CTL - WAC Events

WISC meeting

2009-12-14T16:38:53Z

Writing Intensive Subcommittee meeting. Time: 12:15 - 1:30pm Location: Razran 318

A workshop on academic integrity

2009-12-11T18:06:19Z

The Center for Teaching & Learning and the Office of Student Affairs cordially invite all faculty to attend a workshop that focuses on how to encourage academic integrity. Speakers will include:

Elizabeth McCaffrey and Adam L. Rockman (Office of Student Affairs) speaking on QC policy/procedures
Eva Fernández (Center for Teaching & Learning, Linguistics) and Justin Storbeck (Psychology) speaking on teaching practices

Information on how to register coming soon. Date: Friday, December 11, 2009 Time: 12:15-1:30pm Place: Patio Room (Dining Hall) A light lunch will be served.

WAC Faculty Partner meeting

2009-12-09T17:42:45Z

Writing Across the Curriculum's Faculty Partners and Writing Fellows meet. Time: 12 - 2pm Location: Razran 318

New faculty Friday

2009-12-04T18:27:36Z

2009 CUNY Instructional/Information Technology Conference

2009-12-04T18:27:36Z

You and your colleagues are invitated to attend the 8th Annual CUNY IT Conference - December 4, 2009 at John Jay College. This year's conference, again chaired by George Otte, has somehow managed to surpass previous conferences in both the quantity and quality of the presentations, as a look at the program will confirm, but it also builds on prior successes -- notably with the return, by popular demand, of last year's highly successful keynoter, David Pogue, New York Times technology columnist, Emmy-winning CBS news correspondent, and best-selling author. The Conference begins at 9:15am with Check-in for Registrants, Vendor Exhibits, and Breakfast. The first set of concurrent presentations will start at 9:45am. At 11:00am, we will hear from our Keynote speaker, David Pogue. Lunch will be provided from 12:10pm -2:10 in the Exhibit area. Concurrent presentations will resume at 12:40pm and continue to 4:00pm, followed by a wrap-up session in the Exhibit area. A special feature of the day will be the presentation of the 5th Annual Mike Ribaudo Award for Technological Innovation. The Conference Program is available at the URL below, which also links to the Conference e-registration application. Given previous years' "full house" attendance, I urge you to register in advance. Registration is free to all members of the CUNY community, but space is limited. Here is where you go to view the Conference Program and to register: http://www.convergemag.com/events/CUNY-8th-Annual-IT-Conference.html

WAC Faculty Partner meeting

2009-12-02T17:31:00Z

Writing Across the Curriculum's Faculty Partners and Writing Fellows meet. Time: 12 - 2pm Location: Razran 318

GEAC meeting

2009-12-02T15:38:21Z

General Education Advisory Committee meeting. Time: 12:15 - 1:30pm Location: Razran 318

WISC meeting

2009-11-23T16:37:30Z

Writing Intensive Subcommittee meeting. Time: 12:15 - 1:30pm Location: Razran 318

Gen Ed Launch

2009-11-18T16:20:15Z

Let's celebrate General Education! Faculty, staff and students are invited to attend an evening of presentations and discussion that celebrate General Education at Queens College. This celebration is the kickoff event that will launch “The Year of Gen Ed.” Our new provost, James Stellar, and faculty will offer their views on the opportunities that the new curriculum affords us as we begin to envision its possibilities across the disciplines. Light refreshments will follow in the Atrium. If you plan to attend, RSVP via email to president@qc.cuny.edu or by telephone to extension 7-5556. Time: 4 - 7pm Location: Lefrak Concert Hall, Music Building

Epsilen ePortfolio discussion

2009-11-17T15:25:01Z

Faculty participating in the Epsilen ePortfolio pilot are gathering to share impressions of experiences implementing Epsilen this semester. To be included in the conversation: what's worked, what faculty perceive to be challenges, and next steps for both the Spring 2010 semester and next academic year. Also to be discussed: plans to submit two Tech Fee proposals relating to ePortfolios for next year: 1- a proposal to extend the pilot for year two 2- a request to fund student interns who can provide support to faculty and students in the implementation process. If you aren't available or missed the Nov 17th gathering, please feel free to share your thoughts via email to c2perry@nyc.rr.com. Date: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 Time: 2:30-4:00pm Place: Razran 318 Light refreshments will be served.

A conversation analytic look into feedback practices in the language classroom

2009-11-13T13:00:00Z

Hansun Zhang Waring Teachers College, Columbia University Date: November 13, 2009 Time: 1-3 p.m. Place: Queensborough Community College For more information, please contact Jilani Warsi ]]> Abstract: Corrective feedback has inspired one of the most vigorous bodies of research in second language acquisition. In this talk, I momentarily step outside the frame of corrective feedback and ask a related but broader question: how do we respond to learner contributions whether they are correct or not? To answer this question, I use the high-powered lens of conversation analysis (CA) to reveal classroom life as it is lived, where in giving feedback, teachers manage complex and often competing demands on a moment-by-moment basis. Using video data from adult ESL classrooms, I problematize some of the taken-for-granted feedback practices addressed respectively to correct and incorrect learner contributions: (1) explicit positive assessments (e.g., /very good/) and (2) feedback aimed at promoting self-discovery (e.g., /Something is wrong here. Can you figure out what?/). I argue that (1) what is affectively preferred may be developmentally dispreferred and that (2) a delicate balance needs to be struck between promoting self-discovery and providing interactionally contingent help.

Gen Ed council

2009-11-10T20:22:05Z

Time: 11:30 - 1:30pm Location: Kiely 12th floor conference room

A conversation about teaching online

2009-11-10T14:30:00Z

The Center for Teaching and Learning and the Ed Tech Lab cordially invite Queens College faculty to a conversation on teaching online, led by faculty from Weekend College who have been experimenting with teaching online: Terry Balkaran Nancy Hemmes Anique Qureshi Our guest presenters span levels of expertise, from beginner (one is teaching online for the first time) to advanced. They will share what they have learned about teaching practices and evaluating student learning, addressing both the assets and liabilities of online instruction. Please register online by clicking here. Space is limited, and registration will be on a first-come, first-served basis. Date: November 10, 2009 Time: 2:30 - 4:00 pm Place: Razran 318

3rd Feminist Pedagogy Conference

2009-11-06T17:39:32Z

The Praxis of Feminist Pedagogy The Feminist Pedagogy Conference is a venue for conversation between scholars, students and activists across disciplines around the present state of feminist pedagogy and work on gender, both within and beyond the academy. This year's conference includes panels and papers on a wide array of issues, ranging from teaching for social justice, to feminist pedagogy in the museum setting, to teaching survivors of war trauma. Michelle Fine will give the keynote address entitled, "Slanted practices of inquiry and pedagogy." Through the conference we aim to create a space where people can discuss the politics, problems, and transformative potential of feminist pedagogical practices in classrooms and community settings. See http://web.gc.cuny.edu/womenstudies/wgp for a complete schedule and registration information, or contact organizers Pamela Burger and Jennifer Sugg at feministpedagogy@gmail.com.

