For more information,  suggestions for events or to get involved, email us at CFT@brooklyn.cuny.edu

 

SERVICES

 

Link here for a Syllabus Template and Course Schedules (class meeting dates) for you to modify for your own use.   Message about Syllabus Preparation and Vital Information for Students from Dean Wilson.

Questionnaire:
Getting to Know Your Students

Student Time Management Chart

The Golden Rules of Email
(Email correspondence faculty/students)

 

 

 

 

RESOURCES

Academic Assessment Manual
by Dr. Michael Anderson, 4th Ed.

CORE Assessment Rubrics


Sloan Consortium Effective Practices for Online Teaching (.pdf)
 

Brooklyn College

Information Technology Plan

Technology and Pedagogy

Research in Pedagogy

 

 

FACULTY SPACE: Draft Proposal

 

ABOUT THE CFT

 

Director
Danny Kopec

Executive Board
James Davis, co-chair
Mobina Hashmi, co-chair

Amy Hughes
Nicholas Irons
Mariana Regalado

Paula Whitlock

Jocelyn Wills

Fabio Girelli-Carasi

CfT Bylaws

CfT Strategic Plan (2008-2013)


WORKSHOPS & EVENTS FALL 2009

All workshops will be held in the CfT Office, 2420 Boylan

 

Roberta S. Matthews’ Center for Teaching
presents

Fall 2009 Workshop Series
2420 Boylan

‘Clicker’ System in the Classroom

Laura J. Juszczak (Chemistry)                                                     October 8 (Thursday) 1pm-3pm
Overwhelmingly, student disposition in lecture is nonparticipatory, consisting—at best—of note takings, nods

of assent and perhaps responding to the occasional question. Exploration of concepts is relegated to homework and/or

exam questions. Implementation of a ‘clicker’ system in the classroom breaks down student passivity because students

are tested for concept understanding on the spot. Student-to-student discussion of concept can precede or follow question

answering. Such dialogue reinforces confidence in the concept learned. This workshop will take the form of a ‘clicker’ lecture,

giving participants first-hand experience in the method.

Exploring a Strength-Based Perspective on Student  Advising
Cyndi Stein (Speech and Hearing Center)                             October 15 (Thursday) 1pm-3pm
Learn a cutting-edge approach for using a systematic strengths based technique for student advising. By the

end of the workshop you will be able to:
1. To help you identify your greatest talents.
2. To show you how to develop and apply your strengths.
3. To teach you how to identify and maximize your talents in your students (and others)
4. To encourage you to to help apply talents in student career planning and decision making

Sakai/CourseCentral: An Overview
Nicholas Irons (AIT) & Carlos Cruz (AIT)                           October 26 (Monday) 1pm-3pm
                                                                                              November 12 (Thursday) 1pm-3pm
Please join us to explore the Sakai CLE (Collaboration and Learning Environment), an open-source system for collaboration

and learning.Sakai supports teaching, learning and scholarly collaboration in either fully or partially online

environments. Sakai is an enterprise-scale collaboration and courseware management platform that

provides students with a suite of learning, portfolio, library and project tools. We will create a Sakai account

for each seminiar participant, and will explore the similarities and differences between Sakai and Blackboard.

Designing Plagarism-Proof Assignments
Mobina Hashmi (Television and Radio)                                  November 5 (Thursday) 1pm-3pm
In my experience, students turn to plagarism because they are pressed for time or unclear about what constitutes plagarism and

not as a deliberate decision. We will discuss how to design assignments that encourage students to start working on their papers

early and how to talk about plagarism in class

How to Respond to Students Who Are Agitated, Disruptive, & Troubled
Gregory Kuhlman (Psychology)                                                November 9 (Monday) 1pm-3pm
Have you ever had difficulty dealing with a student’s disruptive behavior in your classroom or been concerned by a student’s

behavior or comments?
An information and training session for faculty:
-How to respond to the disruptive, agitated or troubled student
-What help  is available for you and for the student
-Emergency response at the College
-Disciplinary and other procedures

So You Want To Use The SmartBoard?
Danny Kopec (Computer Information and Science)                 November 19 (Thursday) 1pm-3pm
Smart Boards by 3M are installed around the Campus. Let's explore together how best they can be used to our advantage.



Improvising and Collboration in the Classroom
Rosamond King (English) & Laura Tesman (Theatre)& Barbara O’Neill(Education)
                                                                                                        November 30
(Monday) 1pm-3pm
This workshop will help Brooklyn College faculty explore collaborative and improvisation methods in and out of the classroom.

The workshop will describe both pedagogical approaches and concrete examples of these methods, which provide unique ways to engage

BC students of different abilities and which can lead to a deeper understanding of our various subject matters

 

 

Center for Teaching Receives CUNY CUE Innovative Program Grant

The proposal was led by Myra Kogen with assistance from the following people:

Dean Donna Wilson

(Dean of Undergraduate Studies)

Niesha Ziehmke

(Acting Associate Director,

Undergraduate Studies )

Michael Anderson

(Director of Academic Assessment)

Danny Kopec

(Director of CfT)

Proposal Title: Bridges Across Brooklyn

"It's aim is to enhance student engagement

in general education by developing community-based

educational initiatives that immerse students in local

landscapes and cultures as a context for the study of the

liberal arts and sciences."

 

The Roberta S. Matthews Center for Teaching invites applications for its 2nd Annual  “Pedagogy Research & Publishing Fellowship Program.” This year’s seminar theme is Bridges Across Brooklyn.  Five Faculty Fellows will be selected to participate in this program which entails 10 meetings with a Faculty Mentor, with the goal of exploring the topic "City-As-Classroom"

Please apply by September 30th.

Application for Bridges Across Brooklyn: City-as-Classroom

 

 

SCHOLARSHIP OF TEACHING AND LEARNING CALL

 

The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) is an inquiry-led, evidence-based way for sustained improvement of student learning - perhaps the best way for individual professors, programs, and whole institutions to improve teaching and student learning.

The 3rd Annual SoTL Commons Conference (http://academics.georgiasouthern.edu/ijsotl/conference/2010/index.htm) will be held March 10-12, 2010 at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, Georgia (USA).  Registration is now open and the submission of proposals period is August 15 - October 15, 2009.  The registration fee is reduced from the last conference and can be further reduced when 4 or more people from the same institution register at the same time. The conference focuses upon SoTL in higher education contexts.

Keynoters are Gary Poole (University of British Columbia, Canada), Kathleen McKinney (Illinois State University, USA), and Carolin Kreber (University of Edinburgh, UK).
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The July 2009 issue of International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning is available online at http://academics.georgiasouthern.edu/ijsotl/v3n2.html.  Authors are from Australia, Canada, Fiji, Ireland, Korea, New Zealand, United Kingdom, and the United States.   The submission deadline for the January 2010 issue is November 15, 2009.


You can request notification when new issues are published at http://academics.georgiasouthern.edu/ijsotl/email_notification.htm.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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2420 Boylan Hall
CFT@brooklyn.cuny.edu
(718) 951-5211


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City University of New York
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Last updated: October 19, 2009