January 30, 9:00am – 12:30pm, Atrium Conference Room, N119
Objective: To introduce Associate Fellows to “A Living Lab, Title V Grant” and how General Education Student Learning Outcomes and Kuh’s High Impact Educational Practices might be integrated into course segments and/or assignments.
Workshop Readings
A Living Laboratory: Revitalizing General Education for a 21st Century College of Technology (2010), Title V Project Rationale. https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/?get_group_doc=4329/1416716393-TitleV-project-rationale-1.pdf
City Tech General Education Committee (2012). General Education at New York City College of Technology. Retrieved from The New York City College of Technology website: https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/?get_group_doc=4250/1389669133-GenerEducationProposalwithsupplementarymaterialNovember.pdf
Kuh, G. D., Schneider, C. G., & Association of American Colleges and Universities (2008). High-impact educational practices: What they are, who has access to them, and why they matter. Introduction, Part 1 and Part 2. Washington, DC: Association of American Colleges and Universities. Kuh_HighImpactPractices_AACU_2008 full report
February 27, 9:00am – 12:30 pm, Atrium Conference Room, N119 Objective: Associate Fellows will explore open pedagogy opportunities in their courses via the OpenLab digital platform.
Workshop Readings
Wiggins, A. (2014). A veteran teacher turned coach shadows 2 students for 2 days – a sobering lesson learned. Granted, and… ~ thoughts on education by Grant Wiggins [web log]. Retrieved from http://grantwiggins.wordpress.com/2014/10/10/a-veteran-teacher-turned-coach-shadows-2-students-for-2-days-a-sobering-lesson-learned/
In the Spotlight. The Open Road. [web log]. Retrieved from https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/openroad/category/in-the-spotlight/
NOTE: Please explore the courses and projects that have been featured in “In the Spotlight” – you will find many examples of innovative open pedagogies here. Comment on two sites.
OpenLab Sites of Interest: Becoming a member of the sites is encouraged
The Open Road: https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/openroad/
Open Pedagogy: https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/openpedagogyopenlab/
March 20, 9:00am – 12:30pm, Location TBD
Objective: Field Based Activity on the Brooklyn Waterfront supporting local opportunities that allow Associate Fellows to use High Impact Practices (HIPs) in their teaching.
Workshop Readings – will be distributed prior to the meeting
OpenLab Sites of Interest: Becoming a member of the sites is encouraged
Place Based Learning Tool Kit: https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/placebased/
April 17, 9:00am – 11:30am, Faculty Lounge, A632
Objective: To build a culture of assessment
Workshop Readings
Sullivan, D., Schneider, C., Rhodes, T., O’Shea L., and Humphreys, D. (2012). A Sea Change on Student Learning Assessment: An AAC&U Working Paper. Association of American Colleges and Universities. Retrieved from http://www.aacu.org/sites/default/files/files/publications/AACUAssessmentConceptPaper.pdf
Finley A. & McNair T. (2013) Assessing Underserved Students’ Engagement in High-Impact Practices. Association of American Colleges and Universities. Retrieved from https://aacu.org/sites/default/files/files/assessinghips/AssessingHIPS_TGGrantReport.pdf
Website of Interest: Assessment and Institutional Research: http://air.citytech.cuny.edu/air/default.aspx
May 15, 9:00am – 12:30pm, Atrium Conference Room, N119
Objective: Seminar Fellows share General Education philosophy and practices with students and colleagues.
Workshop “Readings”: Ted Talk (2013, May). Ken Robinson: How to escape education’s death valley | Video on TED.com [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_how_to_escape_education_s_death_valley.html
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