Author: Jody R. Rosen

Co-Working Thursday

It’s still February, but that to-do list is ever-growing. Come get some of it done while others do the same! OpenLab co-working hours are virtual quiet meet-up sessions for anyone to join to get work done. Breakout rooms are available for conversation or questions. All are held via Zoom, so when it’s time for the session, join and quietly work through your to-do list!

This month, the OpenLab’s co-working session is Thursday, 2/27, 10:30-11:30am. It’s open to all students, faculty, staff, and alumni.

And save the date for the next co-working session: Thursday, 3/27, 10:30-11:30am. Plus you can reach out to the OpenLab Team at OpenLab@CityTech.cuny.edu or via our contact form if you’re interested in requesting an additional co-working session for your group.

Photo credit: “Kodiak (Brown) Bear Sow and Cubs” by Arthur T. LaBar via Flickr under the license CC BY-NC 2.0.

Getting Started with Technology

In this first installment of the Faculty Commons’s series on supporting first-year students, let’s think about how we as faculty and staff can help students getting started with technology at City Tech.

Are your first-year students struggling with wi-fi or email?  Do they know where they can get tech help, study, borrow a device, or access free software? You can help! 

Students starting at City Tech should be acquainted with the technologies available and required for their success. Faculty teaching students in first-year courses can help by introducing students to the Student Hub, especially the Technology Resources section and the Getting Started with Technology page, where students can find these links: 

If you are teaching a class with many first-year students, you might consider incorporating short activities that ask students to find and/or access some of these resources. Below are a few examples that can foster student community and participation, and even bolster comfort with short writing or speaking in class, as they share with one another:

  • Students work in groups to find computer labs on campus and explain to classmates how to find them, either in class or via a post in Brightspace or OpenLab.
  • Students who have successfully signed up for wifi or email help other students sign up.
  • Students access their email and use their accounts to sign up for City Tech’s OpenLab or a New York Times account.
  • Students use their CUNYfirst credentials to get started with Dropbox, Office 365, and other software.

If students are working with peer mentors (or would like to request a peer mentor), the mentors can help students navigate the technologies and share their experiences. 

Still having trouble? The City Tech Student Helpdesk is here to assist! 
In person: Namm Complex Welcome Center — Library Building 114
Email: StudentHelpdesk@citytech.cuny.edu
Phone: 718-260-4900

Photo Credit: “Network” by Pavlína Rupová via Flickr under the license CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.

Co-Working on Thursday

Have an ever-growing to-do list? Come get some of it done while others do the same! OpenLab co-working hours are virtual quiet meet-up sessions for anyone to join to get work done. Breakout rooms are available for conversation or questions. All are held via Zoom, so when it’s time for the session, join and quietly work through your to-do list!

This month, the OpenLab’s co-working session is Thursday, 11/21, 10:00-11:00am [updated time!]. It’s open to all students, faculty, and staff.

And save the date for the next co-working session: Thursday, 12/12, 10:00-11:00am [updated time!]: open to all students, faculty, and staff. Plus you can reach out to the OpenLab Team at OpenLab@CityTech.cuny.edu or via our contact form if you’re interested in requesting an additional co-working session for your group.

Photo credit: “Floating flowers” by Tom Olliver via Flickr under the license CC BY-NC 2.0.

Co-Working Today!

Every month, the OpenLab team hosts a co-working hour, a virtual quiet meet-up session for anyone to join to get work done. Breakout rooms are available for conversation or questions. All are held via Zoom, so when it’s time for the session, join and quietly work through your to-do list!

Today

Thursday, 9/26, 10:30-11:30am: open to all students, faculty, and staff

And add next month’s co-working session to your calendar:

October

Thursday, 10/24, 10:30-11:30am: open to all students, faculty, and staff

Photo credit: “Steller’s and Scrub Jays” by Linda in Fortuna via Flickr under the license CC BY-NC 2.0.

Today: OpenLab Open House

With the semester winding down, the OpenLab Team invites you to join the OpenLab Open House! Come share your successes from this semester, ask questions, and learn from each other about the OpenLab.

The OpenLab Open House will be on Friday, 5/10/24, from 2:00-3:00pm via Zoom. All are welcome.

Photo credit: “Balloon” by oliver gartmann via Flickr under the license CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Deed.

Co-working session 5/16

One more co-working session to help everyone finish this semester!

On Thursday, May 16th from 12:00 P.M. to 1:00 PM, join the OpenLab team for the final co-working session of the Spring. You bring the work, we’ll bring the friendly presence in the Zoom session (plus we’ll bring work, too).

As with the previous co-working hours, this space can help support you focus on the work you need to finish–in this case, your goal is finishing everything for the end of the semester. If you’re teaching, bring your grading! Or invite a student to join so you can co-work as they finish their project or study for that last exam. Or bring a friend and race to finish your to-do list!

You can work silently in the main Zoom room or move into a breakout room to talk with a collaborator or with one of our team members if you have specific questions we can help you with. 

We hope this co-working session is useful for you–and let us know how else we can help!

Photo credit: “frog” by Daz Smith via Flickr under the license CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Deed.

