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Pedagogy Pop-Up: Incorporating Open Educational Resources (OER) Into Our Courses, April 23, 12:30-1:30p
by QNS qcctlonline 07 Apr '25

07 Apr '25

Please join us for our upcoming (hybrid) pop-up: Incorporating Open Educational Resources (OER) Into Our Courses<https://www.qc.cuny.edu/cetll/pedagogy-pop-ups/>, with faculty presenters Caitlin Colban-Waldron (GSLIS), Seth Lehman (Mathematics), and Tina Pagano (Psychology). At this pop-up, we will talk about strategies faculty have used to bring accessible open educational resources (OER) into their courses, how they have organized these materials to meet learning objectives, and what impacts OER has had on faculty and students’ experiences in the classroom. We invite you to join the conversation! Bring your questions, concerns, tools, and stories! We will meet on Wednesday, 4/23 from 12:30-1:30p in Kiely 111A/Zoom: Register Here <https://forms.office.com/r/cVhVqqfysX> Contact CETLL with any questions: ctlonline(a)qc.cuny.edu<mailto:ctlonline@qc.cuny.edu> [cid:image001.png@01DBA7C6.832A9210]

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Pedagogies of Place: a faculty development workshop about teaching in Queens
by QNS qcctlonline 03 Apr '25

03 Apr '25

Pedagogies of Place: a faculty development workshop about teaching in Queens Organized and facilitated by Lindsey Albracht (English), Eric Goldfischer (Urban Studies), Soniya Munshi (CETLL/Urban Studies), and Amy Wan (English), and CETLL Co-sponsored by the QC Library's OER Initiative, funded by N.Y.S Open Educational Resources Grant Applications due Monday, April 28, 11:59 p.m. Dates: June 10, 11, and 12, 2025 Time: 9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Where: Queens College campus; location TBD This three day in-person workshop invites QC faculty to deepen our understanding of the place we call Queens, as a campus and as a set of communities and neighborhoods. Drawing from interdisciplinary approaches to place-based education and pedagogies of writing, we will explore how critical and reflective engagement with our local contexts can inform our teaching practices. The sessions will include a mix of hands-on activities, hearing from different people across campus, and time to work on projects. Who should apply? This workshop is open to all faculty members at Queens College. No expertise or previous training is necessary, and all disciplines are welcome. The seminar will be a chance to talk about teaching and learn from peers; it will be welcoming to all participants who are interested in being more comfortable with their teaching. We especially encourage pre-tenure/CCE and part-time faculty to apply as well as mid-career faculty who would like the opportunity to re-engage with their teaching. Please visit CETLL's site to learn more about the workshop and requirements for participation: https://www.qc.cuny.edu/cetll/pedagogies-of-place/ Faculty members that fulfill the workshop commitments will receive a $2,000 stipend and a certificate of completion. Applications due Monday, April 28, 11:59 p.m. Apply for the workshop here: forms.office.com/r/fSNqZxp7hm<https://forms.office.com/r/fSNqZxp7hm> For questions, contact us at CTLOnline(a)qc.cuny.edu<mailto:CTLOnline@qc.cuny.edu> [cid:image001.png@01DBA498.42144310]

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Faculty Service: Strategies to Recognize and Communicate Our Contributions, Wed March 26, 12:15-1:30p, President's Conference Room #2
by QNS qcctlonline 21 Mar '25

21 Mar '25

Faculty Service: Strategies to Recognize and Communicate Our Contributions Date: March 26th, 2025 from 12:15-1:30p Location: President's Conference Room #2 (RO 525, Library) What counts as faculty service? How do we recognize and honor the contributions we make to support our students, departments, the college community, our scholarly fields, and beyond? How do we communicate our efforts to others? What strategies support us to engage in service in ways that align with our broader goals as educators and scholars? Join us for a panel discussion with Susan Davis (Professor, Music), Maria DeLongoria (Associate Provost for Academic and Faculty Affairs), Kate Pechenkina (Dean of Social Sciences) François Pierre-Louis (Chair and Professor, Political Science), and Schiro Withanachchi (Director and Lecturer, BALA). Register here: https://forms.office.com/r/iQ3JQSJJQV Lunch will be provided. [cid:e149228c-aa16-44ac-a30e-3e7b43ba9207]

