Category: Teaching Resources

On Closed Captions, Access, and Teaching: Khamseen Tales and Suggestions Yasemin Gencer Spoken and written language are the keys to communicating ideas and information, which makes both invaluable tools for teaching. Miscommunication thus can pose hurdles to the reliable and accurate transmission of information from teacher to student or from person to person. As educators…

Islam Through Art Synopsis: Webinar, January 28, 2021: “Islam Through Art,” with Dr. Christiane Gruber, Professor of Islamic Art and Chair of the History of Art Department, University of Michigan. “Islam through Art” introduced participants to key issues and themes in Islamic art, including architectural interactions and the importance of ornament and Arabic-script calligraphy. This session…

Ani Kalousdian Professors of Islamic Art use a variety of online resources to engage and educate students in the absence of a classroom, as has been the case in the recent pandemic. Longform books and articles have long been the content assigned to students, but in a digital age, resources to make research more convenient…

Discussion of Online Resources for Teaching Islamic Art Synopsis: This discussion of online resources for the teaching of Islamic art (July 15, 2020) includes a synthesis of online resources by Christiane Gruber (University of Michigan), an exploration of museum online collections of Islamic art by Ruba Kana‘an (University of Toronto, Mississauga), and an overview of…