Virtual Meetings Link – Please Use This Zoom Link for Each of the Seminar Meetings
Zoom Meeting Links
1/16/2025 – Assessment at City Tech: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89567705494?pwd=cyhbbjGg8WO2iy5cU6uaM2g5zr1S4l.1
1/21/2025 – Final Assignment Review: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87126475352?pwd=mDPoQRif4IYg1ZhUAHE0yRzWRBEw5X.1
Final Presentation Sign-Up Sheet
Meeting 1: Introduction and Discussion of the Gen Ed Goals at City Tech | 01/14/2025
READINGS to be Completed PRIOR to Seminar 1: READINGS
9:30. Welcome and Introductions
10:00. Pedagogy of Civic Engagement
Rebecca Mazumdar, Associate Professor, English
10:40. 5-minute Break
10:45. What does Gen Ed mean to you?
10:55. Patricia Hickey, Adjunct Lecturer, English
11:05. George Larkins, Assistant Professor, COMD
11:15. Student Career Success
Dora-Ann Oddo, Assistant Professor, Dental Hygiene
11:35. High Impact Educational Practices (HIEPs)
11:55. Project Deliverables and Preview of Coming Session
12:10. Survey/Reflection
12:20. Wrap up
Meeting 2: High-Impact Educational Practices and Open Digital Pedagogies | 01/15/2025
READINGs to be Completed PRIOR to Seminar 2: READINGS
9:30. Greetings
9:45. Discussion of Open Digital Pedagogy, Non-disposable Assignments, Open Education Resources (OER)/OpenLab and Open Digital Pedagogies
Jonas Reitz, Professor, Mathematics
Jody Rosen, Associate Professor, English
The OpenLab Team
Slides
11:00. Discussion
11:15. Five-minute break
11:20. Project Deliverable and Learning Lab Learn Library – L4
11:50. Discussion and Preview of Coming Session
12:00. Survey/Reflection
12:20. Wrap up
Meeting 3: Assessment at City Tech | 01/16/2025 | Online
Readings and Brief Questionnaire to be completed PRIOR to Seminar 3: READINGS
BRIEF QUESTIONNAIRE
9:30. Further Discussion of the OpenLab and L4
10:00. Reading Activity
Juanita But, Professor, English
11:10. Assessment at City Tech
Yongchao (Yimi) Zhao, Director, Office of Assessment, Office of Institutional Research & Effectiveness (AIRE)
Christopher Lee, Associate Director, Office of Assessment Institutional Research & Effectiveness
11:40. Quantitative Literacy: Infusing Data Analysis in Non-Quantitative Courses
Sean MacDonald, Professor, Social Science
12.10. Project Deliverables
12:20. Survey/Reflection/Wrap Up
Meeting 4: Final Assignment Review | 01/21/2025 | Online
READINGS to be Completed PRIOR to Seminar 4: READINGS
9:30. Further Discussion on Assessment
9:40. Active Learning with Confidence (and without the burnout)!
Dr. Christina Katopodis, Mellon Senior Postdoctoral Research Associate, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation & CUNY Humanities Alliance, CUNY Graduate Center, co-author The New College Classroom
10:40. Q/A with Dr. Katopodis
11:00. 5 min break
11:05. Assessment Mapping
Javiela Evangelista, Assistant Professor, African American Studies
11:20. Open Discussion of Concepts for Final Assignment/ Activity
12:05. Place-based learning logistics
12:10. Survey/Reflection
12:20. Wrap Up
Meeting 5: Place-Based Learning | 01/22/2025
READINGs to be Completed PRIOR to Seminar 5: READINGS
10:00. Museum of Food and Drink (MOFAD)
11:30. Discussion on Final Project
12:15. Wrap up
Meeting 6: Final Presentations | 01/23/2025
9:30. Greetings
9:50. Introductions and Overview
10:10. Presentations
12:10. Discussion Reflections
12:20. Wrap up
Order of Final Presentations — 3 min each, followed by 5 min Q&A
- Alejandro Cantagallo, Hospitality Management, School of Professional Studies
- Julia Rivera, Mathematics, School of Arts & Sciences
- Elizabeth Parks, Architectural Technology, School of Technology & Design
- Ionie Pierce, Business, School of Technology & Design
- Sandra Lloyd, COMD, School of Technology & Design
- Diana Zhu, Mathematics, School of Arts & Sciences
- Oluwakemi Kadiri, Biological Sciences, School of Arts & Science
- Elana Effrat, Hospitality Management, School of Professional Studies
- Sean Landers, Entertainment Technology, School of Technology & Design
- Sergio Belich, Computer Systems Technology, School of Technology & Design