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March 25, 12:15 PM: Immigrant Student Career Success Workshop
by Cristina Di Meo 18 Mar '25

18 Mar '25

Immigrant Student Career Success Workshop Tuesday, March 25 12:15-2:00 PM Summit Conference Room Students will learn about career opportunities regardless of immigration status, key resources, and how to earn income through entrepreneurship. We’ll be joined by a special guest speaker from Immigrants Rising, a nonprofit that strives to increase educational access and career opportunities for immigrant students. Pizza lunch will be provided, and no RSVP is necessary. Questions? Email:experientialeducation@qc.cuny.edu<mailto:experientialeducation@qc.cuny.edu> or stop by Frese 102. Queens College Immigrant Student Support Initiative Queens College Center for Career Engagement and Internships Queens College Experiential Education Office [A poster for a career success workshop AI-generated content may be incorrect.]

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CETLL Teaching & Learning Showcase: Call for Proposals
by QNS qcctlonline 18 Mar '25

18 Mar '25

[cid:00ad0474-47c3-4d19-b008-3e054cee7b6a] CETLL is delighted to announce the return of the Teaching & Learning Showcase, a day-long event that centers innovative, equitable, and student-centered pedagogical practices and projects at Queens College. Date: May 2, 2025 Time: 9:00 a.m.- 3:00 p.m. Location: TBA, in-person on campus The CALL FOR PROPOSALS for CETLL’s Teaching & Learning Showcase is now open! CETLL invites Queens College faculty members to share pedagogical practices that you have found to be effective and engaging for your students. If you have participated in any CETLL workshops, trainings, or seminars in the past, we invite you to share what you learned or developed through those experiences with this wider campus audience. We welcome proposals on teaching and learning matters that are important to you. We offer the following topics and questions for consideration: * Accessibility and Inclusivity in the Classroom: What pedagogical tools and strategies effectively support our classrooms to be more accessible and inclusive, particularly for our neurodivergent, multilingual, first-generation, transfer and/or low-income students? * Active Learning: What methods are we using in our classes to encourage students to engage in deep learning, including through opportunities to practice skills, solve problems, work with complex questions and concepts, and develop and express their ideas? * Grading and Feedback: How do our approaches to grading and assessment foster student growth and learning? How do we offer constructive feedback to our students across different courses, class sizes, and levels? * Generative AI: What are the ways we are engaging in discussion with our students about the growth of Generative AI? How are we responding to these developments through our curriculum design, assignments, and course policies? How do we use current discourse about Generative AI to open up dialogue about processes of teaching, learning, and the purpose of the classroom? * Instructional Technology: How does our use of technology-based tools support our efforts to grow student engagement, collaboration, and connection in our classes? What specific tools have been effective in meeting pedagogical goals, and how? * Community Well-being: What tools and strategies are we using to foster structures and cultures of wellness in our classroom, for our students as well as ourselves? How do we cultivate spaces in our classrooms that are able to engage in conflict and challenging dynamics without enabling harm? We welcome proposals that utilize any of the following formats: * Lightning Presentation (5 minutes): a format for a brief presentation that demonstrates a specific technology-based tool, shares an activity prompt, or otherwise showcases a specific teaching practice. * Individual Presentation (15 minutes): a format for faculty members to share strategies, tools, materials, and/or aspects of an effective teaching practice, including reflection and/or questions that have emerged. (*Please note that CETLL may group individual presentations that touch on similar themes into panels or roundtables.) * Panel Presentation or Roundtable (45 minutes): a format for several faculty members to share strategies, tools, materials, and/or aspects of an effective teaching practice, including reflection and/or questions that have emerged. The group can be made up of individual panelists or structured as a roundtable conversation among the participants. * Interactive Presentation or Workshop (30 minutes): a format for presenters to demonstrate a tool, activity, assignment or other teaching practice in a way that actively engages the audience. * Open format: We are open to other modes of sharing information and engaging in discussion at the Teaching & Learning Showcase. Please feel free to propose a different format and/or time allotment for your offering. Deadline for Proposals: 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025. Submit your proposal here: https://forms.office.com/r/0aAw07zq4x Selected applicants will be notified on April 7, 2025. Please save the date May 2, 2025, in your calendar. Information: CTLOnline(a)qc.cuny.edu<mailto:CTLOnline@qc.cuny.edu> https://www.qc.cuny.edu/cetll/teaching-and-learning-showcase

