ECT Summer
2021 Newsletter
"The capacity to learn is a gift; the ability to learn is a skill; the willingness to learn is a choice"- Brian Herbert
Spotlighting our Students
DMDL Students Partner with NY SunWorks!
In their Design Process for Learning class DMDL students, Sondra Phifer, Beiheng Guo, Samantha Kendrick and Bihan Wang partnered with NY SunWorks Director of Education, Hannah Jaris, to create interactive, just-in-time training resources for teachers. See their full project here!
NY Sun Works is a non-profit organization that builds innovative science labs in urban schools. Through the Greenhouse Project Initiative they use hydroponic farming technology to educate students and teachers about the science of sustainability.
Roxy Ho accepted into the NYU'21 StartUp Sprint Entrepreneurship Program!
Roxy Ho, a current DMDL student, started an incredible business during the pandemic. CYOBot helps professors who instruct lab-based courses in computer engineering, teach industry-demand skills in control and embedded systems and IoT effectively while cutting down costs, time, and efforts in preparing teaching materials using one single robotic kit.
Students who presented thesis projects at the Spring’21 Expo designed solutions that tackled math education and workplace inclusion and much more! Check out a few featured projects below.
Collin Yu develops "Restoration", a Role-Playing Game to Help Struggling Students Learn Algebra
After tutoring 9th grade Algebra in the NYC public school system, Collin Yu (G4L, 2021) realized that many math programs only served those who were already doing well but didn't serve students who were struggling. For his thesis project, Collin created Restoration, a fun, playful immersive role-playing game for algebra learning that uses learning-aligned game mechanics and embedded learning analytics to support learners in preparing for future learning in and practicing solving equations.
Jessie Chang designs "Autiply" to Increase Employment for those with Autism
In her thesis project, Jessie Chang (DMDL, 2021) helps make the work environment more inclusive for those with Autism. Autiply is an eLearning course that aims to empower employers without prior experience to gain awareness of Autism Spectrum Disorder and learn the knowledge and skills to provide workplace accommodation for people on the spectrum from animations and situated practices.
ECT Community Spotlights
Avi Chawla, DMDL Alum (2019)
Listen to Avi discuss his work as a Learning Designer, and how students can better prepare for the workforce. Avi is currently a Learning Engineer at Carnegie Mellon University, and also a mentor in our ECT mentorship program.
Chris Hoadley, ECT Associate Professor
Listen to our recent Q&A with Chris Hoadley (he/him), Associate Professor in our ECT program. Chris opens up about his love for teaching, the importance of authentic connections and advice on building your professional career.
In Other News...
Congrats to DMDL and G4L students who started summer internships!
Richard Tran who started at Learning Design at NYU Institute for Innovation in Medicine
Taniya Sharma and Ben Cramer who started as User Experience Designers for EyeRead / Squiggle Park.
Bihan Wang and Beiheng Guo who started as Learning Designers at NYU
Viktoriaa Zykina who started as Research/ Learning Designer at Project Recess
Jonathan Christopher Lentine who started as a Game and Digital Media Designer at TeachMe TV
The Learning Analytics Research Network (NYU-LEARN), led by ECT professor Alyssa Wise, created Learning Analytics 101, a curated set of informative and timely resources for anyone interested in learning analytics.
Jan Plass, ECT professor, along with other designers, students and colleagues at the CREATE lab showed off their executive function games - All You Can ET, Gwakkamole, and CrushStations- at the 2021 EdGames Expo. Missed it? You can find the full event video playlist here.
Adjunct professor and Senior UX Designer at MacMillan publishing, Alex Britez, presented recently on Human Centered Design drives Effective Learning. See full video here (go to minute 30 for Alex's talk).
We’re excited to be re-opening our ECT programs for in person programming this Fall.
Stay connected and tuned in to upcoming events here!
ECT 370 Jay St Space - Brooklyn Spotlights
As we get our beautiful (and still very new!) 370 Jay St. ECT space ready for the return to in-person this Fall, some of our students are working on creative design projects to beautify the space, some even learning new skills at the NYU Tandon Makerspace in this effort.
New Student Corner - Welcome!
We are super excited to welcome our Fall 2021 incoming DMDL, G4l and PhD students to the program!
Mark your calendar for the ECT ORIENTATION! August 25th, 7-9:30pm EDT via Zoom, RSVP here.
If you want to get a head start on stuff, check out our ECT Orientation Guide , a great way to get warmed up for the start of the semester.
Please register ASAP if you haven’t already! If you have any questions about registration please see our registration info page.
We know it’s more important than ever to build community and stay connected.
We hope you’ll join us in doing just that!
ECT Coffee Chat
Wednesdays from 9:30 am - 10:30 am Eastern Standard Time .
A time to chat, ask questions. Drop in for a few minutes or the whole thing.
Join here via Zoom- see schedule here.
Let's get Social
Click here to explore other ways to stay connected via our Slack, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.
Have ideas for socials, meetups, or other events? Post your ideas to Facebook or Slack to find others who might be interested.
Get Involved!
Are you looking for ways to get more involved and meet people? Join us in designing our ECT space, becoming our social media moderator for a month, organizing student events or writing for a future newsletter!
Contact Jeneva Hall (jh6135@nyu.edu) if so!
Thanks for reading our newsletter (especially if you got this far!)
If you have ideas for future newsletters or want to help out, please contact Jeneva Hall (jh6135@nyu.edu)
Thanks to our Summer 2021 ECT Newsletter Co-Editors
Maaike Bouwmeester, ECT Program Director
Jeneva Hall, Operations Administrator
Roxy Ho, DMDL student
Hannah Ally, DMDL student