Lehman Teaching & Learning Commons
Learning@Lehman
Tuesday January 26, 2016
Greetings! Learning@Lehman offers a glance at recent perspectives in teaching and learning, posts reminders of faculty development opportunities, and describes a teaching strategy to increase student success.
Teaching and learning perspectives:
What Leaders Can Learn from Teaching Undergraduates
http://chronicle.com/article/What-Leaders-Can-Learn-From/235011
Teaching Ourselves to Teach
What Should We Be Teaching the Next Generation of Computer Scientists?
Faculty development activities:
Biology Symposium
Wednesday, January 27, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Queens College, Science Building B 137
http://calendar.qc.cuny.edu/?e=4425
Spring 2016 Syllabus Consultations
January 4 – 28 (contact Gina Rae Foster, gina.foster@lehman.cuny.edu, for appointments)
Teaching & Learning Commons, Old Gym 118
Open Educational Resources Faculty Project Deadline
Sunday, January 31 (all day)
Contact Rebecca Arzola rebecca.arzola@lehman.cuny.edu
This week’s teaching strategy:
Build From Restricted Components – Provide limited resources (or adiscrete list of ideas that must be used) and either literally or figurativelydump them on the table, asking students in groups to construct a solutionusing only these things (note: may be familiar from the Apollo 13 movie).If possible, provide red herrings, and ask students to construct a solutionusing the minimum amount of items possible.
(from Kevin Yee, Interactive Techniques, 2007)
Questions? Comments? Stop by Old Gym 118 for more resources and discussion or email Gina Rae Foster <gina.foster@lehman.cuny.edu>
