SoTL Landscape at NYU

Anandi Nagarajan, Assistant Vice Provost for Pedagogy

Elizabeth McAlpin, Director of Educational Technology Research, NYU IT, RIT

Shawnta D Cruz-Smith, Assistant Curator and Associate Dean for Teaching, Learning, & Engagement, Division of Libraries

Lillian Moran, Senior Educational Technologist, Office of Educational Technology, Adjunct Instructor, Dept. of Molecular Pathobiology, College of Dentistry, New York University

Nancy Gleason, Director, Hilary Ballon Center for Teaching and Learning

Chenyu Yi, Post-graduation Research Fellow (AY23-24) at the HBCTL, NYU Abu Dhabi

Faculty Panel I (Morning Panel)

Getting Started with SoTL Research

Moderated by Nick Lanzieri, Clinical Associate Professor at NYU Silver School of Social Work

1. Docent: A System for Autograding and Providing Feedback to Students

Panos Ipeirotis (Stern)

Collaborator(s): George Valkanas, Christian Grewel

2. Innovative Pathways in Adjunct Faculty Training: Empowering Educators through Collaborative Curriculum Co-Creation

Gabriella McBride & Anne Dempsey (Silver)

3. Bridging the Gap: Demystifying the Structure of Research Writing

David Ellis & Natalia Andrievskikh (FAS)

Collaborator(s): Kat Zakonova (student), Kayleigh Di Brico (student)

4. Towards a More Inclusive Precalculus/Calculus

Dania Zantout (Abu Dhabi)

5. COVID-19 Impact Project

Shindy Johnson (Tisch)

Collaborator(s): John Henry Thompson, Alfonssette Medina, YU Ying Lee, Marjorie Yang, Kaitlyn Zou

Faculty Panel II (Faculty Lightning Talks)

Current SoTL Projects

A focus on current SoTL Projects

Moderated by Ethan Youngerman, Director of Undergraduate Research, NYU Provost Office

1. All By Ourselves: Applying Dialogical Self Theory and Collaborative Autoethnography to Reflect on Our Teaching Identity

Stacy Torian, Brynne Campbell Rice & Stephen Maher (Libraries)

Collaborator(s): Dawn Cadogan

2. Pedagogical Integration in a Team-Taught Anatomy Course for First-Year Dental Students

Lisa Lopez (Dental)

Collaborator(s): Lillian Moran

3. How Can We Address the Impact of Formalized Pedagogical Training on Undergraduate Peer Facilitator Motivation, Metacognition, Self-efficacy, and Approaches to Inclusivity?

Katie Paolantonio (A&S)

Collaborator(s): Armanda Lewis, Duncan Smith, Christopher Whitehead

4. Assessing Unique Methods of Helping Students Integrate Information and Achieve Long-term Mastery: A Case Study

Johanna Warshaw (Dental)

Collaborator(s): Elena Cunningham, Analia Veitz-Keenan, Lillian Moran

5. Second Time’s the Charm: Self Assessment Using Brightspace Quizzes

Erin Morrison (A&S)

6. Transitioning from Analog to Digital Model Design in Dental Education at a US Dental School

Marjan Moghadam (Dental)

Collaborator(s): Cristian Opazo

Student Panel (not recorded)

Students as Facilitators of Teaching and Learning

Moderated by Lindsay Marshall, College of Dentistry, Clinical Affairs Representative & Student National Dental Association (SNDA) President

Helen Zardus, A&S, Department of Chemistry

Pallavi Janiani, GSAS, Industrial/Organizational Psychology

Marguerite Brown, Ph.D Candidate,GSAS, Center for Atmosphere Ocean Science

Claudia Guerrero, A&S, Department of Biology

Katelyn Prevenslik, College of Dentistry

Keynote Speaker #2:

Finding Your Place: Questions and Frameworks for SoTL Studies

Michelle Yeo, Professor and Director of Mokakiiks Centre for Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Mount Royal University, Canada.

Introduction by Elizabeth McAlpin, Director of Educational Technology Research, NYU IT, RIT

Michelle Yeo is a professor, faculty developer, and teacher educator. She currently directs the Mokakiiks Centre for Scholarship of Teaching and Learning at Mount Royal University in Canada, in Treaty 7 territory. She works closely with faculty members thinking deeply about teaching and learning. Her research interests in Scholarship of Teaching and Learning include student experiences of learning, scholarship of educational development, interpretive research methodologies, and decolonizing practices. In these roles, she invests herself in teaching and learning communities. Along with Janice Miller-Young and Karen Manarin, she recently published a book length project, SoTL Research Methodologies: A Guide to Conceptualizing and Conducting the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning.

Faculty Panel III (Afternoon Panel)

A Focus on Different Methods & Methodologies

Moderated by Shawnta D Smith-Cruz, Assistant Curator and Associate Dean for Teaching, Learning, & Engagement, Division of Libraries

1. Evaluating Large Language Model Accuracy in Structured Academic Settings: Three Case Studies

Andres Fortino (SPS)

2. The Equitable Syllabus Project

Blair Simmons (Tisch)

Collaborator(s): Sophia Edwards, Kayley Williams

3. Using Brightspace for reflective and collaborative work in clinical sciences coursework

Anna Len (Steinhart)

Collaborator(s): Marilyn Moffat

4. Creating a Common Sustainability Education Experience for Undergraduate Engineering Students

Ingrid Paredes (Tandon)

Collaborator(s): Vikram Duvvuri, Amakoe Gbedemah, Miguel Modestino, Andrea Silverman, Abby Rabinowitz, Lindsey Van Wagenen

5. Developing a Culture of Good Data Practices in Student Projects

Fadia Nordtveit (​​Stern & SPS)

Final Words

Anandi Nagarajan, Assistant Vice Provost for Pedagogy