This informal online check-in session is an opportunity to connect with colleagues: to celebrate teaching successes and collectively work through any challenges that may arise.
Moderated by: Tamara Gubernat & Ron Whiteman
In this conversation session, we’ll talk about asking students to write reflections—alongside assignments or generally about the course. Having students reflect on their experience of learning concepts or completing assignments can help us understand how they’re navigating our courses. They can also help with our assessment models for assignments, projects, and examinations. Moderated by Seth Graves and Tamara Gubernat
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has plunged Europe into interstate war for the first time since World War II and threatens massive economic, political, and military fallout. Are you confused about the historical origins and proximate causes of the conflict? Do you worry about the humanitarian and social ramifications of the conflict? Are you perplexed […]
What do students want from their online experience right now? We have been running a COVID-19 Student Experience survey every semester since spring 2020 and would like to share some of our results and discuss the approaches and interventions that have worked for you. We will focus on the following topics, which have been foremost in […]
Russia’s declaration of war on Ukraine on February 24, 2022 marked the first time a European state has been invaded by another since the Second World War, unleashed a humanitarian crisis and heightened the international nuclear threat. What does this situation mean for us as the Baruch community? How can we be more cognizant of […]
Overview The Open-Source Digital Tools for Teaching seminar, hosted by the Baruch Center for Teaching and Learning, offers faculty an opportunity to discover and develop skills with technologies that will build engagement among students and faculty in and out of the classroom space. We’ll discuss the affordances of openly-licensed and accessible digital platforms that diversify […]
On behalf of the Queens College’s Center for Teaching & Learning: The Pedagogy of Kindness is a pedagogical approach focused on creating an atmosphere of consideration and care for each learner. This discussion series will expand upon previous installments, where educators connected to learn more about building communities of inquiry. In collaboration with the CUNY Innovative Teaching Academy, we […]
Host: Cathy Kawalek
On behalf of the Queens College’s Center for Teaching & Learning: The Pedagogy of Kindness is a pedagogical approach focused on creating an atmosphere of consideration and care for each learner. This discussion series will expand upon previous installments, where educators connected to learn more about building communities of inquiry. In collaboration with the CUNY Innovative Teaching Academy, we […]
The Sandra K. Wasserman Jewish Studies Center Proudly Presents: Jewish Pasts, Ukrainian Presents The Russian invasion of Ukraine has plunged the region into the worst crisis since World War II. From the outset of the war, participants on all sides have consciously evoked the Jewish past and the history of genocide in the region to […]
On behalf of the Queens College’s Center for Teaching & Learning: The Pedagogy of Kindness is a pedagogical approach focused on creating an atmosphere of consideration and care for each learner. This discussion series will expand upon previous installments, where educators connected to learn more about building communities of inquiry. In collaboration with the CUNY Innovative Teaching Academy, we […]
As we reach the middle of this semester, things may be getting somewhat monotonous and routine in your classroom. Do you want to disrupt, or at least shake up, what seem to have become the set patterns of learning and participation amongst your students? Or would you like to do things just a bit differently in an upcoming session? Join this CTL conversation where we will discuss active learning strategies that may or may not be working in our classrooms, or ones that we’d like to try out. Be sure to check out the CTL’s Active Learning Repository for ideas.
Heart beat, Nevit Dilmen, 1998, CC-BY-SA 3.0 How are you feeling so far this semester? In two years marked by societal trauma, the CTL has aimed to guide its approach by compassion and empathy—described by Cathy Davidson in May 2020 as “the single most important ingredient in designing online course.” We would like to hear from you: […]
Host: Cathy Kawalek
Join a virtual luncheon on community engaged and field-based teaching and learning. The luncheon will showcase journalism professor Vera Haller, entrepreneurship professor Scott Newbert, and biology professor Stephen Gosnell. Each panelist will discuss how they use learning that takes place outside the classroom, offering ways to build greater engagement between courses and outside communities. Please register in […]
On behalf of the Queens College’s Center for Teaching & Learning: The Pedagogy of Kindness is a pedagogical approach focused on creating an atmosphere of consideration and care for each learner. This discussion series will expand upon previous installments, where educators connected to learn more about building communities of inquiry. In collaboration with the CUNY Innovative Teaching Academy, we […]
On behalf of the Queens College’s Center for Teaching & Learning: The Pedagogy of Kindness is a pedagogical approach focused on creating an atmosphere of consideration and care for each learner. This discussion series will expand upon previous installments, where educators connected to learn more about building communities of inquiry. In collaboration with the CUNY Innovative Teaching Academy, we […]
Are students asking you about their grades? Do you want to find the right words to encourage students to do better or participate more in class? Join this CTL Conversation where we will discuss strategies for providing meaningful feedback to students. We’ll brainstorm what works and what doesn’t, learn from each other’s experiences, and gather some workable strategies to use in our own classrooms.
Host: Cathy Kawalek
***Part of Marxe Diversity, Equity and Inclusin (DEI) Fridays Series Please register here.
On behalf of the Queens College’s Center for Teaching & Learning: The Pedagogy of Kindness is a pedagogical approach focused on creating an atmosphere of consideration and care for each learner. This discussion series will expand upon previous installments, where educators connected to learn more about building communities of inquiry. In collaboration with the CUNY Innovative Teaching Academy, we […]
Host: Cathy Kawalek
On behalf of the Queens College’s Center for Teaching & Learning: The Pedagogy of Kindness is a pedagogical approach focused on creating an atmosphere of consideration and care for each learner. This discussion series will expand upon previous installments, where educators connected to learn more about building communities of inquiry. In collaboration with the CUNY Innovative Teaching Academy, we […]
Please join us for the CTL Spring 2022 Showcases in Teaching Innovation. The showcases this semester feature faculty who were cited by students as doing an excellent job of engaging them during the complicated times of the pandemic. Since March 2020 the CTL has run the COVID-19 Student Experience Survey. When asked the survey question, […]
On behalf of the Queens College’s Center for Teaching & Learning: The Pedagogy of Kindness is a pedagogical approach focused on creating an atmosphere of consideration and care for each learner. This discussion series will expand upon previous installments, where educators connected to learn more about building communities of inquiry. In collaboration with the CUNY Innovative Teaching Academy, we […]
Join the developers of the CUNY 1969 project to learn more about their call for Fellows for the Summer 2022 (Virtual) Teach-in & Retreat. The intensive, and compensated, summer retreat is an invitation to explore the CUNY 1969 project in more depth, form a community of inquiry around CUNY’s history, learn about open pedagogy techniques, […]
Please join us for the CTL Spring 2022 Showcases in Teaching Innovation. The showcases this semester feature faculty who were cited by students as doing an excellent job of engaging them during the complicated times of the pandemic. Since March 2020 the CTL has run the COVID-19 Student Experience Survey. When asked the survey question, […]