Happy holidays, all!

I wanted to let you know that the CUNY Academic Commons team just published this news post about two big upcoming projects. We are migrating hosts to improve Commons stability and performance, and we are starting a biannual series of Open Community Meetings to share updates, answer questions, and hear your feedback. We hope t…[Read more]

Wikimedia NYC, a 501(c)(3) non-profit supporting Wikipedia and related projects in the metro area, is hiring our founding Executive Director, apply here:https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_New_York_City/Jobs 

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/aug/02/pearson-plans-to-sell-its-textbooks-as-nfts

This has me thinking more and more about OERs.

Here is an earlier article on NFTs for books in general, puts a mostly positive spin on the trend:

NFTs for Books: How This Emerging Tech Can Reward Authors & Readers

Not a positive for libraries, though. More on that here:…[Read more]

Application deadline extended to Wednesday, June 22!

The OpenLab is hiring! Please help us to spread the word. See below or on the OpenLab for details.

The OpenLab team seeks to add a Digital Pedagogy Fellow to our enthusiastic team.

City Tech’s OpenLab (https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/) is an innovative, open digital platform for students, f…[Read more]

The OpenLab is hiring! Please help us to spread the word. See below or on the OpenLab for details:
The OpenLab team seeks to add a Digital Pedagogy Fellow to our enthusiastic team.
City Tech’s OpenLab (https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/) is an innovative, open digital platform for students, faculty, and staff at New York City College of T…[Read more]

Dear TLH Fellows:

We curated the following exhibition to explore what causes homelessness as so many CUNY students are facing housing insecurities. There will be many events that can be used for teaching during the duration of the exhibition. The opening is in-person (with live streaming). I would like to invite the TLH fellows. Please check…[Read more]

If you have an interest in platforms that support OER, open teaching, community and collaboration, come check out the Commons In A Box OpenLab Team’s workshop at NYCDH Week!

Commons In A Box OpenLab (https://cboxopenlab.org/) is free, open source software that enables anyone to create a commons space specifically designed for open learning, where…[Read more]

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to invite applications from CUNY faculty to participate in the 2022 STEM Pedagogy Institute (SPI) at the CUNY Graduate Center. Faculty from all disciplines who are teaching STEM-related courses may apply to become STEM Pedagogy Fellows (SPFs), where they will work with colleagues from across the CUNY system to…[Read more]