Come and find out what’s been happening in the Living Lab on Friday, September 19, 2014 in Namm 119, 11:45 am-1:30 pm. The dissemination event is open to all. See what your colleagues have been doing in the Living Lab. Take a break, grab a little lunch, and even think about different approaches to your own classroom. Hope to see you there!
Associate Fellow Professor Lenore Hildebrand, Human Services Dept, presents her Living Lab activity
Faculty from a wide range of disciplines gathered for the “Real World Problem Solving” meeting to hear final presentations by Associate Fellows and their Living Lab facilitators. After a series of workshops, the latest cohort of Associate Fellows presented creative examples of pedagogical activities to their peers, Living Lab facilitators, and the greater CityTech community.
The gathering began with reflections from Third Year Fellows Aida Egues, Jill Bouratoglou, and Robert Leston, who spoke of their Living Lab involvement and its impact on their teaching and professional development. The Associate Fellows showcased their works-in-progress by adapting an unusual structure for academic presentations. Taking a cue from speed dating, each Associate Fellow took 2 minute-turns to present an activity to small groups that rotated around the workspace from one presenter to the next. Faculty ranging from Construction Management and Civil Engineering to Dental Hygiene and Human Services presented and listened to mini presentations from their colleagues across the college. Gathering in small, intimate groups, each participant had ample opportunity to listen, learn, and ask questions of their peers.
Choosing Your Best Practices
All attendees were given the opportunity to vote for what they thought were the best engagements with issues of Assessment, Place-Based Learning, High Impact Educational Practices, and General Education but in reality all presenters were winners for every professor revealed their passion for teaching and strong commitment to student learning. The gathering culminated in a graffiti activity in which all attendees had a chance to visually express their interests, frustrations, and aspirations. Participants left with an arsenal of new ideas and new strategies to use in their own classes and much to reflect on.
A Living Laboratory: Revitalizing General Education for a 21st-Century College of Technology
GENERAL EDUCATION SEMINAR — ASSOCIATE FELLOWS PROGRAM – Spring 2014
About The Living Lab
“A Living Laboratory: Revitalizing General Education for a 21st-Century College of Technology” is a five-year initiative (2010-2015) funded by the U.S. Department of Education’s Strengthening Hispanic-Serving Institutions (Title V) program. Its mission is to re-envision General Education at City Tech as a “living laboratory,” using City Tech’s signature strengths: hands-on experiential models of learning and our vibrant Brooklyn Waterfront location.
The “Living Lab” grant has four interrelated activities:
1) The General Education Seminar: brings together diverse groups of Faculty Fellows to revitalize General Education through place-based learning and high-impact educational practices;
2) The OpenLab (https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu): creates an innovative digital platform to support open teaching and learning at City Tech, and enhance the intellectual and social fabric of the college community;
3) A Culture of Assessment: integrates comprehensive outcomes assessment into the Gen Ed curriculum;
4) The Brooklyn Waterfront Research Center: builds an endowment to support student and faculty research at this newly-created City Tech institution.
Join the “Living Lab” General Education Seminar
We are currently seeking full-time and part-time faculty members to join the General Education Seminar Associate Fellows Program in Spring 2014. As an Associate Fellow you will become part of the growing interdisciplinary community at City Tech that is enthusiastically engaged in this transformational effort.
Fellows in the General Education Seminar commit to exploring innovative pedagogical approaches and incorporating what they have learned into their courses. Among the questions seminar participants consider are these:
– What changes can we make to the student experience that will not just prepare our students to succeed at City Tech, but also support creative, original, and critical thinking through the use of high-impact educational practices?
– How can we use one of City Tech’s greatest assets — its location within the “living laboratory” of the downtown Brooklyn waterfront — to create hands-on, place-based learning opportunities with our students?
– How can we use the City Tech OpenLab, an open-source digital platform, to customize learning experiences for our students that will engage them in the intellectual fabric of our College and make their achievements visible to our own community and to the wider public?
