Faculty Workshop on Affordable / Open Educational Resources

Tuesday, April 25th, 2-3 PM, RM A432 in the Library
RSVP to: ccooney@citytech.cuny.edu
Learn how cost-free / open educational resources (OERs) are sustainable, accessible, and engaging to students. Find out how to locate and adopt dynamic course materials to supplement or replace textbooks.
We’ll cover all the basicsthe meaning of the term OER, the differences between open and free course materials, and we’ll review attribution and Creative Commons licenses.
 

Academic Works Posting Party, 3/29/17 3-4 pm

Learn how CUNY’s institutional repository can help maximize your research impact. We will demonstrate how to post your scholarly work to Academic Works and talk more about your rights as an author. Bring your files on a flash drive, including conference presentations, and we’ll guide you through the process of posting your work. The final, peer-reviewed version of an article (not the published version) is best but feel free to bring what you have.
Open to all City Tech Faculty
DATES: March 29, 3-4:00 
VENUE: Library Eclassroom, Atrium 540
http://library.citytech.cuny.edu
RSVP and questions to Prof. Monica Berger mberger@citytech.cuny.edu

Faculty Workshop on Alt / Open Educational Resources

Tuesday, September 13th, 1-2 PM, Rm A432  in the Library
When the Textbook Falls Short: Exploring Alternative Course Materials
RSVP to: ccooney@citytech.cuny.edu
Learn how alt / open educational resources (OERs) are sustainable, accessible, and engaging to students. Find out how to locate and adopt dynamic course materials to supplement or replace textbooks.
We’ll cover all the basicsthe meaning of the term OER, the differences between open and free course materials, and we’ll review attribution and Creative Commons licenses.
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To learn more about the Library’s OER Initiative and OERs in general please visit our Initiative site and our OER resource guide.

Take Control of Your Scholarship: An Author’s Rights Workshop

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Learn more about copyright, Creative Commons licenses, and how to
better understand publisher contracts. Did you know that you can keep
key rights to your scholarship by using the SPARC Author Addendum, a
legal instrument that modifies the publisher’s agreement? Workshops
are open to all City Tech faculty members.
DATE: Monday, March 21, 2015
TIME: 3:00-4:00 p.m.
VENUE: Small Library Classroom, Atrium 441
RSVP is encouraged to Prof. Monica Berger, mberger@citytech.cuny.edu

Faculty Workshop on Open Educational Resources

Wednesday, March 9th, 2:30-3:30 PM, Rm A441 in the Library
Beyond the Textbook: Reach students with Open Educational Resources (OER)
RSVP to: ccooney@citytech.cuny.edu
OER make it easier for students to access course materials, and provide more options for instructors to integrate dynamic, tailored course materials into their pedagogy.
At the workshop – We’ll cover the meaning of the term OER, the differences between open and free course materials, introduce resources to help you find high quality content in your discipline, and review attribution and licensing of OER.
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Many students at City Tech experience challenges connecting to required textbooks in there courses. They have problems accessing the books because they are simply too expensive to afford. Even when students have access to the material, instructors often encounter challenges with getting their students to read the text. OER are free course materials that are licensed such that they can be adopted and reworked to your individualized course curriculum. OER include a variety of course materials including traditional print and beyond…simulations, images, videos, etc. While many of us already use free and open content in our teaching, this workshop will introduce you to ever more expanding collections and repositories of peer reviewed course content.
To learn more about the Library’s OER Initiative and OER in general please visit our Initiative site and our OER guide.

Get your free paper

City Tech students, staff, and faculty: in case you have not yet subscribed we wanted to remind you that you can get the New York Times online–for free. Find out more at this workshop here in the library on November 18. The details are here.
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Faculty Workshop on Open Educational Resources

Thursday, Nov. 5th, 2:30-3:30 PM, Rm A441 in the Library
The Basics of Open Educational Resources (OER): A Faculty Workshop
RSVP to: ccooney@citytech.cuny.edu
OER make it easier for students to access course materials, and provide more options for instructors to integrate dynamic, tailored course materials into their pedagogy.
The workshop – First we’ll cover the meaning of the term OER, the differences between open and free course materials, introduce resources to help you find high quality content in your discipline, and review attribution and licensing of OER.
OERWorkshop 11.5.15 webMany students at City Tech experience challenges connecting to required textbooks in there courses. They have problems accessing the books because they are simply too expensive for everyone to afford. Even when students have access to the material, instructors often encounter challenges with getting their students to read the text. OER are free course materials that are licensed such that they can be adopted and reworked to your individualized course curriculum. OER include a variety of course materials including traditional print and beyond…simulations, images, videos, etc. While many of us already use free and open content in our teaching, this workshop will introduce you to ever more expanding collections and repositories of peer reviewed course content.
To learn more about the Library’s OER Initiative and OER in general please visit our Initiative site and our OER guide.

Fall 2014 Library Workshops EasyBib, NYTimes, Photoshop and More

5857165135_121aa023d4_oStudents, staff, and faculty, the Ursula C. Schwerin Library is proud to present several library workshops this Fall Semester.
EasyBib workshop conducted by Professor Keith Muchowski.
More than just a citation generator, EasyBib can help students and scholars on projects of all types.
September 30,  2014, 3:00pm – 4:00pm
Small Library Classroom, A441
Please RSVP to Professor Keith Muchowski
Using Your New York Times Academic Pass workshop conducted by Professor Junior Tidal
Academic Pass is one of the great privileges of your CUNY affiliation. Learn how to use it at this workshop.
October 6, 2014, 1:00pm – 2:00pm
Small Library Classroom, A441
Please RSVP to Professor Keith Muchowski
Introduction to Photoshop conducted by Professors Monica Berger and Bronwen Densmore
Are you interested in creating graphics for class handouts or websites? Would you like to learn how to edit your digital photographs, create collages, or combine image and text? This workshop will focus on the very basics of Adobe Photoshop. Participants will gain hands-on experience with the toolbar, layers, cropping and text.
November 10, 2014, 1:00-2:00 pm
Small Library Classroom, A441
Please RSVP to Professor Keith Muchowski at kmuchowski@citytech.cuny.edu
Venues and Literature Reviews for Faculty Scholarship and Publication workshop conducted by Professor Anne Leonard
Would you like to explore new venues for publishing your work, but aren’t sure where to begin? Perhaps you’re at the beginning stages of your research or have a completed draft of an article, or are somewhere in between. In this workshop we’ll discuss finding relevant general and discipline-based literature. We’ll also briefly review tools for streamlining your research and citation process, and cover finding publication venues and outlets for a range of research projects.
October 15, 2014, 12:00-1:00
Small Library Classroom, A441
Please RSVP  to Professor Keith Muchowski at kmuchowski@citytech.cuny.edu