Lehman Teaching & Learning Commons
Learning@Lehman
Monday, November 16, 2015
Greetings! Learning@Lehman offers a glance at recent perspectives in teaching and learning, posts reminders of this week’s faculty development opportunities, and describes a teaching strategy to increase student success.
Teaching and learning perspectives:
“Taking College Teaching Seriously”
One Class All Students Should Take
http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/10/opinions/laguna-race-ethnic-studies-university/
Small Changes in Teaching: The Minutes Before Class
http://chronicle.com/article/Small-Changes-in-Teaching-The/234178
Faculty development activities:
Value in Experience: Badges and Competency-Based Learning
Innovations in Higher Education Brown Bag Lunch Discussion
Monday, November 16, 12:30-1:30, Old Gym 118
Power, Peers, Reflection: Teaching with Your Mouth Shut, ch. 7-9
Brown Bag Lunch Book Discussion
Tuesday, November 17, 12:30-1:30 p.m., Old Gym 118
Innovation: Create, Present, Respond: Authentic Assessment of Creative Work
Tuesday, November 17, 4:30-6 p.m., Library Treehouse Conference Room, 317
New Faculty Friday (Teaching Resources)
Friday, November 20, 12:30-2 p.m., Library Conference Room, 213
This week’s teaching strategy:
Matrices: A matrix organizes information and problems in a table view, with the y-axis (first left-hand column) providing the constant and the x-axis (top row) providing the variables in the information/problem to be organized. A matrix can be used to demonstrate relationships between concepts, definitions, and skills or to lay out the steps and reasoning in problem-solving. Matrices reinforce relationships and processes for the learner and ask for both linear and non-linear approaches to thinking.
Questions? Comments? Stop by Old Gym 118 for more resources and discussion or email Gina Rae Foster <gina.foster@lehman.cuny.edu>
