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Learning Outcomes
During week 1, you will:
- develop familiarity with features and affordances of OpenLab websites
- navigate between the course profile and course website and explain what can be done in each space
- identify current and possible applications of asset-based pedagogies in your courses
Preparation for Tuesday, June 6
- Sign up for the OpenLab (instructions)
- Create your OpenLab profile and add a photo or image (instructions)
- Join the Teaching on the OpenLab Summer 2023 community (instructions)
- Introduce yourself on the Community Members page of our website
Agenda for Tuesday, June 6
- Welcome and land acknowledgment
- Team tally
- Pedagogical foundation: read about asset-based pedagogies
- OpenLab overview
- Meet your group
- Excerpt from “Natural Resources” by Adrienne Rich
Preparation for Thursday, June 8
- Complete the OpenLab Course Site Hopes and Dreams Worksheet
We encourage you to take a first pass through answering the questions on the worksheet before exploring the sites below. After exploring, you may want to take a second pass adding additional ideas. Have your worksheet available for Thursday’s discussion. - Explore some OpenLab course sites, noting what you might borrow and what you might do differently
- ENG 201: Introduction to Literature – Celeste Conway
- POL 100: Intro to American Government – Arto Artinian
- CRJ 204: Criminal Justice and the Urban Community – Satenik Margaryan
- ASN 114: Asian American History – Soniya Munshi
- SPN 105: Introductory Spanish – Laurie Lomask
- MMP 100: Intro to Multimedia – Chris Stein
- Share a song or image in the discussion area of our community profile
Choose a song or image that represents for you the joy, hope, or liberation of learning and share it by replying to the “Share a song or image” discussion thread in our community profile.
Agenda for Thursday, June 8
- Review of preparatory activities
- Cohort conversations
– What inspired you about the sites that you saw?
– What features would you like to include for your courses?
– What are your hopes and dreams for your site? - Wrap-up and activities to complete before next session
- “Fire” by Judy Brown
