Subjects
open pedagogy, credit-bearing instruction, open educational resources, information literacy
Document Type
Innovative Practice
Abstract
This case study describes how the authors incorporated the principles and practices of open pedagogy into a three-credit Honors College course focused on information literacy and undergraduate research. It included using literature review sources to help edit Wikipedia articles, registering a research project proposal with the Open Science Framework (OSF), and the creation of an openly licensed toolkit crowdsourced with students’ tips and suggested resources for other students new to research. Students demonstrated improved understanding of several information literacy concepts, such as the role of copyright. The use and benefits of open pedagogy were, however, hindered by unrelated classroom issues, like low enrollment and, at times, a lack of student engagement. Nevertheless, the authors’ general approach and the activities and assignments they developed could be adapted and used in other library instruction contexts.
DOI
10.15760/comminfolit.2023.17.1.2
Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/40326
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 License.
Recommended Citation
Schultz, T., & Azadbakht, E. S. (2023). Exploring Open Pedagogy in a Librarian-Taught Honors Course. Communications in Information Literacy, 17 (1), 221–237. https://doi.org/10.15760/comminfolit.2023.17.1.2