OpenPedagogy

on the OpenLab

Living Lab General Education SeminarApril 5, 2013

our teamliving lab project director: Maura Smale

living lab project manager: Charlie Edwards

OpenLab co-directors: Jody Rosen & Jenna Spevack

OpenLab outreach lead: Libby Clarke

instructional technology fellow: Bree Zuckerman

community facilitators: Scott Henkle, Andy McKinney, Kamili Posey

developers: Boone Gorges, early-adopter

system administrator: André Pitanga

student community builders: Patricia Persaud, Zam Mozumder, Amber Vinson

student bloggers: Shawn Brumell, Ruchoma Kaganoff

student interns: Edison Calle, Juan Vargas

an online community at City Tech where students, faculty, and

staff can meet to learn, work, and share ideas

the OpenLab is part of “A Living Laboratory” - a five-year $3.1M grant-funded project awarded by the U.S. Department of Education (Title V) to revitalize general education at City Tech

1. run General Education faculty seminars

2. create an open digital platform for

teaching and learning: the OpenLab

3. foster a Culture of Assessment

4. build an endowment for the Brooklyn Waterfront Research Center

a Living Lab: 2010-2015

goals for the OpenLab

_ make the curriculum visible to students

_ encourage connections across the college

_ empower students to take ownership of their work

_ offer a virtual space for collaboration & learning for the entire City Tech community

why “Open”?

unlike closed online college systems, the OpenLab allows members across

the college to communicate with one another and the

world outside City Tech

why “Lab”? like a lab, it provides a space where faculty and students can work together, experiment, and

innovate

how we got here

- beta July 2011-1000 users January 2012- official launch April 2012- now almost 6100 users, including over

5650 students

open platforms @ CUNY

_ blogs@Baruch_ ePortfolios@Macaulay Honors College_ student ePortfolios@York College_ Qwriting at Queens College_ CUNY Academic Commons_ now Commons in a Box

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open pedagogy on the OpenLab:

examples

open pedagogyon the OpenLab:

how can you get started?

let’s play a brainstorming game

working in your group:

1. pick one card from each deck:

_ open pedagogical strategies

_ general education student learning outcomes (SLOs)

_ games

2. use the game to help brainstorm an assignment using the open pedagogical strategy to teach the gen ed SLO

3. record the details of your assignment in the template

4. report back to all

tell us aboutyour assignment

thank you!

more questions? please get in touch!openlab@citytech.cuny.edu