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• UniversalDesign
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O�ce of Educational Technology
The 2016 Bronx EdTech Showcase
at Lehman College
www.hostos.cuny.edu/edtech
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Panopto at Hostos: lec ture c apture/videomaker/web c aster/ media f i le storage For Al l !
• TimetoswitchfromBlackboard?
• UsingGoogleDocsSurveys
• 2016BronxEdTechShowcase
• CelebrationofInnovation
Spring 2016, Issue 10
InnovationsInnovSpring 2016
Hands-OnTECH
Editor-in-Chief - George Rosa Executive Editor, Consultant - Carlos GuevaraContributors - Aaron Davis, Leonardo Lavega, Kate Lyons, Francisco Ordonez Guest Contributor - Dr. Sue Dicker
Blackboard Essentials Thursday February 4, 2016 3:30pm - 4:30pm Wednesday, February 10, 2016 11:00am – 12:00pmThisworkshopoffersaquicklessontohelpyouorganizeyourcourse,andusealltheBlackboardtoolsavailable.Tipsonhowthesetoolscanbeusedeffec-tively inyour teachingwillbeprovid-ed. The following topics are covered:coursenavigation;addingcoursecon-tent; posting assignments; creatingdiscussions;creatingtests.
Facilitators: Wilfredo Rodríguez;GeorgeRosa
Blackboard Grade Center Wednesday, February 17, 2016 11:00am – 1:00pm Thursday, February 18, 2016Learn how to configure and connectyour grade center with assignments,discussionboard,andexams.
Facilitators:AaronDavis,GeorgeRosa
Assessment Tools Thursday, March 3, 2016 3:30pm - 4:30pmAdministeryourquizzesandexamson-line,andotherassessmenttools.LearnhowtostopplagiarismbyusingSafe-Assign.
Facilitator:GeorgeRosa
Blogs and Wikis March 17, 2016 2:00pm - 3:00pmThisworkshopswillprovideinsightsofAdvanced blackboard topics such asblogs,journals,wikis,coursecopy,Tipstopreventonlinecheatingandothers.
Facilitator:ToBeAnnounced
Blackboard Advanced - Content Collection Thursday, March 31 2016 3:30pm - 4:30pmThisworkshopswillcoverthadvancedways documents can be easily man-aged and shared across coursesand Blackboard users using Blackboard’sContentCollection.
Facilitator:WilfredoRodríguez
24/7 Course Accessible Thursday, February 11, 2016 11:00am – 12:00pmIn this open-discussion workshop wewill look at the online tools availableto use in a strategy that encouragesstudent online participation outsidethescheduledcoursehoursandleadstoanonline teaching/learningcollab-orative community that students can”dwell” in. Included in the discussionwill be “content beyond the course-work”, such as use of periodic surveysand feedback discussion forums. Allonlinetoolswillbeopentodiscussion,includingblogs,wikis,BlackboardCol-laborate,PanoptoandePortfolios.
Facilitator:GeorgeRosa
ePortfolios Uses in Higher Education February 25, 2016 3:30pm - 4:30pmThese workshops cover a variety oftopicsandarefocusedonsolvingfac-ultyissuesintheclassrooms.
Facilitator:AaronDavis
Don’t be shy, be bright – increas-ing students’ participation Thursday, March 10, 2016 11:00am – 12:00pmThis workshop discusses the issues ofstudents’participationintheclassroomandlookforwaystoimproveengage-ment. Different tools are presentedanddiscussedthatcouldenhanceandincludealltypeofstudentstobemoreengaged.
Facilitator:WIlfredoRodríguez
FocusOnTECHNOLOGY
WORKSHOPSThe Education Technology Depart-ment (EdTech)ispleasedtopresentaseriesofworkshops,bothface-to-faceandonline,withastrongfocusontak-ingfulladvantageoftechnologytoolsand strategies to improve in everyarea of teaching and learning. Thesesessions are centered on experiencesacquired through the use of differenttechnologiesintheclassroom,andaregeared to provide the pros and conswhenusedintheeducationalsetting.This semester there will be a strongemphasisonBlackboard9.1training
All these sessions will be held at theFaculty Learning Commons (C-559),unlessotherwiseindicated.