WAC Faculty Partner meeting

2009-11-04T17:42:06Z

Writing Across the Curriculum's Faculty Partners and Writing Fellows meet. Time: 12 - 2pm Location: Razran 318

GEAC meeting

2009-11-04T15:36:59Z

General Education Advisory Committee meeting. Time: 12:15 - 1:30pm Location: Razran 318

Helping Students Use Sources Effectively

2009-11-04T15:23:18Z

Faculty are invited to attend Writing Across the Curriculum's Fall 2009 faculty workshop. University courses often ask students to use sources (academic essays, books, newspaper and magazine articles, etc.) to join disciplinary debates and conversations. This workshop will focus on ways to help students "break into the conversation"-- the phrase composition scholar Mark Gaipa uses to describe the variety of strategies writers use when they work with sources. A limited number of seats are available. If you would like to attend, please register online as soon as possible by clicking here. Time: 12 noon - 2 pm Location: President's Conference Room #1, 5th Floor Library

4th annual Ed Tech Day

2009-10-30T21:46:06Z

The 4th Annual Educational Technology day will be held from 8:30 am to 4:00 pm in the Patio Room, Dining Hall. Breakfast and lunch are included with free registration. Click here to register. Time: 8:30 am - 4:00 pm Location: Patio Room, Dining Hall

WISC meeting

2009-10-27T16:35:12Z

Writing Intensive Subcommittee meeting. Time: 12:15 - 1:30pm Location: Razran 318

COPYRIGHT CRIMINALS

2009-10-26T18:46:39Z

You are invited to a free screening of a documentary on copyright issues in the 21st century. Location: Razran 318 Time: Free hour (12:15-1:30pm) The English Department and Writing Across the Curriculum are co-sponsoring this event.

Can you own a sound? As hip-hop rose from the streets of New York to become a multibillion-dollar industry, artists such as Public Enemy and De La Soul began reusing parts of previously recorded music for their songs. But when record company lawyers got involved everything changed. Years before people started downloading and remixing music, hip-hop sampling sparked a debate about copyright, creativity and technological change that still rages today.

www.pbs.org/independentlens/copyright-criminals All are welcome. However, please note that space is limited.

Outcomes assessment forum

2009-10-23T18:53:14Z

Outcomes Assessment Forum Friday, October 23, 2009 12:45 - 2:00 p.m. President's Conference Room #2, Rosenthal Library Light refreshments will be served You are cordially invited to join Steven Schwarz (Office of the Provost) and Eva Fernández (Center for Teaching & Learning) in a conversation about outcomes assessment. Our objective is to frame the assessment tasks departments have been asked to carry out within a framework of general teaching and learning routines. We will explore the various functions of the following tools: * Learning goals * Rubrics * Syllabi * Assessment plans * ePortfolios We hope that each department will be able to send at least one representative. Please RSVP with the Provost's Office, either by email (kimberly.mccants@qc.cuny.edu) or phone (718-997-5900), on or before 10/20 so that we may order refreshments and prepare handouts. We look forward to seeing you next Friday.

WAC Faculty Partner meeting

2009-10-21T17:41:06Z

Writing Across the Curriculum's Faculty Partners and Writing Fellows meet. Time: 12 - 2pm Location: Razran 318

2009 faculty and staff assembly

2009-10-21T17:36:48Z

The annual 2009 Queens College faculty and staff assembly will take place on Wednesday, October 21. It will be followed by a reception. Place: Lefrak Concert Hall and Atrium (Music Building) Time: 3:30 p.m.

Open house for new faculty

2009-10-21T16:15:20Z

Visit the new General Education office in the Razran Complex! New faculty are cordially invited to an open house on the third floor of Razran Hall, which houses: the new General Education offices, the Center for Teaching and Learning, Writing Across the Curriculum and the Educational Technology Lab. Come meet the people involved, and learn more about the functions and services of these programs. This will be an informal forum, and you're encouraged to bring along your mentor or a colleague, if you wish; light refreshments will be served. If you plan to attend, please register online by clicking here or by going directly to: http://qcpages.qc.cuny.edu/ctl/rsvp/21Oct09/. This is not a formal registration (crashers are welcome!) but we would like to get a general estimate for the refreshments. Time: 5:30 - 7:30pm Location: Razran Complex (314, 315, 316, 318, and 360)

Gen Ed council

2009-10-20T20:20:47Z

Time: 11:30 - 1:30pm Location: Kiely 12th floor conference room

This Island Earth: Insularity in Ancient and Medieval Literature, Science, and Maps

2009-10-20T16:36:53Z

. All students, faculty, and staff are invited. Speaker: Matthew Boyd Goldie (Rider University) A lecture sponsored by the English Department and Writing Across the Curriculum We tend to think of an island as enclosed and isolated, as a paradise or a hell of solitude, a jail or a fortress. Science has regarded islands as ideal isolated sites for observation and as fragile ecologies that can be easily destroyed by outside contact. Perceptions of physical isolation extend to the temporal status of islands so that their cultures and inhabitants are thought of as cut off from progress, modernity, even time itself. These ways of thinking about islands have a history that begins in the Early Modern period with works such as Thomas More’s Utopia, William Shakespeare’s Tempest, and John Donne’s Meditation 17. This tradition continues in modified ways in modern theory by Gilles Deleuze, Antonio Benítez-Rojo, and others. But how else might we consider islands? Recent island theory by Pacific Island writers, by scientists, and by others challenges preconceptions about insular space and time, and encourages us to contemplate islands in other ways. However, even these reconsiderations overlook an older history of understanding islands. Greek, Roman, and medieval writings about islands and maps can help us question and think through ideas about what constitutes a continent versus an island, how we consider individual territories around the world, how we orient ourselves on the earth, and ultimately how we might recognize a homeland. Goldie is a scholar of medieval literature and author of Middle English Literature: A Sourcebook (Blackwell) and the forthcoming The Idea of the Antipodes: Place, People, and Voices. His talk draws on this new book and will focus on representations of islands in literature. Location: Q-side (southeast corner of Dining Hall) Time: 4:30 - 6:30pm

New faculty Friday

2009-10-16T18:40:56Z

New faculty are invited to attend a roundtable discussion that will cover topics of interest and relevance to someone growing roots in the Queens College community and looking to successfully navigate the QC infrastructure to reach personal and professional goals in an academic career. This will be the first of two roundtable events for the fall semester. Philip Anderson will lead discussions on how to tackle your academic career at Queens, and achieve satisfaction (and success) as you balance teaching, research, and service. Professor Anderson brings a wealth of knowledge to the table from his experience studying education and teaching undergraduates, masters and doctoral students. He is Professor of Secondary Education at Queens and Professor of the Ph.D. Program in Urban Education at the Graduate Center. He is formerly Department Chair and Acting Dean of Education at Queens, and Executive Officer of Ph.D. Program at the Graduate Center. His most recent publication is Pedagogy Primer, Peter Lang, 2009. Date: Friday, October 16th Time: 11:00-2:00pm Location: Q-side (southeast corner entrance of the Dining Hall) Please encourage your mentor to join you, and please register online as soon as possible, but no later than October 9th, by clicking here or by going directly to: http://qcpages.qc.cuny.edu/ctl/rsvp/16Oct09/. Space is limited and registration is on a first come, first served basis. Note: If you know that your mentor will attend, you can register for him/her at the same time that you register yourself.

