Previous "Lunch at ITE" Events | Institute for Teaching Excellence

2021-2022 "Lunch at ITE"

September 23: Phyllis Bolling and Sean Dowd - Returning to “Normal Operations”: Strategies to Support Student Success
October 7: John Carpinelli, Looking Back at the Pandemic, What Worked, What Didn't, and What Do We Want to Keep
October 21: Jaskirat Sodhi & Swapnil Moon - How I Cut My Grading Time by Embedding Certifications into My Courses
November 4: Stephen Pemberton - Teaching Humanities as a General Education Requirement at NJIT
November 18: John Cays - Experiences Developing New Online Graduate Certificates
December 2: Victor Matveev - Thoughts on Lecture and Exam Structure: Lessons Learned from Teaching Math
February 2 (in-person, CKB 116): Justine Krawiec, Michelle Longmore, and Ethan Lupinska - Teamwork - Using Canvas Groups and Google Tools
February 23 (in-person, CKB G-17): Anthony Schuman - Beyond Expertise: Core Values in Teaching
March 3 (online): Aichih Jasmine Chang - Lessons Learned from Active Learning Pedagogy
March 23 (in-person, CKB 116): Caroline Devan - Making Course Assessments Relevant to Real World Applications: An Example of Using Case Studies in an Introductory Biology Class
March 31 (online): Padma Natarajan - Strategies to Increase Student Engagement
April 21 (online): Rebekah Rutkoff - Meditation in the Classroom: Teaching, Learning and the Whole Student

2020-2021 "Lunch at ITE"

October 29: Michael Koskinen - A Framework for Converged Learning
November 5: Ashish Borgaonkar and Jaskirat Sodhi - An Analysis of the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Student Participation, Engagement, and Performance, in First-year Courses
November 12: Cesar Bandera - STEM Entrepreneurship with Societal Significance
November 19: Stephen Pemberton - Teaching Medical and Health Humanities to Undergraduates
December 3: Ecevit Bilgili - Some Reflections upon Project-Based Learning in a Traditional Fluid Mechanics Course at NJIT
February 2: Kyle Riismandel - Class to Class: Student Recaps and Knowledge Retention.
February 16: Piero Armenante - Transitioning from Face-to-Face to Converged Learning/Online Teaching – A Practical Approach
March 2: Andrew Pole - Experiences in Remote Instruction at NJIT Newark and Jersey City
March 30: Edwin Hou - Transitioning a Computer Engineering Lab to the Virtual Classroom
April 13: Caroline DeVan - Integrating Authentic Research into the Virtual Classroom: A Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience in an Intro Biology Lab
April 27: Roman Voronov- Matlab Grader as an Automation Tool for Teaching Programming in an Active Learning Environment

2019-2020 "Lunch at ITE"

September, 24: Padma Natarajan - Tools to engage and assess students in the classroom
October, 1: Maria Stanko - Engaging students in assessment by giving them (some) control over grading
October, 8: Gordon Thomas - Differences in teaching required and chosen course
October, 15: John Cays, Burcak Altin, and Michael Kehoe - The Kepler CMS: Past, Present, and Future
October, 22: Denis Blackmore - A Fractal Primer: A brief illustrated introduction to fractal geometry and some of its many applications, which range from the world of nature to special structures in nonlinear dynamics
October, 29: Justin Suriano and Jaskirat Sodhi - Everyone’s a maker: Utilization of NJIT Makerspace for all degree programs
November, 5: Megan O’Neill - TBD
November, 12: Balraj Subra Mani - Incorporating reverse engineering in the curriculum
November, 19: Ashish Borgaonkar and Jaskirat Sodhi - Using voice technology in the classroom
December, 3: Matthew Bandelt - Experience with emerging tools for online grading
January, 30: Ecevit Bilgili - Some reflections on project-based learning in a traditional fluid mechanics course and incorporating ABET student outcomes
February, 6: Ann Hoang and Blake Haggerty - Reducing college expenses through the use of open educational resources (OER)
February, 13: Neil Maher - Digital Humanities and the Public: Sharing Student Research Beyond the University
February, 20: Jay Kappraff - A new way to teach Calculus
February, 27: Maurie Cohen - Engaging community partners in student-based projects
March, 5: Gordon Thomas - "Making it stick" to improve long-term learning
March, 12: Nikki Bosca and Blake Haggerty - Instructional Continuity
March, 26: Raj Sodhi - Teaching Creativity to Students
April, 9: James Lipuma - Using student created videos to assess oral presentation skills
April, 16: Ashish Borgaonkar and Jaskirat Sodhi - Update: Using voice technology in the classroom Part 2
April, 23: Bob Barat - TBD

2018-2019 "Lunch at ITE"