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Using your iPad wirelessly in the classroom Tuesday, March 22, 2016 11:00 AM – 12:00 PMiPadsareverypopulardevicesandpo-tentiallyahelpfultool intheteachingand learning process. Hostos’ smart-classrooms are equipped with an airserverwhichallowsinstructorstocon-necttheir ipadswirelesslymakingtheuseofthemsmoother.
Facilitator:WIlfredoRodríguez
Guide on the Side vs. Sage on the Stage: Designing an experience through project-based learning Thursday March 24, 2016 3:30pm - 4:30pmThese workshops cover a variety oftopicsandtheyarefocusedonsolvingfacultyissuesintheclassrooms.
Facilitator:AaronDavis
Everyone Get’s an A! Utilizing Assessment Tools Towards Stu-dent Retention Thursday April 7, 2016 3:30pm - 4:30pmThis is an open-discussion workshopwhere we will explore online strate-gies that encourage student engage-ment and motivation through greateraccesstolecturecontent,collaborativeprojects, open-ended practices, andimproved communication. AmongBlackboard tools covered will be Assignments, SafeAssignments, Tests,Discussions, Blogs and Wikis. Thisworkshop covers material suitable forbothclassroomandonlinecourses.Allquestions about Blackboard are wel-comeandencouraged.
Fascilitator:GeorgeRosa
Everyone Get’s an A! Utilizing as-sessment Tools Towards Student Retention Thursday, April 7, 2016 3:30pm - 4:30pmThis is an open-discussion workshopwhere we will explore online strate-gies that encourage student engage-ment and motivation through greateraccesstolecturecontent,collaborativeprojects, open-ended practices, and
improved communication. AmongBlackboard tools covered will be As-signments, SafeAssignments, Tests,Discussions, Blogs and Wikis. Thisworkshop covers material suitable forbothclassroomandonlinecourses.Allquestions about Blackboard are wel-comeandencouraged.
Facilitator:GeorgeRosa
Universal Design – What is it Thursday, April 14, 2016 3:30pm - 4:30pmThis workshop is designed to helpinstructors understand the multiplelearning styles of students today.Theworkshoplooksathowtoleveragevar-ious technology tools to help addressmultiple learning styles.come and en-couraged.
Facilitator:AaronDavis
Tips to Prevent Academic Dis-honesty in Online Thursday May 5, 2016 3:30pm - 4:30pmThisworkshopswillprovideinsightsofAdvanced blackboard topics such asblogs,journals,wikis,coursecopy,tipstopreventonlinecheating,andothers.
Facilitator:WIlfredoRodríguez
How you learn isn’t how I learn. Cool Tools Customization Thursday May 12, 2016 3:30pm - 4:30pmThese workshops cover a variety oftopicsandtheyarefocusedonsolvingfacultyissuesintheclassrooms.
Facilitator:AaronDavis
EdTech Innovation Celebration
AneventtohaveFUNwithtechnology,celebratefaculty
success,andmeetotherinnovatorsoncampus.
Deliciousfood,greatconversa-tions,andGIFTSawaityou.
Date: May 10, 2016
Time: 2:00pm
Location: FDR, 3rd �oor C Building
Good Luck, Leonardo Lavega!
