What You're Doing, Where We're Going
This week, we spotlight Professor Jessica Pennerâs OpenLab course on Creative Writing, which focuses âon understanding how form and meaning work together and on understanding the types and complexities of each genreâŚso that each student canâŚdevelop their unique, individual voice.â … Continue reading this post
This week, we spotlight Professor Kanâs Mat1275CO, an OpenLab course on College Algebra and Trigonometry. The course shows how you can loosely adapt the OpenLab course template for your teaching:
This week, we spotlight Professor Kimâs OpenLab course on Urban Sociology. The course offers wonderful examples of how to use the OpenLab to support multimodal learning.
First, notice how Professor Kim breaks up the information on the course site into manageable chunks.… Continue reading this post
This week, we spotlight the OpenLab Community Teamâs very own Olivia Wood. Specifically, we take a look at Olivia Woodâs OpenLab Teaching Portfolio, which offers an example of a compelling and clean site design that allows her to communicate her identity as an instructor clearly and succinctly.… Continue reading this post
This week, we spotlight the Faculty Publication Support Workshop Series OpenLab site. This is âa joint initiative of the Faculty Commons and the Libraryâs Scholarly Communications Committeeâ which âsupports City Tech faculty in their scholarship and publishing.â… Continue reading this post
Are you teaching this semester on the OpenLab? If so, a new feature allows you to directly add students via an email list to your course:
Welcome Back! We have new support opportunities!
As you sink into your semesterly routine, we wanted to make you aware of support opportunities :
Hello, OpenLab Community!
We are happy to announce our Winter 2022 Support Schedule, for everyone working the winter session and/or preparing for Spring 2022. We offer two types of synchronous support: workshops and Open Hours.
Winter Workshops:
Click here to view the full schedule and register to receive the Zoom link.… Continue reading this post
This week, we spotlight the City Tech Library Buzz Blog OpenLab site. The site is âthe news blog for the Ursula C. Schwerin Library.â On the home page, you will find announcements about upcoming library workshops, college-wide events (e.g., movie screenings), and the libraryâs very own Spotlight posts, which highlight useful resources for instructors and students!… Continue reading this post
Welcome back from the holiday break! We’ve reached that time of year where things are busy, but the days are short. Speaking at least for myself, I know I tend to have to fight a bit of inertia. In this edition of the Spotlight, we’re spotlighting one way to get inspiration and learn cool things you can do on the OpenLab without feeling overwhelmed.… 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.
