The Teaching and Learning Center (TLC) Workshop Archive provides access to workshop materials developed by TLC staff and fellows. Workshop materials include agendas, outreach copy, activities, readings, and more. TLC organizes workshops by category. All materials are openly licensed for you to reuse and remix to run your own workshop.
Explore the Archive
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UDL & Accessibility I: Centering the “U” in UDL & “I” in EDI
What is UDL (Universal Design For Learning)? Are UDL & Accessibility the same? Does updated software automatically produce accessible documents?… Read More »UDL & Accessibility I: Centering the “U” in UDL & “I” in EDI
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Accessibility and Visual Culture
This workshop will introduce participants to the guidelines of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and will share practical strategies for… Read More »Accessibility and Visual Culture
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Toward Generative Assessment: Challenging punitive systems of grading
Grading often emphasizes critique in ways that inspire fear and disengagement. This workshop will explore how generative assessment can affirm… Read More »Toward Generative Assessment: Challenging punitive systems of grading
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Equity and Access in the Online Learning Space
This workshop bridges the concepts of equity (broadly conceived) and accessibility, treating them as related and intersecting. Its intention is… Read More »Equity and Access in the Online Learning Space
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Designing Accessible Writing Experiences
Are you thinking about how to provide your students opportunities to demonstrate their learning through writing? Are you interested in… Read More »Designing Accessible Writing Experiences
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Accessibility Workshop
While many instructors think of accessibility in relation to disability, accessible course design benefits all students. In this workshop, we… Read More »Accessibility Workshop
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Accessibility and Visual Culture
This workshop will introduce participants to the guidelines of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and will share practical strategies for… Read More »Accessibility and Visual Culture
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Using Photography in the Classroom: Centering Student Participation and Creative Expression
As we prepare to teach in online and hybrid classrooms in the fall semester and beyond, the challenges of maintaining… Read More »Using Photography in the Classroom: Centering Student Participation and Creative Expression
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Practicing Ritual as a Way to Build Community in the Classroom
This workshop will highlight the usefulness of practicing ritual by engaging participants in reflective activities. Building community is more difficult… Read More »Practicing Ritual as a Way to Build Community in the Classroom
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Close Looking
What can the pedagogy of “close looking” offer to classes both inside and outside of the humanities? Join the TLC… Read More »Close Looking
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Museum Pedagogy
Over the past generation, museums have undergone an enormous transition. No longer simply repositories of artifacts and authority, they are… Read More »Museum Pedagogy
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Teaching with Images
Images are everywhere, all the time, but often we do not give those images much more than a glance, a… Read More »Teaching with Images
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Teaching with Short Docs
Many instructors use documentary media in their classes. Documentaries can provide additional perspectives, offer students the chance to engage with… Read More »Teaching with Short Docs
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Art, Affect, and Embodied Learning
The classroom is often thought of solely as a space for the mind, emphasizing the intellectual aspects of learning. Minds,… Read More »Art, Affect, and Embodied Learning
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Abolitionist Pedagogies: Dismantling Carceral Logics and Practices Panel
Are you searching for ways to make your classroom environment more collaborative, liberating and supportive? Have you been wondering what… Read More »Abolitionist Pedagogies: Dismantling Carceral Logics and Practices Panel
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Why Do We grade? Critical Approaches to Grading
What do we grade, and for what purpose? Grading can be a painful experience – for both students and professors… Read More »Why Do We grade? Critical Approaches to Grading
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Student Agency and the Labor of Grading
How can a critical approach to grading foster student agency and make grading a more meaningful, intentional process? This workshop… Read More »Student Agency and the Labor of Grading
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Toward Generative Assessment
Grading often emphasizes critique in ways that inspire fear and disengagement. Through generative assessment we aim to build relationships with… Read More »Toward Generative Assessment
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Student Agency and the Labor of Grading
How can a critical approach to grading foster student agency and make grading a more meaningful, intentional process? This workshop… Read More »Student Agency and the Labor of Grading