We at EdTech extend our best wishesto Leonardo Lavega. Leo served asEdTech’s programmer and proved tobe a most valuable member of theteam. Totheofficegoalshebroughthisknowledge,anoutstandingskillsetand his enthusiastic helpfulness to-wardshiscolleagues,faculty,staffandstudents. And most important of all,he’sa reallyniceguy. Leohasmovedon to a position with a leading techcompanyasanapplicationdeveloper.WeknowthatLeowillbesuccessfulinallhisfutureendeavors,andthankhimfor the outstanding work that he didherewithus.
byGeorgeRosa
For years EdTech has provided sup-port for faculty who use video re-cordingof their lessons,specifically
what is known as “lecture capture”, intheirteaching.Twoplatformshavebeenusedforthis:TegrityandCamtasia,eachwith its advantages and disadvantages.This year a new, powerful, easy-to-useand easily accessible video and lecturecapture application arrived at Hostos
that isavailableforunlimitedusebyallfaculty. Called Panopto, it brings manyfeaturesthatgiveitadvantagesoverthepreviously mentioned applications, go-ing far beyond a mere lecture captureapplicationtobeingavideoproductionand editing tool, a media file managerandlibrary,andcollaborativeteaching/learningsite.
Easy to use.If you’re familiar with Tegrity, Panoptoworksinmuchthesameway.Justclickthe Record button to start recording.When you’re done it quickly processesand uploads the recording to the Pan-optocoursefolder.It’sthenavailableforviewing.
Panopto resides in BlackboardHostos has purchased the Panoptobuildingblock,whichmeansitfunctionslike a plugin that you access throughBlackboard. There are many advan-tagestothis. Forone,Panoptohasthesameavailabilitytofacultyandstudentsas Blackboard itself. Once you sign-onto Blackboard you also have access toPanopto. Secondly, there’s no need touseanoutsideapplicationlikeYouTubeand linkorembedtheresultingvideos.
ming and clipping, splicing additionalcontent, embedding quizzes and sur-veys,synchroningvideosandslides,andcaptioning.
Video UploadAbroadrangeoffileformatscanbeup-loadedintoPanopto’svideolibraryusingdrag-and-drop. THis allows Panopto tobeusedasamediaserverandrichmediafilestoragemanager.
Students can create recordings with permissions.By setting permissions instructors canallowstudentstorecordtosharablefold-ers. Invitations to view videos can besent out through email and videos em-
bedded in websites and social media,andposteddirectly toYouTube. VideoscanalsobedownloadedtoMP4format.WhatallthismeansisthatPanoptocanbe used as a video production applica-tiontocreaterecordingstobeusedout-sideofBlackboard.
You can learn more about Panopto byvisitingthePanoptowebsite:
http://panopto.com
Hostos EdTech has a site dedicated toinformationandsupportonPanoptoatHostos:
http://commons.hostos.cuny.edu/panopto
AndpleasestopbyorcontacttheEdTechoffice if you are interested in bringingPanoptointoyourpedagogy.
Viewers in the course just need to goto the PanoptoTool link in the courseto see the course recordings. Also byposting using the Panopto server andviewedinBlackboard,theprivacyissueisavoided.
Recordings can be easily shared among courses and users.Recordingscanbesharedacrosscours-es and permissions given to allow ac-cesstousersofalldifferentcategories,students,instructors,guests,etc.
Panopto Recorder is accessible inside and outside of Blackboard across platforms and through di�erent de-vices.Although Panopto resides in Black-board, it can be accessed both inside
and outside Blackboard and throughAndroidandApplemobiledevices.
Live Instant WebcastingTurnanypresentation,event,ormeet-ingintoalivewebeventsimplybyclick-ing“Webcast”inPanopto’ssoftware.
Video File Management and Library Search.Panopto automatically indexes keyinformation about your videos andmakesthemeasytofind.AndPanop-to’ssearchengineletsyousearchinsidevideos for words shown on slides ormentionedbypresenters.
Video AnalyticsYou can monitor the activity and sizeofyourvideolibrary,reportingnumberof users, folders, sessions, views, dataservers, and get reports on viewingstatistics within video collections andanalyze the effectiveness of individualrecordings.
Web-based editingPanopto’s video editor is accessedthroughanywebbrowser,allowingyouto make changes to your videos fromanywhere. Capabilities include trim-
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ACTIVATING PANOPTO IN YOUR BLACKBOARD COURSE
In the course that you want to use Panopto, !click on Customization in the Control Panel to expand it, !then click on Tool Availability.
