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Call for Open SUNY and Hybrid Course Development – Deadline October 22, 2014


An Open SUNY course proposal is used to convert an existing course to online via the Internet through the Open SUNY Blackboard platform. Faculty with basic computer skills and a willingness to adapt teaching to asynchronous environment and to participate in required training will be provided a stipend.

If you are interested in offering an existing course in the Open SUNY format, please go to the
Curriculum Database to complete a proposal to develop an existing course online through Blackboard by October 22, 2014.

The Curriculum Office is pleased to announce the development of eight courses for delivery through Open SUNY beginning this academic year:

ANT 102

Cultural Anthropology

Daniel Tyree

BIO 150

Introduction to Biological Evolution

Richard Stevens

EDU 100

Introduction to the Teaching Profession

Tracy Wyant

GEG 111

Physical Geography II

Heather Pierce/Jonathon Little

MUS 119

Music and World Cultures

Roland Fisher

PSY 108

Fundamentals of APA Style

Celia Reaves/Rebecca Horwitz

SMT 201

Internship in Sport Management

Elizabeth Kelly/Rocky Delfino

SMT 217

Sport Marketing

Elizabeth Kelly/Rocky Delfino

The Hybrid Course Proposal is used to convert an existing course to online via the Internet through the Open SUNY Blackboard platform. The supplemented face-to-face instruction may not constitute more than 50% of instruction. Faculty with online teaching experience or with basic computer skills and a willingness to adapt teaching style to asynchronous environment will be provided training.

Review and approval is the responsibility of the Division Dean.

Curriculum proposal deadlines are now posted on the MyMCC Curriculum tab.

Should you have any questions or comments, please call Andy Freeman at x2189. 

MaryJo Witz
Curriculum and Program Development
09/29/2014