Model Course Initiative Spring 2022

A City Tech OpenLab Project Site for Fellows

Agenda for Session 6, 6/23

Session 6: June 23, 2022

Communication

Meeting via Zoom

Notes via Google Docs

Final Showcase

Before Session 6

  • Meet with Jody or Jonas
  • Finalize Model Course and Course Hub
  • Review Checklist & Submission Form
  • Review colleagues’ work
  • Seek feedback from departmental colleagues

Agenda for Session 6

  • Checking in
  • Presentation and feedback
  • Debrief and Q&A
    • menus
    • widgets
    • other tips/tools
    • checklists
  • Next Steps
    • Final revisions
    • Further outreach
    • Finalizing summer salary info
  • Reflections

Before going live…

  • Peer review from Jonas and Jody
  • Complete checklists
  • good luck!

Agenda for Session 5, 6/2

Session 5: June 2, 2022

Communication

Meeting via Zoom

Notes via Google Docs

Sharing Your Model Course

Before Session 5

  • Read “Sharing your Model Course” from the Model Course on the OpenLab project
  • Model Course building/Course Hub building
  • Visit seminar colleague’s sites
  • Seek feedback from departmental colleagues
  • Meet with Jody or Jonas

Agenda for Session 5

  • Checking in
  • Whole Group:
  • Peer review/feedback needs
    • Each group shares for 5 min about plans for Model Course and Course Hub
  • Outreach planning
    • Time for small group/individual work
    • Sayback
  • Milestone updates
    • Build in all remaining work into the milestones
  • Q&A
  • Prep for next session
  • Reflections

Before Session 6 (6/23/22)

  • Meet with Jody or Jonas
  • Finalize Model Course and Course Hub
  • Review Checklist & Submission Form
  • Review colleagues’ work
  • Seek feedback from departmental colleagues

Ideas for discussions

Introductory assignments

Check-in assignments

Inquiry-based assignments

Crowdsourced assignments

Prep for exam assignments

Concluding assignments

Agenda for Session 4, 5/12

Before Session 4

Session 4: May 12, 2022

Communication

Meeting via Zoom

Notes via Google Docs

Agenda

  • Checking in
  • Model Course sites/Course Hub sites
  • Communication
    • Consider modalities, usability, accessibility, format
  • Interaction
    • Consider interaction for both Model Courses and Course Hubs
  • Engagement
  • Small Groups/Individual work
  • Milestone updates
  • Q&A
  • Prep for next session
  • Reflections

Before Session 5 (6/2/22)

  • Read “Sharing your Model Course” from the Model Course on the OpenLab project
  • Model Course building/Course Hub building
  • Visit seminar colleague’s sites
  • Seek feedback from departmental colleagues
  • Meet with Jody or Jonas

Agenda for Session 3, 4/28

Before Session 3

  • Read “Building a Model Course” from the Model Courses on the OpenLab project
    • Focus on steps 1, 2, 5, 6 (we’ll focus on steps 3&4 in the next session)
  • Read “Building a Course Hub” from the Model Courses on the OpenLab project
  • Share as a comment on this post any questions, concerns, or ideas sparked from the readings so we can incorporate them into our session.
  • Update project plan and milestones as needed

Session 3: April 28, 2022

Building a Model Course

Meeting via Zoom

Notes via Google Docs

Agenda

  • Checking in
  • Whole group discussion: Model Courses and Course Hubs
    • Purpose
    • Audience
    • Format
    • Course Materials
  • Building a Model Course
  • Building a Course Hub 
  • Small groups/individual work
    • Drafting on the Model Course/Course Hub
  • Site architecture
  • Milestone updates
  • Q&A
  • Prep for next session
  • Reflections

Before Session 4

  • Read “Building a Model Course” from the Model Course on the OpenLab project
    • Focus on steps 3&4
  • Consider discussion, student engagement, low-stakes assignments, etc for asynchronous activity

Reflection for Session 2

It was great learning more with everyone today!

To reflect on today’s session, what work do you need to do with your materials (especially thinking about accessibility/usability) before you start building your model course or course hub?

Agenda for Session 2, 4/7

Before Session 2

Session 2: April 7, 2022, 10-11:30am

Preparing Course Materials

Meeting via Zoom

Notes via Google Docs

Agenda

  • Checking in
  • Things to consider: takeaways from the shared resources
    • Usability
    • Accessibility
    • What resources to share in the model course/course hub
  • Project Plan review and discussion, continued
    • Updates
    • Feedback
    • Milestones review
  • Creating a model course/course hub
  • Prep for next session: what materials do we need to begin building a site? What considerations?
  • Q&A
  • Reflections

Before Session 3

  • Read “Building a Model Course” from the Model Courses on the OpenLab project
    • Focus on steps 1, 2, 5, 6 (we’ll focus on steps 3&4 in the next session)
  • Read “Building a Course Hub” from the Model Courses on the OpenLab project
  • Update project plan and milestones as needed
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