Opening our imagination to Open Educational Practices and beyond!

Wednesday 26 May, 13.00-14.30

How can we connect open educational practices (OEP) with well-being and teaching and learning? That is the question we will attempt to answer in this seminar.

To do that, we will explore the basics of OEP and the role that open and participatory tools have in such practices; for that, I will share some relevant examples with you. I will draw upon my PhD findings to explore how emotions, students’ socio-technical relations and the importance of having a shared goal shape students’ agency in institutional digital practices.

We will explore the role of reciprocity and social relations in fostering a sense of belonging to a communal project which is known to have a positive impact on students and teachers’ well-being.

Once we have covered that ground, we are going to do a more practical exercise that will boost our imaginative potential so that we can envision together a better future of open education in HE.

I believe that nurturing our capacity to have a resilient and dynamic imagination is vital to achieving happiness and joy and boost our curiosity, which for me are the ultimate goals of education.

Speaker: Caroline Kuhn is a Senior Lecturer in technology and education in the School of Education, Bath Spa University. As an educator and researcher, she has a particular interest in critical pedagogy (digital or not) and students’ agency in digital spaces. In her PhD, she explored students’ daily entanglement with digital technologies in HE looking more closely at why students engage/do not engage with open and participatory tools for their studies. She is an open education practitioner and an open researcher, and Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

The 90 minute format will include: up to 60 minutes seminar and Q&A up to 30 minutes facilitated discussion/ activity.

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