In the Tool Availability page, scroll down, and verify that the box next to Panopto Course Tool Application
is checked. If it is not checked, then check it, and click Submit.
Click the + sign at the top left above Choose the Panopto Course Tool by Navigation Menu and click on Tool Link clicking on it. to create a new area for your Panopto link. !
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Name the new area Panopto ! and check Available to Users. ! Then click Submit.
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You can select other course folders to share recordings with. To do that, click on the course you wish to ! share with in the Available Folders box and click on the Add >> button to push it into the Selected Folders box. When finished, click Submit.!
If this page appears click on Panopto Folder Settings for the course you want to record for.!
The Panopto Tool now appears.
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AtHostosCommunityCollegetherehasbeenanemergenceofcoursesofferedinboththehybrid(partiallyonline)andasynchronous(fullyonline)modali-ties.Onlinelearningoffersstudentstheflexibilityofself-pacedlearningontheirowntime,inmanyinstancesfromthecomfortoftheirownhome.
Synchronouscourses(face-to-face),whilestillanimportantcomponentofhighereducation,candeteradultlearn-erswhenalternativecorrespondingon-linecoursesofferlearninginthecomfortofone’shomeatone’sownpace.Howeverdespitemanystudentsenter-
inghighereducationbeingdubbed“digitalnatives,”onlinelearningenvi-ronmentslikeBlackboard,arenotasintuitiveorfamiliarastheonlineenvi-
ronmentssuchassocialmedia,whichdigitalnativesuseonadailybasis.The2016NationalEducationTechnologyPlancallsthistheDigitalUseDivide,whichdescribesthedifferencebetweenastudent’spassiveuseoftechnologyandtheiractiveuseoftechnology.AreYouReady?
Inordertobetterpreparestudentsfortheactiveuseoftechnologythatonlinelearningrequires,theOfficeofEduca-tionalTechnologyhascreatedthe“AreYouReady?”courseinBlackboardtobet-terpreparestudentsinbothhowonlinelearningworks,andwhattoexpectinanonlinelearningenvironment.Thecourseisdividedinto6sectionsthatgooverarangeoftopics.Eachsectionpresentsthestudentwithabriefvideo,text,andquiz.Thecourseisalsode-signedsothatstudentscannotproceedtofurthersectionswithoutcompletingthepreviousone.Oncethestudenthascompletedthecourse,theyare
rewardedwithacertificatethattheycanprovidetotheirinstructortoshowthattheyarepreparedforanonlinelearningcourse.
byAaronDavis
the “Are You Ready for O nline Learning” assessment course
Whenthiscoursewasintroducedtofacultyteachinginonlinemodalitiesinthepastspringsemester,theyfoundthatthecoursebothpreparedstudentexpectationsofonlinelearningandalsocreatedanaccountabilityforstudentswhoweretakingtheircourse.AsonlinecoursesatHostoscontinuetoexpand,theOfficeofEducationalTech-nologyencouragesfacultytobetterpreparetheirstudentsbyaskingthemtotaketheAreYouReady?courseatthebeginningofthesemester.