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Toward Generative Assessment: Challenging punitive systems of grading
Grading often emphasizes critique in ways that inspire fear and disengagement. This workshop will explore how generative assessment can affirm… Read More »Toward Generative Assessment: Challenging punitive systems of grading
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Reframing the Final Paper: Alternative and creative assignments
Writing is a central aspect of academic life. As instructors, we regularly assign essays, compositions, proposals, annotated bibliographies, and final… Read More »Reframing the Final Paper: Alternative and creative assignments
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Peer Review
Have you ever felt concerned about your ability to provide constructive feedback to every student? Are you interested in building… Read More »Peer Review
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End of Semester Assessment
Are you feeling overwhelmed by end-of-semester grading? In this workshop, we’ll discuss how to streamline your end-of-semester workload by developing… Read More »End of Semester Assessment
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Teaching Portfolio
As teachers, we know the value of being reflective practitioners, but the hectic pace of the semester can make it… Read More »Teaching Portfolio
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Teaching with the CUNY Digital History Archive
The CUNY Digital History Archive (CDHA) is “a counter-institutional archive” that centers CUNY’s histories as a site of organizing, learning… Read More »Teaching with the CUNY Digital History Archive
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Why We Teach, Who We Teach, and What We Teach
How can our teaching honestly and openly reflect the world in which our students live and help them envision the… Read More »Why We Teach, Who We Teach, and What We Teach
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New York City as the Classroom: An Introduction to Place-Based Pedagogy
When we take our students out of the classroom and into the streets of New York, class material can come… Read More »New York City as the Classroom: An Introduction to Place-Based Pedagogy
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AI Literacy and Game-Based Learning
This workshop introduces game-based strategies for teaching with and about artificial intelligence. Participants will learn how to develop students’ AI… Read More »AI Literacy and Game-Based Learning
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AI Literacy and Disciplinary Thinking
Instructors teaching with artificial intelligence face critical issues in data privacy, intellectual property, and algorithmic bias. Join us to learn… Read More »AI Literacy and Disciplinary Thinking
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Using Archival Materials in Languages Courses
Using archival materials in the language classrooms can help students connect to historical events, better understand the present, and think… Read More »Using Archival Materials in Languages Courses
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Resocializing Reading
“In the official university,” write Tonika Sealy Thompson and Stefano Harney, “reading is outsourced…The classroom is a reading-free zone.” I… Read More »Resocializing Reading
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Learning Can Be Fun! Creating Low-Stakes Assignments
Assignments can be used to inspire curiosity, help students build community with each other, and provide tools to think critically… Read More »Learning Can Be Fun! Creating Low-Stakes Assignments
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Using Backwards Design: A Practical Guide to Creating Assignments
This workshop walks participants through the principals of backwards design and how they can be used as a framework for… Read More »Using Backwards Design: A Practical Guide to Creating Assignments
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Reframing the Final Paper: Alternative and creative assignments
Writing is a central aspect of academic life. As instructors, we regularly assign essays, compositions, proposals, annotated bibliographies, and final… Read More »Reframing the Final Paper: Alternative and creative assignments
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Reframing the Final Paper: Alternative and creative assignments
Writing is a central aspect of academic life. As instructors, we regularly assign essays, compositions, proposals, annotated bibliographies, and final… Read More »Reframing the Final Paper: Alternative and creative assignments
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Social Reading and Writing
Are you looking for ways to improve your students’ close reading skills or to kickstart class discussion by asking students… Read More »Social Reading and Writing
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Peer Review
Have you ever felt concerned about your ability to provide constructive feedback to every student? Are you interested in building… Read More »Peer Review
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Putting NYC to Work: Using place-based assignments in your courses
In the second installment of the TLC’s two-part workshop series on place-based learning, we’ll explore strategies for creating and integrating… Read More »Putting NYC to Work: Using place-based assignments in your courses
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Expanding your Pedagogical Toolkit
Looking for new and creative instructional practices to enliven your classroom? Interested in learning new ways to structure your students’… Read More »Expanding your Pedagogical Toolkit