GEAC meeting

2009-10-07T15:35:11Z

General Education Advisory Committee meeting. Time: 12:15 - 1:30pm Location: Razran 318

Echo 360 webcast demo

2009-09-29T21:00:51Z

The EdTech Lab and Center for Teaching & Learning are hosting the viewing of a webcast demonstration of Echo360, a lecture capture product. "The reason for interest in this particular product is that the company is now forging close ties with Blackboard, and there is some momentum within the Bb committees to add the building block for Echo360 to our hosted system. It would be valuable to have an informed team as this decision nears." -Ken Lord, Assistant to the Provost for Educational Technology The presentation will take place in the CTL Conference Room, Razran 318, at 1:00pm. Please let Mindy Miller (melinda.miller@qc.cuny.edu) know if you plan to attend. Time: 1pm Location: Razran 318

WAC Faculty Partner meeting

2009-09-23T19:20:45Z

Writing Across the Curriculum's Faculty Partners and Writing Fellows meet. Time: 12 - 2pm Location: Razran 318

Gen Ed council

2009-09-17T20:20:14Z

Time: 12 - 2pm Location: Kiely 12th floor conference room

GEAC meeting

2009-09-02T21:04:07Z

General Education Advisory Committee meeting. Time: 12:15 - 1:30pm Location: Razran 318 Minutes to the meeting can be found at: http://qcpages.qc.cuny.edu/ctl/gened/geac/02Sep09/

WAC Faculty Partner meeting

2009-08-27T17:39:10Z

Writing Across the Curriculum's Faculty Partners and Writing Fellows meet. Time: 9:30 - 4pm Location: Razran 318

Gen Ed council

2009-07-15T20:09:03Z

First Gen Ed council with new Acting Dean of Gen Ed Judith Summerfield meets. Time: 12 - 2pm Location: Kiely 12th floor conference room

A gen ed assessment workshop -- Perspectives on Liberal Arts and Sciences (PLAS)

2009-06-10T14:53:26Z

The General Education Advisory Committee and the Center for Teaching and Learning are sponsoring a workshop concerning the assessment of Perspectives (PLAS) courses. The goals of the workshop are to begin to learn Middle States’ language concerning assessment (i.e., learning outcomes), and then break into small groups specific to each PLAS category. Each small group will discuss its PLAS category in relationship to existing syllabi for the courses and faculty experience teaching those courses. These groups will then begin to develop learning outcomes for their categories that can be used to satisfy Middle States and also to communicate with others in the same PLAS category about shared learning goals. The ideal participant is a tenured faculty member that has submitted a PLAS course proposal that has been approved or that teaches a course that has been approved as a PLAS course. If you are interested in this event, please contact the CTL office Projects Coordinator Mindy Miller at melinda.miller@qc.cuny.edu.

Stony Brook's Teaching, Learning + Technology Innovations in Education Colloquium

2009-05-27T09:00:08Z

SUNY Stony Brook will be holding a colloquium on Innovations in Education. Their Call for Paper is as follows, as taken from https://tlt.stonybrook.edu/FacultyServices/FacDev/Workshops/Pages/InnovationsinEducation.aspx:

This event is for anyone who teaches at a University (faculty, lecturers, adjuncts and Graduate TA’s) who would like to share their experiences with colleagues. We would like to thank Dr. Larry Ragan from the World Campus at Penn State for agreeing to be our Key Note Speaker. The Call for presenters is in progress, we are seeking faculty who have experience in the following areas: * Research - Library resources, Grants to support teaching initiatives, Copyright * Pedagogy - large lectures, assessment, group work, teaching skills * Technology - Instructional Technology, Academic Administration Tools (Lotus Notes, SOLAR), Academic uses of software, Web 2.0 technologies - blogs, Second Life, wikis, etc. * Professional Development - Presentation skills, Teaching Portfolio's * Tenure & Promotion at Stony Brook - Policies, procedures, tips, peer review process Birds of Feather Roundtables will be available for groups to discuss topics of mutual interest. Do you have a positive experience that you would like to share? Are you interested in submitting a proposal? Call for Proposals deadline is: Monday, April 27th, 2009 Details & event schedule will be posted by Monday, May 4th, if you are interested in attending this event, please e-mail tlt@stonybrook.edu to be added to our mailing list.

CUNY WordCampEd

2009-05-22T10:00:09Z

Macaulay Honors College, the Bernard L. Schwartz Communication Institute at Baruch College, and the New York City College of Technology are pleased to host CUNY WordCampEd, a one day meeting to discuss the uses of WordPress and WordPress MultiUser in higher education. Friday, May 22, 2009, 10 AM - 3 PM, at Macaulay Honors College, 35 West 67 Street (between Columbus and Central Park West). Due to space limitations, we have to limit registration to those with a CUNY affiliation, but we welcome anyone with an interest in how these open source tools (and their associated plugins and related software) can be used to enhance teaching and learning. This free one-day mini-conference (lunch included) will provide keynotes and discussions, as well as hands-on mini-workshops and roundtables. For a full preliminary schedule, and to register, please visit http://macaulay.cuny.edu/cunywordcamped. (Questions? Email cunywordcamped@gmail.com or Joe Ugoretz joseph.ugoretz@mhc.cuny.edu )

Library technologies: Copyright and plagiarism---two sides of the same coin?

2009-05-14T15:04:18Z

THE MAY 14TH WORKSHOP IS BEING RESCHEDULED FOR THE FALL. DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED. This is the second of a two-part series on teaching and learning using library resources, in collaboration with Michael Miller of the Rosenthal Library. If you are interested in learning about how the issues of copyright and plagiarism are handled in the Queens College academic community and in participating in a provocative and progressive discussion about what plagiarism is (and isn't), please register online here. Lunch will be served! We will try to give priority to participants from the first workshop in the series (November 21, 2008), but seating is limited, so please register as soon as possible confirming your availability by clicking here. Location: Razran 318 Time: 12-4 pm

WISC meeting

2009-05-13T18:32:06Z

Writing Intensive Subcommittee meeting. Time: 12:15 - 1:30pm Location: Razran 318

5th Annual CUNY gen ed conference

2009-05-08T09:00:00Z

Gen Ed: Teaching Millenial Learners All faculty are invited to attend this year's CUNY Conference on General Education. This year's conference is hosted by Lehman College in the Bronx. Please consider attending and encourage your colleagues to register and participate. There will be presentations by Queens College faculty and a team from the Academic Advising Center. Program: Registration and breakfast at 8:30am Plenary session (see keynote speaker below) Morning and afternoon programs Reception This year's keynote speaker is Marc Prensky, an internationally acclaimed speaker, writer, consultant, and designer in the critical areas of education and learning. He is the author of Digital Game-Based Learning (McGraw-Hill, 2001),and Don't Bother Me Mom -- I'm Learning (Paragon House 2005) “Educating Today's 'Digital Native' Learners" For more details about the conference and program, to register, and directions to Lehman College, please go to Lehman's Conference webpage: http://www.lehman.edu/lehman/gen-ed-conference/index.html

GEAC meeting

2009-05-06T21:08:09Z

General Education Advisory Committee meeting. Time: 12:15 - 1:30pm Location: Razran 318 Minutes to the meeting can be found at: http://qcpages.qc.cuny.edu/ctl/gened/geac/06May09/

Biennial WAC/WID conference

2009-04-24T09:00:00Z

More information coming soon, but save the date.

High tea on teaching and research

2009-04-23T16:07:23Z

New faculty and their mentors are cordially invited to high tea with a group of Queens College scholars who will share their thoughts on the relationship between teaching and research.

Our discussants, drawn from a previous year's Strategic Planning Committee on the Balance of Teaching and Research, include:

Andrew Beveridge (Sociology)
Why teaching hardly counts for full-time faculty, especially when it's outsourced to adjuncts
Susan Croll (Psychology)
Scholarly engagement: The process of turning students into colleagues
Robert Engel (Chemistry & Biochemistry)
Teaching and research is like sex and violence: How do you separate them?
Jeff Halperin (Psychology)
Using the laboratory milieu to facilitate education and training concurrently at the undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral levels
Steven Schwarz (Physics)
PLAS and W courses in the sciences

Space is limited, please RSVP as soon as possible, and no later than April 16th, by completing this form online: http://www.qc.cuny.edu/ctl/rsvp/23Apr09/.

