Constructing your BU Hub course syllabus and co-curricular learning experience is easy with these templates

For detailed information on Hub funding opportunities, please use the link below.

The Hub Course Enhancement Fund provides funding so faculty can experiment with an innovative approach to teaching one or more of the BU Hub areas or take advantage of special opportunities for exciting general education learning experiences in BU Hub courses.

Here you will find an overview of the BU Hub’s distinctive vision and conceptual framework for university-wide general education, together with program requirements, student learning outcomes, and other information to help guide your participation.

The CTL has developed a collection of teaching resources that faculty may find useful for developing or enhancing Hub courses.

The BU Hub has launched a brand new website: http://www.bu.edu/hub/. This exciting new resource features general information on the Hub, its capacities, areas, and learning outcomes. It also has a growing list of pre-approved courses, advising information, and opportunities to engage with the Hub’s Cross-College Challenge (XCC).

The Center for Teaching & Learning will host a number of BU Hub related information sessions, workshops, and institutes.

BU Hub Related Information

Scheduling a Consultation If you are a faculty or staff member developing or revising courses or cocurricular experiences, CTL staff will be available to answer your questions and provide feedback on your course or cocurricular materials. To schedule a consultation, please email the CTL (ctl@bu.edu). Individual, Team, or Group Consultations The CTL offers individual and small group consultations by request. Department or Program Workshops To schedule a department and program workshop, please complete our workshop request form. Online Resources As you think about your BU Hub course, here are some strategies other faculty have used and found effective.

Past events Faculty Forum: Writing Intensive Courses in the BU Hub Friday, January 26, 2018, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm This partial day event will be from 10am-12pm, and will feature faculty-led discussions around writing intensive courses in the BU Hub. To begin the morning, Dr. Neal Lerner will discuss his most recent research “The Meaningful Writing Project: Learning, Writing, and Teaching in Higher Education” (Utah State Univ. Press), a cross-institutional study of undergraduates’ most meaningful writing projects. Afterward, a panel of BU faculty will consider student writing in their courses (e.g., what works, what do students struggle with, what is distinct about writing in one’s own discipline, what do students learn through writing) and about how the Hub has shaped their particular choices in syllabus design, assignments, feedback strategies, metacognitive reflection, etc., especially as these are related to the students’ writing tasks and writing in the discipline. Faculty Panel: Abigail Gillman, Associate Professor of Hebrew, German & Comparative Literature and Interim Director, Elie Wiesel Center for Jewish Studies https://www.bu.edu/wll/profile/abigail-gillman/ John Mackey, Chairperson and Senior Lecturer, Social Sciences, College of General Studies https://www.bu.edu/cgs/faculty/social-sciences-faculty-profiles/mackey/ Marisa Milanese, Interim Associate Director and Senior Lecturer-Master Level, College of Arts & Sciences Writing Program http://www.bu.edu/writingprogram/people/writing-program-faculty/marisa-milanese/ Participants will experience how writing-intensive learning outcomes are taught across the disciplines and discuss how they might apply these strategies into their own courses. This is an opportunity for faculty to share with one another practices and pedagogy that may be new, old, and/or newly informed by the advent of the Hub. Faculty Forum: Critical Thinking in the BU Hub Friday, September 22, 2017, 10:00m – 12:15pm Join us for a half-day, faculty-facilitated forum on teaching Critical Thinking in the BU Hub. A faculty panel will share examples and resources from their teaching of Critical Thinking and discuss their research in this Hub area. Participants will experience how critical thinking is taught across the disciplines and discuss how they might use these strategies in their courses. There will be time set aside for faculty to work on their own courses to incorporate materials from the workshop in consultation with the faculty presenters and CTL staff. Hub Day: A Series of Faculty Led Forums Thursday, September 28, 2017, 9:30am – 4:45pm This day-long event features faculty-led forums on the BU Hub areas of Critical Thinking, Teamwork/Collaboration, Creativity/Innovation, and Writing-Intensive courses. We invite you to drop in as your schedule allows to learn from other BU faculty members with expertise teaching in these Hub areas. In various sessions throughout the day, participants will discover, engage with, and apply effective teaching and assessment strategies best suited to their own Hub courses. In addition to faculty forums, Hub Day will co-feature Center for Teaching & Learning course-revision workshops, as well as “walk-in consultations” with the CTL staff and Provost’s Office on course design and Courseleaf.

