This Week for Faculty: April 9, 2018

by | Apr 9, 2018

Looking to take your inclusive teaching practice to the next level? Apply for the Inclusive Teaching Intensive! Plus, we invite faculty to workshops on managing your classroom climate, negotiating systemic bias in teaching, navigating CourseWorks (Canvas), and teaching with the case study method.

Featured Event

Call for Applications: Inclusive Teaching Intensive

Looking to take your inclusive teaching practice to the next level? This three-hour intensive workshop will help faculty rethink their course design from the framework of equity and inclusion. In a cohort of peers, faculty will learn how making changes to their syllabi, assessment strategies, and classroom activities can help foster an inclusive course climate for all students.

Date: Wednesday, May 23, 2018
Time: 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Location: Butler Library Room 212
Application Due: Wednesday, May 2, 2018

Moderate-level session; some familiarity with inclusive teaching concepts recommended. 

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Coming Up…

Managing Classroom Climate: Implicit Bias and Microaggressions

This workshop will familiarize faculty with the concepts of implicit bias and microaggressions, how they occur in the classroom, and the impact they have on students and faculty. Faculty will discuss and apply practical strategies to address microaggressions and implicit bias when they occur in the classroom, whether committed by or against a student or faculty member. The workshop will conclude by discussing how faculty can foster an inclusive environment, and give them practice responding to microaggressions in the classroom. Moderate level session; some familiarity with inclusive teaching concepts recommended.

Date: Tuesday, April 10, 2018
Time: 12:00 PM–1:30 PM
Location: Butler Library Room 212

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Digital Literacy in Context: Negotiating Systemic Bias in Teaching

In this community conversation, open to all Columbia faculty and students, we’ll hear lightning talks from three faculty members working on different areas of systemic bias that affect how we access and process information and then invite all in attendance to engage in a larger question and response session. This session is jointly sponsored by the Center for Teaching and Learning, Columbia Libraries, and the Tow Center for Digital Journalism.

Date: Thursday, April 12
Time: 4:30 PM–6:00 PM
Location: Pulitzer Hall, The Brown Institute

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Course Management: Introduction to CourseWorks (Canvas)

This workshop provides an overview of the basic features and functionality of a course management system that allows instructors to build and support engaging courses. During the workshop, instructors learn how to migrate their content from CourseWorks (Sakai), navigate Canvas, manage syllabus and course materials, use quizzing tools, and utilize communication features in the system.

Date: Monday, April 16
Time: 12:00 PM–1:30 PM
Location: Butler Library Room 204

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CTL @ CUMC – Managing Classroom Climate: Implicit Bias and Microaggressions

This workshop will familiarize faculty with the concepts of implicit bias and microaggressions, how they occur in the classroom, and the impact they have on students and faculty. Faculty will discuss and apply practical strategies to address microaggressions and implicit bias when they occur in the classroom, whether committed by or against a student or faculty member. Moderate level session; some familiarity with inclusive teaching concepts recommended.

Date: Tuesday, April 17, 2018
Time: 12:00 PM–1:30 PM
Location: Armory Track and Field Center, Hospitality Room, 4th Floor

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Teaching with Case Study Method at Columbia: Faculty Conversation

Join us for a cross-disciplinary faculty conversation on case method teaching at Columbia University. During this session, you will get firsthand information and recommendations about teaching with the case method. Faculty panelists include:

  • William B. Eimicke, Professor of Professional Practice in International and Public Affairs, School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA)
  • Mary Ann Price, Lecturer in The Discipline of Biological Sciences, Columbia College
  • Dan J. Wang, David W. Zalaznick Associate Professor of Business, Columbia School of Business

Date: Wednesday, April 25, 2018
Time: 12:00 PM–1:30 PM
Location: Butler Library Room 212

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