Raquel Neris’s Profile

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Raquel Neris
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About Me
I am a service designer and a learning experience designer. I have worked in different industries designing digital products and facilitating workshops to help organizations master design tools for innovation. I am also the co-founder of Educar 3.0, a start-up that develops games about financial literacy for students in Brazilian schools. Today, I work for BMCC as the OpenLab Student Engagement Coordinator. I am responsible for engaging students and faculty to explore OpenLab platform to learn, work, play, share ideas, and build community.
Academic Interests
I have a Bachelor’s degree in Social Communication, a Graduate degree in Interaction Design, and a Master’s degree in Communication and Education. Today, I am a Masters student in Digital Humanities at the Graduate Center. In discovering Digital Humanities as a promising pathway to exploring crucial issues in humanities using digital technology, I became curious to know how to use its theories and practices to explore the last mile of technology in cognition and learning.
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Courses

GWS 100-1300 Introduction to Gender and Women’s Studies, Prof. Hollis Glaser

GWS 100-1300 Introduction to Gender and Women’s Studies, Prof. Hollis Glaser

This Introduction to Gender and Women’s Studies course is a fully online course taught during the fall 2022 semester by Dr. Hollis Glaser. Dr. Brianne Waychoff created this course and I am teaching it in her honor and memory.

SPE 100 | Fundamentals of Public Speaking | Course Hub

SPE 100 | Fundamentals of Public Speaking | Course Hub

Speech 100 is a required course for most BMCC students, the aim of the course is to develop effective skills in speech communication. This course hub was developed as an OER (Open Educational Resource) for faculty to utilize in the hopes that by offering a central resource and an open place where colleagues could collaborate, we could increase access to higher education and cultivate a community of democracy and diversity. We all know the tremendous benefits that using OER (Open Educational Resources) provide to our students. At BMCC alone it is estimated that students have saved $6 million! Besides the obvious financial benefit to our students, using OER materials has contributed to a culture of equity on campus by providing access to information. It is our hope that beyond the financial incentives, faculty can work together and use OER to pursue Open Pedagogy. According to DeRosa and Jhangiani, open pedagogy is “a site of praxis, a place where theories about learning, teaching, technology, and social justice enter into a conversation with each other and inform the development of educational practices and structures.” Using Open Pedagogy will allow us “to build a more empowering, collaborative, and just architecture for learning.” By embracing OER we are reimagining our vision of higher education and recognizing that we can transform our pedagogy to be learner-centered and thus much more beneficial and accessible to our students.

MAT 161 I Topics in Quantitative Reasoning I Fall 2023 I Prof. Shaoshao Yang

MAT 161 I Topics in Quantitative Reasoning I Fall 2023 I Prof. Shaoshao Yang

This course aims to teach students how to think competently about quantitative information. Students learn how to take real world problems, translate them into the language of mathematics, and solve them. Topics include thinking critically, numbers in the real world, financial management, statistical reasoning, probability, and mathematical modeling. This course satisfies the mathematic requirement for the CUNY Core. It is recommended for students who do not intend to pursue mathematics, science or any curriculum requiring the students to take Calculus. Note: This course satisfies the Pathways: Mathematical & Quantitative Reasoning requirement. Photo by Daniele Levis Pelusi on Unsplash

PSY 100 I Introduction to Psychology I Fall 2023 I Prof. Rebecca Smart

PSY 100 I Introduction to Psychology I Fall 2023 I Prof. Rebecca Smart

The course introduces students to the scientific study of behavior and mental processes. Students will learn about current perspectives, historical roots and scientific methods in psychology. Topics within major areas of psychology may include biopsychology, human development, learning, cognition, social processes, personality and psychological disorders. Photo by Giorgio Trovato on Unsplash

SBE100: Entrepreneurship – Product & Service Creation

SBE100: Entrepreneurship – Product & Service Creation

This course examines the building blocks of entrepreneurship, including an analysis of the entrepreneur and exploration of business opportunities. The course includes the investigation and practice of products and service creation. The emphasis will be on applying entrepreneurship concepts to a business idea and developing an entrepreneurial mindset. Corequisite: BUS104 only for business majors.

Communities

BMCC Finance & Banking Club

BMCC Finance & Banking Club

The Finance and Banking Club in discussion format, covers economic developments, finance industry topics and monetary policy: – From a theoretical perspective; – From an historical perspective; – And applies these ideas to current economic issues. Diverse opinions, independent research and active participation are encouraged. Each year, during the fall semester, a team of students, participates in the academic College Fed Challenge Competition, sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of the United States. Our meetings happen online every Wednesday, from 2pm to 4pm. Request membership to receive more info.

Studentpolitans Club

Studentpolitans Club

Games, chill vibes, diversity, snacks Everyone is welcome and any event can happen

E-Portfolio Workshop Series

E-Portfolio Workshop Series

This community is part of the Career Connected Learning Workshop Series. By joining, you can enhance your professional profile by developing your resume and digital portfolio. Our workshops are in-person at the MakerSpace, S608. View the Summer 2024 Schedule for virtual and in-person sessions on the community website, at https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/e-portfolio-workshop-series/?page_id=46

Research and Scholarship

Research and Scholarship

Updates on faculty and student scholarships

BMCC Reads

BMCC Reads

BMCC Reads – The space for sharing books, reviews, clubs, films and ideas

Projects

Makerspace

Makerspace

Information on the BMCC Makerspace (opened to all faculty and students)

Open Educational Resources at BMCC

Open Educational Resources at BMCC

This project and site are a resource for faculty interested in redesigning their courses with open educational resources (OER) and other no-cost materials, including library resources. (image credit: Viktor Forgacs on Unsplash)

Reimagining My Community Summer ’23

Reimagining My Community Summer ’23

Reimagining My Community is a summer leadership development program that will encourage students to think critically, evaluate community assets and deficits, and create a project proposal to augment a selected neighborhood’s quality of life.

Reimagining My Community Summer ’22

Reimagining My Community Summer ’22

Reimagining My Community is an internship program that will encourage students to think critically, evaluate community assets and deficits, and create a project proposal to augment a selected neighborhood’s quality of life.

BMCC Academic Leaves

BMCC Academic Leaves

A space for faculty to share information about the projects they worked on while on academic leave. Contact Greer McPhaden for information about how to submit your project. If you join this group, you will receive email notifications when new projects are submitted.