CUNY Academic Commons | jean amaral | Activity https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/members/jamaral/activity/ Activity feed for jean amaral. Sat, 01 Jan 2050 18:00:18 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 4a8e4d38251dd0d127a8f043e6a4e183 jean amaral changed their profile picture https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1159987/ Thu, 02 Apr 2026 15:30:19 -0400 88fbb5ec1f24197dbc25e0fa3f333c37 jean amaral changed their profile picture https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1069467/ Mon, 05 May 2025 22:57:39 -0400 9ad80bd172b5677cdf678acbe221bf5b jean amaral's profile was updated https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1069465/ Mon, 05 May 2025 22:56:52 -0400 cb6993ba45f4a847181527d9326c667f jean amaral joined the group Critical AI Literacy Interest Group https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1068941/ Mon, 05 May 2025 17:17:31 -0400 6873554a60e71459530230a1c805ad41 jean amaral changed their profile picture https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/831000/ Tue, 15 Mar 2022 18:58:31 -0400 c85c6dfc90c9ccd58c859f337a6037aa jean amaral joined the group Transformative Learning in the Humanities https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/719741/ Wed, 18 Nov 2020 14:48:59 -0500 9907ba4b5f09c86ebde5aa960818faa4 jean amaral replied to the topic SCRT Co-Chair in the forum LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=102171 Fri, 06 Nov 2020 16:38:25 -0500 Yes, absolutely! You all will be a great team. Thanks so much!

]]> 5b87a9e6d0ce716c70718644bf83aef1 jean amaral joined the group Anti-racism at CUNY https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/695700/ Fri, 11 Sep 2020 16:11:16 -0400 cbb87d72ee22349f412d42d233d406fb jean amaral changed their profile picture https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/680499/ Tue, 28 Jul 2020 22:31:31 -0400 381fa36705b5fc2177307811d67b23c8 jean amaral changed their profile picture https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/680496/ Tue, 28 Jul 2020 22:27:35 -0400 08df54fb89321e02856c3b10787b29dd jean amaral created the site CUNY Open Pedagogy https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/680399/ Mon, 27 Jul 2020 21:24:31 -0400 af7334904b17c5a78a14817b9fb4ce30 jean amaral joined the group CUNY Manifold Users https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/664493/ Tue, 14 Apr 2020 16:52:50 -0400 310c533c9196dd41da7f0be1711fa2cd jean amaral joined the group LACUNY Professional Development Committee https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/621803/ Mon, 04 Nov 2019 18:47:32 -0500 7254a3013dfc622c6bc8e67ca3ab310c jean amaral wrote a new post on the site CUNY Open Pedagogy https://cunyopenpedgogy.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=482 Tue, 30 Jul 2019 14:56:10 -0400 H/T Deborah Gambs for pointing out this article, “Grades Can Hinder Learning”, in the Chronicle.

“Let’s take a moment and ask. Why grade? To give students feedback, a professor might say. To measure l […]

]]> b7cd085f2003de03b81a01950fc2b826 jean amaral added the event Learning Lounge Drop-in https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/621801/ Tue, 02 Jul 2019 18:21:21 -0400 72b4375a89d7a721da114cdcbaab9f5a jean amaral added the event Learning Lounge Drop-in https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/621800/ Tue, 02 Jul 2019 18:18:55 -0400 413cf2d64ea6c1b1c04c675f455b9079 jean amaral wrote a new post on the site CUNY Open Pedagogy https://cunyopenpedgogy.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=323 Thu, 13 Jun 2019 18:01:22 -0400 A detailed description of the Wikipedia assignment undertaken by students in Brianne Waychoff’s Gender and Women’s Studies class. Scroll down to view a reflection video created by one of the students.

