Workshops offered

Part-time faculty who participate in workshops will be compensated at their hourly non-teaching adjunct rate for attending.

Participants are encouraged to bring questions; no level of familiarity with OER is required. Workshops will be conducted remotely over Zoom. 

Fall 2024 Workshops

  • Introduction to Open Educational Resource
    Wednesday, September 18th, 11am-12pm

    This workshop will provide an introduction to Open Educational Resources (OER) and related topics such copyright, Creative Commons licensing, Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC), and where to find free and open materials in your discipline.

    Register in advance for this meeting on Zoom. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
  • Introduction to Social Annotation
    Monday, September 30th, 3pm-4pm
    with Jenna Spevack, Professor of Communication Design at City Tech

    Social annotation (or collaborative annotation) allows readers to interact with a text as well as with other readers through highlighting, commenting, and sharing ideas in the margins. Learn more about digital tools that can allow you and your students to engage with open texts in your classes, asking and answering questions, defining difficult words, adding reference images and links, and practicing the essential skill of close reading.

    Register in advance for this meeting on Zoom. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
  • Introduction to Manifold
    Wednesday, October 23, 11:00am-12:30pm
    with Robin Miller, Open Educational Technology Specialist at the Graduate Center

    Manifold is a free digital publishing platform for the entire CUNY community, where you can create and share your own scholarship, custom classroom versions of texts and textbooks that are openly licensed or in the public domain, Open Educational Resources (OER), journals, or use Manifold Reading Groups to build your own course reader. Come find out more about the platform and how to get started using Manifold in your teaching at CUNY!

    Register in advance for this meeting on Zoom. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
  • Peer Review & OER
    Wednesday, November 20th, 11am-12pm

    In this workshop, we will explain the differences between open and traditional peer review models, share existing examples of review processes for open educational resources, and discuss the needs and wants of faculty as they relate to review of OER.

    Register in advance for this meeting on Zoom. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Introduction to Open Educational Resources

Introductory workshops are offered in the beginning of the fall term.

You’re invited to learn more about free and open educational resources (OER) and how they can support instruction and student access to course materials.

Participants are encouraged to bring questions; no level of familiarity with OER is required. Workshops will be conducted remotely over Zoom. 

  • This workshop will provide an introduction to Open Educational Resources (OER) and related topics such copyright, Creative Commons licensing, Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC), and where to find free and open materials in your discipline.
  • Part-time faculty who participate will be compensated at their hourly non-teaching adjunct rate for attending.

    Funded Faculty Development Programming

    OER programming at the College receives funding from the broader CUNY OER initiative. At City Tech, this programming and funding is managed through the Library.

    Faculty that receive funding to support OER projects must adhere to several requirements.

    Requirements

    1. Faculty work must be licensed with one of the following Creative Commons licenses that permits adaptation (CC BY, CC BY-SA, CC BY-NC, or CC BY-NC-SA).
    2. Implement best practices for accessibility with course materials.
    3. Publicly share their work on one or a combination of the following platforms:

     

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