Events
Teaching Plagiarism as a Writing Problem
From the Writing Across the Curriculum Program
Writing Fellow: Mikey Elster
Wednesday, October 30, 2019
Noon–2 p.m.
Center for Teaching & Learning, 2420 Boylan Hall
Description: Students cheat or plagiarize for a number of reasons. While it may seem that educators have limited control over this, this workshop explores how changes in teaching practice can minimize its occurrence. Assuming that students cheat because they are under new pressure to write in a genre they may be unfamiliar with, this workshop/discussion looks at plagiarism from a nonpunitive perspective by finding ways to desensitize academic dishonesty in the design of writing assignments. Beyond the basic ways to cover what constitutes academic dishonesty, this session will involve identifying where participants have come across academic dishonesty and develop teaching strategies and assignment genres that encourage students to share their own thoughts while successfully and appropriately integrating relevant readings with proper citation.
We especially encourage adjuncts working in the humanities and social sciences to attend this workshop, though it will certainly be relevant across the faculty and disciplines where writing is central to the class design.
Digital Discussions
From the OER initiative at the Library
Thursday, November 7, 2019
Noon–2 p.m.
412 Library
As digital course materials become more widely used in the classroom, instructors have the opportunity to take advantage of modes of engagement that aren't feasible with print/analog texts. In particular, many freely available digital annotation tools such as Hypothes.is, Slack, and CUNY Academic Commons Group Forum offer the potential for richer engagement with text, both individually and in groups. This workshop will feature a demonstration of courses utilizing digital annotation for textual and media content, the tools and structures that work in different classroom environments, and a discussion of the challenges and opportunities created by digital annotation.
Teaching With Maps and Podcasts
From the OER initiative at the Library
Thursday, November 14, 2019
Noon–2 p.m.
412 Library
This workshop will introduce faculty to easy-to-use web-based mapping and podcasting tools for engaging student projects. Online mapping tools offer creative environments in which students can pull together multimedia elements into a shared, visual space. From representing locations found in literature to annotating historical sites and visualizing geospatial data, these tools can tie learning to real-world knowledge and enable the creation of scholarly resources that extend beyond the confines of the classroom.
Participants will also learn how to support student assignments based on the production of podcasts or audio recordings, with an emphasis on tools and methods for production and distribution. Recordings or podcasts offer students an opportunity to combine classroom learning with research, address a major analytical issue with a creative approach and learn about presenting information for a public audience (e.g public service announcements, a Brooklyn history tour, an art review, or a public policy discussion). This workshop will cover technical approaches to making podcasts and other types of audio for varied web and mobile use cases, resources and models to use for creative inspiration, and best practices for implementing successful audio assignments.
How Can Faculty Support the Writing Practice of Multilingual Students?
From the Writing Across the Curriculum Program
Writing Fellows: Ting Zhang, Rom Lewkowicz
Thursday, November 14, 2019
12:30–2 p.m.
Center for Teaching & Learning, 2420 Boylan Hall
Description: Brooklyn College's student body reflects the diversity and vibrancy of the borough. For the substantial proportion of students who are not native English speakers, writing assignments may seem like a greater challenge. But do they have to be? This workshop will provide faculty with ways to improve the writing practice and experience of multilingual students. You don't have to be an ESL teacher to help multilingual students! The workshop will explore various methods and strategies to better facilitate multilingual students' learning which would not require ESL expertise nor taking time away from the course content.
Using Wikipedia as a Teaching Tool
From the OER initiative at the Library
Tuesday, November 19, noon–2 p.m.
412 Library
Wikipedia is becoming increasingly popular among educators as a teaching tool and as a platform where students can share their research and writing with a public audience. Faculty have discovered that writing for Wikipedia improves students' critical thinking, writing, information and digital literacy as well as research skills. This workshop will provide an introduction to Wikipedia fundamental principles, policies, editing, best practices, and excellent resources available to support your assignment.
Open Publication Platforms
From the OER initiative at the Library
Thursday, November 21, 2019
Noon–2 p.m.
412 Library
Learn how to use Manifold, Pressbooks (hosted by CUNY), and Scalar open-source platforms that allow instructors to create textbooks, course materials, and monographs as interactive online books that can also be easilty exported and distributed as ebooks, PD, and print-on-demand formats. You can create dynamic course materials by publishing custom editions of public domain texts and open educational resources (OER). Instructors can embed additional notes, files, images, videos, and interactive content into the text to create an interactive multimedia experience. Manifold and Scalar also support social reading through collaborative annotations that can deepen student engagement with OER course materials. Social annotation helps teach students how to engage in the digital public sphere. All platforms format well on phones and tablets as well as desktop computers.
Student-Led Oral Histories: Teaching With the Brooklyn College Listening Project
Thursday, November 21, 2019
12:15–2:15 p.m.
Center for Teaching & Learning, 2420 Boylan Hall
The Brooklyn College Listening Project is an oral history and community interview initiative at Brooklyn College where students interview family, neighbors, friends, and strangers about their lives, experiences, and perspectives on the world. This workshop is designed to introduce and refresh instructors from across the college about how to integrate oral history into our teaching. Come share ideas for your courses, learn new techniques, and think creatively about oral history as a form of pedagogy!
Preparation for Teaching Online: A Foundational (Online) Workshop for CUNY Faculty
Offered by the CUNY Program for Online/Hybrid Instruction
Monday, October 21–Sunday, November 3, 2019
This two-week, asynchronous, instructor-facilitated workshop is designed to prepare CUNY faculty for teaching online and/or hybrid classes. The workshop models effective design and facilitation skills and addresses design issues, pedagogical approaches to teaching online and hybrid courses, as well as organization and management of an online class. It also provides an opportunity for faculty to become more familiar with the environment of the Blackboard LMS from both a student and instructor perspective. The total time on task is estimated at an average of 10 hours for participants. There are no face-to-face or real-time online meetings required.
