Events

Teaching and Development Sessions

There will be regular development workshops, brainstorming sessions, and small group gatherings to discuss our community of teaching.

H1 Hilary Ballon Center for Teaching and Learning

If you would like to suggest a topic or a specific speaker, email NancyGleason@nyu.edu

Upcoming Events

HBCTL Week Zero Series — January 2022

The HBCTL Week Zero Series provides NYUAD faculty and instructors a selection of teaching-related support sessions from colleagues across the institution. This WeekZero will focus on building communities during remote instruction, and potential hybrid circumstances in Spring 2022. All sessions are via Zoom. RSVP to receive the respective link.

Monday, January 17, 2022 | 3:30-4:30pm GST

Remote instruction “Back to basics” refresher session. Do you want to review what quality remote instruction involves? Join this session for a refresher on building community online, designing synchronous and asynchronous activities, and ensuring that your design is inclusive for all your diverse student learners. We will review how to write and send out pre-course surveys, how to use Brightspace for effective communication, and key methods for interactive online learning.

Speaker:
Dr. Nancy W. Gleason, Director, Hilary Ballon Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, Associate Professor of Practice, Political Science

Registration

Please note, the registration is only open to NYUAD Faculty and Academic Support Staff.
Monday, January 17, 2022, 5:30-6:30pm

Brightspace is NYUAD’s Learning Management System and it is full of useful tools for teaching students and engaging them during remote instruction, and during hybrid modalities. Brightspace is more than a means to deliver materials to students. Join this session to learn about the messaging capabilities for staying in touch, the Discussion Forum, and the assessment feedback features. We will also share options for course organization that will help provide transparency to students about the course structure, as well as provide ease for your students to engage online.

Speakers from our Academic Technology and the Hilary Ballon Center

Registration

Please note, the registration is only open to NYUAD Faculty and Academic Support Staff.
Tuesday, January 18, 2022, 1-2pm

Our students are experiencing trauma. The challenges brought forth by global disruptions, covid-19 included, but also natural disasters and civil conflict, mean that our multicultural student body is experiencing a unique combination of trauma at this time. This trauma is different from regular stress because it persists. In this session we will discuss how to foster trustworthiness through communication to help students address the uncertainty of these times. The session will cover how to design and facilitate peer-to-peer activities that foster peer support in the classroom. We will review the importance of building connections and fostering purpose.

Speaker:

Dr. Nancy W. Gleason, Director, Hilary Ballon Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, Associate Professor of Practice, Political Science

Registration

Please note, the registration is only open to NYUAD Faculty and Academic Support Staff.
Tuesday, January 18, 2022, 3-4pm

Discussions are an excellent way to exercise learning objectives and engage students with the course material. Online discussions come with their own set of challenges but they can be as meaningful as face-to-face, especially with the tools available in Zoom. In this session we will cover planning and facilitation strategies to help you foster effective online discussions and engage your students. We will look at both synchronous and asynchronous modes and help you decide which one is more suitable for your courses.

Speaker:
Dr. Nancy W. Gleason, Director, Hilary Ballon Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, Associate Professor of Practice, Political Science

Registration

Please note, the registration is only open to NYUAD Faculty and Academic Support Staff.
Wednesday, January 19, 2022, 12:30-1:30pm

The American Psychological Association explains that an inclusive syllabus is one that, “incorporates specific language and strategies that are designed to foster a classroom environment that is welcoming and inclusive.” Join this session to think through how to design your learning community as a place where differences can be acknowledged, and create a climate that fosters belonging for all learners. We will ask ourselves questions, such as: Do the policies take into account the different challenges students may encounter, especially during a pandemic? Do students have the opportunity to demonstrate their learning in more than one way? And Does the content provide diverse perspectives, including those that are often marginalized? We will also review NYU’s Faculty Toolkit on Digital Inclusion, which synthesizes key research in the fields of inclusive teaching, online teaching, and teaching and learning in order to provide faculty with concrete strategies they can incorporate into their teaching practice and syllabi. Do come and join this important conversation.

