Welcome to The Center for Teaching and Learning at Baruch
We’re glad you’re here!
The Center for Teaching and Learning, now merged with the Schwartz Communication Institute, is a collaborative learning community for all faculty at Baruch College. We provide opportunities to foster innovative, humanizing, and student-centered practices across learning modalities and to develop teaching methods in an inspiring and research-based setting.
We’re evolving! With guidance from a Faculty Advisory Committee, we are embarking on a year-long strategic planning process. Shortly, we’ll be seeking your input on how we can better serve our Baruch community. In the meantime, check this CTL site for all faculty-facing programming on teaching and learning, and you can still find the BLSCI site here.
See below for a bulletin of featured resources and opportunities, as well as upcoming events, and a curated collection of CTL projects.
What we do
Make an appointment with us today!
If you’d like to discuss your course or other faculty development opportunities with a CTL staff member, make an appointment with us, or reach out at ctl@baruch.cuny.edu.
The CTL Bulletin
AI Pedagogy Working Groups
Faculty are invited to join small working groups, clustered by disciplinary affinity, to collaboratively respond to the challenges and opportunities presented by AI. Each group, led by a member of the CTL, will meet (on Zoom) 3-4 times in the Fall semester to engage with…
Very Short Guides
For new and experienced teachers alike, our Very Short Guides overview a core pedagogical concept or practice in a single page. Please consider using these Guides for practical teaching suggestions and simple-to-implement strategies for generating student engagement and deepening learning. Read them all the way…
Inclusive Pedagogy at Baruch
The Bernard L. Schwartz Communication Institute, now part of the CTL, is about to launch the 16th cohort of its Inclusive Pedagogy Seminar. As the campus at large turns its focus this year to respectful dialogue and civil discourse, we will continue to develop additional programming in…
AI Resources Page
The Baruch CTL is pleased share our AI Resources webpage, a compendium of information about AI in the academic environment curated with commentary by our staff. This resource was created in response to an increase in faculty inquiries related to generative AI, such as ChatGPT.…
Events
Featured Projects
Teach Online
We have aggregated our online teaching resources here, so that you may be able to explore and learn about teaching online, in your own way, wherever you may be, and on your own time.
Active Learning
Active learning refers to teaching techniques that encourage active participation, student engagement, and the co-construction of knowledge. Explore the CTL’s resources on active learning.
Student Experience Survey
Since 2020, we’ve collected data on student experiences at Baruch. This data provides the CTL with actionable information to help the largest number of faculty adjust their pedagogy as efficiently as possible. Learn more about the findings from this ongoing study.
Zoom Guide
This Zoom guide is designed for all the instructors who need a remote/virtual class meeting platform to support any of the learning modalities currently offered by Baruch.
Student Learning Guide
Inspired by our study of student experiences at Baruch, we’ve created a learning guide that faculty can share with students. This guide includes tons of tips and strategies for a successful semester.
TeachOER
TeachOER offers faculty a catalog to browse purveyors and websites that host openly licensed materials. As you will see on the site, OER can range from open access (free) textbooks, to lesson plans, to educational videos, to interactive websites, and more.
Blogs@Baruch
Blogs@Baruch is an online publishing and academic networking platform for the Baruch College community, maintained collaboratively by the Center for Teaching and Learning and the Baruch Computing and Technology Center.
CUNY 1969
The CUNY 1969 Project is an interactive, narrativized platform that explores the history of the Five Demands student protest movement, and brings CUNY history archives of student movements into the classroom and curriculum.
Vocat
Vocat is a teaching and learning platform that facilitates qualitative and quantitative assessment of a range of media. Faculty and students can upload videos, pictures, and audio directly into Vocat using a simple drag-and-drop interface.
Teach Hybrid
Here you’ll find guidance for designing and implementing your hybrid course and a browsable collection of sample teaching materials, including syllabi, assignments, activities, and reflections from faculty who designed a hybrid course as part of the Baruch CTL Hybrid Seminar.
Open-Source Tools for Teaching
Here you’ll find information about teaching with free, open-source digital tools—platforms for learning that don’t monetize your or our students’ data. On our Teach Open Tools site, we offer tutorials for getting started with select key tools and further context for working with openly licensed media.
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Get in touch with us
Email: ctl@baruch.cuny.edu
Location: Newman Library Building, 151 E. 25th Street, 6th Floor, Room 648.
Directions: When exiting elevators, turn right and go all the way down to the double doors at the end of the hall. Swipe in, or call us at: (646) 312-1565.