HTEFF Reflections on Remote Teaching

Spring 2021 February Hub & Pub Please join us for our Virtual Spring Hub & Pub: “LfA: The Second Time Around” on February 2nd, 2021 from 3:30pm – 4:30pm, where we discuss successful strategies from our fall classes that we can adopt and adapt for Spring 2021. In this participatory event, we will be focusing on what teaching strategies worked in LfA V1 in Fall 2020 and how can we adapt those strategies to provide rich and varied learning experiences in our LfA V2 classes in Spring 2021. Please come with your ideas and questions for a stimulating conversation that will provide us all with excellent advice and practice to support our Spring teaching. This conversation is open to all BU instructors and will be facilitated by the  CTL Hub Teaching Excellence Faculty Fellows : Kaytlin Eldred (Lecturer, Health Sciences, SAR), Sophie Godley (Clinical Assistant Professor, Community Health Sciences, SPH), Joseph Harris (Assistant Professor, Sociology, CAS), Irit Kleiman (Associate Professor, Romance Studies, CAS), and Benjamin Siegel (Assistant Professor, History, CAS). he Zoom information for the meeting will be sent in a confirmation prompt following registration. Please register for the Virtual Spring Hub & Pub here. Fall 2020 October Hub & Pub Please join us for our Virtual Fall Hub & Pub: Building Faculty and Student Resilience, where we discuss ways of supporting resilience for instructors and students. Date & Time: Wednesday, October 21, 2:30–3:30 pm Event/Topic: COVID-19 has impacted the lives of faculty and students at BU and prompted important new conversations about how to promote and sustain learning in times that are challenging. How does one sensitively navigate struggles faced by students? What are faculty doing to take care of themselves? How can faculty embed resilience in the classroom? Guests: This open conversation will be facilitated by the  CTL Hub Teaching Excellence Faculty Fellows Benjamin Siegel (Assistant Professor, History, CAS), Joseph Harris (Assistant Professor, Sociology, CAS), Sophie Godley (Clinical Assistant Professor, Community Health Sciences, SPH), Irit Kleiman (Associate Professor, Romance Studies, CAS), and Kaytlin Eldred (Lecturer, Health Sciences, SAR). Join the conversation on Zoom (Meeting ID: 986 2159 4583, Password: 152045). No registration required, but please RSVP Spring 2020 April Hub & Pub The BU Center for Teaching & Learning (CTL) and the BU Hub invite you to join us for a special edition Hub & Pub event where faculty can gather in a time of difficulty to share experiences and challenges with remote teaching, including course adjustments, student experiences, grading, and any other topics that participants wish to discuss. Date & Time: Monday, April 13, 3:30–5 pm Event/Topic: An opportunity for faculty to gather in a time of difficulty to share experiences and challenges with remote teaching, including course adjustments, student experiences, grading, and any other topics that participants wish to discuss. Guests: Included CTL Teaching Excellence Faculty Fellows Benjamin Siegel (Assistant Professor, History, CAS), Joseph Harris (Assistant Professor, Sociology, CAS), Sophie Godley (Clinical Assistant Professor, Community Health Sciences, SPH), Irit Kleiman (Associate Professor, Romance Studies, CAS), and Kaytlin Eldred (Lecturer, Health Sciences, SAR   Inaugural Hub & Pub Date & Time: Monday, January 27, 3:30–5 pm Location: The BU Hub Office (5th floor of the GSU, 775 Commonwealth Avenue) Topic: Teaching in the Hub: Creativity/Innovation, Writing-Intensive Course, The Individual in Community Guest Speakers: Benjamin Siegel, Assistant Professor of History; Joseph Harris, Assistant Professor of Sociology; and Sophie Godley, Clinical Assistant Professor of Public Health Registration: Please RSVP for this event

Resources from the 2020-2021 Hub Teaching Excellence Faculty Fellows  The Hub Teaching Excellence Faculty Fellows (HTEFF) Program is offered by the Center for Teaching & Learning (CTL) and the BU Hub. A primary goal of the Program is to cultivate teaching and learning networks among BU faculty around research-based pedagogical principles. Please find below a series of resources from the Fellows, including teaching portfolios that highlight each Fellow’s experience designing and teaching Hub courses. (More to come soon!) HTEFF Teaching Portfolios Benjamin Siegel, Associate Professor, History

Hub Area Guides

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