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

• Information for Introduction

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?

WEEK 1 – June 2, 2020

Asset-based Pedagogies

Learning Outcomes

• apply learner-centered principles to the syllabus
• describe culturally sustaining pedagogy (CSP)
• design learning experiences with asset-based pedagogies

10:00am-11:30am

Welcome

Territorial acknowledgement (see https://usdac.us/nativeland)

Silent introductions – with shout outs

Workin’ Zoom (chat or voice)

Co-creation in the comments

Thinking about pedagogy, part 1

• From the beginning: Your syllabus (team time)
• Situating our work within asset-based pedagogies
• CSP in the class (team time)

2:00-3:30pm

Thinking about pedagogy, part 2

• Trauma informed teaching and learning (team time)
• Open pedagogy (team time)

WEEK 2 – June 9, 2020

Learning Outcomes

• Consider current and possible spaces for asset-based pedagogies in your courses
• Apply universal design for learning to course assignments and activities
• Use backward design to plan a unit or module

Pre-Zoom Activities

• Reflection on asset-based pedagogies
• Universal Design for Learning
• Backward Design

10:00am-11:30am

Welcome back

Thinking about pedagogy, part 3

• Universal design for learning (UDL)
• Backward design

2:00-3:30pm

Content for Learning Experiences

• What’s included in zero textbook cost?
• Creative Commons licensing
• Finding OER

WEEK 3 – June 16, 2020

Learning Outcomes

• Identify content needed for learning outcomes and learning experiences by applying backward design
• Find open educational resources (OER) for the content identified above

Pre-Zoom Activities

• Identify two learning outcomes and apply backward design to each (using the attached planner/worksheet if it’s helpful) to design learning experiences for your students. Locate OER or other no-cost sources that you might use to help your students achieve the learning outcomes. Come to the next session ready to talk about how you found the materials and how they contribute to your students achieving the learning outcomes.
  
• By Sunday, June 14, send an email to jean describing one or two examples of material that you’ve wondered if you could use without violating copyright in a past or present course. We’ll anonymize these and use them for discussion.
• Watch Creative Commons Licenses Explained, and read about CC licenses
• Watch Fair Use, and read about the Fair use Checklist.
• Bonus video: Copying Is Not Theft.

10:00am-11:30am

Welcome back

OER

• OER lightning round

2:00-3:30pm

No cost options

• Other no cost materials beyond OER
• Copyright and fair use

WEEK 4 – June 23, 2020

Learning Outcomes

10:00am-11:30am

Now what?

• Delivering OER to students
• Assessing your OER/ZTC course

2:00-3:30pm

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