Paywall: The Business of Scholarship

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For Open Access Week 2018, we’re screening Paywall: The Business of Scholarship. This documentary focuses on the need for open access to research and science, questions the rationale behind the $25.2 billion a year that flows into for-profit academic publishers, examines the 35-40% profit margin associated with the top academic publisher Elsevier and looks at how that

ePortfolios Workshop

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A faculty workshop introducing the ePortfolio project on OpenLab's Wordpress software. Discover a simple, effective way to bring ePortfolios into your classroom to support your students' academic growth. To Register Email itec@citytech.cuny.edu

Physics Lecture

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The Physics Department and Center for Theoretical Physics will host a seminar Thursday, October 25 at 12:00 pm in Namm Room 823.  Faculty and students are welcome. Title: Odd surface waves in two-dimensional incompressible fluids Dr. Sriram Ganeshan City College of CUNY New York, NY, USA Abstract: In everyday fluids, the viscosity is the measure

Advanced – MS Office Word 2016

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This workshop will cover the advanced concepts of Microsoft Word 2016. To Register Email itec@citytech.cuny.edu

Technology Accessibility: A Curriculum Enhancement Training Session for CUNY Faculty

CUNY Office of Academic Affairs 205 East 42nd Street, 9th Floor, Room 962, New York, United States

This half-day curriculum enhancement workshop is intended for CUNY faculty in computer science, programming, media studies, digital design, and other areas where principles of universal design are relevant. Facilitated by CUNY’s Web Accessibility Fellow in the Office of Academic Affairs, the session will cover basic concepts of accessibility as pertains to design and web development;

Introduction to Jing

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Jing is a basic, free version of Camtasia Studio that allows you to capture video, animation, and images from your computer screen, which you can share on the Web. It works for Macs and PCs. To Register Email itec@citytech.cuny.edu

Remixing and Sharing on the OpenLab

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Learn more about the OpenLab’s affordances for remixing and sharing content, including cloning courses, pingbacks and trackbacks, and using the Cite This plugin. 'Open Digital Pedagogy in Gateway Courses' on September 27th and 'Remixing and Sharing in Open Digital Pedagogy' on October 18th are related workshops of this event. *Refreshments will be served. Part-time faculty

Grade Center Workshop

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This workshop will cover how to create tests and set up Blackboard's grade center for quizzes and assignments. To Register: Email itec@citytech.cuny.edu

Research in the Classroom Idea Grant Competition

The CUNY Office of Research is pleased to announce the 2018 Research in the Classroom Idea Grant Award. This program supports individual CUNY faculty for creative ideas on how to integrate their authentic research questions into the undergraduate curriculum. Proposals are encouraged from across all disciplines and awards of up to $7,500 will be made before