[Sharing is a challenge] #7 From judgement to sharing: rethinking teaching practices in the era of open education by Khalid Berrada, Latifa Chahbi, Loubna Terhzaz and Alan Levine

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We conclude this week with a nice collaborative piece by Khalid Berrada, Latifa Chahbi, Loubna Terhzaz and Alan Levine (@cogdog).

“Judgement is inevitable, but it is not immutable”. The authors explore how “judgement”, while “necessary and constitutive of the human experience”, can also discourage educators from sharing resources or experimenting with new teaching approaches. But it also shows how open education can help address this challenge by fostering values of openness, collaboration and trust, and by creating safe spaces where educators can exchange ideas and share their practices more freely.

From judgement to sharing: rethinking teaching practices in the era of open education by Khalid Berrada, Latifa Chahbi, Loubna Terhzaz and Alan Levine

Latifa Chahbi, Loubna Terhaz, Khalid Berrada and Alan Levine (Morocco, USA) have created a new ad hoc team to tackle the issue of judgement. The analysis then shifts to North Africa, where OER have long been championed, and the global vision provided by Alan Levine. References abound, and experiences are used to show that this judgement, which is so important in the academic world, changes in nature in the open world.

Read the article:

And it also includes a nice contribution note by @cogdog on how the authors managed to collaborate on this article “beyond languages”!

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I offer a gracious merci to my co-authors for being open to my small contributions. Again when the list of topics was shared, Judgement was one I wanted! It was a challenge that I had witnessed as per the small example added. And all were encouraging in me translating the drafts into English and me translating me comments suggestions into French, all done via email and attachments.

While it’s a simple cartoon, the video I shared still resonates what I suspect often happens

I do not know how you can gauge the level of self judgement that stops educators from sharing at the very start. I am my best self-critic too.

But I would love to hear thoughts, questions, or examples of observing this challenge. And what works to counter it?