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Museum Pedagogy
Over the past generation, museums have undergone an enormous transition. No longer simply repositories of artifacts and authority, they are… Read More »Museum Pedagogy
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Creative Assignment Design
This workshop explores how to design problem-based learning (PBL) assignments that tie the practice of skills or course objectives with… Read More »Creative Assignment Design
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Abolitionist Pedagogies: Dismantling Carceral Logics and Practices Panel
Are you searching for ways to make your classroom environment more collaborative, liberating and supportive? Have you been wondering what… Read More »Abolitionist Pedagogies: Dismantling Carceral Logics and Practices Panel
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Teaching with the CUNY Digital History Archive
The CUNY Digital History Archive (CDHA) is “a counter-institutional archive” that centers CUNY’s histories as a site of organizing, learning… Read More »Teaching with the CUNY Digital History Archive
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Equity-Oriented Teaching Workshop
As CUNY Graduate Student Instructors or Adjunct Instructors, we teach students with diverse levels of preparation for and understanding of… Read More »Equity-Oriented Teaching Workshop
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UDL & Accessibility I: Centering the “U” in UDL & “I” in EDI
What is UDL (Universal Design For Learning)? Are UDL & Accessibility the same? Does updated software automatically produce accessible documents?… Read More »UDL & Accessibility I: Centering the “U” in UDL & “I” in EDI
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Why We Teach, Who We Teach, and What We Teach
How can our teaching honestly and openly reflect the world in which our students live and help them envision the… Read More »Why We Teach, Who We Teach, and What We Teach
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New York City as the Classroom: An Introduction to Place-Based Pedagogy
When we take our students out of the classroom and into the streets of New York, class material can come… Read More »New York City as the Classroom: An Introduction to Place-Based Pedagogy
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Why Do We grade? Critical Approaches to Grading
What do we grade, and for what purpose? Grading can be a painful experience – for both students and professors… Read More »Why Do We grade? Critical Approaches to Grading
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AI Literacy and Disciplinary Thinking
Instructors teaching with artificial intelligence face critical issues in data privacy, intellectual property, and algorithmic bias. Join us to learn… Read More »AI Literacy and Disciplinary Thinking
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Student Agency and the Labor of Grading
How can a critical approach to grading foster student agency and make grading a more meaningful, intentional process? This workshop… Read More »Student Agency and the Labor of Grading
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Who Am I When I Teach?
Considering who and how you would like to be as an instructor is a critical step in developing your pedagogy.… Read More »Who Am I When I Teach?
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Balancing Time: Managing Time While Teaching and Learning
Effectively managing your time requires balancing teaching, research, your course load, and often other work. This workshop will offer strategies… Read More »Balancing Time: Managing Time While Teaching and Learning
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Making Office Hours Work
Do you find office hours underutilized or unproductive? Do your students know what office hours are for? Join us for… Read More »Making Office Hours Work
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Student Agency and the Labor of Grading
How can a critical approach to grading foster student agency and make grading a more meaningful, intentional process? This workshop… Read More »Student Agency and the Labor of Grading
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Decolonizing Pedagogy
As the decolonial paradigm gains traction in the world of education, we pause to consider what that means in CUNY,… Read More »Decolonizing Pedagogy
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Building Student Input in Your Syllabus
As Bettina Love has noted, abolitionist teaching moves from, or with, critiques of injustice, towards liberation. This approach requires educators… Read More »Building Student Input in Your Syllabus
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Series on Teaching with the CUNY Academic Commons (WordPress)
The CUNY Academic Commons, a WordPress teaching and learning platform based at the Graduate Center, is being used by faculty… Read More »Series on Teaching with the CUNY Academic Commons (WordPress)
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Equity and Access in the Online Learning Space
This workshop bridges the concepts of equity (broadly conceived) and accessibility, treating them as related and intersecting. Its intention is… Read More »Equity and Access in the Online Learning Space
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Getting Started with OER
This workshop will provide an introduction to open digital pedagogy by focusing on a core tenet of open teaching: the… Read More »Getting Started with OER
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Teaching as a T.A.
CUNY graduate students are often assigned to work as teaching assistants or lab instructors in support of large lecture classes.… Read More »Teaching as a T.A.
