Friday, March 8, 2019

12:00 PM - 12:30 PM

Zoom Webinar

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Overview

Shinta Hernandez,Department Chair of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminal Justice at Montgomery College, MD.

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Details

During the webinar, attendees will learn about a Montgomery College fellowship in which faculty created renewable assignments that required their students to become agents of change in the community. Attendees will understand the elements of the fellowship, including the application and selection process. The renewable assignments created by faculty fellows required that students tackle a United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) through their open pedagogy coursework. The fellowship required that faculty be grouped into interdisciplinary and intercampus teams so that student impact is maximized. The ultimate purpose of the fellowship is to achieve greater social justice in the community in which the work can be freely shared with the broader community. There were 15 faculty fellows grouped into seven teams across 12 disciplines and three campuses. The open pedagogy assignments were deployed in 16 different courses and 25 sections across the College. Through this Fall 2018 fellowship, 571 students were impacted by this groundbreaking and transformative work.