Formoredetails,goto:
http://commons.hostos.cuny.edu/online
The Course Menu leads students through the sections
An image capture from a video in the course
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In December 2015 the Office of Edu-cational Technology with the EdTechLeadershipCouncilemailedall facultyalinktoasurveyabouttheirexperiencesteaching with technology. 114 faculty
members responded to the survey.Therespondents’ represented the followingdepartments:
• Language & Cognition(6respondents-5%)
• Library (6respondents-5%)• AlliedHealth(9respondents-
8%)• Education(9respondents-8%• Business(10respondents-9%)• Humanities(12respondents-
11%)• English(14respondents-12%)• Natural Sciences(14respon-
dents-12%)• Mathematics (15respondents-
13%)• Behavioral & Social Sciences
(18respondents-16%)
73% identified themselves as full timefacultyandtwenty-sevenpercentidenti-fiedasadjunctfaculty.Themajority(over80%)hadbeenteachingatHostosfor6ormoresemestersandthemajoritywere
inprofessorialtitles(17%Professor,17%Associate Professor and 36% AssistantProfessor).More than75%of the respondentshadexperienceaddingaBlackboardcompo-nenttotheircourses.Thisapproximatelyaligns with the EdTech Office’s experi-ence that approximately 60% of facultyactivate the Blackboard sites associatedwith their courses, each semester. Seechart1foradditionalinfo.Faculty members had a variety of re-sponses to the open-ended questionof what needs to be in place in order
for them to try teaching hybrid or on-line courses. Many indicated that theyneeded additional training, better sup-portingtechnology(bothintermsofon-lineresources intheirsubjectareasand
technology support on campus), anddata showing that online courses wereas good as, or better, than in-personcourses.Faculty members then responded toquestionsabouttheirtechnologyneeds,
theirexperienceswithSmartClassroomson campus, and their professional de-velopmentneeds.Blackboard,Comput-ers on Wheels (COWS) and multimediacarts were commonly used technologyresources. Faculty members indicatedthey used technology often to share
audio, video and library resources withtheirclasses.SeeChart2(below)forad-ditionalinfo.Faculty members who indicated thatthey taught in SmartClassrooms wereaskedavarietyofquestionsabouttheirexperiences using the SmartRooms atHostos. Of the respondents, the major-ityhadtaughtinSmartClassroomsforatleast4semesters:
• 16%taughtinaSmartClassroomfor1semester
• 24%taughtinaSmartClassroomfor
2-3semesters• 5% taught in a SmartClassroom for
4-5semesters• 34%taughtinaSmartClassroomfor
6ormoresemesters• Faculty members responded to an
open-ended question about otherneedsnotaskedaboutonthesurvey.Aselectionoftheirresponsesfollows:
• Chairs-Therearetimesyouwanttosit at the computer located at theteacher’s station.We do not have a
chairthatishighenoughtoseethescreen.Weneedachairthatmatch-estheheightofthecomputertable.
• Room architecture: B-507 (smartclassroom)onlyfits23students,be-cause there is a big column whichobstructtheview.Youcannotputatableorchairsbehindthiswidecol-umn. I had 26 students, and it wasreal challenge. I called facilities andinformed the Registrars, but not-ing has been done. In the future,this room should only be allocated
Teaching with Technology:
The 2015 Faculty Survey
byKateLyons
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to courses with small class size.
• Desks:Theset-upofthedesksisnotconducive to group work. It is timeconsumingtomovethedesksaround.
• WiFi-ThewifiinBuildingAhasnotbeen working all semester despitereports to IT… 3rd floor B class-rooms have such slow internetaccess that connecting to vital re-sources becomes a major hurdle.
• Cleaning: The area that houses theequipment needs to be cleaned
more often. The accumulation ofdust around the PC can cause theequipment to malfunction and alsoisunhealthyfortheusers.
• Comments about the technol-ogygenerallyfocusedonoutdatedsoftware, especially the problemofpluginsnotbeingupdated,techsupport not responding quicklyenough, and broken hardware.Problemswithclasssizeandinade-quateseating,ortroubleaccessthe
roomwerealsomentioned.1. Problem-solvingskills-352. Increasingcriticalthinking-353. Increasingstudentmotivation-324. Project-basedlearning-315. Experientiallearning-286. Blackboardtools-247. Coursedevelopment-238. Corecompetenciesacrossthe
curriculum-229. Onlinecollaborationtools-2210. Lecturecapture-2011. Learningstyles-20
12. Plagiarism and cheating in onlinecourses-19
13. Flippingtheclassroom-1914. Game-basedlearning-1515. iPadsintheclassroom-15
16. Using social media in your course-15
17. Designingasyllabus-1418. Servicelearning-1419. Universaldesign-1320. Testtakingstrategies-1321. Disruptive behavior in the class-
room-11
22. Studentservices-10
Faculty members responded to ques-tionsabouttrainingandtheirproficien-cywithtechnologytools. OnMondays-Thursdaysthemostpopulartimeslotwas2-4pm.OnFridaysandSaturdaysfacultymembers indicated that 11-1 would betheirpreferredtimefortraining.Thema-jority (54%) preferred traditional 1-hourworkshops, but online self-paced work-shopswasthesecondmostpopulartypeof training (37%)andone-on-onetrain-ings ranked third (29%). Faculty mem-bers indicated whether they were likely
to attend trainings on a variety of top-ics.The following is the list of trainingsranked by the number of faculty whoindicatedtheywere“Highlylikely”toat-tend.