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Bridging Lecture and Lab
Science courses are typically split between lecture and laboratory instruction. Lecture is used to provide students with foundational, structured knowledge,… Read More »Bridging Lecture and Lab
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Approaches to Course Design
In this workshop we will discuss how to effectively approach course design and planning, and we will workshop your ideas… Read More »Approaches to Course Design
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Incorporating Cultural Content in the Language Classroom
Many language instructors enter the classroom for the first time without knowledge of language acquisition principles. They are often asked… Read More »Incorporating Cultural Content in the Language Classroom
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Expanding your Pedagogical Toolkit
Looking for new and creative instructional practices to enliven your classroom? Interested in learning new ways to structure your students’… Read More »Expanding your Pedagogical Toolkit
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Museum Pedagogy
Over the past generation, museums have undergone an enormous transition. No longer simply repositories of artifacts and authority, they are… Read More »Museum Pedagogy
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Increasing Scientific Literacy
Faculty across the CUNY regularly address complex, scientifically-grounded issues such as climate change, genetically-modified foods, vaccines, and evolution. For many… Read More »Increasing Scientific Literacy
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Teaching Portfolio
As teachers, we know the value of being reflective practitioners, but the hectic pace of the semester can make it… Read More »Teaching Portfolio
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Troubleshooting Failure
The end of semester brings a new urgency to the classroom, and the weight of worrying that you’ve not met… Read More »Troubleshooting Failure
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Developing Your Teaching Persona and Classroom Community
What makes a classroom feel like a community? For many teachers, this is an ongoing goal as we work to… Read More »Developing Your Teaching Persona and Classroom Community
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Balancing Teaching and Research as a Graduate Student
Do you struggle to balance the demands of teaching and research? Committing to both while making steady progress towards your… Read More »Balancing Teaching and Research as a Graduate Student
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AI Literacy and Game-Based Learning
This workshop introduces game-based strategies for teaching with and about artificial intelligence. Participants will learn how to develop students’ AI… Read More »AI Literacy and Game-Based Learning
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AI Literacy and Disciplinary Thinking
Instructors teaching with artificial intelligence face critical issues in data privacy, intellectual property, and algorithmic bias. Join us to learn… Read More »AI Literacy and Disciplinary Thinking
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Developing a Digital Portfolio
Developing your own digital portfolio gives you agency over how you are presented online. A digital portfolio allows you to… Read More »Developing a Digital Portfolio
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Using Generative AI for “Uncreative Writing”
The proliferation of generative AI such as ChatGPT has incited a season of pedagogical storms across college campuses, all too… Read More »Using Generative AI for “Uncreative Writing”
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Open Pedagogy Interventions while Teaching Remotely: Place-based and digital storytelling projects
Many of our teaching and learning practices have shifted since we have been forced to only teach remotely. However, our… Read More »Open Pedagogy Interventions while Teaching Remotely: Place-based and digital storytelling projects
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Ethical Approaches to Ed Tech
Digital learning technologies and internet based educational tools have the ability to open up our pedagogical practices and expand how… Read More »Ethical Approaches to Ed Tech
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Video Production for Online Teaching
This workshop, courtesy of the PublicsLab at the Graduate Center, offers three videos: a “crash course” approach to audio/video production;… Read More »Video Production for Online Teaching
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Series on Teaching with the CUNY Academic Commons (WordPress)
The CUNY Academic Commons, a WordPress teaching and learning platform based at the Graduate Center, is being used by faculty… Read More »Series on Teaching with the CUNY Academic Commons (WordPress)
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Using Online Polls to Promote Active Learning and Student Engagement
“Technology doesn’t inherently improve learning; it merely makes possible effective pedagogy, and only when it is consonant with an instructor’s… Read More »Using Online Polls to Promote Active Learning and Student Engagement
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Cultivating Student Participation Using Online Polls
You probably have had classes during which most of your students do not turn on their cameras, or you ask… Read More »Cultivating Student Participation Using Online Polls
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Social Reading and Writing
Are you looking for ways to improve your students’ close reading skills or to kickstart class discussion by asking students… Read More »Social Reading and Writing
