This week weâre spotlighting the recent issue of the Nucleus (Winter, 2017), our Faculty Commons Quarterly. This seasonâs issue features pieces from faculty about the creative ways theyâve used the OpenLab in the context of their courses and/or research. Specifically, faculty discuss engaging students through creative and interactive assignments that incorporate multiple forms of media and dialogue, how the open and archival aspects of the OpenLab enable past students to share tips and strategies with newer students despite never meeting in person, how course sites can act as nodes in larger networks of resources that may benefit students academically, professionally, or otherwise, how to carry out collaborative student-faculty research projects, and how other innovative learning resources such as OERs and WeBWorks enrich students learning AND can help keep educational costs down for students.… Continue reading this post
Tag: experiential learning
In the Spotlight: HGMT 4989 – Culinary Tourism
This week weâre shining the spotlight on Professor Krondlâs Culinary Tourism course (HGMT 4989). This course facilitates students exploration of the concept of culinary tourism, and highlights its impact on the tourism industry. The first thing you notice about this course site is that it is easily navigable.… Continue reading this post
In the Spotlight: Energy and Environmental Simulation Laboratory
This week weâre spotlighting City Techâs Energy and Environmental Simulation Laboratory (EESL). EESL is a research group organized by Professor Masato R. Nakamura in the Mechanical Engineering Department at City Tech. Though a research group, this group is open to anyone interested in conducting research on energy, environmental engineering and computing for sustainability.… Continue reading this post
In the Spotlight: RoboQuĂn
This week weâre spotlighting CityTechâs own âRoboquĂnâ. In addition to being a seemingly futuristic mannequin robot fashion model that can interact with people via Bluetooth and Wifi connectivity, RoboquĂn is also a larger multidisciplinary project composed around the construction and showcasing of the mannequin robot (hereafter the robot will be referred to as RoboQueen and the project will be referred to as RoboquĂn).… Continue reading this post
In the Spotlight: HMGT1102 – Intro to Hospitality Management
In Prof. Michael Krondl’s section of HMGT 1102 – Introduction to Hospitality Management, students can easily find the course syllabus, assignments, and readings. But most exciting about the site is the space it offers for students to blog about their visits to Smorgasburg and the Chelsea Market, complete with descriptions of the venues and mouth-watering photographs of the food.… Continue reading this post
In the Spotlight: ARTH1108 â Art of Asia
Curious to see how other faculty are organizing their course sites? Check out Prof. Ikuyo Nakagawaâs ARTH 1108 â Art of Asia. The course site is cleanly laid out, with menus that make it especially easy for students to find the syllabus, schedule of classes, assignments, and quizzes & exams.… Continue reading this post
In the Spotlight: L4 – Living Lab Learning Library
Faculty members — Will you be planning spring courses over the winter break? Do you intend to use the OpenLab next semester? Would you like fresh ideas for your pedagogy? If so, check out L4: Living Lab Learning Library! L4 is a resource exchange for innovative teaching practices, where City Tech faculty can interact with each other and a community of educators at large.… Continue reading this post
In the Spotlight: ARTH1112 – Introduction to Film-Hybrid
In Prof. Sandra Chengâs ARTH1112 – Introduction to Film-Hybrid, students blog and comment about the films they watch. Check out their thoughts on Pirates of the Caribbean, Reservoir Dogs, and the 1978 version of Superman. For extra credit, they get to visit MoMA or the Museum of the Moving Image.… Continue reading this post
In the Spotlight: Our Places: How We Commemorate
In Our Places: How We Commemorate, students in Prof. Mary Sue Donskyâs course LAW 2301 Estates, Trusts and Wills, a research class, explore memorial sites of the deceased. Taking their legal study out of the classroom, they research and photograph these sites, taking a close look at the ways that we commemorate the dead.… Continue reading this post
In the Spotlight: HMGT4997 – Wine of the New World
In Profs. Karen Goodlad and Robert Dagornâs course, students are learning about the art and science of wine making, blending, and tasting. They have recently made two visits to Red Hook Winery, where they were able to take part in the wine-making process and create their own blends to pair with a particular meal. … Continue reading this post