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Sit ‘N’ Write GIANTTs Event - 3/26, 12:15-1:30pm
by QNS qcctlonline 13 Mar '25

13 Mar '25

On March 26th at 12:15 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. members of the QC Sit ‘N’ Write<https://www.qc.cuny.edu/cetll/sit-n-write-workshop/> group will hold their first Ted Ex style presentations, GIANTTs (Global Innovation Application Navigation Teaching Transformations Symposium) in Rosenthal Rm. 230. The four faculty presenters will take 12 minutes each to share on how their research and classroom strategies support and grow QC's mission to encourage our students to "serve as innovative leaders in a diverse world that they make more equitable and inclusive." FEATURED SPEAKERS: * Eric Silberberg "Educators' Right to Research: Cross-Sectional Study of Open Access Publishing Among Education Journals" * Barbara Simerka "A Spotlight from Beyond the Grave: How Octavia Butler's Archives Illuminate Her Published Works" * Karen Sullivan and Paul Fadoul "Hors Centre/Outside the Center: Career Connections with the Francophone World" * Peter Vellon "'Shooting them in their cribs': White Perceptions of Crime, Urban Space, and Juvenile Delinquency in 1970s New York City" See the attached flyer for more information.

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CETLL Spotlight: March Memo ☘️
by QNS qcctlonline 13 Mar '25