Speaker:
To be confirmed

Registration

Please note, the registration is only open to NYUAD Faculty and Academic Support Staff.
Wednesday, January 19, 2022, 5-6pm

Making connections with students and building trust are key to successful student engagement and inclusive learning. Establishing communication channels early on, and designing synchronous lessons that build community are just two examples of what will be covered during this session. Join Senior Lecturer of Arabic Language, Laila Familiar, as she shares insights and best practices in getting to know your learners in week zero and week one to set up your learning community to empower each other through their strengths. Dr. Familiar will provide practical next steps to help your students learn best, and actions you can take for a range of learning experiences. Join us to build communication for optimum student engagement and learning in our upcoming semester.

Speaker:
To be confirmed

Registration

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

Past Events

TeachTalks Abu Dhabi

Fall 2021

September 21, 2021 | 4-5:15pm GST

Rubrics are assessment tools that help communicate faculty expectations for a given assignment to students, while also helping the faculty member assess work fairly. We will discuss how to use rubrics for improving instruction and learning by designing assessments to match learning outcomes. Join this workshop to develop your own rubric for consistent evaluation, clarity of expectations, and alignment with your course learning goals.

Speaker:
Nancy Gleason, Director HBCTL, Associate Professor of Practice, Political Science

Registration

Please note, the registration is only open to NYUAD Faculty and Academic Support Staff.
October 5, 2021 | 5-6:15pm GST

Azza Abouzied, Associate Professor of Computer Science, will share her innovative living textbook developed during COVID-19 induced remote instruction. Learn how she structured her course as going through weekly chapters of a “home made” online textbook, and how she integrated weekly low-stakes assessments to give students regular feedback and motivate their engagement. Join this session to gain inspiration for your own innovations, and learn how a colleague made database systems and operating systems into new courses for more student engagement.

Speaker:
Azza Abouzied, Associate Professor of Computer Science

Registration

Please note, the registration is only open to NYUAD Faculty and Academic Support Staff.
October 26, 2021 | 5-6:15pm GST

Part of the TeachTalks AD Series
Hosted by the Hilary Ballon Center for Teaching and Learning

Join this interactive session to explore four essential paradigm shifts in education and how these might translate into course designs that empower students to tackle the complex social challenges of our time. Which new forms of partnerships are at the core of such an approach? How can we integrate course narratives with communities, discourses, and developments that form our respective "glocal" ecologies? Finally, how can we align learning outcomes, instructional activities, and assessments to grow complexity resilience?

Facilitators
Zaid Hassan (10-in-10, Complexity University)
Linn Friedrichs (Assistant Director and Faculty, NYU Berlin)erlin

Registration

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November 15, 2021 | 5-6:15pm GST

Faith and spirituality are important in both belief and practice for many in the NYU Abu Dhabi learning community. As educators, our inclusive practices include recognizing the role a faith tradition or spirituality may play in how an individual student makes meaning in the classroom. Recognizing the diversity of spiritual, secular, and religious beliefs of our students (and ourselves) helps foster positive and meaningful learning environments that enable belonging and an appreciation of other traditions. Join this session to learn more about the religious and spiritual context of NYU Abu Dhabi and hear practical guidance on how to build a welcoming community for all beliefs in your classroom.

Speaker:
Saman Hussain, Assistant Director of Spiritual Life and Intercultural Education

Registration

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November 22, 2021 | 12-1:15pm GST

Knowledge development is at the center of the artistic process and can help us understand the ways in which bodies of knowledge are not fixed. Art and artists allow us to place students directly in touch with elements of the course content so that they can reflect upon their own prior experiences relative to the work. Students develop inquiry, analysis, evaluation, and growth through these unexpected pathways of learning. The Arts Center at NYUAD is committed to artists that open up the creative process for faculty and students to engage not just in arts practice but research and methodologies that cut across programs and genres. Join this session to learn about active learning approaches that embed the artists in your course. Examples and resources will be shared, as well as new ideas for engaging your students with your course material and concepts.

