The Open Page Project: Putting Digital Learning Principles Into Practice for Pre-Service Educators

Abstract

This paper overviews an open educational resource (OER) project aimed at developing digital literacies and open educational practice within a Faculty of Education. The project, titled The Open Page, modelled and enacted three core digital learning principles—produsage, presence, and authentic audiences—for a broad audience of faculty and educators through the creation of videos and podcasts about educational technology tools.Designed to enable Bachelor of Education students to work towards authentic assignments and open practice, while leading professional development for faculty and practicing teachers, The Open Page also developed student literacies in assessing and evaluating educational technology platforms. The project’s video and podcast outputs, showcased on the official University of Windsor Faculty of Education website, reflect intensive student research into the classroom uses, data implications, and differentiated learning possibilities of digital classroom tools.The paper will introduce readers to the principles and pedagogy that shaped the design of The Open Page and examine its efforts to create a common conversation about digital learning between educators at all levels..