13 Mar '25

[The CETLL Spotlight Banner]<https://www.qc.cuny.edu/cetll/> The Center for Excellence in Teaching, Learning & Leadership (CETLL) Newsletter March 2025 In the Spotlight: Christopher Hanusa [Christopher Hanusa presenting at the Mathematical Art Exhibit Opening, Fall 2024] Christopher Hanusa presenting at the Mathematical Art Exhibit Opening, Fall 2024 This month, we dive into the world of Mathematical Art with Christopher Hanusa, a Professor in the Department of Mathematics at QC and the Faculty Liaison for Evaluation and Assessment, working with the Office of the Provost and the Office of Institutional Effectiveness. In this video interview, Professor Hanusa discusses the pedagogical approach to incorporating a 3D modeling project into his Mathematical Computing course, and the two mathematical art exhibits he curated at Queens College. One of the exhibits displays the final student projects from the Fall 2024 Mathematical Computing course. The other is a digital exhibition (MADE@QC)<https://www.qc.cuny.edu/academics/math/made-gallery/> featuring mathematical art from a diverse collection of mathematicians and artists from around the world. The exhibits are on display in the new interactive mathematical community gathering space dubbed, “The Matrix,” on the 2nd floor of Kiely Hall. They will be available for viewing through the end of April. Please click here to view the full video.<https://www.dropbox.com/s/81xf27jy7vtxsrm/CETLL%20In%20The%20Spotlight%20%7…> You can also read more about the concepts in Christopher Hanusa’s case study: Encouraging student creativity in mathematics through 3D design and 3D printing.<https://arxiv.org/abs/2212.07926> Here and Now Pedagogy Pop-Ups [An illustration of a chalkboard that reads "Pedagogy Pop-Ups".] Last month, CETLL launched a new monthly series, Pedagogy Pop-Ups<https://www.qc.cuny.edu/cetll/pedagogy-pop-ups/>: a space for faculty to engage in peer-based discussion about teaching and learning at QC. At the February meeting we had a vibrant discussion about ways to discuss Generative AI with our students, with support from insightful presentations by Lindsey Albracht (English) and S.E. Hackney (GSLIS). Please join us for our upcoming pop-up: Expanding Student Engagement in and Beyond the Classroom, with Faculty Presenters Iva Burdett (Chemistry), Melissa Lovitz (FNES), and Christopher Williams (English and Provost’s Faculty Fellow 2023-2024). At this pop-up, a panel of faculty members will share specific strategies to expand student engagement through syllabus design, course assignments, campus-based activities, and other learning opportunities. We invite you to bring your experiences, tools, questions, and concerns! The meeting will be held on March 19th, 2025, 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. in Kiely Hall 111A and on Zoom. Link to register: forms.office.com/r/yKiwi3ye4K<https://forms.office.com/r/yKiwi3ye4K> Save the Date for the Next Pop-Up: April 23rd, 2025 Future Focus Faculty Service Workshop: Strategies to Recognize and Communicate Our Contributions Please join us for a panel discussion about faculty service and ways to honor and share these efforts through tenure, promotion, and CCE processes.* Speakers include Susan Davis (Professor, Music), Maria DeLongoria (Associate Provost for Academic and Faculty Affairs), Michael Newman (Chair and Professor, Linguistics and Communication Disorders), Kate Pechenkina (Dean of Social Sciences), and Schiro Withanachchi (Lecturer, BALA). Lunch will be provided. This discussion will explore questions such as: * What constitutes faculty service at QC? * How do we recognize and honor the contributions we make to support our students, departments, the college community, our scholarly fields, and beyond? * How do we communicate these efforts to others, particularly for our tenure, promotion, and CCE applications? * What strategies support us to engage in service in ways that align with our broader goals as educators and scholars? This panel discussion will take place on March 26th, 2025 in the President’s Conference Room #2, RO 502 (Library) from 12:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Link to register: forms.office.com/r/iQ3JQSJJQV<https://forms.office.com/r/iQ3JQSJJQV> *All are welcome to participate in this event, but please note that this discussion will focus on issues specific to faculty who are eligible for tenure, promotion to Associate Professor, and CCE. CETLL plans to hold another event about service for faculty who are planning to apply for promotion from Associate to Full Professor. [A modern conference room with a long, black wooden table surrounded by black mesh office chairs. On the table, there are neatly placed notepads with green pencils. A large screen is visible in the background, suggesting a setup for a meeting or presentation.] Publish & Flourish: Sit ‘N’ Write Workshop [Laptop, notebook, and cup of coffee on top of a desk.] CETLL will continue to co-sponsor Publish and Flourish/Sit ‘N’ Write workshops<https://www.qc.cuny.edu/cetll/sit-n-write-workshop/> which offer a space for community writing, support from guest writing coaches, constructive feedback, and support. These workshops are organized and facilitated by Dr. Natanya Duncan (QC Africana Studies). On March 26th from 12:15 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. members of the QC Sit ‘N’ Write group will hold their first Ted Ex style