The Associate Fellows Program
Associate Fellows – who may be part-time or full-time faculty members – will participate in five workshops during the Spring 2014 semester that focus on General Education and the following: High-Impact Educational Practices, Place-Based Learning, Assessment, and working with the City Tech OpenLab, our new open digital platform for teaching and learning.
Associate Fellows will be mentored by full-time Gen Ed Seminar Fellows, who are responsible for sharing what they’ve learned, with the goal of disseminating the Seminar findings to the entire faculty community.
Eligibility
– both full-time and part-time faculty are eligible;
– available on Friday mornings in Spring 2014 semester to participate in five workshops (dates TBD);
– willing to work in a highly collaborative environment;
– willing to use the OpenLab (https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu) for seminar-related activities and teaching (training and support will be provided);
– willing to implement what you have learned in your classroom and on the OpenLab in Fall 2014.
Compensation
Work done as part of this project is vital service to the College. Active participation by full-time faculty is recognized as service to the College; part-time faculty will receive a stipend of $600 ($120 per workshop attended) and an additional $240 for completion of a final project. For this final project, each Associate Fellow will create and document an exemplary activity that incorporates Living Lab best practices into their classwork (a standard template will be provided).
Application
The application form is available here: http://tinyurl.com/genedseminarassociatefellows
Application Deadline
9am, Monday, December 9th, 2013
Further Information
Please contact Living Lab General Education Seminar Co-Directors Karen Goodlad at kgoodlad@citytech.cuny.edu or Alexander Aptekar at aaptekar@citytech.cuny.edu if you have questions or need additional information.
A Living Laboratory: Revitalizing General Education for a 21st-Century College of Technology
GENERAL EDUCATION SEMINAR — Spring 2014
Call for Faculty Fellows Join us in the Living Lab
To apply, please complete the application form: http://tinyurl.com/genedseminar
Application Deadline: 1:00pm, Thursday, November 7, 2013
DOWNLOAD Information on the Living Lab Faculty Fellowship Application here
“A Living Laboratory: Revitalizing General Education for a 21st-Century College of Technology” is a five-year initiative (2010-2015) funded by the U.S. Department of Education’s Strengthening Hispanic-Serving Institutions (Title V) program. Its mission is to re-envision General Education at City Tech as a “living laboratory,” using City Tech’s signature strengths: hands-on experiential models of learning and our vibrant Brooklyn Waterfront location.
We are seeking faculty members to join the General Education Seminar, one of the central activities of the Living Lab, in Spring 2014 and become part of a growing interdisciplinary community of Fellows who are enthusiastically engaged in this transformational effort.
The Gen Ed Seminar
Each year, 18 Faculty Fellows participate in an intensive seminar during the Spring semester, exploring innovative pedagogical approaches that they then incorporate into their courses in the Fall. In the second year of their participation, Fellows recruit and mentor colleagues, attend a series of workshop and events, and collaborate to produce a final report.
Three cohorts of Fellows have taken part in the Seminar to date – the first explored General Education concepts through the lens of the first-year student experience, the second examined collaborative field-based research and the third engaged in academic service learning.
The fourth, and final, cohort will address culminating experiences – capstone courses, internships, global learning (travel experiences), and other courses that focus on the last requirements for degree programs.
Among the questions seminar participants will consider are these:
– What changes can we make to culminating courses that will not just prepare our students to transfer their success at City Tech into careers and further studies but also support creative, original, and critical thinking through the use of high-impact educational practices?
– How can we use one of City Tech’s greatest assets — its location within the “living laboratory” of the downtown Brooklyn waterfront— to create hands-on, place-based learning opportunities with our students?
– How can we use the City Tech OpenLab, an open-source digital platform, to customize learning experiences for our students that will engage them in the intellectual fabric of our College and make their achievements visible to our own community and to the wider public?
