Join Head Librarian Alex Kratofil and Associate Librarian Bear Smith for the launch of the NYFA Library’s newest streaming platform, Infobase! Infobase is your one stop shop for accessing nearly 2000 domestic and international movie titles available for FREE to all current NYFA staff, faculty, and students. 

Alex and Bear demonstrate how to access Infobase and highlight the service’s various features and functionalities. They also discuss issues around educational and fair use vs. situations in which public performance rights (PPR) need to be secured, as well as speak to ways to integrate the movies available via Infobase directly into course syllabi and more. Prima Gonzalez, CETL Director, also highlights ways to incorporate Infobase features on Google Classroom  including how to create segments of films and drafting and sharing quizzes.

Check out the slideshow on the CETL Google Drive.

In this virtual presentation, Dr. Melissa B. Mitchell (Gulick) presents a new definition of student success to NYFA faculty and staff. She advocates for instructional practices that aid students in maximizing positive cognitive, psychosocial, civic, and moral outcomes. Drawing on student development theory, she has a passion for helping students to find their unique purpose and to work toward self-authorship.

You will discover a new definition of student success based on student development literature as well as college experiences within academic engagement, student-faculty interaction, peer interaction, diversity experiences, and spiritual/religious engagement that impact student success.

Check out the slideshow on the CETL Google Drive.

This virtual panel discussion explores and demos various edtech apps and add-ons that faculty can use to enhance lessons, comprehension, and engagement. 

• Anastasia Coon (LAS-LA) presents Jamboard, a digital white board app, which sparks collaboration and is aligned with inclusive instruction. 

• Paul Laverack (LAS-LA) highlights the value of gamefying assessment and comprehension checks by presenting Kahoot! 

• Prima Gonzalez (CETL/LAS-LA) explores Edpuzzle’s range of applications with audio and visual files (personally-made screen recordings, film clips, youtube, etc). 

• Alex Kratofil and Karen McNair (Library) demonstrate how all three apps can be used to integrate library resources into the classroom.

In this presentation, Christina Kellagher introduces Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) to NYFA faculty and staff. WAC recognizes and supports the integration of writing in every course offered at NYFA in any and every way. WAC programs broadly support three, often intertwined, approaches to increasing the use of writing to support student growth: 

• writing to learn

• writing to engage

• and writing in the disciplines. 

In this workshop you discover how you can engage your students to critically think and reflect about your course through writing regardless of discipline.

Check out the slideshow on the CETL Google Drive.

*Session recording will be available shortly!