Open Classroom Month– Spots Still Available

Sign-ups are ongoing for The Graduate Center’s Teaching and Learning Center’s Open Teaching Initiative: Open Classroom Month! We’ve added new courses to the list of open classes and are pleased to now have open class options Monday-Saturday.

To browse the complete list of classes CUNY faculty from various campuses and disciplines have opened, please visit http://cuny.is/open-teaching. You can view Open Classes by campus, by discipline, or by teaching method keyword. Participating instructors have provided a brief description of their teaching practices and what you can expect to experience during the class visit.

We encourage Graduate Center students to visit as many classes and explore as many instructional methods as they can from April 9th-30th: visit classes both in and outside your discipline; use Open Classroom Month as a way to familiarize yourself with the student body, classrooms and logistics of multiple CUNY campuses, as well as as an opportunity to see instructional methods that you plan to use, already use, are hesitant to incorporate, or that may even be completely new.

To sign-up to visit a class, click the β€œsign-up to visit” link under course descriptions at http://cuny.is/open-teaching, and use the Doodle Poll scheduler to see all available dates and times. Please be certain that any sessions you select fit your schedule, including commute time to campus and navigating the classroom. You’ll need to be sure to sign-in at the front desk of each campus using your Graduate Center ID card. Make sure that you’re able to arrive at least five minutes early to the course, and, if you can, introduce yourself to the instructor. Participating faculty have generously opened three spaces/visit in each class session, so be sure to sign-up as soon as possible and/or remove yourself from the sign-up if your schedule changes. The Teaching and Learning Center will notify each instructor to expect your visit. Maps to each CUNY senior campus can be found here.

If you would like to sign up without your name being public, or if you have any questions, please send an email both tlc@gc.cuny.edu and avra.spector@gmail.com.

Thank you for your interest in Open Teaching Month, and a big, big thank you to the faculty members who have agreed to host. We sincerely hope many GC students take advantage of this unique opportunity!