The Living Lab Grant
“A Living Laboratory: Revitalizing General Education for a 21st-Century College of Technology” has four interrelated activities:
1) The General Education Seminar: brings together diverse groups of Faculty Fellows to revitalize General Education through place-based learning and high-impact educational practices;
2) The OpenLab (https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu): creates an innovative digital platform to support open teaching and learning at City Tech, and enhance the intellectual and social fabric of the college community;
3) A Culture of Assessment: integrates comprehensive outcomes assessment into the Gen Ed curriculum;
4) The Brooklyn Waterfront Research Center: builds an endowment to support student and faculty research at this newly-created City Tech institution.
The Schedule
Spring 2014
Fellows will participate in weekly activities, attend public college-wide events, and plan capstone courses, internships or other culminating experiences of the associate or baccalaureate level programs they will teach in the Fall of 2014. Fellows will also commit to using the OpenLab actively for all seminar-related work and teaching. Participating faculty will receive a 3-credit course release during this semester.
Fall 2014
Fellows will implement what they have learned in their classrooms and on the OpenLab. Fellows will participate in four meetings or workshops.
Spring 2015
Fellows will mentor colleagues with the intent of applying seminar findings to additional courses and sections.
Fall 2015
After a thorough examination of both theory and implementation, the seminar cohort will write a final report with recommendations for specific courses and the broader vision of general education at City Tech.
Eligibility
To take part in the seminar, faculty must be:
– full time;
– able to make a two-year commitment (January 2014 through December 2015)
– available on Fridays in Spring 2014 to participate in grant activities; availability will also be required on several Fridays through Fall 2015;
– teaching a capstone course, internship or other culminating experience in Fall 2014; – willing to work in a highly collaborative environment;
– willing to use the OpenLab (https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu) for all seminar-related activities and teaching (training and support will be provided);
– approved by their department chair.
Compensation
Faculty Fellows will receive 3-credits of release time during the Spring 2014 semester. Work done as part of this project is vital service to the College.
Application Process
Fellows will be chosen based on the strength of their statements of interest and their commitment to participate fully in all activities. We seek to convene a heterogeneous group of faculty members who bring intellectual vitality and a passion for teaching to City Tech.
To apply, please complete the application form: http://tinyurl.com/genedseminar
Application Deadline: 1:00pm, Thursday, November 7, 2013
Further Information
Please contact Karen Goodlad, Living Lab General Education Seminar Co-Director, at kgoodlad@citytech.cuny.edu or Alexander Aptekar, Living Lab General Education Seminar Co-Director at aaptekar@citytech.cuny.edu if you have questions or need additional information.
Come learn about City Tech’s $3.1 million Title V Grant from the U.S. Department of Education: “A Living Laboratory: Revitalizing General Education for a 21st Century College of Technology.” This project aims to involve the entire City Tech community of faculty, students, and staff as we build on the college’s hallmark strengths: its experiential, hands-on approach to learning; its identity as a school of technology; and its faculty expertise in place-based education.
Come out to support faculty and student research at City Tech’s 10th Annual Poster Session, Thursday, Nov 15, 1-3 pm in Klitgord Gym.
The Living Lab will have posters in the Education section. Living Lab Fellows Karen Goodlad, Jonas Reitz, Richard Hanley, Anne Leonard, Sandra Cheng, Urmi Ghosh-Dastidar, Elaine Leinung, Barbara Mishara, and Zoya Vinokur will participate in a display on “A Living Lab: Faculty Fellows Incorporating Place Based Learning and High Impact Educational Practices at City Tech;” Ralph Alcendor, Marie Montes-Matias, and Diana Samaroo have a display on “Transforming Undergraduate Laboratory Experiences in Science Through the Title V Living Lab Project;” and Jody Rosen, Jenna Spevack, Maura Smale, and Charlie Edwards will present a poster on “Connecting and Collaborating on the OpenLab.”
Take a look at the poster session program here.
A Living Laboratory: Revitalizing General Education for a 21st-Century College of Technology
GENERAL EDUCATION SEMINAR — Spring 2013
Join us in the Living Lab
DOWNLOAD the Living Lab Faculty Fellowship Application here
“A Living Laboratory: Revitalizing General Education for a 21st-Century College of Technology” is a five-year initiative (2010-2015) funded by the U.S. Department of Education’s Strengthening Hispanic-Serving Institutions (Title V) program. Its mission is to re-envision General Education at City Tech as a “living laboratory,” using City Tech’s signature strengths: hands-on experiential models of learning and our vibrant Brooklyn Waterfront location.
