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Open Petagogy, Hamburg edition 
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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? 