What You're Doing, Where We're Going
This semester, we are focusing on the theme of access. How can open, digital pedagogies improve student access to learning? How can we ensure course materials and pedagogical resources are accessible to all students? The libraryâs module, Introduction to Accessibility, provides useful guidelines.… Continue reading this post
This week, as we prepare for our first Open Pedagogy Event of the semester, weâd like to draw your attention once again to our in-house site, Open Pedagogy on the OpenLab. This site operates as a forum where OpenLab community members can ask questions and stimulate discussion related to teaching and learning on the OpenLab and in open digital environments more generally.… Continue reading this post
This week, weâre spotlighting Professor Ellisâ ENG 2575Â Technical Writing course. In the class, students will have âopportunities to learn the theory, skills, and heuristics of technical writing through projects relevantâ to their degree program. The course encourages students to write often, and with intention.… Continue reading this post
Happy second week of school to all City Tech faculty, students, and staff! At the start of every semester, hundreds of members of the City Tech community join the OpenLab for the very first time. If thatâs your case, welcome! We want to take the start of the semester to go over the ins-and-outs of privacy in open learning.… Continue reading this post
Welcome back to all City Tech faculty, students, and staff! As you all sink into your semesterly routines, we want to take a moment to highlight the different ways weâre here to support your work on the OpenLab this semester.
Meet with a member of the OpenLab Community Team for face-to- face support.… Continue reading this post
Greetings from the OpenLab and congratulations to all on the closing of another successful academic year! And a most-important special shout-out to the graduating class of 2019!
While our weekly âSpotlightâ blog series will go on hiatus for the season, we wanted to remind you of the sites we featured this past year and encourage you to check them out if you havenât already done so.… Continue reading this post
A few weeks ago, we spotlighted Prof. Blainâs Writing in the Workplace course site. This site offered great ideas for how to organize student writing assignments. This week, we spotlight another well-organized, creative and visually compelling writing-intensive course: Prof. Westengardâs Gothic Literature and Visual Culture (ENGL 3407-D613).… Continue reading this post
On the Open Road you can find:
As mentioned in previous posts, our theme for Open Pedagogy this semester has been Portfolio curation– Â the process of selecting, organizing and updating the work featured on oneâs Portfolio/ ePortfolio. This week, as we return from Spring Break and inch toward the close of the semester (what?… Continue reading this post
A few weeks ago, we spotlighted an ePortfolio that blended humor, self-reflection and professionalism. This week, we spotlight another student site that does much of the same, but with its own flair for design and digital art. Kevelyn Vargasâ ePortfolio is a great example of how to use an OpenLab site to convey both personality and academic  work.… Continue reading this post
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.
