# Back By Popular Demand (and fun)-- Open Petagogy
**URL:** https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/back-by-popular-demand-and-fun-open-petagogy/9221
**Category:** Interaction Zone
**Created:** [August 5, 2026, 6:01am UTC](https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/back-by-popular-demand-and-fun-open-petagogy/9221 "2026-08-05T06:01:58Z")
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### Author:  [@cogdog](https://connect.oeglobal.org/u/cogdog)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2026, 6:01am UTC](https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/back-by-popular-demand-and-fun-open-petagogy/9221/1 "2026-08-05T06:01:58Z")
Not strictly related to any conference theme, but an activity that makes it perhaps easy to practice being part of conversations here-- sharing photos of your pets? We are bringing this back from [2022](https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/open-as-in-petagogy-share-your-animal-friends/3724) and [2021](https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/petagogy-at-oeglobal21-share-your-pet-pic/2670)
What furry (or scaly) animals might be nearby as you log into the conference as an online participant or are left behind while you travel to Cambridge? Tell us also what open thoughts are going through their heads.
Nearby me when I am online are both Felix, a 12 year old Australian Shepherd / Catahoula Leopard Dog mix and our new resident, Pimm a 1 year old Labrador Retriever mix (somewhere milling about is a black car named Maggie). Here the dogs are questioning their compensation for their open petagogy work.
_[2026/365/50 Who’s a Good Dog?](https://flickr.com/photos/cogdog/55109429133) flickr photo by [cogdogblog](https://flickr.com/people/cogdog) shared into the public domain using [Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)_
As usual, open petagogue photos ought to be displayed with their preferred open license.
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### Author:  [@sehansen](https://connect.oeglobal.org/u/sehansen)
#### Post date: [October 2, 2026, 6:33pm UTC](https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/back-by-popular-demand-and-fun-open-petagogy/9221/2 "2026-10-02T18:33:51Z")
> [@cogdog](#):
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> nearby
Charlie (2) would have liked to have been invited to come to Cambridge for OEGlobal 2026. He’s present, in the background, of all of my meetings, soaking it all up.
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### Author:  [@cogdog](https://connect.oeglobal.org/u/cogdog)
#### Post date: [October 2, 2026, 7:12pm UTC](https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/back-by-popular-demand-and-fun-open-petagogy/9221/3 "2026-10-02T19:12:10Z")
Awe what a sweet face on Charlie, he’s a sharp looking open petadog, hopefully a great zoom companion. My dogs have a knack for wanting to play chase during my meetings or jump up with a toy in their mouth.
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### Author:  [@TeamOERcamp](https://connect.oeglobal.org/u/TeamOERcamp)
#### Post date: [October 7, 2026, 4:13pm UTC](https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/back-by-popular-demand-and-fun-open-petagogy/9221/4 "2026-10-07T16:13:58Z")
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Open Petagogy, Hamburg edition 🐾\*\*
We are getting ready for our OEGlobal 2026 session on participation, collaborative knowledge construction, and the question: **Who gets to shape the questions?**
Apparently, we have been thinking about this much too narrowly.
Today our two colleagues reminded us that participation means **everyone** should have a chance to contribute — including those whose main expertise is treats, walks, strategic interruptions, and looking extremely convincing during meetings.
So we may need to update our spectrum of openness:
**Access → Sharing → Participation → Pet-icipation**
And perhaps add a fourth recurring pattern from 14 years of OERcamp practice:
**Make roles fluid.**
Learner ↔ Contributor ↔ Facilitator ↔ Dog.
Our official presentation still focuses on how participants can shape questions, roles, and knowledge-making processes. But after today’s consultation, we are no longer entirely sure who is actually presenting tomorrow.
Who else has a four-legged co-worker joining OEGlobal 2026? 🐶
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### Author:  [@cogdog](https://connect.oeglobal.org/u/cogdog)
#### Post date: [October 7, 2026, 4:26pm UTC](https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/back-by-popular-demand-and-fun-open-petagogy/9221/5 "2026-10-07T16:26:21Z")
Bring on the canine experts (well and cats too), we have 16 legs of pets here. Thanks for playing full into the metaphor, and heck yes, let the dogs present (and share their names!)
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### Author:  [@victoria.brame](https://connect.oeglobal.org/u/victoria.brame)
#### Post date: [October 8, 2026, 1:30am UTC](https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/back-by-popular-demand-and-fun-open-petagogy/9221/6 "2026-10-08T01:30:06Z")
Archer, our Great Dane/Husky mini horse, brushed up on his equine studies by making some real horse friends this summer!
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### Author:  [@cogdog](https://connect.oeglobal.org/u/cogdog)
#### Post date: [October 8, 2026, 1:10pm UTC](https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/back-by-popular-demand-and-fun-open-petagogy/9221/7 "2026-10-08T13:10:33Z")
Archve looks just regal and a soul that loves open spaces.
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### Author:  [@IslaHF](https://connect.oeglobal.org/u/IslaHF)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2026, 7:51am UTC](https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/back-by-popular-demand-and-fun-open-petagogy/9221/8 "2026-10-09T07:51:16Z")
Here’s my 20-month old Ridgeback. She is deep, deep in contemplation (aerial shot).
Shhhh… don’t shout when in zoom!