Tuesday, September 25: Using Reflective Journals to Promote Student Metacognition, Connection, and Retention, presented by Maria Stanko
Tuesday, October 2: The History of Calculus: Integrating Historical Content into Modern Curricula, presented by David Shirokoff
Tuesday, October 9: Introducing Scientists and Engineers to the Commercialization of Technology, presented by Michael Ehrlich
Tuesday, October 16: Encouraging Student Engagement in Gen-Ed Courses, presented by Liz Petrick
Tuesday October 23: Attitudes, Activities, and Exams, presented by Gordon Thomas
Tuesday, October 30: STEM Education and Social Issues: Perceptions and Pedagogy, presented by Neel Khichi
Tuesday, November 6: A Alternative Approach to Differential Calculus, presented by Jay Kappraff
Tuesday, November 13: Encouraging OER Adoptions: Experiences with the Open Textbook Initiative, presented by Ann Hoang and Melodi Guilbault
Tuesday, November 27: Developing a Faculty Led Study Abroad Course, presented by Melodi Guilbault
Tuesday, December 4: Using ePortfolios to Showcase Student projects, presented by Jaskirat Sodhi
Tuesday, February 19: Strategies for Using Anonymous Polling Software in Teaching, presented by Kathleen McEnnis
Tuesday, February 26: Grading and Assessment Tools for Instructional Technology Toolbox, presented by Padma Natarajan
Tuesday, March 5: NJIT Distributed Museum, presented by Bob Barat and Liz Petrick
Tuesday, March 12: Assessment Everywhere, presented by Regina Collins
Monday, March 25: Active Learning Strategies for Boosting Classroom Engagement presented by Angelo Tafuni
Tuesday, April 2: Slack: The Innovative Tool Providing Insight into Student Collaboration, presented by Nellone Reid
Tuesday, April 9: 3D Printed Widgets as Tools for the Effective Learning of Abstract Concepts in Mechanics presented by Carlotta Mummolo
Tuesday, April 16: Using Humor in the Classroom, presented by Jorge Fresnada
Tuesday, April 23: ENGR101: An Application-Oriented Course to Bridge the Gap between Mathematics and Engineering, presented by Jaskirat Sodhi

2017-2018 "Lunch at ITE"

2016-2017 "Lunch at ITE" Schedule Tuesday, September 26, 2017: K-12 and Broader Impacts, presented by Jim Lipuma
Tuesday, October 3, 2017: Teaching 101: What I Didn’t Learn in Grad School, presented by Jaskirat Sodhi
Tuesday, October 10, 2017: Multimedia Use for Mechanics Courses, presented by Gerry Milano
Tuesday, October 17, 2017: Active Learning using IF-AT, presented by Melodi Guilbault
Tuesday, October 24, 2017: Student Engagement and Success in the Classroom – Lessons Learned from Coordinating the First Year Seminar Course, presented by Ashish Borgaonkar
Wednesday, November 1, 2017: Chaos: The Movie, presented by Denis Blackmore
Wednesday, November 8, 2017: All Carrot, No Stick! An Iterative Approach to Active Learning in Freshman Chemistry Courses, presented by Bhavani Balasubramanian
Wednesday, November 15: Inclusive Teaching and Learning, presented by Mary Konsolaki
Wednesday, November 29, 2017: Digital Tools for your Technology Toolbox, presented by Padma Natarajan
Tuesday, February 13: Calculus and Structures: A New Approach to Teaching Calculus, presented by Jay Kappraff
Tuesday, February 20: Exploring the Effects of a Writing Center Outreach Program on STEM Students’ Beliefs about Writing, presented by Catherine Siemann and John Wolf
Tuesday, February 27: Strategies to Improve Efficiency in Grading Student Work, presented by John Carpinelli
Tuesday, March 6: Active Learning, Peer Learning, Studio Learning: Best? presented by Gordon Thomas
Tuesday Marc 20: Teaching a Computer Engineering Design Laboratory, presented by Edwin Hou
Tuesday, March 27: Undergraduate Student Preparedness for Upper-level Design Courses, presented by Matt Bandelt
Tuesday, April 3: Use of a Partially Flipped Classroom to Facilitate Group Term Projects presented by Matthew Adams
Tuesday, April 10: Augmenting Teaching and Learning through "Evergreen" High-Quality Online Tutorials, presented by John Cays and Andrzej Zarzycki
Tuesday, April 17:RWC a new vision for increasing adolescents' interest in STEM, presented by Osama Eljabiri
Tuesday, April 24: My own experience teaching at NJIT, presented by Dimitri Theodoratos

