1. Engaging a College Community Through Open Digital Technologies: City Tech’s OpenLab
CUE Conference at City College
the OpenLab
May 8th, 2015

2. Charlie
OpenLab is an online community at City Tech where students, faculty, and staff can meet to learn, work

3. Jody Rosen, Jenna Spevack
our team
living lab project director: Jonas Reitz
living lab program manager: Charlie Edwards
OpenLab co-directors: Jill Belli, Genevieve Hitchings,
Jody Rosen, Jenna Spevack
instructional technology fellow: Bree Zuckerman
community facilitators: Scott Henkle, Andy McKinney
developers: Boone Gorges, early-adopter
system administrator: André Pitanga
student graphic designer: Matthew Joseph
student bloggers: Jean Luc Antoine, Amoni Brown, Shawn Brumell, Jessica Deng, Konyca Francis, Amanda Marmol, Mandy Mei, Brianna Vasquez
Work of many hands – including students

4. People

5. Courses

6. Courses

7. Projects

8. Clubs

9. Portfolios

10. 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
Jody – What is open pedagogy? Why is it beneficial?

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

12. 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
Charlie:
- Making entire curriculum visible to all City Tech and beyond
Students making connections, presenting their best work, opportunities to expand audience for their work beyond the walls of the classroom
Our campus is small, our college is large, virtual place-based learning can help strengthen our community

13. introducing “The Buzz” student bloggers…
Just in case…

14. In case we need it…

15. Brianna Vasquez

16. Brianna Vasquez

17. Konyca Francis

18. Konyca Francis

19. Mandy Mei

20. Mandy Mei

21. Brainstorm How do you generate student engagement on your campus?
What successes have you had with creating student engagement?
What challenges?
Any new ideas using open digital technologies?

22. more questions? please get in touch!
thank you!
more questions? please get in touch!