Workshop Dates:
April 10 - May 8, 2026
Registration: Extended through April 6.
Open Spring at CUNY SPS 2026 will cover the intersection of Open Educational Resources (OER), Open Pedagogy and Inclusive Pedagogy through the implementation of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Accessibility (DEIA) educational practices. The Open for All Workshop, built around a series of five live online discussions with a supporting Brightspace course, focuses on how to evaluate a course for inclusivity along different dimensions (representation, accessibility, and student voice and choice), and how Open Pedagogy and OER can be leveraged to increase inclusivity. As a final workshop project, participants will conduct a course review and develop a proposal for increasing inclusivity in their online courses using specific DEIA practices.
Learning Objectives
- Become aware of DEIA practices as they apply to online course design and online teaching, specifically through the framework of a course review rubric
- Review the relationship of OER, Open Pedagogy, and DEIA practices
Workshop Outcomes- Review a course through the lens of DEIA practices
- Create a proposal for implementing OER or Open Pedagogy to increase the inclusivity of a course
Schedule
Meetings are on Fridays, 12-1:30 pm, except the first meeting, which will be 12-12:45:
- April 10: Introduction (45 minutes)
- April 17: Representation
- April 24: Inclusion/Accessibility
- May 1: Student Voice & Choice
- May 8: Workshop Project Presentations
Compensation
Upon successful completion of the workshop, eligible faculty participants will be paid for 7 Non-Teaching Adjunct hours at their contractual NTA rate.
- To be eligible, faculty must be able to take on an additional 7 NTA hours in Spring 2026, based on their workload and title. (See this explanation of workload limits).
- All participants must obtain approval of their supervisor or Academic Director.
- Staff are welcome to participate but are not eligible for compensation.
We'll send out enrollment confirmation and workshop details to both faculty registrants and ADs the Tuesday before the workshop starts. Please contact sarah.kresh@cuny.edu with any questions. 