Pop-up classes are, generally speaking, short extracurricular workshops that offer students an opportunity to engage in new material, or activities not typically covered in the traditional curriculum. In pop-ups, interactivity is key: they're not about formal instruction, they're about discovery and hands-on learning. The way they're implemented varies dramatically from institution to institution, with pop-up classes taking on different formats, topics, audiences and even instructor pools.
== <u>'''The Basics: Format By Who and topics '''</u> for Who? ==
<u>'''Format: Who are the instructors?'''<br/><br/u> The format can vary greatly in pop-ups, and that is one of their strengths. Choose to offer the class one time Your instructor pool could be very specific (full day or weekend)only faculty, minimally repeated never faculty, only students) or perhaps could be broader and include the entire campus and off-semester (campus community, including alumni. Broadening your instructor pool can be a day or days before or after a semester)great way to engage the community. <br/><ubr/>'''Topic:What is your target audience?'''<br/u> Firstly consider the goals for your <br/>Some pop-up. Do you want ups are targeted only to boost student skills students and in some cases a particular area subset of students (e.g., a fabrication technique undergraduates in particular majors). Some can be developed for other specialized audiences (segments of alumni, faculty or communication skillsthe community) or discipline (e.g.Alternatively, literature)? Or do you want to offer an interdisciplinary can open up a pop-up that utilizes instructors with different to everyone, encouraging the mixing of backgrounds and fosters interactions among students from different majors? Your pop-. You can also leave it up could be more about personal development, with a focus on mindsets and attitudesto the instructor to identify the audience.
== Tips for your Pop-Up Class ==