Day/Time
Morning Session 10:00am-12:00pm
Afternoon Session 2:00-4:00pm
Monday June 13
Introductions & Open Platforms and Projects
Open Platform Working Groups
Tuesday June 14
OER, Creative Commons, & Copyright with Jill Cirasella
Sourcing and Licensing Working Groups
Wednesday, June 15
Creating Projects & Engaging Publics
Open Work & Troubleshooting Session
Thursday June 16
One-on-One Meetings with OETs
Project Progress Updates and Planning
Curriculum
Day One | Monday, June 13
Morning Session 10:00 AM | Open Platforms & Projects
- 10:00 AM | Welcome
- 10:15 AM | Institute Overview
- Schedule, Session Doc, Goals, Payment
- 10:30 AM | Revisit Your Proposal
- Open Pedagogy & Platform Models
- Manifold
- Remixed textbook: Introduction to American Government project
- Interactive, media-rich, annotated edition: The Negro and the Nation project
- Open Textbook built with original documents: Using Primary Sources project
- Iterative student project: TheoryWise project
- CUNY Academic Commons
- Natural Sciences Open Educational Resources (OER website): https://lagccnsdoer.commons.gc.cuny.edu/
- Open Music Theory (Textbook): https://ycmusictheory.commons.gc.cuny.edu/
- College Writing (Remixable course): https://collegewriting.commons.gc.cuny.edu/
- Great Works of Literature (OER Course): https://greatworksf22.commons.gc.cuny.edu/course-schedule/
- Field Botany (OER Course): https://bio4001fieldbotany.commons.gc.cuny.edu/
- Manifold
- Commons + Manifold
- Q&A, Reflect on the Models
- What questions do you have about these projects? What aspects of these models might you remix for your own project?
- 11:00 AM | Fellow Introductions
- Share project idea, what support needed, questions they have
Afternoon Session 2:00PM | Open Platform Working Groups
- 2:00 PM | Slack for Platform questions…?
- 2:10 PM | Platform Breakout Rooms (~1 hour)
- 3:10 PM | Break
- 3:10 PM | Develop a Project Timeline
- End of this week? During July? By end of August?
- 3:45 PM | Process notes & Day 1 Exit Ticket
Day Two | Tuesday, June 14
Morning Session 10:00 AM | OER, Creative Commons, & Copyright
- 10:00 AM | OER Overview: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Ho2Ieo7VnTAIfrLLUpH4wOW4W2W6Zkp7HfB7AC1KObA/edit#slide=id.g12eb3d3ad93_1_0
- 10:20 AM | Developing an OER: Sourcing Content
- 10:50 AM | OER Q&A
- 11:00 AM | Guest Presentation: Copyright & Creative Commons with Jill Cirasella, Associate Librarian for Scholarly Communication, Associate Professor, Mina Rees Library, The Graduate Center, CUNY
Afternoon Session 2:00PM | Sourcing and Licensing Working Groups
- 2:15 PM | Revisit your Project Timeline
- End of this week? During July? By end of August?
- Share timelines ideas, questions, support needs
- ~2:45 PM | Working Groups
- Commons – assignment discussion, self guided work + questions….what else?
- Manifold – Project design & content blocks, student work/assignments, other questions?
- 3:50 PM | Process notes and exit ticket
Day Three | Wednesday, June 15
Morning Session 10:00 AM | Creating Projects & Engaging Publics
- 10:00 AM | Assignment Brainstorm (padlet)
- 10:30 AM | Models of Students Assignments and Public Engagement
- Commons
- Manifold
- How do you see your course or project engaging students ? Engaging wider publics?
- 11:15 AM | What to do when its not working”: Troubleshooting Issues & Embracing Failure
Afternoon Session 2:00PM | Open Work & Troubleshooting Session
- 2:00 Pm | Accessibility Considerations:
- Accessibility Toolkit for Open Educational Resources (OER) guide
- Introduction to Accessibility – A self-paced training module
- Universal design for learning: http://udlforteachers.com/
- Why Wellness Work Belongs In the Classroom – Visible Pedagogy
- Best practices by platform
- Checking your website for accessibility: https://wave.webaim.org/
- Assignments, Multimedia, & Scaffolding
- Process Notes & One-on-One Thursday morning sign up (below)
Day Four | Thursday June 16
Morning Session 10:00 AM | One-on-One Meetings with OETs
- 1-on-1 Faculty Fellow Meetings with OETs (ZOOM)
Afternoon Session 2:00PM | Project Showcase: Progress & Planning
- Share what you have so far!
- Discuss Summer Planning & Support