byKateLyons
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byKateLyons
Finally,facultymembersindicatedtheirlevelofproficiencywithavarietyoftechnol-ogytools.SeeChart5fortheirrankingoftheirexpertisewithavarietyoftechnology.
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oncompletingthesurveymorethanonce.The steps to create a free Google Docu-mentareasfollows::
Step One:NavigatetoyourGoogleDrive.In order to create a Google Doc, you’llneedtoaccessyourGoogleDrive.TheonlyrequisitetohavingaGoogleDriveishav-ingaGoogleaccount.
Step Two: CreateaGoogleForm.Clickonthetopleftredbuttonthatreads“NEW”—this will allow you create a new Doc,Sheet, etc. Hover down to“More” and se-lect“Google Form.”This will create a newGoogle Form and take you into the formeditor.
Step Three: CustomizationOptions.With-intheFormyoucanchangetheTitle,De-sign,Description,Questions,andQuestionformat.
Step Four: Create Questions. To add anewquestion,clickonthe“AddItem”but-tonatthetopofthescreenandselectthedesiredtypeofquestion.Userscancreate“text” questions, “paragraph text” ques-tions,“multiple choice” questions (requir-ing the selection of an answer among arow of choices), “checkboxes” questions,“choosefromamonga list”questions (re-quiringtheselectionofanansweramonga listofpossibilities),and“grid”questions(requiring answers to related individualquestions on a pre-determined scale ofpossibilities).
Last Step: Sharing Out the Survey. Makesure the survey is live and accepting re-sponses. Click“Responses” under the topmenu.Onceyou’resureyoursurveyisliveandreadytobeshared,youhavetwoop-tionstosharethesurveywithyourgroup:
1. Simplysharethelinkofthelivesurveytoyourgroup.
2. Click File > Send Form > and enteremails.
by Dr. Sue Dicker and Francisco Ordonez
Dr. Sue Dicker hasbeenworkingonaprojectforthreeyears;sheis in-terestedindocumentinghowNew
Yorkers who speak two languages—Eng-lish and a native or heritage language—makeuseoftheselanguagesintheirdailylives.Togetherwithme(Francisco),shecre-atedanon-linesurvey.Thefirstpartofthesurvey asks participants to indicate howoftentheyusetheirnon-Englishlanguagein various situations—at home, in theirneighborhoods,atwork,atschool,etc.Thesecondpartofthesurveyhasopen-endedquestions; here the participants may, if
theywish,writenarrativesabouttheirex-periences using two languages.With thissurveyDr.Dicker,whoisalinguistaswellas a professor of English, wishes to chal-lenge the widely-accepted notions thatimmigrantlanguagesdisappear intwoorthree generations, and that Americans ingeneral are assimilating to one commonculture and one common language, theso-called“meltingpot.”
IfyouareabilingualNewYorker,youareinvitedtoparticipateinthissurvey.Manyofyourstudentsarealsobilingual.Pleaseadd the link to the Blackboard of yourclasses:
http://commons.hostos.cuny.edu/bilin-gualnyc/
WeusedGoogleDocswebformasanon-line questionnaire to gather the informa-tion. It is best known as an online spacewhere users can create and share docu-ments. Survey creation is a lesser-known,yet useful feature. Google Docs providesonly one link to the questionnaire, andthere are no built-in mechanisms to con-trol who accesses the form or limitations
Last semester’s Blackboard outtageshasincreasedtalkamongBlackboardusers, Bb campus administrators
andevenamongsenioradministratorsatCUNY CIS and CUNY educational tech-nology leaders about the possibility ofchanging CUNY’s relationship with Black-board as its main Learning ManagementSystem(LMS).CUNY’sBlackboardcontractendsnextyear,andsuggestionsarebeingmadethat,attheleast,CUNYleverageitsposition as Blackboard’s largest client toget improved services and support fromBlackboard.Othersareadvocatingacom-
plete changeover to an alternative LMS.The most commonly mentioned one isonenamedCanvas.
