As an instructor, your decisions about technology shape both the material and conceptual aspects of your course. Digital tools can guide how communities develop within your classroom, as well as between your classroom and the world beyond it. When choosing a platform or digital tool, you need to determine what the tool will offer students and how these possibilities fit the learning goals for your course. In this blog post, we explore some of the implications of two open platforms that are being developed at the Graduate Center: the CUNY Academic Commons and Manifold.

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