 

]]> c37491e830362b7d278c5239a918c5e4 jean amaral wrote a new post on the site CUNY Open Pedagogy https://cunyopenpedgogy.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=247 Tue, 11 Jun 2019 18:44:50 -0400 An annotated discussion (using hypothes.is) of open pedagogy, written by Robin DeRosa and Rajiv Jhangiani. If you have an account with hypothes.is, you can log in on the page to join the conversation.
If you’d […]

]]> 4b2350b2df565a2f53857aecfba48a84 jean amaral wrote a new post on the site CUNY Open Pedagogy https://cunyopenpedgogy.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=225 Tue, 11 Jun 2019 17:23:38 -0400 Students in BMCC professor Brianne Waychoff’s class receive a grade based on the number of assignments they successfully complete in each of four categories. You can view the details below or download the […]

]]> bf6c6d1539de7c6530904566fad5dd98 jean amaral joined the group CUNY Pie https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/621797/ Wed, 29 May 2019 18:35:47 -0400 e455aade9d64d32d2767d06dc65f9e26 jean amaral joined the group CUNY Edits https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/621792/ Fri, 22 Mar 2019 19:51:27 -0400 49004cc76fc8a28f30fb983ee6026961 jean amaral commented on the post, What makes a meaningful assignment?, on the site Teach more, grade less https://glaser100.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2018/11/23/what-makes-a-meaningful-assignment/#comment-6 Sat, 24 Nov 2018 19:39:30 -0500 I firmly believe that “reflection across the curriculum” is the most important (and perhaps only “across the curriculum”) program we need!

]]> abf5459d561d0d705ca11ff5a01d1a74 jean amaral joined the group MAT012 Spring 2018 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/621785/ Wed, 15 Aug 2018 10:18:44 -0400 533b52122e43416966c1d556f23f5aba jean amaral's profile was updated https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/621779/ Fri, 02 Feb 2018 20:51:52 -0500 f5e176dce019a7a1bba145ea6f077a52 Jean Amaral started the topic Summer Planning Meeting: June 22, 2-4pm in the forum LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-scholarly-communications-round-table/forum/topic/summer-planning-meeting-june-22-2-4pm/ Tue, 30 May 2017 19:50:14 -0400 Thanks to everyone who filled out the scheduling poll for the summer planning meeting. We’re on for:

Thursday, June 22, 2-4pm 

Graduate Center Library, rm 196.05

Our tentative agenda is:

reviewing 2016-17 events and activities
brainstorming ideas for 2017-18 events and activities
electing new co-chair

Jean will be stepping down, so…[Read more]

]]> 1230be172a02df4fe99766b3ddcd724b Jean Amaral started the topic Save the Date: April 28, 3pm, Conversation with OA Journal Editors in the forum Open Access Publishing Network @ CUNY (OaPN @ CUNY) http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/openatcuny/forum/topic/save-the-date-april-28-3pm-conversation-with-oa-journal-editors-2/ Tue, 18 Apr 2017 20:37:53 -0400 Save the date for:
<strong>Envisioning New Open Access Journal Models:</strong>
<strong> Editors and Librarians in Conversation</strong>
Friday, April 28, 3-5pm

We're in the process of finalizing the location, but wanted to get this on your calendars. We'll be having a conversation and brainstorming session on future models for OA journals…[Read more]

]]> d38aadbfaacee356f7661b2833298a1d Jean Amaral started the topic Save the Date: April 28, 3pm, Conversation with OA Journal Editors in the forum LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-scholarly-communications-round-table/forum/topic/save-the-date-april-28-3pm-conversation-with-oa-journal-editors/ Tue, 18 Apr 2017 20:37:51 -0400 Save the date for:
Envisioning New Open Access Journal Models:
Editors and Librarians in Conversation
Friday, April 28, 3-5pm

We’re in the process of finalizing the location, but wanted to get this on your calendars. We’ll be having a conversation and brainstorming session on future models for OA journals with editors Chris Eliot, Philosophy, T…[Read more]

]]> 3f1d38b61dcfdbd55e56e7131953e285 Jean Amaral started the topic Meeting notes and call for volunteers in the forum LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-scholarly-communications-round-table/forum/topic/meeting-notes-and-call-for-volunteers/ Fri, 17 Feb 2017 20:50:53 -0500 The Feb 10 notes are available for folks who missed the planning meeting, as well as for folks who were able to attend (feel free to send corrections or edit directly).

