A rubric can serve as an assessment tool of more than just a students work. Instructors can use rubrics to preemptively analyze how a given resource can aid in a students’ achievement of set course objectives. It can also serve as a way for instructors to find the necessary tools for them to guide their students towards achieving the set course objectives.
That said, this particular rubric aims to aid in the discovery, adaptation, and adoption of Open Educational Resources (OER).
This rubric was designed to access the readiness and appropriateness of an open educational resource textbook for an introduction to cultural anthropology course
This rubric focuses on a set of criteria for selecting and evaluating a textbook for an undergraduate course in English syntax. Where appropriate, mention is made of other educational resources (i.e., beyond the textbook proper).
Syllabus for the Birth of Europe at York College
COURSE DESCRIPTION: A study of the political, economic, social, and demographic challenges confronting Africa during the era of the Atlantic Slave Trade (15th-19th centuries). The course will conclude with a CTLET approved OER / ZTC Active Learning Assignment. The course includes an opportunity to receive a certificate of recognition from the International Human Rights Commission (IHRC).
Introduce the different linear statistical models and develop critical thinking for statistical modeling in scientific and policy contexts; Apply statistical computer software tools to develop useful data analysis skills based on the use of linear regression models. Topics to be covered: simple linear regression, multiple regression, nonlinear regression and logistic regression models; Random and mixed effects models; The application of statistical software tools.
Introduce the different linear statistical models and develop critical thinking for statistical modeling in scientific and policy contexts; Apply statistical computer software tools to develop useful data analysis skills based on the use of linear regression models. Topics to be covered: simple linear regression, multiple regression, nonlinear regression and logistic regression models; Random and mixed effects models; The application of statistical software tools.
Harmonic analysis of tonal music, with an emphasis on diatonic harmony. Topics may include counterpoint, Roman numeral analysis, lead sheet symbols, and voice leading.
Students will explore advanced topics in algebra, functions and graphs, inverse functions, composite functions, polynomial and rational functions, trigonometry, exponential and logarithmic functions.
This Precalculus Review is a result of theOpen Pedagogy project implemented at York College which invitesstudents to contribute to open educationalresources, and not just being a consumerof it. Specifically, students created mathematics questions that corresponded to the topics learned in the course. Forthcoming students will have the chance not only to createmore questions for the file, but to update and/or revise the document. Future students will also engage in creating an answer key (with worked out solutions) for the file, as well as video help.These practice questions should be helpful for any precalculus course.
This course will examine the fundamental institutions, players and processes of American government. The class will study the relationship between the executive, judiciary and legislature and the constitutional process around which American government operates. The class will also analyze the governmental policy process, public opinion, political socialization, interest groups, media and the role of elections in the political process.
*In this class, students will also engage in active learning. This is a process of learning via engaging with the content. It means students are interacting with the material in any way that can promote active thought, via learning activities. In addition to this, the class will also promote open pedagogy.
Basic concepts and methods of contemporary psychology emphasizing the biological basis of behavior, learning, cognition, consciousness, development, stress and personality, abnormal behavior, group behavior, and social interaction.
Assessment of OER materials for the Birth of Europe course at York College
Social Work 410 is the second of the three-course field practice sequence (SCWK 293, 410 & 492). Supervised field experience. On-site visits by Social Work faculty. Integration of field, classroom learning in a weekly on-campus seminar and professional preparation. Placements are from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on two weekdays for a minimum of 200 hours for the semester. Permission required for repeating the course.
This lesson plan is designed for a 60-minute information literacy class to teach students who are taking SD110 (Student Development 110) at York College, City University of New York. The goal of this class is to facilitate SD110 students to effectively engage themselves in finding and evaluating information regarding career and vocational development.
Assignment for information literacy activity