The TLC’s focus is on pedagogy. We want to provide best practices and to be a responsible voice for those instructors looking for advice about how to handle their classroom and course. The Teaching and Learning Center fosters a culture of collaborative learning, pedagogical inquiry, and community engagement. Through workshops, seminars, and consultations, we encourage culturally sensitive, community-engaged, project-based learning.

For simple questions, send an email to tlc@ccny.cuny.edu or call us at (212) 650-8878.

The Teaching and Learning Center recently participated in the Faculty Development Day on our campus. For those who could not attend we share below a couple resources for you to examine at your leisure. 

Flip through our slides on Brightspace, UDL, AI and Accessibility Features:  Presentation Link   

Check out some of the documents we shared at the event! Universal Design Using AI Prompts

The Teaching and Learning Center staff provides pedagogical, OER, and Brightspace support to CCNY faculty by conducting individual training sessions and workshops through Zoom or email correspondence. We do not currently offer in-person appointments. CCNY instructors are responsible for building and managing their Brightspace course sites. TLC staff can show you how to build the site, but cannot build the site for you. The TLC staff aims to help instructors use technology to achieve their pedagogical aims. Instructors are limited to two, non-consecutive appointments per week, eight appointments per semester. TLC consultants serve as instructors and in other student support roles on campus. If we are unable to answer a question during a session, we will research the issue and get back to you as soon as possible.

In order to properly accommodate a wide variety of needs and faculty, here are our Consultation Guidelines:

• Back to Back Meetings are discouraged. We will if necessary cancel back-to-backs as they prevent other faculty from being seen.
• 2 Meetings Per Week
• 8 Meetings Per Semester

Individual appointments should be scheduled ahead of time by clicking here:

These are online meetings only. You will be sent a reminder from Setmore, our scheduling app. That reminder will contain a link to your Zoom meeting.

 Brightspace Support  Ally Support (Brightspace Accessibility)

Diversity and Equity

As Chancellor Matos Rodríguez reminds us, “universities can be the engines of change and badly needed reforms.” TLC is committed to supporting the diverse CCNY community in fulfilling the college’s founding mission of access and opportunity. Below are a variety of resources on anti-racist, diversity- and equity-driven pedagogies, many with consideration toward online learning environments. This list is ongoing, and we invite you to share resources that have helped to shape your teaching practices in these areas.  If you have a resource that you’d like to contribute, please contact us at  tlc@ccny.cuny.edu

Videos: 

• Responding to Racial Biases and Microaggressions in Online Environments, CORA Webinar
• Employing Equity-Minded & Culturally-Affirming Teaching Practices in Virtual Learning Communities, CORA Webinar
• “Challenging Discussions” a resource on managing potentially difficult dialogues in the classroom from the USC CET
• Challenging the Algorithms of Oppression, Safiya Noble
• Uprising in Context: The Struggle for Racial Justice in the United States, CCNY’s Colin Powell School

Books:

• On Being Included: Racism and Diversity in Institutional Life by Sara Ahmed
• Anti-Racist Scholarship: An Advocacy edited by James Joseph Scheurich
• Teaching Community: A Pedagogy of Hope by bell hooks
• Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom by bell hooks
• Decolonizing Educational Research: From Ownership to Answerability edited by Leigh Pate

Web Resources and Articles:

• The USC Race & Equity Center
• Syllabus Review Tool from USC CUE
• Project Implicit
• “8 Ways to be More Inclusive in your Zoom Teaching” by Kelly A. Hogan and Viji Sathy
• “How to Make Your Teaching More Inclusive” by Kelly A. Hogan and Viji Sathy
• Inclusive Teaching Strategies Reflection Checklist from U Michigan
• “Embracing Diversity in Your Classroom” module 2 from ACUE’s Effective Practice Framework
• Anti-Racist Resources, MLA Humanities Commons
• “Talking About Race” from the National Museum of African American History & Culture