Ungrading and Alternative Assessment: An Interactive Workshop

This month’s Mellon Transformative Learning in the Humanities (TLH) Workshop is facilitated by Jesse Stommel, cofounder of Digital Pedagogy Lab and Hybrid Pedagogy: “Ungrading” means raising an eyebrow at grades as a systemic practice, distinct from simply not grading. It does not mean loss of “rigor” but, rather, means reconsidering the assumptions that underlie grading.

Got Kognito?

Join us for an interactive discussion on how to navigate student challenges and acquire the CUNY Kognito Workshop Certificate on mental health wellness. We will be doing the actual Kognito simulation workshop, followed by a lively discussion on how to support and intervene with best communication practices—for your careful intervention and the student's well-being. Won't you join

Weird Science Interdisciplinary Panel Discussion

This writing-intensive interdisciplinary course will allow students to explore the literature of shifting and expandingdefinitions of humanity and post-humanity from the perspectives of the natural and social sciences, technology,and engineering, incorporating digital media. Panel ModeratorDr. Reneta D. Lansiquot, Director of the Honors Scholars Program PanelistsDr. Reginald A. Blake, Interim Associate Provost and Dean of Curriculum

41st Annual Literary Arts Festival Writing Competition

Please encourage your students to submit their work to the 41st Annual Literary Arts Festival Writing Competition! Students may submit their work at: https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/literaryartsfestival/submission-guidelines/And, save the date for the 2022 Literary Arts Festival featuring Layli Long Soldier on March 24th, 4:30 to 6:30 pm on Zoom. Layli Long Soldier is an Oglala Lakota poet whose 2017 Whereas received many

Communicating Your Science Series: Meet the Editor: CUNY Faculty STEM Journal Editors

This event is part of the Communicating Your Science series. This series features presentations by The Graduate Center’s science librarian and communications staff, journal editors, and reporters. The goal of this series is to enhance the professional development and science communication skills of CUNY STEM faculty, postdocs, and students. Learn more » For more information,

OLAC: A sea of dark screens: Keeping students active in Zoom and hybrid classes

Each month during the spring semester, faculty from the City Tech Online Learning Advisory Council (OLAC) and Dr. Karen Lundstrem, Chair of OLAC, will present techniques, resources, and best practices on a specific topic that is relevant to creating hybrid learning spaces designed to deepen student understanding and increase student success. After the presentations, faculty

Open Pedagogy: Ungrading, Pt. 2

Last semester, we met to discuss ungrading! This is part two of a series of Open Pedagogy workshops the OpenLab Community Team is developing to address inequity in assessment and anti-racist pedagogies. For this event, we’ll be joined by co-authors of a recent article from the Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy titled “Resisting Surveillance,