Author Archives: Alyson Vogel

About Alyson Vogel

I started in education 10 years ago starting a media center and television studio for students in District Ten in the Bronx. Middle school students and teachers were introduced to media and media literacy projects designed for active learning in real world contexts. For the past 5 years I have been an academic program developer, coach and workshop leader. I have significant expertise in course design, curriculum planning, online teaching, training, coaching & mentoring and major event logistics & execution. My emphasis is on integrating the Internet and new media into teaching and learning. My background in television and radio, teaching teachers in K-12 through Higher Education, professional life coaching, and yes, even my newly acquired professional chef skills brings depth to my latest position of Associate Director of Online Education at Lehman College. I am very excited to be among this group of professionals to take my understanding of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning to even greater heights.

Is Collaboration a Dirty Word?

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Alyson Vogel

This is Part 1 of a 3-part post on “Is Collaboration a Dirty Word?” With memories of some well-conceived collaborative projects from my own graduate studies programs still fresh in my mind, I have something to add to the “New … Continue reading →

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iBooks will create textbook- like material for your classes

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Alyson Vogel

Apple gives us yet another good reason for us to buy an iPad; they say even technologically green teachers will be able to develop customized coursework companions for their curricula through their new iBook app that might wind up being … Continue reading →

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Collaboration and peer editing using buddy press docs and Google Docs

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Alyson Vogel

I hope you are all enjoying the winter break along with the balmy temps… I’ve barely pulled on my gloves this winter! I’ve been working with several of you during the break on incorporating collaborative documents into your coursework. Imagine … Continue reading →

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Latest faculty hybrid teaching and learning workshops began!

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Alyson Vogel

Our new fall 2011 hybrid workshop series began Friday December 9th with 10 faculty participating and who are looking to convert their in-person courses to hybrid. One instructor hopes to convert from fully online back to hybrid! We hope to … Continue reading →

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Not quite the second coming for the LMS universe(ity)

Posted on November 15, 2011 by Alyson Vogel

In mid October I caught an article on the Wired Campus blog belonging to The Chronicle of Higher Education declaring in a strongly worded headline: “Pearson and Google Jump Into Learning Management With a New, Free System.” Reading through it, … Continue reading →

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Subsidized hybrid teaching workshop series at Lehman

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Alyson Vogel

Lehman College is offering faculty the opportunity to participate in a 5 month-long hybrid teaching workshop series. This program will be limited to ten experienced and novice adjunct and full-time faculty members and, through a hybrid/blended format will integrate discussion … Continue reading →

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Faculty Open Hours – Online teaching assistance

Posted on November 9, 2011 by Alyson Vogel

I have a public calendar with various dates and times spread throughout most weeks of the academic calendar that I’d like all full time faculty and adjunct faculty to be aware of… simply navigate to the following website: http://bit.ly/pxZkPq and … Continue reading →

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New Offering; CUNY Certification Program for Online/Hybrid Instruction

Posted on November 8, 2011 by Alyson Vogel

There are a few new initiatives currently available to provide support to faculty in online instruction… one is local to the Lehman Faculty and will be conducted onsite here at Lehman beginning December 9th (posting and more information follows) and … Continue reading →

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From Lehman’s TechTeach

Posted on October 27, 2011 by Alyson Vogel

In mid-September CUNYs fall issue of their Salute to Scholars magazine came out. Specifically focused on blended learning (CUNY refers to this loosely-defined half-online half in-person teaching as ‘hybrid’), the magazine comes complete with a clever eye-catching iPad cover with … Continue reading →

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