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Demystifying Ed Tech
Too often, conversations about educational technology are rife with black and white thinking. On the one hand, some assume that… Read More »Demystifying Ed Tech
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Teaching with Social Media
Have you used or considered using social media in your classes? Teaching with social media comes with unique challenges and… Read More »Teaching with Social Media
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Web-based Technologies
This workshop is targeted towards both beginner and intermediate level college teachers who want to learn about how to introduce… Read More »Web-based Technologies
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Ethical Tech: Choosing digital tools for teaching
We often choose the technologies we teach with based on our learning goals, student access to tools, and how easy… Read More »Ethical Tech: Choosing digital tools for teaching
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Teaching with WordPress and the CUNY Academic Commons
Join staff from the Teaching and Learning Center for a workshop on how to teach with WordPress. WordPress is a… Read More »Teaching with WordPress and the CUNY Academic Commons
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Abolitionist Pedagogies: Dismantling Carceral Logics and Practices Panel
Are you searching for ways to make your classroom environment more collaborative, liberating and supportive? Have you been wondering what… Read More »Abolitionist Pedagogies: Dismantling Carceral Logics and Practices Panel
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Navigating “Politics” in the Classroom
How do you approach discussing (or not discussing) politics and/or current events with students? What concerns do you have in… Read More »Navigating “Politics” in the Classroom
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Embodied Knowledges
Trusting our experiences in the classroom as learners and teachers helps to make us better practitioners. The bodies and multi-faceted… Read More »Embodied Knowledges
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Equity-Oriented Teaching Workshop
As CUNY Graduate Student Instructors or Adjunct Instructors, we teach students with diverse levels of preparation for and understanding of… Read More »Equity-Oriented Teaching Workshop
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UDL & Accessibility I: Centering the “U” in UDL & “I” in EDI
What is UDL (Universal Design For Learning)? Are UDL & Accessibility the same? Does updated software automatically produce accessible documents?… Read More »UDL & Accessibility I: Centering the “U” in UDL & “I” in EDI
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AI Literacy and Game-Based Learning
This workshop introduces game-based strategies for teaching with and about artificial intelligence. Participants will learn how to develop students’ AI… Read More »AI Literacy and Game-Based Learning
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Student Agency and the Labor of Grading
How can a critical approach to grading foster student agency and make grading a more meaningful, intentional process? This workshop… Read More »Student Agency and the Labor of Grading
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Resocializing Reading
“In the official university,” write Tonika Sealy Thompson and Stefano Harney, “reading is outsourced…The classroom is a reading-free zone.” I… Read More »Resocializing Reading
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Who Am I When I Teach?
Considering who and how you would like to be as an instructor is a critical step in developing your pedagogy.… Read More »Who Am I When I Teach?
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Using NYC Data for Culturally Responsive Teaching
Culturally responsive teaching requires a learning space that is grounded in local, real-world, and collaborative contexts. These pedagogical approaches help… Read More »Using NYC Data for Culturally Responsive Teaching
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Questions are the Answers: A pedagogical tool for interactive classrooms
Asking questions is a useful strategy for uncovering student thinking and generating instant feedback in classrooms. This workshop will provide… Read More »Questions are the Answers: A pedagogical tool for interactive classrooms
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Student Agency and the Labor of Grading
How can a critical approach to grading foster student agency and make grading a more meaningful, intentional process? This workshop… Read More »Student Agency and the Labor of Grading
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Practical Guide to Active Learning in STEM Classrooms
This workshop aims to provide a practical guide to promoting student-centered teaching practices and help instructors design for full participation… Read More »Practical Guide to Active Learning in STEM Classrooms
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Learning Can Be Fun! Creating Low-Stakes Assignments
Assignments can be used to inspire curiosity, help students build community with each other, and provide tools to think critically… Read More »Learning Can Be Fun! Creating Low-Stakes Assignments
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Speech Communications in the Virtual Classroom
In spring 2020, many of us were pushed to communicate and conduct classes through our electronic devices. The move to… Read More »Speech Communications in the Virtual Classroom
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Using Online Polls to Promote Active Learning and Student Engagement
