An Introduction to Difficult Dialogues in (and out of) the Classroom

In an increasingly polarized country where all of us tend to stay within our own identity groups, how do we strive to transform conflict across difference? What are the skillsets that we need to practice in order to understand conflict and, more importantly, each other? In and out of our classrooms, how can we create

Call for Applicants: January Open Educational Practices Institute for Part-Time Faculty

The O.E.R. Team at City Tech Library is seeking applications for the January Open Educational Practices Institute for Part-Time Faculty. (Chairs and full-time faculty, please recommend to your part-time colleagues!) The Institute provides training on using free and openly-licensed materials for courses and foregrounding student-centered pedagogical approaches.  More specifically, participants will learn and discuss: As

Modeling Your Assignments after Your Own Writing Practices

This workshop is designed to support faculty as they reflect on their own approach to writing and use those insights to guide new experiments with student writing assignments. This interactive and discussion-based workshop will begin with a free write about what we do as writers, and then use our reflections to talk about, draft, and/or

Campus Group Proposals: Improving Campus Climate/Confronting religious, ethnic and other forms of discrimination

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALSSubmission Deadline: January 30, 2023 (5:00 pm EST) Hate crimes in major U.S. cities have risen by double‐digit percentage increases over the past two years. Bias‐motivated attacks have frequently targeted Asian Americans, Blacks, Jews, Latinos, Muslims, and members of the LGBTQI+ community. While Congress passes legislation aimed at combating hate crimes, institutions of

Promoting Equitable and Inclusive STEM Teaching and Learning

The CUNY Innovative Teaching Academy is excited to announce Summer Institute 2023 The institute aims to enhance equity and inclusion in STEM teaching and learning by examining the framework for building socially and culturally responsive pedagogy that implements the justice, equity, diversity and inclusion (JEDI) principles. The institute seeks faculty who are motivated by a strong

Publishing through a Teaching and Learning Lens

This one-hour workshop will provide information on publishing educational research at a primarily undergraduate institution and explore ways for building scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL). Workshop participants should come prepared to brainstorm next steps in their scholarship following the presentation. Presenters: Dr. Sandie HanProfessor of Mathematics CUNY Office of Undergraduate Studies, Academic Programs & Policy (OUSAP) Leadership Fellow Assistant Dean

A Pedagogy of Civic Engagement

Please join us for an exciting series of workshops from City Tech’s 2022-2023 PDAC Teacher Recognition Award Recipient, Rebecca Mazumdar! Three special Faculty Friday workshops will introduce faculty to a pedagogy informed by civic engagement and action, including discussion of shared readings, workshopping of course materials, and discussion of assessment strategies. Friday, March 31, 12pm-1pm

A Pedagogy of Civic Engagement

Please join us for an exciting series of workshops from City Tech’s 2022-2023 PDAC Teacher Recognition Award Recipient, Rebecca Mazumdar! Three special Faculty Friday workshops will introduce faculty to a pedagogy informed by civic engagement and action, including discussion of shared readings, workshopping of course materials, and discussion of assessment strategies. Friday, March 31, 12pm-1pm

A Pedagogy of Civic Engagement

Please join us for an exciting series of workshops from City Tech’s 2022-2023 PDAC Teacher Recognition Award Recipient, Rebecca Mazumdar! Three special Faculty Friday workshops will introduce faculty to a pedagogy informed by civic engagement and action, including discussion of shared readings, workshopping of course materials, and discussion of assessment strategies. Friday, March 31, 12pm-1pm

Call for Applications: OER Fellowship Cohort Program

The call for OER Fellowship applications has been extended to next Tuesday, September 12th.The Library seeks applicants for the Open Educational Resources (OER) Fellowship. Begun in 2015, this funded program runs in conjunction with the CUNY-wide initiative funded by New York state to “engage faculty in the redesign of courses through the replacement of proprietary