U.S. higher education recognizes a “hidden curriculum” that students experience alongside their disciplinary studies, which include norms and practices that are unexpected and often unstated. The college and university community has implicit and established structures and processes in place that students, especially new students, may not be aware of or may not have experienced before. Navigating the course material and textbook landscape requires a keen understanding of faculty expectations, academic bureaucracy, and self-advocacy that students learn and develop over time. As students experience the hidden curriculum, they learn from faculty, student advisors, and student affairs staff, but most prominently, students learn to navigate the hidden curriculum from their peers. This presentation explores opportunities to close the space between open education practitioners and others within the institution actively working to mitigate the effects of the hidden curriculum.
Attendees of this session will be able to:- Define the hidden curriculum.
- Contextualize open education as part of the hidden curriculum.
- Identify potential campus partners.