“Technology doesn’t inherently improve learning; it merely makes possible effective pedagogy, and only when it is consonant with an instructor’s… Read More »Using Online Polls to Promote Active Learning and Student Engagement
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Cultivating Participation and Engagement
Students’ participation and engagement are key measures not only of motivation, but they also provide a way to formatively evaluate… Read More »Cultivating Participation and Engagement
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Activating Linguistic Diversity in the Classroom
CUNY’s classrooms are famously diverse, a reality reflected in the vast number of languages spoken by undergraduate students. Have you… Read More »Activating Linguistic Diversity in the Classroom
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Teaching Labs and Pandemic STEM Teaching
COVID-19 has significantly altered the way we live, teach, and learn. For those of us in STEM fields, this often… Read More »Teaching Labs and Pandemic STEM Teaching
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Practicing Ritual as a Way to Build Community in the Classroom
This workshop will highlight the usefulness of practicing ritual by engaging participants in reflective activities. Building community is more difficult… Read More »Practicing Ritual as a Way to Build Community in the Classroom
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Close Looking
What can the pedagogy of “close looking” offer to classes both inside and outside of the humanities? Join the TLC… Read More »Close Looking
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Incorporating Cultural Content in the Language Classroom
Many language instructors enter the classroom for the first time without knowledge of language acquisition principles. They are often asked… Read More »Incorporating Cultural Content in the Language Classroom
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Expanding your Pedagogical Toolkit
Looking for new and creative instructional practices to enliven your classroom? Interested in learning new ways to structure your students’… Read More »Expanding your Pedagogical Toolkit
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Getting Comfortable with Public Speaking
Some people consider public speaking scarier than death. It also happens to be something that we must do regularly in… Read More »Getting Comfortable with Public Speaking
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Improv for Academics
Does the thought of being in front of a classroom cause you anxiety? Are you looking for ways to help… Read More »Improv for Academics
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Conflicts as Sites of Learning
Do you occasionally find yourself avoiding conflicts in the classroom? Do you wonder why conflicts emerge, and how educators can… Read More »Conflicts as Sites of Learning
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Communicating Through Questions
We ask our students questions on our syllabi, in classroom discussions, in brief hallway encounters, on their essay assignments and… Read More »Communicating Through Questions
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Teaching with Social Media
Have you used or considered using social media in your classes? Teaching with social media comes with unique challenges and… Read More »Teaching with Social Media
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Developing Your Teaching Persona and Classroom Community
What makes a classroom feel like a community? For many teachers, this is an ongoing goal as we work to… Read More »Developing Your Teaching Persona and Classroom Community
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Active Learning and Classroom Discussion
For many instructors, having a classroom full of eager and active students is a persistent goal and recurring challenge. Are… Read More »Active Learning and Classroom Discussion
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Creativity
Are you looking for ways to spur your students’ creativity inside and outside the classroom? Often in our classrooms we… Read More »Creativity
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Participation
For many instructors, having a classroom full of eager and active students is a persistent goal and recurring challenge. Are… Read More »Participation
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Activating Linguistic Diversity in the Classroom
CUNY’s classrooms are famously diverse, a reality reflected in the vast number of languages spoken by undergraduate students. Have you… Read More »Activating Linguistic Diversity in the Classroom
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Working with ELL/ESL Students
CUNY classrooms frequently feature students with a variety of language backgrounds. This workshop explores the ways in which that diversity… Read More »Working with ELL/ESL Students
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Teaching as an International Student
Teaching as an international student takes a lot of hard work and figuring out. As international graduate students, we often… Read More »Teaching as an International Student
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Using Archival Materials in Languages Courses
Using archival materials in the language classrooms can help students connect to historical events, better understand the present, and think… Read More »Using Archival Materials in Languages Courses
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A Critical Approach to non-F2F Language Teaching
Face-to-face language courses tend to use in-class time mostly for lecture and language practice. Such instructional modes are difficult when,… Read More »A Critical Approach to non-F2F Language Teaching
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Activating Linguistic Diversity in the Classroom