Location: President's Conference Room #2 (Rosenthal Library, 5th Floor)
Time: 4:30 to 6:00 pm

WISC meeting

2009-04-06T18:31:36Z

Writing Intensive Subcommittee meeting. Time: 12:15 - 1:30pm Location: Razran 318

Have you SENCERIZED your science courses?

2009-04-03T18:37:09Z

CUNY Faculty and Administrators are invited to an information session and discussion featuring two colleagues from the SENCER project, a National Science Foundation effort to improve undergraduate science education for both science majors and general education students. Science Education for New Civic Engagement and Responsibility Learn more about SENCER, a nationally successful, National Science Foundation-supported strategy that helps you: o Revitalize science courses for both majors and general education audiences. o Improve science learning by making connections to important social issues. o Bring civic engagement to the science classroom. SENCER Leadership Fellow Gail Simmons, Dean of Science and Technology at the College of Staten Island, will lead a presentation and discussion featuring: SENCER Prinicipal Investigator William David Burns National Center for Science and Civic Engagement SENCER Senior Associate Monica Devanas Director of Faculty Development and Assessment Programs Center for the Advancement of Teaching Rutgers University Friday, April 3, 2009, 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. CUNY Graduate Center, Skylight Conference Room REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED Please attend for a look at how you can get involved with this important project, including participation in this summer’s SENCER Summer Institute in Chicago. Contact Gail.Simmons@csi.cuny.edu for more information.

Mindful Learners Conference

2009-04-03T13:19:06Z

The Second Mindful Learners Conference: Classroom Practices and Faculty Conversations

Come join together with other contemplative pedagogues to meditate, reflect on, share, and explore the latest research, theory and best practices in contemplative pedagogy in higher education.
Come connect with a growing national research network in a variety of experiential exercises, workshops, panel discussions, and poster presentations.
Come share actual assignments, techniques, texts, and strategies.

Keynote Address: Arthur Zajonc, Mellon Professor of Physics and Interdisciplinary Studies, Amherst College Date: Friday, April 3, 2009 Time: 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Place: CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Ave., room 9204/9205 Fees: Full-time faculty $25, Adjuncts $20, Graduate students $10 (includes registration, breakfast and lunch) Co-sponsored by: The CUNY Contemplative Network; The Center for Contemplative Mind in Society; The Association for Contemplative Mind in Higher Education; The CUNY Graduate Center Program in Composition and Rhetoric For more information, go to http://cunycontemplatives.pbwiki.com or email Geri DeLuca at Gerdlu@aol.com

GEAC meeting

2009-04-01T21:20:52Z

General Education Advisory Committee meeting. Time: 12:15 - 1:30pm Location: Razran 318 Minutes to the meeting can be found at: http://qcpages.qc.cuny.edu/ctl/gened/geac/01Apr09/

Teaching and Learning Disabilities: A CUNY webinar workshop for Centers of Teaching and Learning

2009-03-23T19:40:06Z

The CUNY Center for Learning Disability Issues invites you to attend a University-wide "webinar" (web-based seminar). Monday, March 23 10am-12pm City College

The webinar will be led by Dr. Sarah Hahn, who will discuss:

what constitutes a learning disability
the effects of diagnosed and undiagnosed learning disabilities on CUNY colleges
professors' and students' perspectives on learning disabilities
teaching strategies and instructional design
communicating with students and student services, and making referrals

To receive the URL link to the webinar, please RSVP to Sheila Steinhof, LD Project Coordinator, at: ssteinhof@ccny.cuny.edu Click here for flyer.

WAC Faculty Partner meeting

2009-03-18T17:34:11Z

Writing Across the Curriculum's Faculty Partners and Writing Fellows meet. Time: 2 - 4pm Location: Razran 318

Facebook in the Classroom Roundtable Discussion

2009-03-16T12:15:00Z

You are invited to a faculty roundtable discussion about Facebook and its role in the classroom, from 12:15pm to 1:30pm on March 16th, 2009. Our students devote a lot of time and attention to the social networking website Facebook. As a faculty member who is vying for some of that time and attention, does it make sense for you to be using Facebook in your course? This roundtable discussion will address both pedagogical issues – for example, the ramifications of bringing an informal tool into a formal learning environment – and the technical means that the Facebook software offers to address some of these concerns. We’ve invited a few faculty members who have used Facebook in the past to communicate with their students to discuss the advantages and problems of integrating the technology into their teaching. This session is open to any faculty member who is interested in the intersection of Facebook and the classroom, whether you are a skeptic or an ardent user yourself. The discussion is being held during the free hour, so please feel free to bring your own lunch. Coffee, beverages, and dessert will be provided. Seating is limited and will be assigned on a first-come, first-served basis. If you are interested in attending, please register online at http://qcpages.qc.cuny.edu/ctl/rsvp/16Mar09/.

WISC meeting

2009-03-09T18:31:07Z

Writing Intensive Subcommittee meeting. Time: 12:15 - 1:30pm Location: Razran 318

GEAC meeting

2009-03-04T21:23:37Z

General Education Advisory Committee meeting. Time: 12:15 - 1:30pm Location: Razran 318 Minutes to the meeting can be found at: http://qcpages.qc.cuny.edu/ctl/gened/geac/04Mar09/

WAC Spring 2009 Faculty Workshop

2009-02-20T18:19:43Z

Revolutionary Grammar Faculty are invited to participate in an upcoming workshop hosted by the Writing Across the Curriculum program. Faculty Associates from Bard College's Institute for Writing & Thinking will lead two concurrent all-day workshops entitled "Revolutionary Grammar" on Friday, February 20. Everyone—inside and outside the academic community—has an opinion about grammar. Parents, CEOs, and of course teachers worry that students graduating from high school and college do not know grammar. But what does it mean to know grammar? If it were simply a matter of learning rules, teachers would not be struggling to correct grammar in paper after paper. In any case, basic grammatical rules don't stick. This workshop looks at both philosophical and practical questions surrounding the teaching of grammar, investigating connections between philosophical and pedagogical approaches. What assumptions about written language's relationship to grammar do we bring to our teaching of writing? Using diverse literary texts and our own writing, we ask what grammar is, what it is for, what it contributes to the making of meaning and to creative expression, and how it fits into the more fluid models for teaching writing that we value. Workshop participants learn practical approaches to teaching grammar that do not focus on rules so much as incorporate rules into students' intuitions and habits as writers. This workshop is for teachers of English, composition, or grammar, as well as for any teacher who addresses issues of grammar in whatever subject they teach. Time: 9:30 am to 5:00 pm Location: President's Conference Rooms #s 1 and 2 (Rosenthal Library)

WAC Faculty Partner meeting

2009-02-11T17:31:52Z

Writing Across the Curriculum's Faculty Partners and Writing Fellows meet. Time: 2 - 4pm Location: Razran 318

GEAC meeting

2009-02-04T21:24:59Z

General Education Advisory Committee meeting. Time: 12:15 - 1:30pm Location: Razran 318 Minutes to the meeting can be found at: http://qcpages.qc.cuny.edu/ctl/gened/geac/04Feb09/

WISC meeting

2009-02-02T18:30:32Z

Writing Intensive Subcommittee meeting. Time: 12:15 - 1:30pm Location: Razran 318

Engaging our students

2008-12-17T12:15:00Z

All Queens College faculty, please save the date:

On December 17, during free hour (12:15-1:30), the Center for Teaching and Learning invites you to participate in a forum on student engagement, led by a panel of faculty and administrators who will address ways to engage students, including:

General Education
Freshman Year Initiative
Service Learning
Writing pedagogies

Panel participants include

Joe Bertolino, VP for Student Affairs
Marty Braun, Freshman Year Initiative & Mathematics
Susan Croll, Teaching Excellence and Evaluation Committee & Psychology
Ann Davison, Freshman Year Initiative & English
Eva Fernández, Center for Teaching and Learning & Linguistics and Communication Disorders
Helen Gaudette, Center for Improvement of Education & College Preparatory Program & History
Meg McAuliffe, Institutional Research
Claudia Perry, Graduate School of Library and Information Studies
Dean Savage, Chair Academic Senate & Sociology
Ed Smaldone, Aaron Copland School of Music
Steve Schwarz, Interim Associate Provost & Physics

Please register online by clicking here.

