2018 | 2019 Innovative Teaching Showcase

SHOWCASE INDEX | CIIA | WWU ISSUE 20

Open Educational Practices
“Open pedagogy uses OER as a jumping-off point for remaking our courses so that they become not just repositories for content, but platforms for learning, collaboration, and engagement with the world outside the classroom. If we think of OER as just free digital stuff, … we largely miss out on the opportunity to empower our students, to help them see content as something they can curate and create, and to help them see themselves as contributing members to the public marketplace of ideas.”

—OER to Open Pedagogy: Harnessing the Power of Open
Robin DeRosa and Scott Robison
Kamarie Chapman
Kamarie Chapman portrait

Kamarie Chapman set aside the traditional text for her large Intro to Cinema class in favor of curated collections of articles and videos designed to represent a more diverse perspective of cinema, a more focused collection of materials, and a more inclusive set of "voices" in the field.

Theatre and Dance
Jessica Ferreras-Stone
Jessica Ferreras-Stone Portrait

Jessica Ferreras-Stone replaced the dated and expensive textbook in her Multicultural Education for Teachers class with free podcasts, thereby increasing engagement dramatically, inspiring challenging questions, deep understandings, and a process for applying knowledge.

Elementary Education
Mark Staton
Mark Staton Portrait

Mark Staton aims to keep content current in his Digital Marketing class by gathering new free reading materials every quarter, and by making student "deliverables" valuable to them beyond the scope of the class via blog posts and certifications that get posted on public professional network sites.

Finance and Marketing