Speaker:
Linsey Boswick, Director of Artistic Planning at The Arts Center NYUAD
Linsey Bostwick is the Director of Artistic Planning at The Arts Center at New York University Abu Dhabi. Bostwick spent many years producing works in New York City and internationally prior to her position at NYU Abu Dhabi. From 2010-2016 she worked on the producing team of Pomegranate Arts with artists such as Philip Glass, Laurie Anderson, Lucinda Childs, Robert Wilson (Einstein on the Beach) and Taylor Mac. She had been a long time creative/producing collaborator with Big Art Group and worked with Cynthia Hopkins, Susan Marshall, Nina Winthrop among others artists. Bostwick has been published in the Yale Theatre Journal and the International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media. In Spring 2020 Bostwick guest edited the Electra Street journal dedicated to the relationship of art and research. Bostwick is leadership fellow with the Association of Performing Arts Professionals. Bostwick holds two Bachelor’s degrees from University of Washington, Seattle and a Master of Fine Arts from Brooklyn College in Interactive Performance and Media Arts.

Registration

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

HBCTL Week Zero Series - August 23-25, 2021

The HBCTL Week Zero Series provided NYUAD faculty and Instructors a selection of teaching-related support sessions from colleagues across the institution. Topics included running effective discussions online, writing learning objectives, belonging and microaggressions, and much more.

August 23, 2021 | 9:30-10:45am GST

Join this session to learn how classrooms have been reconfigured for social distancing and what technology you can expect to see in the classroom. Re-entering the face-to-face teaching environment will require some adjustments compared to pre-covid-19 practices. The Academic Technology team has prepared for our return to in-person learning and teaching. This session will provide information on what to expect in our learning spaces.

Speaker:
Ron Berry, Senior Director of the NYUAD Library

Registration

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Monday, August 23, 2021, 2-3:15pm GST

Join this session to learn from Dipesh Chaudhury, Assistant Professor of Biology, about how to organize engaging science labs. The laboratory setting enables representation of science as a process that includes analysis, collaboration, communication, and experimentation. But getting all that done is challenging while teaching the basics of inquiry and knowledge simultaneously and inclusively. Bringing his research interests in behavioral and integrative neuroscience, Dipesh will share practical ways in which experimental laboratory activities can lead students to more expert-like scientific thinking. From understanding the nature of science to developing investigative skills, tune into this session to enhance student learning in your own laboratory, or laboratory-like classroom context.

Speaker:
Dipesh Chaudhury, Assistant Professor of Biology, NYU Abu Dhabi

Registration

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Monday, August 23, 2021, 4-5:15pm GST

Designing effective syllabi and courses for NYUAD means understanding the distinctive context of the diversity of the students. This session will share details about the makeup of our student body, and what course design and teaching method practices can be best deployed to foster belonging in your classrooms, whether they are online, hybrid, or fully remote. Join in to hear about how to leverage diversity in the classroom for deeper and more inclusive learning.

Speaker:
Keziah Johnson and Nancy Gleason, HBCTL

Registration

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Tuesday, August 24, 2021, 2-3:15pm GST

Through Community-based Learning Programs in the UAE and abroad, January Term, and the Engineers for Social Impact Program, NYU Abu Dhabi guides students in reading and engaging with the dynamic text of the real world. This is a different kind of literacy that requires disciplined observation, recognition of a variety of experts within and beyond academia, deep listening, spirited inquiry, collaboration with the local community with humility and respect, and bringing critical reflection to direct experience. Join Carol Brandt for this special session to gain inspiration for community-based learning in your own class. Learn about examples from NYUAD, and get inspired to bring Abu Dhabi, or other parts of the world into your practices of teaching and inquiry.