Also, if you’re interested in helping to set a vision for the combined (OA and OER) Open @ CUNY blog, please let Jean (jamaral@bmcc.cuny.edu) and Madeline…[Read more]

]]> e3b5317af564c795b017f18e01fc3afb jean amaral changed their profile picture https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/621770/ Tue, 24 Jan 2017 01:23:17 -0500 038870283fc3181104244d9b2a668b1c Jean Amaral started the topic Mark your calendars for spring planning meeting in the forum LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-scholarly-communications-round-table/forum/topic/mark-your-calendars-for-spring-planning-meeting/ Mon, 16 Jan 2017 21:57:34 -0500 Thanks to those of you who had a chance to respond to the scheduling poll. The best time for most folks is:

Friday, February 10, 2-4pm

We’ll get back with the location shortly. In the meantime, feel free to suggest topics for the agenda. Revitalizing and marketing the new combined OA/OER Open@CUNY blog will be one of the items, as well as a…[Read more]

]]> cabe7252ba1c4c7b307f36c48493334c jean amaral wrote a new post on the site Open @ CUNY http://openatcuny.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=1441 Sat, 24 Sep 2016 15:57:23 -0400 Originally published at Library Buzz by Cailean Cooley

Student PIRGs – a powerful collective student advocacy body – has taken a prominent role in criticizing textbook publishers’ rising profit margin […]

]]> 061d816753234b312280f4eb4aa602b1 Jean Amaral started the topic New & Improved PressForward workshops this Friday in the forum Open Access Publishing Network @ CUNY (OaPN @ CUNY) http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/openatcuny/forum/topic/new-improved-pressforward-workshops-this-friday-3/ Thu, 22 Sep 2016 02:19:11 -0400 Couldn't make the morning Introduction to PressForward workshop this Friday? Consider attending the afternoon session from 1-3pm. The morning intro session is full up, so we reworked the afternoon to include a second intro session.

For those who can't get enough of PressForward, we'll be having a Train the Trainers/Community Building and…[Read more]

]]> 1cdba3aade0e7bdd202fb64924f69e77 Jean Amaral started the topic New & Improved PressForward workshops this Friday in the forum LACUNY Emerging Technologies Committee http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-emerging-technologies-committee/forum/topic/new-improved-pressforward-workshops-this-friday-2/ Thu, 22 Sep 2016 02:19:10 -0400 Couldn't make the morning Introduction to PressForward workshop this Friday? Consider attending the afternoon session from 1-3pm. The morning intro session is full up, so we reworked the afternoon to include a second intro session.

For those who can't get enough of PressForward, we'll be having a Train the Trainers/Community Building and…[Read more]

]]> 05e47d790742bb6227f4ebf5d2106173 Jean Amaral started the topic New & Improved PressForward workshops this Friday in the forum LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-scholarly-communications-round-table/forum/topic/new-improved-pressforward-workshops-this-friday/ Thu, 22 Sep 2016 02:19:10 -0400 Couldn’t make the morning Introduction to PressForward workshop this Friday? Consider attending the afternoon session from 1-3pm. The morning intro session is full up, so we reworked the afternoon to include a second intro session.

