I’ve been seeking practical information that might help when students aren’t doing the reading needed for your courses, and here is what I have found.
Resources
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Hi afternoon folks, Wow, what an incredibly rich discussion today, and so many excellent resources were shared on a host of different topics. First, Deniz shared with us this article published by a Danish open access journal. We specifically want to direct your attention to the way the Creative Commons […]
Today in the afternoon seminar, Berenice raised her confusion about the differences between the major open platforms in the CUNY community. There are indeed quite a few, and many have similar-sounding names, so it’s no doubt a bit confusing. I wanted to write this blog post to clarify the differences […]
Check out how Professor Brener incorporates reflective and personal writing in her classes.
Hi afternoon folks, Thanks for all the great resources you directed our attention to in today’s discussion about fair use and copyright. Take a look at this explainer of the copyright symbol itself, which provides some important formal and legal context to our discussion. Kudos to Erica for providing a […]
Questions about rubrics have come up a couple times in our open pedagogy seminar.
Hi afternoon folks, Thanks for the extremely engaging discussion today about your challenging classroom experiences. While there are of course no quick solutions to many of the situations you described, here is the Community Agreement resources from Intergroup Dialogue Project at Cornell, which we think offer an important way of […]
Hi afternoon folks, Thanks for a great discussion today about backward design and to those who volunteered to share their backward design planners. Like jean mentioned, this isn’t just an “OER/ZTC substitute” seminar but an OER/ZTC course redesign seminar. Hopefully conceptualizing your course backwards from intended learning outcomes, to demonstrable […]
We want to have agency in deciding what to put out there in the public knowledge commons—just as our students do.
Hi afternoon folks, thanks so much for your contributions of which OER/ZTC materials you are already using in your classes. To reiterate, we of course have the Open Educational Resources OpenLab site, which has a selection of OER organized by subject, as well as a pretty great list of open […]
It is possible to go on and on and on defining terms in the field of open knowledge. It’s a big field! This post focuses on three key terms—open, open educational resources, and open pedagogy.
Hi all, thanks for an amazing discussion today about alternative pedagogical approaches. I wanted to share with you three resources that you may find interesting. Paulo Freire’s essay “The Banking Concept of Education” is a seminal piece critiquing traditional education methods and advocating for more participatory alternatives. It is Chapter […]
Hi, all! Here are some links to the “Small Teaching” e-books, accessible through the BMCC Library, that jean mentioned in the OER/ZTC session yesterday afternoon: Small teaching : everyday lessons from the science of learning Small teaching online : applying learning science in online classes
The eight-page zine is a great format for a comic. And do watch the video in which Audrey discusses her potential zine series, “Irritating Things that Seventh Graders Do.” XKCD is an excellent example of how extremely sophisticated comics can be made without extremely sophisticated artistic skills. Lynda Barry shows […]
As Chris pointed out today, students likely can find the basics of what is needed for an audio assignment in their pockets. The voice memos app on a phone will do. The library also has a podcast booth with two microphones, a sound mixer, and a computer with Audacity available […]
