Contract Grading is an alternative grading format in which course grades are based on students’ fulfillment of a predetermined set of learning activities rather than solely on their performance on those activities. Two good examples of Arts & Science faculty use of contract grading can be found in Angela Zito’s Course Exemplar Design Gallery and […]
Don’t Just Tell, Show Your Teaching Philosophy in Action
As we prepare for the close of another semester, we are provided with an opportunity to reflect on our teaching practice and identify ways to share it with others. The Arts & Science Office of Ed Tech supports faculty who wish to publish their Scholarship of Teaching and Learning work, but for those looking for […]
Exciting Update for Perusall
Perusall, for anyone who hasn’t had the opportunity to use it yet, is a social annotation tool that’s fully integrated with Brightspace. With this tool, instructors can provide articles, videos, and/or podcasts to students who can then annotate and otherwise mark-up the material. Social annotation exercises are wonderful to enable students to construct knowledge with […]
Innovations in Instruction
Have you had an opportunity to check out our office’s Innovation in Instruction website? On this website, you’ll find dozens of examples of innovative projects that A&S faculty have designed and facilitated. For many of these endeavors, faculty partnered with the A&S Office of EdTech, NYU IT, and other offices to help actualize exciting learning […]
Teaching to Engage
On January, 30th, 2023, an interdisciplinary cohort of graduate students from GSAS began the A&S Office of Educational Technology’s Teaching to Engage seminar. Some student student concurrently hold teaching positions or hold Teaching Assistant (TA) roles. As one of our office’s faculty development offerings, the Teaching to Engage course provides the opportunity to experience the […]