In my reflections on Open Educational Practices (OEP) this week, it became clear that OEP is more commonly discussed in higher education but an abyss exists in terms of OEP in K-12 contexts. de los Arcos et al. (2016) confirmed my suspicions and found that over half of the school teachers surveyed in their study had never seen a CC logo or did not know what the CC logo meant. While the pandemic certainly acted as a catalyst for change in terms of best practices for learning in digital environments, Tang et al. (2021) also found that awareness of and comfort with OEP continued to be a barrier to its widespread adoption in K-12 contexts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thus it stands to reason that while OEP has a more established base in higher education, there is a need for it to be taken up as a movement in K-12. The benefits of OEP adoption are numerous and include the ability to personalize learning, engage with meaningful and relevant content, encourage collaboration, and increase access to educational resources (de los Arcos et al., 2016). Tang et al., (2021) noted that \u201copen educational practices (OEP) have been integrated in teacher preparation and professional development programs to increase pre-service and in-service teachers\u2019 awareness of OER\u201d (p. 3210). However, it is essential that universities question the established norms of teacher education programs and further prioritize embracing concepts such as critical pedagogy and OER. Until then, change will only occur in scattered pockets of grassroots movements prompted by individual teachers who recognize the necessity of challenging the status quo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
References<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n de los Arcos, B., Farrow, R., Pitt, R., Weller, M., & McAndrew, P. (2016). Adapting the curriculum: How K-12 teachers perceive the role of open educational resources. Journal of Online Learning Research, 2<\/em>(1), 23-40. https:\/\/www.learntechlib.org\/primary\/p\/151664\/<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Tang, H., Lin, Y. J., & Qian, Y. (2021). Improving K-12 teachers\u2019 acceptance of open educational resources by open educational practices: A mixed methods inquiry. Educational Technology Research and Development, 69<\/em>(6), 3209-3232. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s11423-021-10046-z<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In my reflections on Open Educational Practices (OEP) this week, it became clear that OEP is more commonly discussed in higher education but an abyss exists in terms of OEP in K-12 contexts. de los Arcos et al. (2016) confirmed my suspicions and found that over half of the school teachers surveyed in their study […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":201,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lrnt528"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0202\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0202\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0202\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0202\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/201"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0202\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=521"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0202\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":525,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0202\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521\/revisions\/525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0202\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0202\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0202\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}