It’s Your First Day of Class!

Virtual event

Please join Center for Excellence in Teaching Coordinator Jeffrey Riman and Art Market Studies Professor Paul Melton for “It’s Your First Day of Class” from 4 to 5:30. This virtual session will cover topics such as teaching tips, creating a syllabus, and activities for building classroom community. This is an online event; please join 5 […]

Critical Thinking, Information Literacy, and Civic Discourse: SUNY Core Competencies in the FIT Classroom

Robert Lagary Board Room Marvin Feldman Center, Ninth Floor, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York City , NY, United States

Tom Mackey. Join us for a discussion on the SUNY general education core competencies, featuring Dr. Tom Mackey, professor of Arts and Media at SUNY Empire. AI and social media have had an impact on the flow and accuracy of information, making it more important than ever to prepare students to be analytical and responsible […]

Collaborative and Cooperative Strategies in the Teaching and Learning Space

Rita and Bruce Roberts Room, Feldman Center, Ninth Floor Fashion Institute of Technology, New York City, NY, United States

This workshop will focus on two ways to guide peer interaction to support deeper learning and improve assignment outcomes. Peer-to-peer engagement is effectively profiled and compared through collaborative engagement and cooperative strategies. Join Michael Cokkinos, professor of Marketing Communications; Ashley Teamer, professor of Fine Arts; and CET Coordinator Jeffrey Riman as we explore ways to […]

Teaching with The Museum at FIT

Robert Lagary Board Room Marvin Feldman Center, Ninth Floor, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York City , NY, United States

Explore what The Museum at FIT can offer your courses, especially through its many publicly available resources and activities planned throughout the academic year. Join Tanya Meléndez-Escalante, senior curator of Education and Public Programs, for this panel presentation and workshop on using the museum as a teaching and learning resource. Our interdisciplinary panel presenters José […]