Tomorrow: Innovation – Open Educational Practices for Good

Open Educational Practices for Good

Thursday, May 9, 2024

12:00 – 2:00 PM

Library Periodicals Room – Concourse level

Keynote:  International scholar Catherine Cronin

RSVP by May 6th: https://libcal.lehman.edu/calendar/events/oep

Information:  Stacy.Katz@lehman.cuny.edu

Travel Directions to Lehman College

Keynote Speaker

Dr. Catherine Cronin, Co-Editor
Higher Education for Good: Teaching and Learning Futures

Facilitator: Stacy Katz, Open Resources Librarian, Library
Welcome: Jorge Silva-Puras, Interim Provost, Lehman College

Presenters

Short presentations on how faculty are using Open Educational Practices in their courses

  • Tailisha Gonzalez, Health Equity, Administration, Technology
  • Juan Jesús Payán, Languages and Literature
  • Jennifer Van Allen, Education

Open for Anti-Racism Panel

Sherry Deckman, co-facilitator of the Open for Anti-Racism Workshop, will moderate a panel of past participants on how the workshop has impacted their teaching

  • Moderator: Sherry Deckman, Education
  • Panelists: Cindy Bautista-Thomas, Social Work; Harriet Fayne, Education; Jennifer Jolley, Music; Sara Kotzin, Social Work; Stefanos Milkidis, Earth, Environmental, and Geospatial Sciences; Maria Plochocki, English

RSVP by May 6th
Information: Stacy.Katz@lehman.cuny.edu

Light Refreshments will be served.

Co-Working March 15th

The weather is getting better, but there’s always more work to do! Let’s get together to work and check things off the to-do lists we all have–or take some time to make to-do lists!

The OpenLab Team is hosting a co-working session on Friday, March 15th, 10:00-11:00AM. Join us to cowork in what we hope is a welcoming space that helps as you focus on accomplishing what you need to finish. Bring whatever you want to work on, OpenLab related or not. We’ll bring bring work, too, plus some good energy for checking things off to-do lists.

You can work silently in the main Zoom room or move into a breakout room to talk with a collaborator or with an OpenLab team member if you have specific questions we can help you with. 

Please share this opportunity with colleagues and students–all are welcome. We hope this co-working session is useful for you–and let us know how else we can help!

Photo credit: “Three is a charm (26/365)” by Chung Ho Leung via Flickr is licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0 Deed

Innovation – Open Educational Practices for Good

From our colleagues at Lehman College:

The Leonard Lief Library, Office of Online Education, School of Education, and Office of Library Services are pleased to invite you to an in-person event around Open Educational Practices on Thursday, May 9th from 12-2pm. They write: “Join us to discuss trends in open education, as we explore innovative practices that enhance teaching and learning. Lehman colleagues will share ideas, strategies, best practices, and success stories. Whether you’re new to open education or a seasoned practitioner – this event promises valuable insights and networking opportunities.”

International scholar Catherine Cronin will be providing the keynote and Lehman faculty will be speaking about their experiences teaching with OER.

Thursday, May 9, 2024
12:00 – 2:00 PM
Library Periodicals Room – Concourse level

Keynote Speaker

Dr. Catherine Cronin, Co-Editor
Higher Education for Good: Teaching and Learning Futures

Facilitator: Stacy Katz, Open Resources Librarian, Library
Welcome: Jorge Silva-Puras, Interim Provost, Lehman College

Presenters

Short presentations on how faculty are using Open Educational Practices in their courses

  • Tailisha Gonzalez, Health Equity, Administration, Technology
  • Juan Jesús Payán, Languages and Literature
  • Jennifer Van Allen, Education

Open for Anti-Racism Panel

Sherry Deckman, co-facilitator of the Open for Anti-Racism Workshop, will moderate a panel of past participants on how the workshop has impacted their teaching

  • Moderator: Sherry Deckman, Education
  • Panelists: Cindy Bautista-Thomas, Social Work; Harriet Fayne, Education; Jennifer Jolley, Music; Sara Kotzin, Social Work; Stefanos Milkidis, Earth, Environmental, and Geospatial Sciences; Maria Plochocki, English

RSVP by May 6th
Information: Stacy.Katz@lehman.cuny.edu

Light Refreshments will be served.

Androids, Spirits and Chatbots: Historicizing AI Writing

March 14, 2024 | 4:30pm | MA in Digital Humanities Lounge Rm 5307 & online

“Androids, Spirits and Chatbots: Historicizing AI Writing”

Annette Vee, Associate Professor of English, University of Pittsburgh

Poster for Annette Vee, "Androids, Spirits and Chatpots: Historicizing AI Writing"

Generative AI platforms such as ChatGPT have suddenly thrust the automation of writing into the public spotlight. The machine learning techniques behind Large Language Models such as the GPT series may be new; however, for centuries, humans have attempted to automate writing using mechanical, spiritual, and logical means. The automation of writing parallels a longer history of automation, yet with a twist: each of these attempts to automate writing also implicated a kind of artificial human intelligence. Writing is uniquely human, and as such, it has served as a touchstone for scientific and literary imaginations focused on replicating human intelligence. This presentation puts current conversations about AI writing in historical context with 18th century androids, 19th century spiritualism, and 20th century computer scientists to probe both what writing meant in previous eras as well as dominant assumptions of what it meant to be human in these eras. Attendees of the talk will come away with an understanding of: current Large Language Models driving generative AI writing plus how they do and don’t replicate human intelligence; historical contexts for the attempts to automate writing; and open research questions and pedagogical challenges and opportunities surrounding writing in the age of generative AI.

Co-Sponsored by the MA Program in Digital Humanities, the Teaching and Learning Center, and the Ph.D. Program in English

Online registration: http://cuny.is/annettevee

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