Light refreshments will be served.

Location: President's Conference Room No. 1 (Library)
Time: 12:15-1:30

Meeting New York City’s Energy Challenge with Fossil Free Electric Power: Feasible by 2018?

2008-12-12T15:26:18Z

CTL is pleased to help spread the news about a presentation being given by the Seniors in the School of Earth and Environmental Science Capstone class in Environmental Problem Solving (ENSCI 373), taught by George Hendrey. Location: Science Building (across from the Library) C207 Time: 11am - 12noon Refreshments and reception to follow. Download the flyer here. Contact george.hendrey@qc.cuny.edu with questions or if you are interested in a copy of the student report.

CUNY WAC/WID lecture

2008-12-12T15:00:00Z

The CUNY WAC/WID Program is pleased to announce: This Is How We Write: Literacy in an Age of New Media Richard E. Miller Chair and Professor of English Executive Director of the Plangere Writing Center Rutgers University _________________________________________________________ December 12th, 3:00 pm Proshansky Auditorium CUNY Graduate Center 365 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10016 RSVP: zhanna.kushmakova@mail.cuny.edu Download flyer

New faculty forum on teaching: How we communicate with students

2008-12-11T19:45:17Z

For our next forum for new faculty this academic year, new faculty and their mentors are cordially invited to a conversation about how we communicate with students.

The discussion will be led by a panel drawn from this year's recipients of the President's Teaching Awards, including:

Patrick Brock (School of Earth and Environmental Sciences)
Clare Carroll (Comparative Literature)
Alyson Cole (Political Science)
Susan Einhorn (Drama, Theatre and Dance)
Irving Leonard Markovitz (Political Science)
Areti Tsiola (Biology)

Please save the date, and register online by clicking here.

Light refreshments will be served. Location: President's Conference Room #2 (Rosenthal Library) Time: 4:30 to 6:00 pm

WISC meeting

2008-12-10T18:29:47Z

Writing Intensive Subcommittee meeting. Time: 12:15 - 1:30pm Location: Razran 318

CUNY IT conference

2008-12-05T09:09:09Z

The conference theme is IT as catalyst for transformational change at CUNY. Be sure to register ahead of time. Location: John Jay College; 899 Tenth Ave.; New York, NY Time: all day

Quantitative reasoning

2008-12-04T10:30:00Z

Speaker: Martin Braun Marty Braun -- Director, Freshman Year Initiative and instructor, Math Department -- will be presenting on Good teaching practices: "John von Neuman meets Henry VIII." We'll also discuss what folks would like to discuss / hear about next semester. Time: 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Location: Razran 318 Light refreshments will be served. If you plan to attend, please RSVP by e-mailing cecilia.britez@qc.cuny.edu

WAC Faculty Partner meeting

2008-12-02T17:49:45Z

Writing Across the Curriculum's Faculty Partners and Writing Fellows meet. Time: 12 - 2pm Location: Razran 318

Library technologies: Getting connected

2008-11-21T17:53:50Z

The Center for Teaching and Learning, in collaboration with the Rosenthal Library Faculty, is offering a seminar on teaching and learning using library resources. The seminar is split across two meetings, one in Fall 2008, the other (date and topic to be determined) in Spring 2009. The first workshop is a hands-on introduction to the range of online tools the Library offers to supply the kinds of content used in teaching, with specific attention to how to teach students to use them. Location: Razran 318 Time: 12-4 pm Lunch and late afternoon refreshments will be served. Space is limited. To register online, click here.

Digication demo

2008-11-19T20:40:54Z

Time: 1:45-3:45 Location: Razran 318 This is the first of a series of demos and conversations about available ePortfolio platforms. Our guest presenter will be Jeffrey Yan, Digication co-founder.

Blogging Roundtable Discussion

2008-11-13T15:43:42Z

Those QC faculty who use (or who have used or expressed interest in using) Movable Type for blogging here at Queens College are invited to a roundtable discussion on the use of blogs in the classroom. We hope to facilitate a candid and engaging discussion of the blogging experience. We welcome hearing about a specific task that benefitted (or not!) from the blogs interface, or how your course used the blogs in general, or ideas about how you might do things differently in the future. Location: Razran 318 Time: 11-12:30 pm Light refreshments will be served.

WAC Faculty Partner meeting

2008-11-12T17:30:37Z

Writing Across the Curriculum's Faculty Partners and Writing Fellows meet. Time: 12 - 2pm Location: Razran 318

Confronting the hard questions

2008-11-07T08:00:00Z

What it takes to teach and learn at CUNY This seminar is organized by the CUNY Provost Council of the CASTL Project and sponsored by the Office of the University Dean for Undergraduate Education Goal:

To engage the provosts and their teams from the CUNY colleges in a frank and honest dialogue about how we, as academic leaders, can get to the heart of teaching and learning in this unique urban university system.

Location: Borough of Manhattan Community College Time: 8 am to 5 pm

WISC meeting

2008-11-06T18:29:06Z

Writing Intensive Subcommittee meeting. Time: 12:15 - 1:30pm Location: Razran 318

GEAC meeting

2008-11-05T21:27:37Z

General Education Advisory Committee meeting. Time: 12:15 - 1:30pm Location: Razran 318 Minutes to the meeting can be found at: http://qcpages.qc.cuny.edu/ctl/gened/geac/05Nov08/

WISC meeting

2008-10-29T18:27:57Z

Writing Intensive Subcommittee meeting. Time: 12:15 - 1:30pm Location: Razran 318

3rd annual Ed Tech Day

2008-10-24T09:00:00Z

The 3rd Annual Educational Technology day will be held from 8:30 am to 4:00 pm in the Patio Room, Dining Hall. Topics include the state of technology at Queens, the new version of Blackboard coming in Spring 2009, and more. Be sure to attend the presentation on ePortfolios. Time TBA. Breakfast and lunch are included with free registration. Click here to register. Time: 8:30 am - 4:00 pm Location: Patio Room, Dining Hall

Open house for new faculty

2008-10-22T16:30:00Z

New faculty are cordially invited to an open house on the third floor of Razran Hall, which houses: the Center for Teaching and Learning, Writing Across the Curriculum and the Educational Technology Lab. Come meet the people involved, and learn more about the functions and services of CTL and WAC. This will be an informal forum, and you're encouraged to bring along your mentor or a colleague, if you wish; light refreshments will be served. Registration for this event is now closed. Time: 4:30-6:30 pm Place: Razran 316, 318, and 360

Quantitative reasoning

2008-10-22T12:30:00Z

Our conversations around the topic of quantitative reasoning across the curriculum resume on Wednesday, October 22. The focus of the discussion will be a presentation by Susan Kuhn, titled "Incorporating quantitative reasoning into writing, strengthening both". Time: 12:30 - 2:00 pm Location: Razran 318 Registration for this meeting is now closed. Please note that the QRAC forum will convene again on December 4th.

