The advent of digital technologies has created the potential for instant, (nearly) free-of-cost sharing of knowledge on a massive scale, and yet so many barriers to the sharing of knowledge remain in place. How can we contribute to breaking down these barriers (physical, financial, social/cultural, linguistic, etc.) in our scholarship, in our creative practice, and in our teaching?
We invite you to join our upcoming Faculty Learning Community: Open/Access Pedagogy (FLC.OAP) in which we will explore the worlds of open-access publishing, open educational resources, and open pedagogy as paths toward making higher education more accessible, decolonizing the curriculum, and developing radically inclusive pedagogies. We hope that you’ll join this year-long community with curiosity and a commitment to collaboration across disciplines as we investigate what it means for pedagogy to be open and accessible.
This FLC aims to collaboratively develop a resource that examines and/or models possible modes of making art and design higher education more accessible. As a requirement of completion, each participant will contribute to this collective resource. The final format of this resource will be determined by the learning community, but possibilities include an article published in iteratio (the CTL’s open-access journal) or a collection of open educational resources.
No prior experience with open-access publishing, open educational resources, or open pedagogy required!
- Deadline to Apply: Monday, April 29
- Kick-Off Meeting: Thursday, May 9 (12pm–2pm)
A one-year commitment to this SoTL (Scholarship of Teaching and Learning) research community will begin with a kickoff on Thursday, May 9 (12pm–2pm), where we’ll get to know one another and the project we’ll collectively embark on, and then continue throughout the Fall 2024 and Spring 2025 semesters with monthly meetings and workshops.
Members of the FLC will gain many benefits from cross-disciplinary collaboration and scholarship. Part-time faculty will receive a $1500 stipend (in two $750 payments). FLC participants will have opportunities to present their preliminary work as well as to submit their final work to the CTL open-access journal, iteratio.
The deadline to apply is Monday, April 29. Please find the application linked here.
This Faculty Learning Community will be co-facilitated by Erica Morawski (History of Art and Design), Amanda Matles (Social Science and Cultural Studies), Amy Ballmer (Libraries), and Zach Slanger (Center for Teaching and Learning / Social Science and Cultural Studies). Please email Zach Slanger (zslanger@pratt.edu) with any questions or concerns.