presentations, GIANTTs (Global Innovation Application Navigation Teaching Transformations Symposium) in Rosenthal Rm. 230. The four faculty presenters will take 12 minutes each to share how their research and classroom strategies support and grow QC’s mission to encourage our students to “serve as innovative leaders in a diverse world that they make more equitable and inclusive.” Visit our site to learn more<https://www.qc.cuny.edu/cetll/sit-n-write-workshop/>. Teaching & Learning Showcase [A microphone with a blurred and dazzling background.] CETLL is excited to announce the return of the Teaching & Learning Showcase on May 2nd, 2025 from 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. We hope you will join us for a day of cross-disciplinary presentations and conversations about innovative, equitable, and student-centered pedagogical practices and projects at QC. The CALL FOR PROPOSALS for CETLL’s Teaching & Learning Showcase is now open! CETLL invites Queens College faculty members to share pedagogical practices that you have found to be effective and engaging for your students. We welcome proposals on teaching and learning matters that are important to you. We offer the following topics for consideration: Proposal formats may include: * Accessibility & Inclusivity in the Classroom * Active Learning * Grading and Feedback * Generative AI * Instructional Technology * Community Well-being * Interactive Presentation or Workshop * Lightning Presentations * Individual Presentation * Panel Presentation or Roundtable * Open Format Go to qc.cuny.edu/cetll/teaching-and-learning-showcase/<http://qc.cuny.edu/cetll/teaching-and-learning-showcase/> to read the full Call for Proposals! Deadline for Proposals: March 24, 2025 at 11:59 p.m. Submit your proposal here: forms.office.com/r/0aAw07zq4x<https://forms.office.com/r/0aAw07zq4x> Resources Generative AI: Beyond Detection Recent developments in Generative AI (such as Chat GPT) are producing new (and renewed) questions and challenges related to authorship, plagiarism, and academic integrity in our classrooms. In response to these concerns, many faculty are wondering how they can identify student use of Generative AI. Yet, there is ample evidence that AI detection simply does not work: the software is unreliable<https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/artificial-intelligence…> and its use raises ethical and equity concerns<https://citl.news.niu.edu/2024/12/12/ai-detectors-an-ethical-minefield/> due to its errors, false positives, and/or biases (e.g. against non-native English speakers<https://hai.stanford.edu/news/ai-detectors-biased-against-non-native-englis…>, Black students<https://www.commonsensemedia.org/sites/default/files/research/report/2024-t…>, and neurodiverse students<https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-10-18/do-ai-detectors-work-stu…>). We encourage faculty to explore ways to support students to be informed and responsible in their relationship to Generative AI. Below are a few resources that offer guidance around setting clear expectations with your students through dialogue with students, course policies, and other methods; assignment design and assessment approaches that engage with the realities of Generative AI; and other strategies to address some of the questions that the growth of Generative AI opens up for us as teachers and learners: * AI Detectors Don’t Work, Here’s What to Do Instead.<https://mitsloanedtech.mit.edu/ai/teach/ai-detectors-dont-work/> (MIT) * AI Responsible Use: for instructors<https://www.jjay.cuny.edu/sites/default/files/2024-05/AI%20Responsible%20Us…> (CUNY John Jay) * My Students Are Submitting AI Papers, Here’s What I Do<https://www.techlearning.com/news/my-student-was-submitting-ai-papers-heres…> by Erik Ofgang * Teach@CUNY AI Toolkit<https://aitoolkit.commons.gc.cuny.edu/course-policies/> (CUNY Graduate Center) * Teaching with (or without) AI<https://www.carleton.edu/writing/resources-for-faculty/working-with-ai/> (Carleton College) If you would like additional resources or support, please go to our website<https://www.qc.cuny.edu/cetll/ai-resources/> or contact CETLL (ctlonline(a)qc.cuny.edu<mailto:ctlonline@qc.cuny.edu?subject=&body=>). [A stylized illustration of a human brain and spinal cord with blue gears and arrows, symbolizing thought processes and movement.] Save the Date Pedagogies of Writing: Giving Feedback on Writing to Motivate Student Revision [An illustration of a strip of paper with the word "impossible", being cut with a scissor to create "possible".] CETLL will be hosting a Pedagogies of Writing Workshop: Giving Feedback on Writing to Motivate Student Revisions, facilitated by Lindsey Albracht (English) and Rebecca Suzuki (English). Please save the date: Monday, April 28, 2025 during free hour (12:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.) CETLL is located in Kiely 111 Phone: (718) 997-4650 Email: CTLOnline(a)qc.cuny.edu<mailto:CTLOnline@qc.cuny.edu> - If you are experiencing issues with Brightspace, please visit our drop-in hours on Zoom<https://bit.ly/QCxCETLL__Zoom>: Tuesdays, 1pm - 3pm Wednesdays, 2:30pm - 4:30pm - For future newsletters and other CETLL updates, subscribe to our mailing list: Socrates<https://lists.qc.cuny.edu/mailman/listinfo/socrates> - View email in browser<https://mailchi.mp/5bf040adc75e/march-2025-cetll-spotlight-10348820?e=23e6d…> [cid:image009.png@01DB9406.717CF1D0]

