September 7, 2023 @ 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Teaching Clinic Boylan Hall, Room 2420, Roberta S. Matthews Center for Teaching and Learning Does your syllabus need a tune-up? Do your assignments need adjusting? Are you reconsidering your plan for the semester now that you’ve actually started in the classroom? Drop by the
September 8, 2023 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Take Note: Teaching Students Effective Note-Taking Techniques Online Note-taking is a fundamental ingredient for success in college, but increasingly, students seem overwhelmed by the task and unsure of where to start.
September 14, 2023 @ 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm Center for Teaching and Learning “Autumn Welcome!” Boylan Hall, Room 2420, Roberta S. Matthews Center for Teaching and Learning
September 14, 2023 @ 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm Welcome Back Party! Boylan Hall, Room 2420, Roberta S. Matthews Center for Teaching and Learning Stop by the Center for Teaching and Learning to see old friends and make new ones as the semester begins. Light refreshments will be served!
September 26, 2023 @ 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Digital Privacy in Higher Education: A Practical Introduction to Tools and Strategies Online In this session, led by Frans Albarillo (Library), we will look at privacy tools and strategies that will help keep online data and behavior private.
October 12, 2023 @ 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Supporting Language Learners: Reading Strategies Online We will discuss how to teach and encourage reading strategies that support students learning new languages.
October 13, 2023 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Reading is Fundamental: Help Your Students Conquer Challenging Texts Online This interactive workshop will analyze some of the roadblocks students encounter and strategize methods to help them understand different styles of academic writing.
October 24, 2023 @ 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Using Visual Approaches To Enhance Experiential Learning and Teaching Online Professor Jerry Krase (Department of Sociology) will lead an illustrated conversation about integrating visual materials and approaches into teaching in the classroom and out in the field.
October 31, 2023 @ 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Supporting Students’ Emotional Health in the Classroom Online Guidance to faculty about how to help students who may be struggling emotionally.
November 3, 2023 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Learning to Work: Career Readiness in the Classroom Online There are many ways for instructors to embed principles and skills of career readiness into their course, no matter the subject
November 10, 2023 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Understanding the Assignment: How to Write Clear Rubrics Online This workshop will break down the elements of a good rubric and present a variety of models for you to use in assignments both big and small.
November 15, 2023 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Game Over for Boring Lectures Online Join us to discuss different types of game elements suitable for educational activities, and how principles of game design can be applied in the classroom.
November 28, 2023 @ 2:15 pm - 3:15 pm Crafting Connections Boylan Hall, Room 2420, Roberta S. Matthews Center for Teaching and Learning Crafting and conversation with students, staff, and faculty.
December 5, 2023 @ 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm CTL Holiday Party Boylan Hall, Room 2420, Roberta S. Matthews Center for Teaching and Learning Join us to celebrate the upcoming end of the semester and holiday season with your fellow faculty and staff members!
January 17 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Syllabus Clinic With Mariya Gluzman (Philosophy and AIT) Online The Center for Teaching and Learning’s Teaching Clinic for interactive syllabus review, led by Mariya Gluzman (from Philosophy and AIT).
January 17 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Bringing the World Into the Classroom: Using Oral History and Interview Assignments in Your Courses Online A workshop on using interview and oral history assignments in your courses.
February 8 @ 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Chunk It! Designing Effective Scaffolded Assignments Online Learn to design effective scaffolded assignments.
February 14 @ 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm Event Series FaculTEA Series FaculTEA Series Boylan Hall, Room 2420, Roberta S. Matthews Center for Teaching and Learning Hear lightning talks on pedagogy, and join in conversation about teaching.
February 15 @ 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Help From Their Peers: Making the Most of Your Peer Mentor Online A discussion of the Peer Mentoring Program, and its goals and proven outcomes for your classroom.
February 20 @ 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Problem Posing: Developing Critical Skills in Reading and Writing Online A workshop that discusses course designs that can improve your student's critical reading and writing.
February 23 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm So, You Want to Start a Revolution? Getting Started on Course Redesign One Step at a Time Online This workshop will help identify the key ideas to incorporate into your course redesign.
March 7 @ 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Event Series FaculTEA Series FaculTEA Series Boylan Hall, Room 2420, Roberta S. Matthews Center for Teaching and Learning Hear lightning talks on pedagogy, and join in conversation about teaching.
March 14 @ 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm The Professor Is In: Helping Students Make the Most of Office Hours Online This workshop will discuss how to make the most of office hours for students and instructors.
March 15 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm The Human Factor: Thinking About Generative AI for Teaching, Assessment, and Research Online A workshop to learn about generative artificial intelligence tools and how to use them in the humanities.
March 19 @ 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Learning From Students: Collecting Student Feedback to Improve Your Teaching Online A workshop to explore gathering and using student feedback on your teaching.
March 21 @ 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Classroom Communities: Using Restorative Practices to Build Collegiality and Trust Online This workshop will train faculty in the restorative/transformative justice approach.
March 26 @ 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm ACE With NACE: Achieving Career Excellence With NACE Competency Library, Room 411, Samuel and Bernice Gottlieb Room Help your students achieve career excellence with NACE competency.
March 28 @ 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Game Over for Boring Lectures Online A workshop on game-based learning and how it can be used in class to engage students.
April 3 @ 9:30 am - 10:45 am Event Series Hess Week Hess Week – Bearing Witness and Taking Action in an Age of Rising Fascism: Oral History in the Field and in the Classroom Library, Room 150, Woody Tanger Auditorium Professor Ortiz will deliver a talk drawing on his personal experiences as an oral historian.
April 3 @ 9:30 am - 11:00 am Bearing Witness and Taking Action in an Age of Rising Fascism: Oral History in the Field and in the Classroom—Hess Week Library, Room 150, Woody Tanger Auditorium Hess Scholar Paul Ortiz delivers a lecture on the practice of oral history.
April 5 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Pedagogy Field Trip: Floyd Bennett Field A trip to Floyd Bennett Field to discuss using Brooklyn resources and place-based learning in courses.
April 10 @ 2:15 pm - 3:15 pm Event Series FaculTEA Series FaculTEA Series Boylan Hall, Room 2420, Roberta S. Matthews Center for Teaching and Learning Hear lightning talks on pedagogy, and join in conversation about teaching.
April 11 @ 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Career Building in the Classroom: Between the Academy and the Office—Designing Successful Internships for Your Majors Online This workshop will discuss ways to start and build your department's internship opportunities.
May 3 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Career Building in the Classroom: Found in Translation: Developing Career Skills Through Class Material Online A discussion on how to teach students to put what they’ve learned onto résumés and into job hunting.
