Hilary Ballon Center for Teaching and Learning

HBCTL TeachTalkAD Series — Fall 2024

The HBCTL TeachTalkAD Series provides NYUAD faculty and instructors with a selection of teaching-related innovation sessions. Contributors are experts from within our NYU global community, across Abu Dhabi, and around the world. RSVP to receive the respective link for zoom sessions. RSVP to the in-person sessions so we can ensure sustainable catering options.

• September 18, 2024 | 5-6:15pm GST - Giving Effective Feedback

  September 18, 2024 | 5-6:15pm GST | Campus Center (C2), Faculty Resource Center, Library, Room 341

  Effective feedback helps enrich students' experience and move their learning forward. It fosters student engagement, enhances learning outcomes, and supports continuous improvement. It is also a way to keep your learners on track. Join this session to learn more about the differences between formative and summative feedback, the elements of effective feedback, and evidence-based best practices to deliver it. We will also discuss strategies to make writing feedback more time-efficient. Light refreshments will be available.

  Speakers
  Nancy W. Gleason, Executive Director, Hilary Ballon Center for Teaching and Learning Professor of Practice, Political Science

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  Registration is only open to NYUAD faculty and academic support staff.
• September 23, 2024 | 12:45-2pm GST — Brightspace As an Inclusive Teaching Tool

  September 23, 2024 | 12:45-2pm GST | Campus Center (C2), Faculty Resource Center, Library, Room 341

  Your Brightspace page is an access point to all the learning in your course. Join this session to activate the various tools in Brightspace to better engage your students. We will review how to design an assessment. We will review how to use the Discussion Forum as both a learning and an assessment tool. As well as how to use the Assignments tool for transparency, and the Announcements tool for better communication and community building. We will workshop your Brightspace page in real time to enhance student experience so please bring your laptop. Light refreshments will be available.

  Speaker
  Nancy Gleason, Executive Director, Hilary Ballon Center for Teaching and Learning, Professor of Practice of Political Science, NYUAD

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• October 8, 2024 | 5:15-6:45pm GST —Student Practices with Generative AI (Panel Discussion)

  October 8, 2024 | 5:15-6:45pm GST | Campus Center (C2), Faculty Resource Center, Library, Room 341

  NYUAD students will share about their use of ChatGPT over the past year. Hear directly from students about their experiences and uses of ChatGPT. Gain knowledge of how they integrate this tool into their school work and learning processes. Join this session to engage in conversation with students to explore diverse perspectives on leveraging ChatGPT, and partake in this collaborative exchange of ideas between faculty and students. Get suggestions from students on how to update syllabi policies, redesign assignments, and update assessments. Light refreshments will be available.

  Speakers: 

  • Anna Rygielska: Research Fellow
  • Hallelujah Abe: Sophomore, Economics Major, Class of 2026
  • Mira Schlotter: Freshman, Art and Art History Major, Class of 2027
  • Ryan Opande Junior
  • Raissa Dushime
  • Zareth Ramos
  • Alya Al Zaabi
  • Dilnaz Amantayeva

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  Please note, the registration is only open to NYUAD Faculty and Academic Support Staff.