“In the Spotlight,” housed on the Open Road, is a blog series that aims to showcase all the amazing work our students, faculty and staff are doing by featuring a different course, project, club or ePortfolio each week. Specifically, we highlight the unique ways users are designing their sites to meet their teaching, learning, professional, and/or extracurricular needs.… Continue reading this post
Category: In The Spotlight
In the Spotlight: The OpenLab is Growing!
This week we, the OpenLab team, are proud to announce OpenLab is now home to over 19,000 members! Thank you for joining us!
Given our growing community, we’d like to take a minute to remind you of all of the services available to you:
- We offer skill-building workshops tailored to the needs of faculty/staff and students to help you improve the quality and functionality of your sites.
In the Spotlight: Apply to become an OpenLab Student Blogger or Photoblogger!
Apply to become an OpenLab Student Blogger or Photoblogger!
The Buzz is hiring! We are an Openlab student project dedicated to all things City Tech, where students blog about themselves and/or topics of their choice. We seek enthusiastic student bloggers to join The Buzz and create conversation, community, and engagement on the OpenLab and strengthen the intellectual and social life of the college community.… Continue reading this post
In the Spotlight: Open Pedagogy on the Open Lab!
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Open Pedagogy on the OpenLab is a forum where our community can ask questions, stimulate discussion, and access/share resources related to teaching and learning on the OpenLab. This site is a good place to find ideas for digital pedagogy assignments, access information on best practices and tips for open digital pedagogy, and engage other faculty members in discussions about what open pedagogy is and what shape it can take in our classrooms at City Tech.… Continue reading this post
In the Spotlight: The Open Road, of course!
Welcome back faculty, staff, and students! We missed you this summer! Whether you’re returning to the OpenLab or signing up for the first time, remember to join the Open Road. The project is the one-stop-shop for the OpenLab’s Community Team.… Continue reading this post
In the Spotlight: Prof. Jason Montgomery’s ePortfolio
The upcoming summer is a great opportunity for faculty and students alike to work on developing their ePortfolios. For inspiration, look no further than Prof. Jason Montgomery’s example. Prof. Montgomery’s site draws on a clean, well-organized architecture to highlight his skills and accomplishments.… Continue reading this post
In the Spotlight: Crear Futuros
The OpenLab is not for coursework alone! City Tech’s CREAR Futuros is a great example of a clean and straight-forward project on the site. CREAR Futuros, a joint project of the Hispanic Federation and the City University of New York, is dedicated to bringing increasing attention and resources to improve educational achievement and economic opportunity to Latinos.… Continue reading this post
In the Spotlight: ENG2003 – Intro to Literature: Poetry
Prof. Cecily Iddings’ course ENG2003 – Intro to Literature: Poetry offers a great example of OpenLab use to encourage student writing and feedback. Students blog on assigned topics like close reading or language, sound, and form in poetry. They are also required to comment on each other’s posts, creating an ongoing discussion about course readings that extends from classroom to site.… Continue reading this post
In the Spotlight: COMD Internship Coordination Site
It’s that time of year when students are searching for internships. Luckily, Prof. Tanya Goetz’s Communication Design Internship Coordination Site is a one-stop shop designed to help students in the COMD Department find internships to meet fieldwork and study requirements. These internships can include placements at advertising agencies, graphic design firms, corporate design offices, and more.… Continue reading this post
In the Spotlight: PSY3405 – Health Psychology
The course site for Prof. Amanda Almond’s interdisciplinary PSY3405 – Health Psychology offers students both course documents and extensive multimedia resources to think about race and health. In addition to the course syllabus, requirements, and grading procedures, Prof.… Continue reading this post