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[CETLL] a panel discussion on Faculty Service: Strategies to Recognize and Communicate Our Contributions, Wed March 26, 12:15-1:30p, President's Conference Room #2
by QNS qcctlonline 12 Mar '25

12 Mar '25

Faculty Service: Strategies to Recognize and Communicate Our Contributions Date: March 26th, 2025 from 12:15-1:30p Location: President's Conference Room #2 (RO 525, Library) What counts as faculty service? How do we recognize and honor the contributions we make to support our students, departments, the college community, our scholarly fields, and beyond? How do we communicate our efforts to others? What strategies support us to engage in service in ways that align with our broader goals as educators and scholars? Join us for a panel discussion with Susan Davis (Professor, Music), Maria DeLongoria (Associate Provost for Academic and Faculty Affairs), Michael Newman (Chair and Professor, Linguistics and Communication Disorders), Kate Pechenkina (Dean of Social Sciences), and Schiro Withanachchi (Lecturer, BALA). Register here: https://forms.office.com/r/iQ3JQSJJQV<https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=s_BgbwZfCU6XFZiduozH2Nb…> Lunch will be provided. [cid:f7e10251-c88d-467b-80f5-f9f430548b20]

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Pedagogy Pop-up: Expanding Student Engagement In and Beyond the Classroom – 3/19, 12:30-1:30pm
by QNS qcctlonline 12 Mar '25

12 Mar '25

CETLL is excited to be hosting a new monthly series: Pedagogy Pop-Ups<https://www.qc.cuny.edu/cetll/pedagogy-pop-ups/>, a space to engage in peer-based discussion and support about teaching and learning at Queens College. Join us for our second (hybrid) pop-up: Expanding Student Engagement In and Beyond the Classroom, with Faculty Presenters Iva Burdett (Chemistry), Melissa Lovitz (FNES), and Christopher Williams (English and Provost’s Faculty Fellow 2023-2024). At this pop-up, a panel of faculty members will share specific strategies to expand student engagement through syllabus design, course assignments, campus-based activities, and other learning opportunities. We invite you to bring your experiences, tools, questions, and concerns! We will meet on Wednesday, 3/19 from 12:30-1:30p in Kiely 111A/Zoom: register here<https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=s_BgbwZfCU6XFZiduozH2Ja…> Save the Date for the Next Pop-Up: April 23rd, 2025 Contact CETLL with any questions: ctlonline(a)qc.cuny.edu<mailto:ctlonline@qc.cuny.edu> [cid:image001.png@01DB9331.E2DCBFC0]

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Elevate Your Skills! Join These Exciting Events at TIQC This Week
by Ying Zhou 11 Mar '25

11 Mar '25

Hello: Here is a list of event that's happening at the Tech Incubator at Queens College (TIQC): Wed. March 12, 8:30 am to 9:30 am 1 Mil Cups meetup https://lu.ma/5w5y07z1 (virtual) Wed. March 12, 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm, Business Networking & Speaking with Confidence https://lu.ma/8pjupv5x (virtual) Thur. March 13, 10:00 am to 11:00 am, Effortless Public Speaking https://lu.ma/oa674aiw (in person) Fri. March 14, 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm, Free Investor Pitch Training https://lu.ma/tubs6pq9 (virtual) Sat. March 15, 4:pp pm to 5:30 pm, AI Workshop: Practical AI for Business & Innovation https://lu.ma/u7edxsjn (hybrid) Best, Ying Executve Director Tech Incubator at Queens College

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