Out of the gutter: Contemporary graphic novels by women

2008-10-21T16:00:00Z

Speaker: Hilary Chute A lecture sponsored by the English Department and Writing Across the Curriculum Hillary Chute is a Junior Fellow in literature in the Harvard Society of Fellows. She earned her Ph.D at Rutgers University, where she developed the university's first courses in studying contemporary graphic narrative. She is currently writing a book about nonfiction graphic narratives by women. She is also working with Art Spiegelman as Associate Editor of his book project MetaMaus (about his Pulitzer-Prize winning graphic narrative Maus), which will be published by Pantheon in 2009. Her essays have appeared in Mfs: Modern Fiction Studies (where she also co-edited a 2006 special issue on "Graphic Narrative"), Twentieth-Century Literature, American Periodicals, Women's Studies Quarterly, Literature and Medicine, Postmodern Culture, and PMLA. For many years she has also been a freelance journalist, writing about books and music for venues such as the Village Voice, Time Out New York, and The Believer. View flyer Location: President's Conference Rooms, Rosenthal Library Time: 3-5 PM (including a reception)

2008 faculty and staff assembly

2008-10-16T18:00:00Z

The annual 2008 Queens College faculty and staff assembly will take place on Thursday, October 16. It will be followed by a reception. Place: LeFrak Concert Hall and Atrium Time: 3:30 p.m.

GEAC meeting

2008-10-14T21:30:33Z

General Education Advisory Committee meeting. Time: 12:15 - 1:30pm Location: Razran 318 Minutes to the meeting can be found at: http://qcpages.qc.cuny.edu/ctl/gened/geac/14Oct08/

WAC Faculty Partner meeting

2008-10-07T17:30:02Z

Writing Across the Curriculum's Faculty Partners and Writing Fellows meet. Time: 12 - 2pm Location: Razran 318

WISC meeting

2008-09-24T18:27:06Z

Writing Intensive Subcommittee meeting. Time: 12:15 - 1:30pm Location: Razran 318

GEAC meeting

2008-09-16T15:00:00Z

General Education Advisory Committee meeting. Time: 12:15 - 1:30pm Location: Razran 318 Minutes to the meeting can be found at: http://qcpages.qc.cuny.edu/ctl/gened/geac/16Sep08/

WAC Faculty Partner meeting

2008-09-10T17:27:27Z

Writing Across the Curriculum's Faculty Partners and Writing Fellows meet. Time: 12 - 3pm Location: Razran 318

ePortfolio discussion

2008-09-10T13:00:00Z

Meeting of QC team working on ePortfolios models with Dean Bret Eynon of LaGuardia Community College

Blogging tutorials

2008-09-04T22:23:28Z

Tutorial for fall 08 faculty users of Movable Type blogs. Computers will be available but participants are welcome to bring their own laptops. Light refreshments will be available during the half-hour before the workshop starts (no food or drink allowed in the lab). Place: Razran 360 Time: 10:30 am to 12 noon (Refreshments served 10:00 to 10:30 am in Razran 318)

GEAC meeting

2008-09-03T12:15:00Z

General Education Advisory Committee meeting. Time: 12:15 - 1:30pm Location: Razran 318 Minutes to the meeting can be found at: http://qcpages.qc.cuny.edu/ctl/gened/geac/03Sep08/

Blogging tutorials

2008-08-26T22:16:51Z

Tutorial for fall 08 faculty users of Movable Type blogs. Computers will be available but participants are welcome to bring their own laptops. Light refreshments will be available during the half-hour before the workshop starts (no food or drink allowed in the lab). Place: Razran 360 Time: 10 to 11:30 am (Refreshments served 9:30 to 10:00 am in Razran 318)

A workshop on course design

2008-06-13T15:50:24Z

Workshop continues, 10:30 am to 5:00 pm, Razran 318

A workshop on course design

2008-06-11T20:22:25Z

Wed June 11 & Fri June 13 10:30 AM - 5 PM

Course management systems, like Blackboard, have been identified as "mission-critical" for teaching and learning (ECAR, 2007, p.14).

The Center for Teaching and Learning and the Educational Technology Laboratory invite QC faculty to participate in a two-day workshop (spanning three days---see below) on the use of course management systems to enhance pedagogical objectives and facilitate course design and course delivery. Joined by faculty who will share their expertise in teaching and technology with us, we will explore alternative models that facilitate or enhance content delivery, asynchronous collaboration, assignment submission, and student performance assessment. Participants will also work independently on designing components for a course of their choice, and will share their progress with the group. The workshop involves two face-to-face sessions (in Razran Hall, rooms 318 and 360) on June 11 and June 13, scheduled from 10:30 AM to 5 PM; participants will work (remotely or in Razran 360) on June 12. Participants will receive a $700 stipend. A light breakfast and a lunch will be served Wednesday and Friday. Space is limited and seats will be reserved on a first-come, first-served basis. To RSVP online, click on this link. New faculty and faculty working on courses for the new general education curriculum are especially encouraged to participate. Location: Razran Hall 318 and 360 Time: 10:30 AM - 5 PM

Foreign Language Education in the Twenty-First Century

2008-05-16T19:25:47Z

May 16, 2008
10 am - 2 pm
Graduate Center C-198

Program

9-10 am Registration and Coffee
10-10:30 Foreign Language Study as part a Liberal Arts Education: Alicia Ramos, Romance Languages, Hunter College
10:30-11:30 What Does Proficiency in a Language Really Mean?: Eckhard Kuhn-Osius, German Department, Hunter College
11:30-12:30 Keynote: Implications of the MLA Task Force Report on Foreign Languages (http://www.mla.org/flreport): Rosemary Feal, Executive Director, Modern Language Association
12:30-2 Breakout Sessions: Strategies for Implementation (Working Lunch)

Please Register by sending an e-mail to yini.rodriguez@lehman.cuny.edu

Conference Sponsored by Lehman College CUNY and CUNY Council on Foreign Languages

Foreign Language Education in the Twenty-First Century

2008-05-16T09:00:00Z

May 16, 2008
10 am - 2 pm
Graduate Center C-198

Program

9-10 am Registration and Coffee
10-10:30 Foreign Language Study as part a Liberal Arts Education: Alicia Ramos, Romance Languages, Hunter College
10:30-11:30 What Does Proficiency in a Language Really Mean?: Eckhard Kuhn-Osius, German Department, Hunter College
11:30-12:30 Keynote: Implications of the MLA Task Force Report on Foreign Languages: Rosemary Feal, Executive Director, Modern Language Association
12:30-2 Breakout Sessions: Strategies for Implementation (Working Lunch)

Please Register by sending an e-mail to yini.rodriguez@lehman.cuny.edu

Conference Sponsored by Lehman College CUNY and CUNY Council on Foreign Languages

WISC meeting

2008-05-12T18:26:19Z

Writing Intensive Subcommittee meeting. Time: 12:15 - 1:30pm Location: Razran 318