How do you feel about this importanttopic?Doyouhaveanopinion,areyouin-terestedinwhatisbeingdiscussed,wouldliketolearnmoreandjointhediscussion?OnemeanstoparticipateinthediscussionandbeheardistojointheCUNY Academ-ic Commons,CUNY’sownsocialnetwork,comprised of faculty, students, staff andadministrators from all CUNY campuses.TheAcademicCommonsgivesyouaccessto different forums and interest groups,and one of the most active ones now isthe LMS (Blackboard and Alternatives)group.Ifyouhaveideasandopinions,orinterested in keeping up-to-date, pleasevisittheAcademicCommonsandtheLMSforumat:
http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/
by George Rosa
NewsandNotes
Survey of Bilinguals in
NYC with Google Docs
Is it time to switch from
Blackboard? Join the conversation!
The Bronx CUNY Educational Technology (EdTech) Showcase
Call for Presentations
ConferenceTheme:Ready orNot?StudentPreparednessintoandoutofourInstitutions
ConferenceDate:Friday,May6,2016LehmanCollege,BronxNY(9:00am–4pm)
Morningsessions(9:00a-12:25p):CarmanHall,B-Level Afternoonsessions(12:45p-4:00p):MusicBuilding,GroundFloor,FacultyDiningArea
JointhethreeBronxCUNYcollegesforaveryspecialopportunitytodiscusstheimpactoftechnologyacrosstheeducationspectrumfromhighschoolsthroughundergraduate,workforcedevelopmentandbeyond.Thisyearourcommitteeseekscross-community,cross-campusandcross-disciplinarygroupsandindividualstoleaddiscussionsandsharesuccessstories,ideas,androadmapsthatcanassistinleading,innovating,andrepresent-ingchange.Thoseexemplaryactivitiesthatfeaturecollaboration,pedagogicalinnovation,institutionalchangeand,ofcourse,uniqueclassroommethodologieswithtechnology,areencouraged.Whetheryouconsideryour-selfaproficientspecialist,a‘work-in-progress,’anoviceorfirst-timeadopter,youarewelcometoapply!
Submission deadline: Monday, February 29th, 2016
C559
718319-7915
Monday-Friday
9:00amto5:00pm
WilfredoRodrí[email protected]
CarlosGuevara,[email protected]
EmmanuelRosarioInstructionalDesignAssistanterosario@hostos.cuny.edu
http://www.hostos.cuny.edu/edtech
FacultyLearningCommons(FLC)Staff
WHOWEARE
GeorgeRosaSeniorInstructionalDesignSpecialistgrosa@hostos.cuny.edu
AlliedHealthSandraCastellanosPetalLeuWaisSee
EducationElysVasquez-Iscan
LanguageandCognitionKarinLundbergMildredRabry
BusinessLindaRidley
MathematicsTanvirPrince
CounselingLizetteColónBarbaraRivera
AccesibilityResourceCenterRaymondPérez
BSSAmyRamsonKateWolfe
HumanitiesCatherineLewisCannon
NaturalSciencesDebasishRoy
WellnessFabianWander
http://www.hostos.cuny.edu/edtech/about-edtech/
Educational Technology Leadership Council (ETLC)
Chairperson,[email protected]://www.hostos.cuny.edu/etlc
KateLyons
EnglishJasonBuchanan
LibraryKateLyonsLisaTappeiner
http://www.hostos.cuny.edu/etlc
Proposal Submission Due Date: March 21, 2016