Critical inquiry – Rethink Learning Design

Open Anthropology: Open Pedagogy, Accessibility, and Decolonization in the Discipline

Anthropology, Co-Inquiry, and Open Pedagogy As postsecondary institutions evolve towards greater inclusivity, accessibility, and diversity, open educational practices are an opportunity to address flaws in traditional learning design. Co-inquiry has always been central to anthropological research; the discipline’s main methodology of participant-observation positions interlocuters as critical collaborators in our fieldwork. The importance of collaborative knowledge […]

First, Do No Harm: Navigating the Ethics of Sharing Intellectual Property in Student-Generated Open Works

Asking students to contribute their work to an open collection sends a very different message than having them complete a “throw-away” assignment that they’ll never use or look at again. It says that their work has value. The collection they build might be an essential resource for those without access to commercial materials. It can […]

Practice Example: Inquiry into Contemporary Issues in Learning Technologies

The following activity was introduced as the second in a series, and used in an Inquiry into Contemporary Issues in Learning Technologies course to continue to pilot the Rethink Learning resource model. Mirroring it’s companion in a previous course, it uses a learning design that focuses on choice and prompts learners to use the perspective […]