CUNY Academic Commons

By Sakina Laksimi-Morrow
For me, socially conscious pedagogy is a balancing act between thinking through, developing, executing, reflecting, revisiting and refining course materials, assignments, classroom […]

By TLC Staff
In the wake of the unfolding sexual assault and misconduct scandals, we at the Teaching and Learning Center have had several closed-door (and yes, whispered) conversations about what sexual […]

By The TLC Staff
It’s that time of the semester. Classes are over, and stacks of student work await our review. Kevin Gannon (aka “The Tattooed Professor”) refers to this time in the semester as “Grading Jail, […]

Series Curator:  Elizabeth Alsop
What do we talk about when we talk about participation? In what ways do we ask  students to contribute in our classes, and how do we encourage, structure, and evaluate those c […]

By Anke Geertsma and Kaitlin Mondello
Asking a question followed by a long silence is often a nerve-racking experience for instructors. Are the students not doing the reading? Is the topic not interesting to […]

By Elizabeth Alsop
As an instructor, one of my main participation-related concerns has always been how best to structure in-class and online discussions so that students are interacting meaningfully with each […]

By Elizabeth Decker
By the time our students reach their seat in a college classroom, many of them are indoctrinated in the American style of passive learning: sitting in a seat that may have been assigned, or […]