pedagogy. Applicants should be higher education faculty, librarians, instructional designers, and others who have a lesson, unit, or other educational experience that they wish to transform through the use of open pedagogy. Participants will pilot their transformed curriculum in the spring of 2025. The Certificate in Open Pedagogy offers formal training in open pedagogy as grounded in the principles of social justice, a community of peers, and expert instructors in order to transform learning to be more accessible and inclusive. Participants who successfully complete the full program will receive a Certificate in Open Pedagogy from the Open Education Network (University of Minnesota) and 60 Credit Hour Units (CEU's). While we prefer applicants who apply as a team (faculty + partner), we will do our best to pair individuals who do not have someone with whom to partner.

About the Certificate in Open Pedagogy

The Certificate in Open Pedagogy is a professional development program that will create actionable pathways for faculty and librarians to implement open education for the transformation of learning.

Faculty and partners (librarians, instructional designers, etc.) will complete a nine-week long, asynchronous course in the spring of 2025 about the range of open educational practices with modules on the hallmarks of open education, copyright and Creative Commons licensing, the hallmarks of open pedagogy, the benefits and limitations of OEP, accessibility, and student empowerment and agency. Together, the faculty and faculty partner pairs will create an Action Plan to be implemented the following spring that seeks to transform learning through the power of open education.

In addition, the cohort will benefit from close engagement with program faculty—open education leaders who have gained expertise through experience, professional development, and participation in various national initiatives.

The integrated components of the certification program include online content, instructor-led cohorts, and action plan support and assessment.

In order to assure we can offer personalized attention to participants throughout the program, the cohort will be limited to 20 teams (5 teams per instructor) or 50 participants total.

Learning Outcomes

Participants will:

Gain fluency in open pedagogy, including core benefits, challenges, and potential;
Identify the synergy between the principles of social justice and open education;
Create a personalized action plan that will provide the building blocks for an educational experience (module, lesson, unit, etc.) to be transformed through the use of open pedagogy;
Consider best practices of accessibility when designing the action plan
Center the needs of students and consider their empowerment and agency while designing and implementing the action plan;
Develop strategies for assessing the effectiveness of the action plan;
Connect and collaborate with a cohort of higher ed. professionals dedicated to developing open education in order to create more accessible, inclusive learning.

Selection Criteria

Participants will be selected based on the following:

A CV demonstrating your responsibilities as a faculty member or librarian;
A completed questionnaire that provides information about you and your institution;
A clearly articulated interest in open education and desire to make learning more equitable and inclusive through the power of open education;
A desire to revise curriculum or support the revision of curriculum through open pedagogy and the demonstrated agency to do so.

Certificate Calendar

January 5 - March 9, 2025: Participants will participate in asynchronous online instruction, including readings and discussions with their cohorts.

April 9 & 10: Project Symposium for participants to share the OEP Action Plan they developed and refined throughout the online course. Online course assessment will be shared.

Fall 2025: Participants will implement their OEP projects. One or more synchronous calls with cohorts will be planned for participants to share questions, reflections, and encouragement as they implement their action plans with their librarian partner while receiving instructional support.

End of fall 2025: Program assessment by participants is planned.

Apply at https://z.umn.edu/openpedapply25

*Note: To apply you will have to create an account. Once you log in, you will be redirected to a home page where you can find the application called “Certificate in Open Pedagogy.”

Important Dates

Application deadline: Nov. 1, 2024, 11:59 pm Central

Notification: by Dec. 2, 2024, 11:59 pm Central

Costs by OEN Membership Type

Institutional Membership = $770

Consortial Membership = $1060

Non-member = $1335

*Note: Librarians who have previously completed the program will not be charged if they would like to participate with a faculty who has not previously completed the program.

Financial Assistance

We strive to be able to keep our costs low but realize financial assistance may be necessary. We are able to offer some financial assistance. Applicants to the program requesting partial financial assistance will be asked to submit a letter of support from a supervisor outlining the need for financial assistance.

Questions?

See our Frequently Asked Questions for more information, review our website for more information, register to attend the Information Session on Thursday, September 12th at noon Central, or contact Tanya Grosz at gros...@umn.edu.

About the Open Education Network

The Open Education Network (OEN) is an alliance of hundreds of institutions working together to advance open education, locally and nationally. We believe in the power of open education to transform higher education. The leadership, actions, and results of our network members drive this transformation, and OEN connects these efforts to pool expertise and promote best practices.