Advantages & disadvantages of openness

When considering adopting open practice, one way to approach it is to consider the advantages and disadvantages it offers. Open practice brings a number of benefits, depending on the particular task at hand. These include:

Overview: Assessment

Everything you need to know about Open Knowledge in Higher Education (OKHE)…

Overview: Assessment (2017/8)

Everything you need to know about Open Knowledge in Higher Education (OKHE) assessment

Sex, openness and the impotence of sex education in the digital age

Social media and the student experience — a reflection on open communication in Higher Education.

During the Open Knowledge in Higher Education (OKHE) course unit, the aspect of my current practice that I have reflected upon the most is my School’s use of social media, and in particular our use of Facebook groups, to share…

Overview: Marking criteria

Everything you need to know about the marking criteria for Open Knowledge…

Open research: why publication of negative results is crucial to further scientific discovery

Connectivism: A new pedagogy for the 21st century?

An open alternative to Blackboard

I’ve written this post as an example of what you might produce for your assessments. The tone for an online blog piece is less formal than an academic paper and, in the case of the second assessment, includes personal reflections on your chosen area of exploration. In…