January 24, 2017: “Professional Development for Students Inside and Outside of the Classroom” Alison Lefkovitz
January 31, 2017: “Mentoring Undergraduates in Research” David Horntrop
February 7, 2017: “Improving Student Presentations through Peer Critiques” Regina Collins
February 14, 2017: "Reverse Engineering Inspires Freshmen Mechanical Engineering Students" Balraj Mani
February 21, 2017: “I Contain Multitudes: The Art and Challenges of Teaching at Scale” Barry Cohen
February 28, 2017: “Engaging the Adult Learner: A Discussion on Teaching Strategies and Technology” Michael Koskinen
March 7, 2017: “Lectures are not dead: Effective Strategies for Excellent Lectures” Ecevit Bilgili
March 21, 2017: "Helping Underprepared Students Succeed at NJIT", Ashish Borgaonkar
April 4, 2017: “Experiences with Group Learning Activities: Benefits and Challenges” Laurent Simon
April 11, 2017: “Designing and Teaching a Graduate Course Based on Current Research” Ed Dreizin
April 18, 2017: "Integrating Undergraduates into Research Productively" Tara Alvarez
April 26 (Wednesday), 2017: “Teaching a Course in a Classroom and On-Line: Lessons Learned” Ron Rockland

2015-2016 "Lunch at ITE"

October 26, 2015: “Converged Learning. What is it?” Blake Haggerty
November 2, 2015: “The Place of a Course in a Curriculum.”
Bruce Bukiet
November 9, 2015: “Student Engagement.” Ron Rockland
November 16, 2015: “The Different Styles of Learning.” John Carpinelli
November 30, 2015: “Student Learning Assessment.” Chuck Brooks
February 8, 2016: “What do you want to know: Diagnostic Assessment.” Jim Lipuma
February 15, 2016: “Publishing in Education Journals.” Robert Barat
February 22, 2016: “A Personal Approach to Developing and Delivering Graduate Online Courses" Piero Armenante
February 29, 2016: “Traditional Classroom Lectures: Are they really an outdated mode of teaching or are they incredibly effective?” Amit Bose
March 7, 2016: “Fulbright Programs for Faculty and Opportunities for International Research
Engagements.” Katia Passerini
March 21, 2016: “Effective Teaching: Lessons I’ve learned from Jaime Escalante and Martin Katzen.” John Bechtold
April 4, 2016: “Formative Assessment using Classroom Assessment Techniques.” Melodi Guilbault
April 11, 2016: “Pedagogical Issues in Education.” Asokan Anandarajan
April 18, 2016: “Ideas About How to Make Teaching Personal.” Jim Geller
April 25, 2016: “Teaching Over the Years: Similarities and Differences.” Angie Perna

2016-2017 "Lunch at ITE"

September 20, 2016: “The Importance of Teaching Information Literacy?” Matthew Adams
September 27 2016: “The Gateway Project: Helping new NJIT succeed.”
Gordon Thomas
October 4, 2016: “Research to teaching transition hiccups for tenure-track faculty: How to overcome them” Sagnik Basuray
October 11, 2016: "Fostering Critical Reading Skills in your Discipline" Megan O'Neil
October 18, 2016: "Embedding Information Literacy into a Course" Melodi Guilbault
October 25, 2016: “John Biggs’ theory of Constructive Alignment: Teaching Approaches to increase Student Learning” Basil Baltzis
November 1, 2016: “Assessing Individual Performance within a Group Setting” Ron Rockland
November 8, 2016: “Student Group Projects: Group Effectiveness, Communication and Leadership” Raj Sodhi
November 15, 2016: “Teaching and Transparency: Building and Maintaining Student Trust” Kyle Riismandel
November 29, 2016: “Technology Tools for Teaching and Student Engagement” Padma Natarajan
December 6, 2016: “Knowledge, Critical Thinking and Curiosity” Xianqin Wang
January 24, 2017: “Professional Development for Students Inside and Outside of the Classroom” Alison Lefkovitz
January 31, 2017: “Mentoring Undergraduates in Research” David Horntrop
February 7, 2017: “Improving Student Presentations through Peer Critiques” Regina Collins
February 14, 2017: "Reverse Engineering Inspires Freshmen Mechanical Engineering Students" Balraj Mani
February 21, 2017: “I Contain Multitudes: The Art and Challenges of Teaching at Scale” Barry Cohen
February 28, 2017: “Engaging the Adult Learner: A Discussion on Teaching Strategies and Technology” Michael Koskinen
March 7, 2017: “Lectures are not dead: Effective Strategies for Excellent Lectures” Ecevit Bilgili
March 21, 2017: TBA, Ashish Borgaonkar
April 4, 2017: “Experiences with Group Learning Activities: Benefits and Challenges” Laurent Simon
April 11, 2017: “Designing and Teaching a Graduate Course Based on Current Research” Ed Dreizin
April 18, 2017: "Integrating Undergraduates into Research Productively" Tara Alvarez
April 26 (Wednesday), 2017: “Teaching a Course in a Classroom and On-Line: Lessons Learned” Ron Rockland