WAC Spring 2008 Faculty Workshop

2008-05-09T21:13:48Z

Becoming fluent in academic discourse: Stories from a multilingual campus Co-sponsored by WAC and FYI This workshop explores the development of fluency in academic discourse, by examining how students perceive this process and what teachers can do to facilitate it. Academic prose (and its discipline specific variations) is a code that none of us speak — or write — natively. We will attempt to identify the hurdles faced by all learners, and the variables that promote success. The workshop will also include a brief presentation of this year's issue of Revisions, guest edited by John Troynaski and this year's team of CUNY Writing Fellows. Participants receive a $200 stipend and a copy of this year's issue of Revisions. Lunch will be served. Registration for this event is now closed. We have relocated to the Agora. Time: 11:30 am to 2:30 pm Location: Agora Cafe, Student Union Workshop facilitators Martin Braun, Mathematics, FYI Ann Davison, English, FYI Eva Fernández, Linguistics & Communication Disorders, Center for Teaching & Learning Sue Lantz Goldhaber, English, CESL, WAC Faculty Partner Tsai-Shiou Hsieh, WAC Assessment Coordinator Margaret Mehran, English Language Institute Ken Nielsen, CUNY WAC Writing Fellow John Troynaski, Writing Center

Fourth Annual General Education Conference

2008-05-02T14:38:23Z

Making it work and making it matter

Baruch College’s General Education Committee devised this year's theme (Gen Ed: Making it Work and Making it Matter ) to be broad enough to include all aspects of General Education. We are particularly interested in areas such as best practices and assessment (Does our teaching work? How do we know?) and student engagement (Do students care? What might encourage them to care?). We’re very interested in innovative approaches such as learning communities, e-portfolios, and service learning — how we use them and how we know whether they work. Proposals on these and other topics will be gratefully received.

Keynot speaker: Louis Menand Location: Baruch College, 55 Lexingon Avenue at 24th Street, New York, NY Time: 8 am to 5 pm Website: http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/conference/gened/index.htm

GEAC meeting

2008-04-30T21:39:50Z

General Education Advisory Committee meeting. Time: 12:15 - 1:30pm Location: Razran 318 Minutes to the meeting can be found at: http://qcpages.qc.cuny.edu/ctl/gened/geac/30Apr09/

High tea on teaching and research

2008-04-29T21:21:30Z

For our last forum for new faculty this academic year, new faculty and their mentors are cordially invited to high tea with a group of Queens College scholars who will share their thoughts on the relationship between teaching and research.

Our discussants, drawn from last year's Strategic Planning Committee on the Balance of Teaching and Research, include:

Andrew Beveridge (Sociology)
Why teaching hardly counts for full-time faculty, especially when it's outsourced to adjuncts
Susan Croll (Psychology)
Scholarly engagement: The process of turning students into colleagues
Robert Engel (Chemistry & Biochemistry)
Teaching and research is like sex and violence: How do you separate them?
Jeff Halperin (Psychology)
Using the laboratory milieu to facilitate education and training concurrently at the undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral levels
Steven Schwarz (Physics)
PLAS and W courses in the sciences

Space is limited, please RSVP as soon as possible, and no later than April 18th, by completing this form online: http://www.qc.cuny.edu/ctl/rsvp/hightea/.

Location: Q-Side (dining hall)
Time: 4:30 to 6:00 pm

Spring grants workshop for faculty and post-docs

2008-04-29T13:17:52Z

The Office of Research & Sponsored Programs invites you to attend the " Spring Grants Workshop for Faculty and Post-docs " on Tuesday, April 29, 2008 from 1:30 pm to 2:45 pm in the Patio Room (Dining Hall). A flyer with the details is attached in Word and Adobe. Please post the flyer and circulate it to our faculty, post-docs or staff who might be interested. We look forward to seeing you. Please RSVP to extension 75400.

Download flyer Place: Patio Room (Dining Hall) Time: 1:30 to 2:45 pm

WISC meeting

2008-04-16T18:25:45Z

Writing Intensive Subcommittee meeting. Time: 12:15 - 1:30pm Location: Razran 318

ePortfolio Conference at LaGCC

2008-04-11T08:00:00Z

Making Connections: ePortfolio, Integrative Learning, and Assessment A national conference, scheduled for April 11 and 12 at LaGuardia Community College.

Making Connections will draw leaders in the field from across the country. LaGuardia students and faculty will showcase their groundbreaking innovations. The Making Connections conference provides a unique opportunity to examine the practice and promise of this transformative learning tool.

For more information: http://www.eportfolio.lagcc.cuny.edu/conference/

Seminar: Coherenece --- Linking coursework, forging networks, aligning programs

2008-04-03T14:37:35Z

An event organized by the CUNY Office of Undergraduate Education. Discussion topics: 1) What we've come to know: Reviewing insights from Pellegrino and Gee, and our efforts to encourage faculty and administrators to inquire into key issues in undergraduate education, such as general education (the 'signatures'), where good teaching is happening; and freshman programs. 2) Faculty Inquiry Groups--awards through new Faculty Development Grant Program 3) On-line teaching presentation and discussion: Robert Whittaker and Ellen Smiley Location: Graduate Center, Skylight Room Time: 3-5 pm

GEAC meeting

2008-04-02T21:41:03Z

General Education Advisory Committee meeting. Time: 12:15 - 1:30pm Location: Razran 318 Minutes to the meeting can be found at: http://qcpages.qc.cuny.edu/ctl/gened/geac/02Apr08/

Library technologies: Copyright and plagiarism---two sides of the same coin?

2008-03-28T18:28:27Z

This is the second of a two-part series on teaching and learning using library resources, in collaboration with Rosenthal Library librarians Alexandra DeLuise, James Mellone and Michael Miller. Guest speakers include Madeleine Fix, creative consultant and educational technologist at Hunter College, and Barbara Moore, College Counseling and Resource Center, Division of Student Affairs at Queens College. Participants form the first workshop in the series, please contact Melinda Miller as soon as possible confirming your availability. Check this space in early February for information on available seats. A pre-workshop mini-assignment will also be posted here in February. In the meantime, the Sandbox is still available for posting/playing! Location: Razran 318 Time: 12-4 pm (The first workshop in the series was an introduction to library technologies.)

One-day conference at BMCC: Math across the curriculum

2008-03-28T09:00:00Z

Mathematics across the curriculum and quantitative reasoning: Multiple collegiate models

On Friday, March 28th, the Borough of Manhattan Community College will sponsor a one-day conference on both mathematics across the curriculum (MAC) and quantitative reasoning (QR, also called "quantitative literacy"). Speakers will include Bernie Madison (University of Arkansas), Maura Mast (University of Massachusetts Boston), Bill Briggs (University of Colorado at Denver), and Rebecca Hartzler (Edmonds Community College, WA. In addition, a number of faculty from CUNY who are active in the MAC/QR movement will make presentations. The conference, which will include lunch, will be free of charge but limited in size. All CUNY faculty, both math faculty and faculty from other disciplines interested in QR and/or MAC, are invited to attend. For additional information and to register, go to http://www.bmcc.cuny.edu/mathconference/.

Quantitative reasoning across the curriculum

2008-03-25T13:33:22Z

Ellen Smiley, Faculty Fellow (Office of Academic Affairs, CUNY), will be joining us at the meeting to present some of the CUNY-wide initiatives on the topic, including plans for producing a Guide for Instructors. Place: Razran 318 Time: 2:30-4:00 pm

WISC meeting

2008-03-17T18:25:03Z

Writing Intensive Subcommittee meeting. Time: 12:15 - 1:30pm Location: Razran 318

GEAC meeting

2008-03-05T21:43:06Z

General Education Advisory Committee meeting. Time: 12:15 - 1:30pm Location: Razran 318 Minutes to the meeting can be found at: http://qcpages.qc.cuny.edu/ctl/gened/geac/05Mar08/

Luncheon on teaching

2008-02-25T23:07:30Z

In a talk titled "The call of teaching", Professor Robert Gurland (NYU) will describe the essential expectations teachers have --- or should have --- of their students, and the impediments teachers face in the context of the contemporary university structure. Time: 12:15-1:30 Location: President's Conference Room #1, Rosenthal Library Space is limited, so please RSVP as soon as possible, but no later than February 11th, by completing this form online: http://www.qc.cuny.edu/arts_humanities/rsvp/gurland/.

