OER/ZTC Course Redesign | Schedule

Seminar Learning Outcomes

• Identify current uses of asset-based pedagogies in courses, including culturally sustaining pedagogy and trauma-informed pedagogy
• Design learning experiences with asset-based pedagogies
• Apply universal design for learning to course assignments and activities
• Use backward design to plan a class session or unit/module
• Identify content/materials needed for learning outcomes and learning experiences by applying backward design
• Find open educational resources (OER) for the content identified through backward design process
• Choose Creative Commons licenses for sharing own work

WEEK 1

Thursday, January 4 | 2-4pm

**Prior to meeting Thursday, June 4**

• Introduce yourself on the Community Members page of our seminar site (link in menu above).
• Read What is open pedagogy? by Robin DeRosa and Rajiv Jhangiani, which situates OER in the broader context of open education practices.

Agenda

• While we’re waiting: Write down a song (title and artist) that represents for you the joy, hope, or liberation of learning
• Welcome
• Getting to know each other: Team Tally
• Thinking about pedagogy, part 1
  • Considering the reading for today, how does OER (and open pedagogy) relate to your teaching and learning philosophy? Record ideas in group notes.
  • Situating our work within asset pedagogies
• “The Thing Is” by Ellen Bass

WEEK 2

Tuesday, January 9 | 2-4pm

**Prior to meeting Tuesday, January 9**

• Explore Universal Design for Learning (UDL).
• Read about learner-centered practices through the lens of the syllabus and post a reflection.
• Share the list of no-cost materials, if any, you are currently using.

Agenda

• Welcome
• Syllabus convo
• UDL convo
• “Fire” by Judy Brown

Thursday, January 11 | 2-4pm – In revision

**Prior to Thursday, January 11**

• Complete activities from the first two sessions, if you haven’t yet (see above).
• Read and comment on colleagues’ posts under OER/ZTC conversations.
• Explore no-cost materials through the Library, freely available on the web, and on OER sites:
  • Art History OER
  • Biology OER
  • Business OER
  • English OER
  • Geograpy OER
  • Latin-American Studies OER
  • Music OER
  • BMCC Math department materials, Math OER
  • Political Science OER
  • PSY 100 OER course hub, Psychology OER
  • SOC 100 OER course hub, Sociology OER
  • SPE 100 OER course hub, Speech OER
  • THE 100 OER course hub, Theater OER

Agenda

• Welcome & which class are you redesigning?
• What the heck is ZTC? OER? no-cost materials definitions handout
• A zoom room of one’s own
• “Small Kindnesses” by Danusha Laméris
  • Bonus poem: ‘Small Kindnesses’: A Collaborative Poem by Teenagers From Around the World

WEEK 3

Tuesday, January 16 | 2-4pm

**Prior to Tuesday, January 16**

• Read about and reflect on backward design as a process for redesigning courses as OER/ZTC
• Watch Creative Commons Licenses Explained (5 mins)
• Read about CC Licenses
• Bonus video: Copying Is Not Theft (1 min)

Agenda

• Backward Design
• Creative Commons licenses
• Copyright considerations
• “The Tiger” by Nael

Thursday, January 18 | 2-4pm

**Prior to Thursday, January 18**

• By Wednesday, January 17 at 5pm, send an email to oer@bmcc.cuny.edu 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.
• Read and respond to trauma-informed teaching and learning practices
• Watch Fair Use (4 mins), and read about the Fair use Checklist.
• Bonus bonus video: Copyright Is Brain Damage (18 mins)

Agenda

• Questions, thoughts?
  • Which semester will you be teaching your ZTC course?
  • Any challenges?
• Trauma-informed education conversation
• Copyright and fair use discussion and scenarios
• “Compassion” by Miller Williams

WEEK 4

Tuesday, January 23 | 2-4pm

**Prior to Tuesday, January 23**

• Consider and share thoughts on culturally sustaining pedagogies and anti-racist pedagogy.
• Continue to redesign your course with OER and other no-cost resources, using backward design, UDL, and the asset pedagogies we’ve engaged with over the past few weeks.
• Bring any lingering Creative Commons, copyright, and fair use questions to the session.

Agenda

• Fair use continued
• Culturally sustaining pedagogy and anti-racist pedagogy conversation
• What do you need to complete the redesign of your course with no-cost materials? What challenges are you experiencing?
• “Hands” by Moya Cannon