The grant has four interrelated activities:
1) The General Education Seminar: brings together diverse groups of Faculty Fellows to revitalize General Education through place-based learning and high-impact educational practices;
2) The OpenLab (https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu): creates an innovative digital platform to support open teaching and learning at City Tech, and enhance the intellectual and social fabric of the college community;
3) A Culture of Assessment: integrates comprehensive outcomes assessment into the Gen Ed curriculum;
4) The Brooklyn Waterfront Research Center: builds an endowment to support student and faculty research at this newly-created City Tech institution.
We are seeking faculty members to join the General Education Seminar in Spring 2013 and become part of a growing interdisciplinary community of Fellows who are enthusiastically engaged in this transformational effort.
The Gen Ed Seminar
Each year, 18 Faculty Fellows participate in an intensive seminar during the Spring semester, exploring innovative pedagogical approaches that they then incorporate into their courses in the Fall. In the second year of their participation, Fellows recruit and mentor colleagues through a series of public workshops, events, and reports, and reflect on what they have learned.
Two cohorts have taken part in the Seminar to date – the first explored General Education concepts through the lens of the first-year student experience, the second examined collaborative field-based research.
The third cohort will address the first and third years of the student experience at City Tech, focusing on real-world problem-solving and community-based learning.
Among the questions seminar participants will consider are these:
– What changes can we make to the first- and third-year experience that will not just prepare our students to succeed at City Tech, but also support creative, original, and critical thinking through the use of high-impact educational practices?
– How can we use one of City Tech’s greatest assets — its location within the “living laboratory” of the downtown Brooklyn waterfront — to create hands-on, place-based learning opportunities with our students?
– How can we use the City Tech OpenLab, an open-source digital platform, to customize learning experiences for our students that will engage them in the intellectual fabric of our College and make their achievements visible to our own community and to the wider public?
The Schedule
Spring 2013
Fellows will participate in weekly activities, attend public college-wide events, and plan the first or third-year courses they will teach in Fall 2013. Fellows will also commit to using the OpenLab actively for all seminar-related work and teaching. Participating faculty will receive a 3-credit course release during this semester.
Fall 2013
Fellows will implement what they have learned in their classrooms and on the OpenLab.
Spring 2014
Fellows will mentor colleagues in their departments to apply seminar findings to additional courses and sections.
Fall 2014
After a thorough examination of both theory and implementation, the seminar cohort will write a final report with recommendations for specific courses and the broader vision of general education at City Tech.
Eligibility
To take part in the seminar, faculty must be:
– full time;
– able to make a two-year commitment (January 2013 through December 2014);
– available on Fridays in Spring 2013 to participate in grant activities; availability will also be required on several Fridays through Fall 2014;
– teaching a first- or third-year course in Fall 2013;
– willing to work in a highly collaborative environment;
– willing to use the OpenLab (https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu) for seminar-related activities and teaching (training and support will be provided);
– approved by their department chair.
Compensation
Faculty Fellows will receive 3-credits of release time during the Spring 2013 semester.
Work done as part of this project is vital service to the College.
Application Process
Fellows will be chosen based on the strength of their statements of interest and their commitment to participate fully in all activities. We seek to convene a heterogeneous group of faculty members who bring intellectual vitality and a passion for teaching to this work.
To apply, please complete the application form: http://tinyurl.com/genedseminar
Application Deadline: 12pm, October 11, 2012
Further Information
Please contact Karen Goodlad, Living Lab General Education Seminar Co-Director, at kgoodlad@citytech.cuny.edu or x5638 if you have questions or need additional information.
The OpenLab is an open-source, digital platform designed to support teaching and learning at City Tech (New York City College of Technology), and to promote student and faculty engagement in the intellectual and social life of the college community.
