Baruch's student body has a significant number of students who are multilingual and who may be experiencing the American educational system for the first time. How do we strengthen the communication skills of these students? How do we encourage class participation and design assignments that engage all of our students? What are resources that the […]
Wednesday, February 22, 4:00-5:00pm, NVC 14-266 How might professors, administrators, students, and support services ensure that we understand how data is kept and stored? When does our request for personal reflection and disclosure become intrusive? Who has access to the work that is being done by our students in our classes? These are some of […]
Multimodal assignments ask students to use more than one of the modalities (i.e. visual, audio, gestural, spatial or linguistic) to create a meaning. A common typical multimodal assignment is asking students to develop a PowerPoint slide deck to use while delivering an oral presentation. Another multimodal assignment might be a photo-essay. Earlier in the semester […]
On May 5th we will host the last meeting in our Spring 2017 Hybrid Seminar series. We are looking forward to hearing from our faculty fellows as they present the hybrid course they have developed throughout the semester. The meeting is open to all Baruch faculty and staff and we encourage any one interested in hybrid course […]
Meet with the CTL staff to get ready for the Fall semester. Bring your syllabus and questions! The CTL staff can assist part-time and full-time faculty with: -Assignment design -Course schedule and scaffolding -Classroom management/policies -Experimenting with technology -Fostering classroom discussion -Active learning techniques -Low-cost/free course materials -Creating interdisciplinary activities -Courses in the face-to-face, hybrid […]
Meet with the CTL staff to get ready for the Fall semester. Bring your syllabus and questions! The CTL staff can assist part-time and full-time faculty with: -Assignment design -Course schedule and scaffolding -Classroom management/policies -Experimenting with technology -Fostering classroom discussion -Active learning techniques -Low-cost/free course materials -Creating interdisciplinary activities -Courses in the face-to-face, hybrid […]
Taught a Hybrid? Teaching a hybrid? Have questions? Feedback? On the 1st Wednesday of event month, drop by our office to discuss your experiences teaching a hybrid course or your future plans to teach a hybrid course.
All faculty are welcome, whether you are new or returning, full or part-time. This is an informal time to bring questions, concerns and ideas and meet your colleagues and the CTL staff. Coffee and cookies will be served.
Interested in experimenting with multimedia assignments? Seeking out solutions for recorded lectures and review sessions? In this hour-long session, we’ll help you get set up on Vocat, Baruch’s homegrown multimedia uploading and evaluation tool, and discuss its wide array of uses both inside and outside the classroom. Students can use Vocat to post presentation videos, […]
Looking for an easy way to hold online office hours? Need to conduct a remote session with your students? Looking to incorporate a synchronous session in an online class? Come check out a range of web-conferencing options that could be used in your class, such as Blackboard Collaborate Ultra, Cisco WebEx, and Google Hangouts.