I am the learning experience designer on the OpenLab team, affiliated with CETLS and the Library. I work primarily with faculty on designing their OpenLab courses and collecting their OERs, but I also support students and staff with technical issues, do testing when the OpenLab needs it, create our help documentation, and I unofficially assist our director with development of OpenLab features. +I am a linguist, and I also work at the Graduate Center doing research on heritage language pedagogy. I have experience teaching many sections of six different courses at LaGuardia, Hunter, and Brooklyn College, both full- and part-time, and I did a digital fellowship at City Tech’s OpenLab in 2016, so I came to BMCC in 2019 with some helpful background. +I aim to support faculty on their journey toward engaging in more open pedagogy practices, and I like to think that my personal experience gives me empathy and understanding of the challenges that this can bring. I love teaching people how to use WordPress, and I’m constantly learning new things about it, from my small-but-mighty team and from the people I’m helping! I’m looking forward to working with all of you this month and beyond.
Here is a link to my sample course! https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/groups/eng-201-1300-intro-to-lit-prof-zelda-smith-spring-2020/
