This workshop will introduce participants to the guidelines of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and will share practical strategies for designing accessible teaching materials, with a focus on visual and material culture. Topics will include offering multiple avenues for accessing… Read More »Accessibility and Visual Culture
As we prepare to teach in online and hybrid classrooms in the fall semester and beyond, the challenges of maintaining student engagement and lifting up student voices require attention as we design and adapt syllabi and assignments. Assignments that ask… Read More »Using Photography in the Classroom: Centering Student Participation and Creative Expression
This workshop will highlight the usefulness of practicing ritual by engaging participants in reflective activities. Building community is more difficult during these times, and this workshop will highlight how ritual can deepen connection in the classroom and work to improve… Read More »Practicing Ritual as a Way to Build Community in the Classroom
What can the pedagogy of “close looking” offer to classes both inside and outside of the humanities? Join the TLC to explore visual pedagogy and visual thinking strategies in a workshop on how CUNY instructors can use close looking across… Read More »Close Looking
Over the past generation, museums have undergone an enormous transition. No longer simply repositories of artifacts and authority, they are now, as the Smithsonian’s Stephen E. Weil once described, “a place for somebody.” As museums have moved toward a visitor-centered… Read More »Museum Pedagogy
Images are everywhere, all the time, but often we do not give those images much more than a glance, a scroll, a swipe, or maybe a comment. Images can help us and our students think about and better know the… Read More »Teaching with Images
Many instructors use documentary media in their classes. Documentaries can provide additional perspectives, offer students the chance to engage with audio-visual texts, and cultivate their media literacy. However, the choice to incorporate multimedia can present both logistical and pedagogical challenges—including… Read More »Teaching with Short Docs
The classroom is often thought of solely as a space for the mind, emphasizing the intellectual aspects of learning. Minds, however, don’t enter into instructional spaces separated from bodies. Bodies come shaped by and grounded in experiences and histories that… Read More »Art, Affect, and Embodied Learning
