As I embark on another academic year at the CUNY School of Professional Studies, I thought I would share how I’m kicking things off with my students. Since my courses in digital media are fully online and asynchronous, I created a video introduction highlighting my background, the passions that fuel my teaching, and the interests that will drive the journey with my students.
This semester I am teaching courses in Visual Communication and Social Media. Both classes are recently redesigned courses I created for the program to help bring the curriculum more in line with industry trends. I restructured the course content of both classes to a greater project-based method of instruction. I hope that a more practical and hands-on focus will benefit the students.
Over the summer while I was redesigning these classes, I concentrated heavily on implementing effective pedagogy. My teaching approach is centered on fostering meaningful connections and a dynamic learning environment. As I begin my 24th year of teaching within the CUNY system, I look forward to guiding my students through this semester and learning alongside them.