Welcome back to all City Tech faculty, students, and staff! We hope your semester is beginning smoothly and that you are settling into a new routine of remote work. Last spring marked an abrupt and challenging transition to distance education. This fall, many of us are going in more psychologically prepared, though we recognize that these continue to be difficult times for many.… Continue reading this post
Category: Community&Collaboration
In the Spotlight: Brooklyn Waterfront Research Center
This week, we spotlight the Brooklyn Waterfront Research Center, which is an âincubator for new waterfront-related researchâ and âa venue to bring students into the knowledge-creation process.â Youâll notice that the project has an OpenLab profile but that the site itself was built on our CUNY-wide, sister platform, the CUNY Academic Commons.… Continue reading this post
In the Spotlight: Open Pedagogy on the OpenLab
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
In the Spotlight: the Fourth Annual Science Fiction Symposium
This week, we spotlight the Fourth Annual Science Fiction Symposium, to be held on Thursday, Dec. 12 in the Academic Building (285 Jay St, A105). Organized by Jason W. Ellis (City Tech) and Emily Hockaday (Analog Science Fiction and Fact), the Symposium will be held in partnership with Analog Science Fiction and Fact and its publisher Penny Publications.… Continue reading this post
In the Spotlight: The OpenLab at CUNY IT
*This post is part of the OpenLabâs âRetrospective Series,â through which the OpenLab team and community is curating and reflecting on the ways in which the OpenLab has grown and transformed since its launch in Fall 2011. (You can check out the original posts in the series here and here).… Continue reading this post
In the Spotlight: NYCCT Prism Alliance
This week, we spotlight NYCCTâs Prism Alliance. The Prism Alliance at City Tech is an inclusive safe space for all LGBTQIA++ students and allies. The club meets once a week, during club hour on Thursdays from 1-2 pm. The meetings are usually held in the library projection room, but the location can vary.… Continue reading this post
In the Spotlight: NYC Men Teach
This week, we spotlight the club site for the CUNY NYC Men Teach program. At City Tech, the program âprovides academic and financial support to⌠NYC Men Teach fellowsâ in the teacher degree programs in Math Education and Career and Technical Education.… Continue reading this post
In the Spotlight: Open Pedagogy on the OpenLab
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
In the Spotlight: Privacy in Open Learning
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
Summer Greetings from the OpenLab
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