Seminar: The First Year

2008-02-21T14:36:47Z

An event organized by the CUNY Office of Undergraduate Education. Location: Graduate Center, Skylight Room Time: 3-5 pm

Quantitative reasoning across the curriculum

2008-02-20T13:27:14Z

Discussion on this topic, begun in the Fall semester, continues, with the objective of drafting expectations for Queens College students and articulating how pieces of the existing curriculum do or don't support these. Watch this space for information on accessing available syllabi and other course materials. For information on previous meetings, see http://www.qc.cuny.edu/ctl/projects/qr/. Place: Razran 318 Time: 12:30-2:00 pm

WISC meeting

2008-02-13T18:23:11Z

Writing Intensive Subcommittee meeting. Time: 12:15 - 1:30pm Location: Razran 318

GEAC meeting

2008-02-06T21:44:28Z

General Education Advisory Committee meeting. Time: 12:15 - 1:30pm Location: Razran 318 Minutes to the meeting can be found at: http://qcpages.qc.cuny.edu/ctl/gened/geac/06Feb08/

Blogging tutorials

2008-01-29T18:51:12Z

Tutorial for users of Movable Type blogs. Participants are welcome to bring their own laptops. We'll supply light refreshments. Place: Razran 318 Time: 10 am - 12 pm

Blogging tutorials

2008-01-23T15:49:47Z

Tutorial for users of Movable Type blogs. Participants are welcome to bring their own laptops. We'll supply light refreshments. Place: Razran 318 Time: 2-4 pm

Teaching online at QC

2008-01-09T02:35:54Z

Workshop continues Location: Razran, 360 Time: 10 am - 4 pm

Teaching online at QC

2008-01-08T02:35:10Z

Workshop continues Location: New Science Building, A103 Time: 10 am - 4 pm

Teaching online at QC

2008-01-07T14:36:12Z

In this three-day intensive training session, followed up by semester-long assistance, full-time faculty will develop pedagogies and materials for courses to be taught fully online or as hybrids.

A fully online course involves no face-to-face meeting time; a hybrid course meets face-to-face, regularly or only at the beginning and/or end of the semester, replacing a substantial amount of meeting time with online synchronous or asynchronous activities. Courses with heavy online components deliver lectures, assignments, and other course material using various technologies, including course management tools (like Blackboard), discussion boards, online chat rooms, wikis, blogs, and virtual classrooms.

For more information: http://qcpages.qc.cuny.edu/edtech/FacultyTraining/ Location: New Science Building, A103 Time: 10 am - 4 pm

Literacies, learning and video games

2007-12-14T21:01:03Z

Lecture by James Gee (University of Wisconsin at Madison) Location: CUNY Graduate Center, Elebash Recital Hall Time: 2-4 pm

WISC meeting

2007-12-12T18:22:34Z

Writing Intensive Subcommittee meeting. Time: 12:15 - 1:30pm Location: Razran 318

Seminar: Developing effective teaching

2007-12-04T17:42:43Z

This seminar is part of an on-going series of events organized by the CUNY Office of Undergraduate Education. Location: CUNY Graduate Center, Skylight Room 365 Fifth Avenue Time: 3-5 pm

General Education in the 21st Century

2007-12-03T22:20:20Z

Lecture by Bobbi Owen

Senior Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education Professor of Dramatic Art University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

(Lunch will be served) Time: 11 am - 1 pm Location: Hunter West, room 1007 (68th & Lexington; New York, NY) Presentation sponsored by the Mellon Project at Hunter College]]> mellonrsvp@hunter.cuny.edu). Please share this invitation with others who might be interested. Relevant Links: http://www.unc.edu/depts/uc/06overview.html http://www.unc.edu/~owenbob/

Luncheon on writing

2007-12-03T21:17:45Z

New faculty are invited to join CUNY Writing Fellows and Queens College Faculty Writing Partners in a cross-divisional discussion on teaching with writing. A light lunch will be served; please let us know of any dietary restrictions, when you RSVP (to Melinda Miller, melinda.miller@qc.cuny.edu). Location: Patio Room (dining hall) Time: 12:15-1:30 pm

Responding to student writing

2007-11-26T21:28:53Z

This fall's Writing Across the Curriculum faculty workshop tackles the topic of responding to student writing. The workshop will be facilitated by Alfred Guy, R.W.B., Director of the Writing Center at Yale University. Guy will lead a workshop intended to help faculty find ways to respond to student writing effectively, without spending extra time on feedback. Registration for this event is closed. Location to be announced Time: 10 am - 1 pm

Library technologies: Getting connected

2007-11-16T14:30:41Z

This is the first of a two-part series on teaching and learning using library resources, in collaboration with the Rosenthal Library faculty. This session is a hands-on introduction to the range of online tools the Library offers, with specific attention to how to teach students to use them (click here for registration information). Location: Razran 318 Time: 12-4 pm

WISC meeting

2007-11-14T18:21:12Z

Writing Intensive Subcommittee meeting. Time: 12:15 - 1:30pm Location: Razran 318

Open house

2007-11-07T21:22:51Z

New faculty are cordially invited to an open house on the third floor of Razran Hall, which houses three important sources of institutional support for faculty: the new Educational Technology Lab, the Center for Teaching and Learning, and Writing Across the Curriculum. Come celebrate the opening of the new Ed Tech Lab, meet the people involved, and learn more about the functions and services of CTL and WAC. This will be an informal forum, and you’re encouraged to bring along your mentor or a colleague, if you wish; light refreshments will be served. Please RSVP to Melinda Miller (melinda.miller@qc.cuny.edu) by Friday, October 26. Location: Razran 3rd floor Time: 5:30-7:30

Tablet PCs

2007-10-31T15:22:20Z

Support for Tablet PC users. Location: Razran 318 Time: 3-4 pm

Quantitative reasoning across the curriculum

2007-10-30T14:50:20Z

Discussion on quantitative reasoning across the curriculum continues. Light refreshments will be provided. All are welcome. Please let Mindy Miller know if you are planning to attend. Highlights from the first meeting and other items of interest are online at http://www.qc.cuny.edu/ctl/projects/qr/. Time: 12:30-2 pm Location: Razran 318

Ed Tech Day

2007-10-26T20:00:00Z

Educational Technology Day is a one-day conference on instructional technology used in and around Queens College. The conference is free and includes breakfast and lunch. Please register if you plan to attend, at http://www.qc.cuny.edu/edtech. Time: 8:30 am - 4:30 pm. Place: Patio Room (dining hall)

Seminar: General Education

2007-10-24T17:41:55Z

Location: CUNY Graduate Center, Skylight Room 365 Fifth Avenue Time: 3-5 pm

WISC meeting

2007-10-03T19:15:32Z

Writing Intensive Subcommittee meeting. Time: 12:15 - 1:30pm Location: Razran 318

Blogging dialogue

2007-10-03T00:12:21Z

A forum for Movable Type users, to discuss accomplishments and challenges associated with using MT this semester Location: Razran 318 Time: 2-4 pm

Quantitative reasoning across the curriculum

2007-09-19T21:41:58Z

For details on the meeting, see http://www.qc.cuny.edu/ctl/projects/qr. Location: Razran 318

Movable Type orientation for instructors

2007-08-28T11:00:00Z

Location: Razran Hall

Movable Type orientation for instructors

2007-08-22T11:00:00Z

Location: Razran Hall