BMCC OpenLab
Create an account on the BMCC OpenLab using these instructions. Soon we will have a community and website on OpenLab for the seminar where we will engage in asynchronous activities.
INTRODUCE YOURSELF
READINGS & LISTENINGS
Read or listen to the following materials, and write responses/notes to the spark questions, which we’ll use as a jumping off point for our discussion on June 2. We’ll be asking you to share your responses in small groups, as well as with all of the cohort participants.
- “Preparing a Learning-Focused Syllabus”
http://www.learningscientists.org/blog/2017/6/18/weekly-digest-64
Spark questions: What about your syllabus is learning-focused? What is one change you might make to be more learning focused? Find an example of a policy on your syllabus; insert the phrase “because I say so” at the end. How does this change the perspective?
- “What Is Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy (CSP) and Why Does It Matter?”
Spark questions: How would you describe CSP to a colleague? What is one example from your own teaching of how you incorporate CSP into your courses? In what additional ways might you incorporate CSP?
- “What Is Open Pedagogy?”
http://openpedagogy.org/open-pedagogy
Spark questions: In what ways do you share power in your classes? Where are the places that you might make space for more student agency?
- “Trauma-informed Pedagogy” Podcast
http://teaforteaching.com/131-trauma-informed-pedagogy/
Spark questions: What were you doing for self-care before the pandemic? What are you doing for self-care now?
