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What is Open Pedagogy?

Understanding what Open Pedagogy is and how it can be useful when teaching.

Open Pedagogy has a variety of definitions and implementations. What they all share in common is the use and/or creation of open course content. Here are a few examples:
1. Open Pedagogy is any connection to open materials used in a course.
2. Open Pedagogy is using open materials as primary course materials.
3. Open Pedagogy is developing assignments, the result of which can be published for future use.
(See Open Padagogy on EdTechnica: The Open Encyclopedia of Educational Technology.)