Events

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

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

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

February 29, 2024 | 5:15-6:45pm GST | Campus Center (C2), HBCTL, Library, Room 329

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.

Speakers
David Ho: Senior, Social Research and Public Policy (SRPP) Major, Class of 2024
Minseo Park: Senior, Economics Major, Class of 2024
Hallelujah Abe: Sophomore, Economics Major, Class of 2026
Mira Schlotter: Freshman, Art and Art History Major, Class of 2027

Refreshments served.

Tuesday, April 16, 2024 | 3:30-4:45 pm GST | Campus Center (C2), Library, Room 329

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 assessment. We will review how to use the Discussion Forum for both learning and assessment tools. 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, Director of Hilary Ballon Center for Teaching and Learning, Professor of Practice of Political Science, NYUAD. In collaboration with the Core Curriculum

Monday, January 22nd, 2024 | 8:30 - 9:30 pm GST | Campus Center (C2), Floor 3, Library, Room 329

Making connections with students and building trust are key to successful student engagement and inclusive learning. Establishing communication channels early on in the semester makes all the difference. Join this session for insights and best practices on getting to know your learners in week zero and week one to set up your learning community to empower each other through their strengths. This session will provide practical next steps to get to know your students. Join us to build communication for optimum student engagement and learning in our upcoming semester.

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

Register here (please note registration is only open to NYUAD faculty and academic staff)
Breakfast served

Monday, January 22nd, 2024 | 10:00 - 11:00 pm GST | Campus Center (C2), Floor 3, Library, Room 329

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.

Speakers: 

• Chenyu: Research Fellow at the Hilary Ballon Center for Teaching and Learning (Class of 2023)
• David Ho: Senior, Social Research and Public Policy (SRPP) Major (Class of 2024)
• Minseo Park: Senior, Economics Major (Class of 2024)
• Bianca Mandapat, Junior, SRPP Major (Class of 2025)
• Hallelujah Abe: Sophomore, Economics Major (Class of 2026)

Register here (please note registration is only open to NYUAD faculty and academic staff)
Refreshments served

Monday, January 22nd, 2024 | 2:10 - 3:25 pm GST | Campus Center (C2), Floor 3, Library, Room 329
 

Explore how to foster critical thinking skills among first-year science and engineering students. This training will focus on theoretical and practical insights in conducting authentic learning through Project-Based Learning (PBL) design. We will discuss diverse perspectives from students and faculty and offer hands-on approach to design and implementation of a semester-long project that engages students in practical, real-world problem-solving.

Speaker: 
Asli Hassan, Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning, Khalifa University

Register here (please note registration is only open to NYUAD faculty and academic staff)
Refreshments served

Monday, January 22nd, 2024 | 3:45 - 4:45 am GST | Campus Center (C2), Floor 3, Library, Room 329

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 assessment. We will review how to use the Discussion Forum for both learning and assessment tools. 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, Director of Hilary Ballon Center for Teaching and Learning, Professor of Practice of Political Science, NYUAD

Register here (please note registration is only open to NYUAD faculty and academic staff)
Refreshments served

Monday, January 22nd, 2024 | 5:00 - 6:00 pm GST | Campus Center (C2), Floor 3, Library, Room 329

NYU Abu Dhabi students and faculty bring a wide variety of linguistic contexts to their teaching and learning practices. The global spread of English has resulted in the emergence of a diverse range of postcolonial varieties of language around the world. Approaching our teaching methods with a postcolonial lens is about keeping the human experience that has traditionally been either silenced or marginalized by dominant groups or discourses at the forefront of our approach to teaching. This session will be a mix of the why (theoretical) and the how (practical) of taking steps to foster belonging for more inclusive learning. Participants will learn and share about what it means to consider multiple Englishes in the NYUAD classroom. Join this important conversation led by the Arts and Humanities Writing, Languages and Pedagogy Research Kitchen.

Speakers:

• Aieshah Arif, Associate Writing Instructor at NYU Abu Dhabi
• Sweta Kumari, Associate Writing Instructor at NYU Abu Dhabi

Register (please note registration is only open to NYUAD faculty and academic staff)
Dinner and refreshments served