CUNY’s classrooms are famously diverse, a reality reflected in the vast number of languages spoken by undergraduate students. Have you… Read More »Activating Linguistic Diversity in the Classroom
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Incorporating Cultural Content in the Language Classroom
Many language instructors enter the classroom for the first time without knowledge of language acquisition principles. They are often asked… Read More »Incorporating Cultural Content in the Language Classroom
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Languages
Approximately 40 percent of CUNY undergraduates speak a language other than English at home, and with 174 different languages spoken… Read More »Languages
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Questioning Our Linguistic Practices
How does your linguistic positionality shape your teaching and learning practices? How do we engage the multilingual student body within… Read More »Questioning Our Linguistic Practices
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Working with ELL/ESL Students
CUNY classrooms frequently feature students with a variety of language backgrounds. This workshop explores the ways in which that diversity… Read More »Working with ELL/ESL Students
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Patterns, Places, & Pedagogy
Patterns are everywhere—in nature, architecture, social interactions, and even the way we learn and think. Observing these patterns allows us… Read More »Patterns, Places, & Pedagogy
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New York City as the Classroom: An Introduction to Place-Based Pedagogy
When we take our students out of the classroom and into the streets of New York, class material can come… Read More »New York City as the Classroom: An Introduction to Place-Based Pedagogy
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Open Pedagogy Interventions while Teaching Remotely: Place-based and digital storytelling projects
Many of our teaching and learning practices have shifted since we have been forced to only teach remotely. However, our… Read More »Open Pedagogy Interventions while Teaching Remotely: Place-based and digital storytelling projects
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Putting NYC to Work: Using place-based assignments in your courses
In the second installment of the TLC’s two-part workshop series on place-based learning, we’ll explore strategies for creating and integrating… Read More »Putting NYC to Work: Using place-based assignments in your courses
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Museum Pedagogy
Over the past generation, museums have undergone an enormous transition. No longer simply repositories of artifacts and authority, they are… Read More »Museum Pedagogy
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Ethical Approaches to Ed Tech
Digital learning technologies and internet based educational tools have the ability to open up our pedagogical practices and expand how… Read More »Ethical Approaches to Ed Tech
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Mental Wellness and Education in the Time of Coronavirus
NYC as a whole and most CUNY students will continue to be affected by the Coronavirus pandemic. This workshop explores… Read More »Mental Wellness and Education in the Time of Coronavirus
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Decolonizing Pedagogy
As the decolonial paradigm gains traction in the world of education, we pause to consider what that means in CUNY,… Read More »Decolonizing Pedagogy
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Building Student Input in Your Syllabus
As Bettina Love has noted, abolitionist teaching moves from, or with, critiques of injustice, towards liberation. This approach requires educators… Read More »Building Student Input in Your Syllabus
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Speech Communications in the Virtual Classroom
In spring 2020, many of us were pushed to communicate and conduct classes through our electronic devices. The move to… Read More »Speech Communications in the Virtual Classroom
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Video Production for Online Teaching
This workshop, courtesy of the PublicsLab at the Graduate Center, offers three videos: a “crash course” approach to audio/video production;… Read More »Video Production for Online Teaching
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Series on Teaching with the CUNY Academic Commons (WordPress)
The CUNY Academic Commons, a WordPress teaching and learning platform based at the Graduate Center, is being used by faculty… Read More »Series on Teaching with the CUNY Academic Commons (WordPress)
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Equity and Access in the Online Learning Space
This workshop bridges the concepts of equity (broadly conceived) and accessibility, treating them as related and intersecting. Its intention is… Read More »Equity and Access in the Online Learning Space
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Using Online Polls to Promote Active Learning and Student Engagement
“Technology doesn’t inherently improve learning; it merely makes possible effective pedagogy, and only when it is consonant with an instructor’s… Read More »Using Online Polls to Promote Active Learning and Student Engagement
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Getting Started with OER
This workshop will provide an introduction to open digital pedagogy by focusing on a core tenet of open teaching: the… Read More »Getting Started with OER
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Teaching as a T.A.
CUNY graduate students are often assigned to work as teaching assistants or lab instructors in support of large lecture classes.… Read More »Teaching as a T.A.