For those who can’t get enough of PressForward, we’ll be having a Train the Trainers/Community Building and…[Read more]

]]> e5548bdc0dab8e85b3202ca466e972b8 Jean Amaral started the topic PressForward Workshops, September 23 10am-12pm, 1pm-5pm in the forum Open Access Publishing Network @ CUNY (OaPN @ CUNY) https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/openatcuny/forum/topic/pressforward-workshops-september-23-10am-12pm-1pm-5pm-3/ Tue, 13 Sep 2016 13:41:02 -0400 <strong>PressForward Workshops – A tool for community building and knowledge sharing
September 23 10am-12pm, 1pm-5pm
Graduate Center Room 9204</strong>

<em>Co-sponsored by the Library Association of CUNY, the Graduate Center’s Teaching and Learning Center, the Graduate Center Digital Initiatives, and the Borough of Manhattan Community C…[Read more]

]]> 87e17e5b09c09c4e33439898558fbe24 Jean Amaral started the topic PressForward Workshops, September 23 10am-12pm, 1pm-5pm in the forum LACUNY Emerging Technologies Committee https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-emerging-technologies-committee/forum/topic/pressforward-workshops-september-23-10am-12pm-1pm-5pm-2/ Tue, 13 Sep 2016 13:41:01 -0400 <strong>PressForward Workshops – A tool for community building and knowledge sharing
September 23 10am-12pm, 1pm-5pm
Graduate Center Room 9204</strong>

<em>Co-sponsored by the Library Association of CUNY, the Graduate Center’s Teaching and Learning Center, the Graduate Center Digital Initiatives, and the Borough of Manhattan Community C…[Read more]

]]> fa0560b1e3d7172108df2de2d4ff1e2e Jean Amaral started the topic PressForward Workshops, September 23 10am-12pm, 1pm-5pm in the forum LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-scholarly-communications-round-table/forum/topic/pressforward-workshops-september-23-10am-12pm-1pm-5pm/ Tue, 13 Sep 2016 13:41:01 -0400 PressForward Workshops – A tool for community building and knowledge sharing
September 23 10am-12pm, 1pm-5pm
Graduate Center Room 9204

Co-sponsored by the Library Association of CUNY, the Graduate Center’s Teaching and Learning Center, the Graduate Center Digital Initiatives, and the Borough of Manhattan Community College’s Center for Exc…[Read more]

]]> ed58df60ec9490cbff25386dcb277f18 Jean Amaral started the topic Save the Date (Sept 23) and Meeting Reminder (Sept 9) in the forum LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-scholarly-communications-round-table/forum/topic/save-the-date-sept-23-and-meeting-reminder-sept-9/ Tue, 06 Sep 2016 20:51:42 -0400 Hi All,

Looking forward to seeing those of you who can make it to the SCRT meeting this Friday, Sept 9, 2-4pm, at Graduate Center Library, Room C.196.05 (lower level).

Also save the date for Sept 23, when we’ll be offering two opportunities to learn more about PressForward and do hands on work with it. As a reminder, PressForward is a WordPress…[Read more]

]]> 07fd6a5a8f23bfac46b085045a9d29c7 Jean Amaral replied to the topic FTC Charges Academic Journal Publisher OMICS Group Deceived Researchers in the forum LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=49877 Tue, 06 Sep 2016 20:38:03 -0400 I identified BMCC authors with a site search:

“borough of manhattan community college” site:omicsonline.org

Imperfect, but gives a sense of what’s there.

]]> 2941d5c93fb0fe3f662cefdb32d9622f Jean Amaral replied to the topic FTC Charges Academic Journal Publisher OMICS Group Deceived Researchers in the forum LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=49660 Mon, 29 Aug 2016 10:08:13 -0400 Thanks for posting the article about the OMICS charges, Megan. Two questions come to mind for me that I’d love to hear SCRTers responses to:
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Should we (on our individual campuses) alert chairs and faculty generally to OMICs, using the opportunity to provide resources and consulting services on predatory publishing for faculty?