Speaker:
Carol Brandt, Vice Provost and Associate Vice Chancellor, Global Education and Outreach

Registration

Please note, the registration is only open to NYUAD Faculty and Academic Support Staff.
Tuesday, August 24, 2021, 4-5:15pm GST

As we return to our campuses under new covid-19 regulations and social distancing requirements, there are new beginnings to consider. In this session we will reflect on what we have learned in the past 18 months and what can stay from our remote classroom contexts. We will ask what we can and should change about the way we teach. We will reflect on how we have changed as teachers, and we will consider how the NYUAD students have evolved throughout the pandemic. Join this session to work in groups and think about how we can best support our students through another year with different uncertainties with compassion and empathy as we reintegrate into the face-to-face classroom. This session will be led by Hoda Mustafa, a renowned faculty development expert and the director of the center for teaching and learning at the American University of Cairo.

Speaker:
Hoda Mostafa, Director of the Center for Learning and Teaching at The American University in Cairo

Registration

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Wednesday, August 25, 2021, 11am-12:15pm GST

Making connections with students and building trust are key to successful student engagement and inclusive learning. Establishing communication channels early on, and designing synchronous lessons that build community are just two examples of what will be covered during this session. Join Senior Lecturer of Arabic Language, Laila Familiar, as she shares insights and best practices in getting to know your learners in week zero and week one to set up your learning community to empower each other through their strengths. Dr. Familiar will provide practical next steps to help your students learn best, and actions you can take for a range of learning experiences. Join us to build communication for optimum student engagement and learning in our upcoming semester.

Speaker:
Laila Familiar, PhD, Senior Lecturer of Arabic Language, Arts and Humanities, NYU Abu Dhabi

Registration

Please note, the registration is only open to NYUAD Faculty and Academic Support Staff.
Wednesday, August 25, 2021, 2-3pm GST

Join this session to learn how Professor Alberto Gandolfi and his students deployed technology to help with learning needs during remote instructions. This presentation is about the outcome of a month-long exploration, done together with other colleagues, of suitable tools to keep students engaged and still be effective in communicating during online teaching. There was specific emphasis on technical areas in which presentations are usually done at the board in the f2f classroom. To address these needs we used GoodNotes on a Tablet. Learn from Alberto about how and why to use GoodNotes -- and other softwares like it. The case study reveals how some technologies can enable student interaction during an online class, and emphasize student engagement, in spite of challenges communicating via Zoom. Students from this class will also share from their perspective on the intervention and how it helped them learn. Join this session to hear about an exciting intervention that could enhance your course organization and teaching context.

Speaker:
Alberto Gandolfi, Professor of Practice of Mathematics, Division of Science, NYU Abu Dhabi

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Upcoming Events

HBCTL Week Zero Series — January 2022

Monday, January 17, 2022 | 3:30-4:30pm GST

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Monday, January 17, 2022, 5:30-6:30pm

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Tuesday, January 18, 2022, 1-2pm

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Tuesday, January 18, 2022, 3-4pm

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Wednesday, January 19, 2022, 12:30-1:30pm

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Wednesday, January 19, 2022, 5-6pm

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Past Events

TeachTalks Abu Dhabi

September 21, 2021 | 4-5:15pm GST

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October 5, 2021 | 5-6:15pm GST

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October 26, 2021 | 5-6:15pm GST

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November 15, 2021 | 5-6:15pm GST

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November 22, 2021 | 12-1:15pm GST

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HBCTL Week Zero Series - August 23-25, 2021

August 23, 2021 | 9:30-10:45am GST

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Monday, August 23, 2021, 2-3:15pm GST

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Monday, August 23, 2021, 4-5:15pm GST

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Tuesday, August 24, 2021, 2-3:15pm GST

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Tuesday, August 24, 2021, 4-5:15pm GST

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Wednesday, August 25, 2021, 11am-12:15pm GST

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Wednesday, August 25, 2021, 2-3pm GST

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