Pedagogy Opened: Innovative Theory and Practice is a newly published (March 2024) openly licensed monograph with seven articles on diverse topics related to open pedagogy. Given that it’s a book about open pedagogy, it seemed only natural that the book itself would have elements of open pedagogy itself. So, with the support of her advisory board, the editor worked with a colleague to design a book cover design contest that was then implemented in an upper-level visual design course at Kennesaw State University. By providing them with few parameters, students had total freedom to apply the concepts they were learning in class to their own designs and then were given the option to openly license and publish their work, regardless of winning the contest. In this session, the editor of Pedagogy Opened and the student designer of its cover will present the logistics and results of the contest and the first-hand experience from its student winner, now a published cover designer.
Attendees of this session will be able to:- Consider whether working with student designers would be an option for their in-progress and future planned OER.
- Brainstorm considerations in implementing a design contest in their own classes and/or for their own planned OER.
