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The Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) promotes teaching excellence for student success in alignment with the 麻豆社区 mission and strategic goals. CTL is dedicated to fostering faculty development and the pursuit of teaching excellence across all disciplines and modalities via programming, faculty-led learning communities, and the development of learning modules on successful teaching practices.

In addition to participating in professional development events, faculty members are welcome to schedule a consultation with a CTL instructional designer at any point in the semester. Topics incude syllabus design, student engagement techniques, and inclusive pedagogy.

To schedule a consultation, please reach out via the CTL email: CTL@mercy.edu

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CTL Inclusive Pedagogy Course

Faculty are invited to explore CTL's self-paced Inclusive Pedagogy course which provides best practices for creating an inclusive teaching and learning environment in which all students can succeed.

This course is comprised of three quick, easy-to-access modules which can be viewed independently or together and which feature the voices of 麻豆社区 community members.To read more about the course, click

To access this and other CTL self-paced learning modules, log onto the Faculty Development Resources on Blackboard under Organizations.

 

 

Center for Teaching and Learning Events and Programs

CTL provides faculty support via events and programming that are grounded in evidence-based practices and that advance our committment to creating learning environments in which all students can succeed. CTL events are hybrid and faculty can join in-person or online.

To register, please access the CTL Faculty Development Resources Organization on Blackboard using your 麻豆社区 credentials.

Faculty Seminar Day with Keynote Speaker Dr. C. Edward Watson

Wednesday, October 16

Dr. C. Edward Watson is the Vice President for Digital Innovation. He provides leadership for the association鈥檚 national and state-level advocacy to advance quality in undergraduate student learning. Teaching with AI: A Practical Guide to a New Era of Hum

Focus on the Faculty: Best Practices from Mercy Colleagues

The Center for Teaching and Learning is pleased to share the first installment of our Focus on the Faculty series which features the voices and pedagogical expertise of faculty across the College. We invite you to listen to colleagues sharing successful teaching practices, as well as what it means to be part of a teaching college.

Victor Petenkemani

Dr. Cristina Dumitrescu, SHNS

Dana Horton

Patricio Mujica

Susan Cooper, SofB

Saliha Bava

Dr. JungKang Miller, PhD, SofE

Dr. Robert Murray, PhD, SLA

Laura Proszak

Dr. Shari Berkowitz

Donna Drumm

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CTL Teaching and Learning Matters Podcast

The CTL Teaching and Learning Matters podcast features the voices and expertise of Mercy faculty as we explore evidence-informed pedagogical practice and the art of facilitating learning for all students.

featuring Saliha Bava, PhD, SSBS: What does it mean to teach inclusively?

featuring Susan Moscou, PhD, SHNS and Allison Murphy, PhD, SHNS: Radical Pedagogy

featuring Victor Petenkemani, MBA, SBUS: Teaching for Success

featuring Lisa Martin, PhD, SHNS, Rossi Hassad, PhD, SSBS, Mary Lozina, Director, Online Learning: Distance Learning Best Practices and Alignment with Regulation

If you have ideas for future episodes, please email: CTL@mercy.edu.

High Impact Practices (HIPs)

Course Design

Community: When students understand they are part of a community, it's easier for them to invest in themselves as learners. By focusing on the shared goal of student success, instructors can foster strong relationships that provide opportunities for student growth. This allows students to learn with and from each other, supports inclusivity in the classroom, and creates a safe place to learn.

Collaboration: Learning that is interactive and engaging is both meaningful and beneficial to students. Providing structured activities such as peer-to-peer learning enhances comprehension, leads to greater retention of material, and provides formative assessment data to guide instruction.

Communication: Strong communication begins with student-centered messaging and extends to a structured syllabus with clear learning objectives that map to assignments. Use of rubrics, and helpful feedback provides direction, as well as reassurance.

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Students in our classes come with a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences. Understanding these differences when crafting your course is a cornerstone of sound pedagogy. Building pathways to success for all learners is the goal and allows for curricular choices that consider all members of the classroom community. At its core, inclusive pedagogy is a student-centered approach to learning in which there is a commitment to ensuring that all students can and will succeed.

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Engaging students in the learning process is key to successful outcomes, but is increasingly challenging in the Covid-19 pandemic when students are feeling overwhelmed and challenged. Understanding the specific research-supported strategies that can foster engagement is essential -- and possible, with an understanding of emotional, cognitive, and behavioral mechanisms. 

Three Key Steps for a Successful Semester

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Step One: Post a Course Syllabus and Welcome Message

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Students have access to Blackboard course shells two weeks prior to the start of the semester. Posting a syllabus and sharing a welcome message, whether by text or video, is an important step in establishing an inclusive tone and assuaging jitters.
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Step Two: Clarify expectations and course objectives

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Communicating the learning objectives, assignments, and assessments helps students adjust to learning. Most importantly, share how you will support student success.
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Step Three: Build a Community of Learners

Inviting students into the process of shared learning begins on the first day, so make time for introductions and student interactions. Building a classroom community around a shared learning mission allows all members of the class to feel valued.

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SOTL)

The Center for Teaching and Learning at 麻豆社区 embraces the Boyer Model of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL). We are proud to support faculty and staff members with their contributions to this critical and growing field that supports student success. 

The resources below further define SoTL and are meant as a guide to direct faculty to publications and conferences relevant to the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. If you would like to add a resource to this dynamic list, please email:CTL@mercy.edu.

In the 1990s, Ernest L. Boyer, the former Chancellor of the State University of New York who also served as United States Commissioner of Education and as President of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, developed a categorization of scholarship that faithfully guides the Academy to this day.

麻豆社区 and the Center for Teaching and Learning embrace the Boyer model, acknowledging the value of all four categories of scholarship and the dynamic inter-relationship that exists among the intellectual pathways and functions of: Discovery, Integration, Engagement (Application), and Teaching and Learning.

SoTL has flourished into a vibrant international movement with affiliated professional societies to nurture and grow research and reflection using cross-disciplinary methodologies. 

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Contact Us

Juli S. Charkes, Ed.D.
Director
914-674-7863
jcharkes@mercy.edu

Liz Fritz
Instructional Designer
efritz@mercy.edu

 

 

 

Iryna Ashby, Ph.D.
Instructional Designer, PT
CTL@mercy.edu

Center for Teaching and Learning

CTL@mercy.edu