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Bridging Lecture and Lab
Science courses are typically split between lecture and laboratory instruction. Lecture is used to provide students with foundational, structured knowledge,… Read More »Bridging Lecture and Lab
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Using Backwards Design: A Practical Guide to Creating Assignments
This workshop walks participants through the principals of backwards design and how they can be used as a framework for… Read More »Using Backwards Design: A Practical Guide to Creating Assignments
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A Critical Approach to non-F2F Language Teaching
Face-to-face language courses tend to use in-class time mostly for lecture and language practice. Such instructional modes are difficult when,… Read More »A Critical Approach to non-F2F Language Teaching
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Using Photography in the Classroom: Centering Student Participation and Creative Expression
As we prepare to teach in online and hybrid classrooms in the fall semester and beyond, the challenges of maintaining… Read More »Using Photography in the Classroom: Centering Student Participation and Creative Expression
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Cultivating Participation and Engagement
Students’ participation and engagement are key measures not only of motivation, but they also provide a way to formatively evaluate… Read More »Cultivating Participation and Engagement
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Reframing the Final Paper: Alternative and creative assignments
Writing is a central aspect of academic life. As instructors, we regularly assign essays, compositions, proposals, annotated bibliographies, and final… Read More »Reframing the Final Paper: Alternative and creative assignments
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Activating Linguistic Diversity in the Classroom
CUNY’s classrooms are famously diverse, a reality reflected in the vast number of languages spoken by undergraduate students. Have you… Read More »Activating Linguistic Diversity in the Classroom
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Developing a Digital Portfolio
Developing your own digital portfolio gives you agency over how you are presented online. A digital portfolio allows you to… Read More »Developing a Digital Portfolio
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Who Am I When I Teach?
Considering who and how you would like to be as an instructor is a critical step in developing your pedagogy.… Read More »Who Am I When I Teach?
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Drafting Teaching Statements
The teaching statement–sometimes called a statement of teaching philosophy–is an important artifact in the academic job search. It can deepen… Read More »Drafting Teaching Statements
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Teaching Portfolio
As teachers, we know the value of being reflective practitioners, but the hectic pace of the semester can make it… Read More »Teaching Portfolio
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Embodied Knowledges
Trusting our experiences in the classroom as learners and teachers helps to make us better practitioners. The bodies and multi-faceted… Read More »Embodied Knowledges
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Balancing Time: Managing Time While Teaching and Learning
Effectively managing your time requires balancing teaching, research, your course load, and often other work. This workshop will offer strategies… Read More »Balancing Time: Managing Time While Teaching and Learning
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Mental Wellness and Education in the Time of Coronavirus
NYC as a whole and most CUNY students will continue to be affected by the Coronavirus pandemic. This workshop explores… Read More »Mental Wellness and Education in the Time of Coronavirus
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Mental and Emotional Well-being in 2021: Strategies and practices for all educators
In a post-2020 world, how can we as CUNY educators better support our students’ and our own emotional needs? What… Read More »Mental and Emotional Well-being in 2021: Strategies and practices for all educators
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Student Trauma and Well-being
Teaching as a graduate student requires a great deal of intellectual and emotional labor. Yet, most often we concentrate our… Read More »Student Trauma and Well-being
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Troubleshooting Failure
The end of semester brings a new urgency to the classroom, and the weight of worrying that you’ve not met… Read More »Troubleshooting Failure
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Resocializing Reading
“In the official university,” write Tonika Sealy Thompson and Stefano Harney, “reading is outsourced…The classroom is a reading-free zone.” I… Read More »Resocializing Reading
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Designing Accessible Writing Experiences
Are you thinking about how to provide your students opportunities to demonstrate their learning through writing? Are you interested in… Read More »Designing Accessible Writing Experiences
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Writing in Non-writing Courses
Are you looking for ways to help your students better process theoretical, abstract, or quantitative material? Or for ways to… Read More »Writing in Non-writing Courses
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Writing Across the Curriculum
This workshop introduces instructors to the principles of WAC (Writing Across the Curriculum) pedagogy. At the core of these pedagogies… Read More »Writing Across the Curriculum