If we know f…[Read more]

]]> 35b7bc3b81612c9700eb49d36a3740f5 jean amaral joined the group LACUNY Instruction Committee https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/621757/ Thu, 25 Aug 2016 18:41:44 -0400 a29e3d870727a0b0aac8c6c7dfd7c008 Jean Amaral started the topic Need your feedback on new name for OA @ CUNY blog in the forum Open Access Publishing Network @ CUNY (OaPN @ CUNY) http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/oapn/forum/topic/need-your-feedback-on-new-name-for-oa-cuny-blog/ Tue, 28 Jun 2016 16:46:27 -0400 Dear All,

Our CUNY open community currently has two blogs, one for OER and one for OA, and those who contribute content are proposing we combine into one super open blog. The 2 blogs on the Commons are:
https://oercuny.commons.gc.cuny.edu/ Open Access @ CUNY
https://openaccess.commons.gc.cuny.edu/ Open Educational Resources @ CUNY

We’re…[Read more]

]]> a2a5cb66960c8d6adf8496bef479f63e Jean Amaral uploaded PressForward Handout to LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/621754/ Tue, 21 Jun 2016 14:15:32 -0400 17a317518e2fcb432162ac67c05554df Jean Amaral uploaded PressForward Presentation Slides to LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/621753/ Tue, 21 Jun 2016 14:15:10 -0400 4b89f281ef2bacb38865fd7e0f7fb5c3 Jean Amaral started the topic Latin American OA event - May 31, 4pm in the forum Open Access Publishing Network @ CUNY (OaPN @ CUNY) http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/oapn/forum/topic/latin-american-oa-event-may-31-4pm-2/ Wed, 18 May 2016 18:49:58 -0400 OA supporters:

LACUNY SCRT has been working with the METRO Open SIG to pull together a webinar series on global OA issues, and we had the opportunity to get a couple of great guest speakers as part of the Latin American Studies Association meetings taking place here in NYC at the end of the month.

Dr. Dominique Babini & Dr. Arianna Becerril…[Read more]

]]> fe0c9aeac4b35ad0473355e8bd9e67c0 Jean Amaral started the topic Latin American OA event - May 31, 4pm in the forum LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-scholarly-communications-round-table/forum/topic/latin-american-oa-event-may-31-4pm/ Wed, 18 May 2016 18:49:56 -0400 OA supporters:

LACUNY SCRT has been working with the METRO Open SIG to pull together a webinar series on global OA issues, and we had the opportunity to get a couple of great guest speakers as part of the Latin American Studies Association meetings taking place here in NYC at the end of the month.

Dr. Dominique Babini & Dr. Arianna Becerril…[Read more]

]]> 77fd8e823d76ef2419b8460ce8449e53 Jean Amaral started the topic February Meeting Notes Available in the forum LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-scholarly-communications-round-table/forum/topic/february-meeting-notes-available/ Mon, 08 Feb 2016 23:27:32 -0500 Hi All,

We’ve posted the February 2 meeting notes, if you’d like to read updates from the campuses and see what we’ve lined up for the spring:

https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-scholarly-communications-round-table/docs/lacuny-scrt-meeting-notes-for-february-2-2016/

Feel free to volunteer if you’d like to help with any of the upcoming…[Read more]

]]> dbfff3f92d257473d585cf1dc0b489d4 jean amaral joined the group Teaching and Learning Center https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/621747/ Thu, 28 Jan 2016 20:45:45 -0500 69ae69f0eb3c4b929ad87581043e5e64 jean amaral joined the group Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/621746/ Thu, 12 Nov 2015 02:58:44 -0500 96a52c2c1ad2f1d4bd34ce9a5305a085 Jean Amaral started the topic Addition to Toolkit in the forum LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-scholarly-communications-round-table/forum/topic/addition-to-toolkit/ Thu, 10 Sep 2015 22:31:19 -0400 Look forward to seeing all who can make it at tomorrow’s meeting. If you have a few minutes before then, it would be great if you could check out the graphics Monica Berger has created for OA month:

http://guides.cuny.edu/open-toolkit/images

We’ll be soliciting feedback at the meeting tomorrow on these and the rest of the toolkit.

And many…[Read more]

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