The first (University of Alberta, CTL) Open Pedagogy Community of Practice meeting occurred this week, and I’m pleased to share we had 37 participants from various Canadian and US (83 registrations). The CoP is intended to focus specifically on instructional practices which are open (OER-enabled or not). 

Now that we have one session under our belt and feedback is rolling in, I want to reach out to develop partnerships. My vision is to collaboratively host quarterly sessions and drive our planning based on feedback generated from the participants each term. If you’re interested in collaborating to co-host the November session, I would love to hear from you! The commitment would involve partnering with me (yes!) to achieve the following: 

- Evaluate feedback collected from the community 

- Determine the format and topics of November’s meeting 

- Plan potential future feedback loops to enact 

- Co-host November’s meeting

- Post-event communication / feedback 

Currently, our next session is booked on November 16, 1pm - 3pm MDT. 

More information can be found on the current Open Pedagogy CoP page, which eventually will become something collaborative. Recordings from the August 24th event will be added in the next week or so. Slides including jam board screenshots can bet found here. We did not record the event itself, but I did post-recordings of the webinar content. (Introductions to Communities of Practice and Open Pedagogy)

Thank you for your time. I hope to hear from you soon!