IdeaLab Proposals
Academic Year 2019-2020, IdeaLab will be supporting courses that explore 鈥渙ut-of-the-box鈥� curriculum and pedagogical practices. We are seeking two types of proposals due March 18th鈥攖o either (1) modify existing courses being offered in Fall 2019 or (2) plan and propose IdeaLab courses to be offered in Spring 2020.
Proposal 1: Integrating Co-Making Projects into the Classroom
We would like faculty to propose an innovative and substantial classroom 鈥渕aking鈥�
experience to be implemented as part of existing courses in Fall 2019. Critically,
we want the 鈥渕aking鈥� experience to be delivered in collaboration with another faculty
member. For example, IdeaLab funded a collaboration for this semester in which students
in a History course are making books with the support and guidance of a professor
from the Art department. The IdeaLab Steering Committee hopes that through these types
of co-making collaborations, faculty will form potentially long-lasting collaborative
relationships, and will enable each other to teach in new and innovative ways.
To support each collaboration, both faculty members will receive a $500 stipend, and
there will be an additional budget for materials. For the purposes of this proposal,
we construe 鈥渕aking鈥� in a broad sense -- successful proposals will explain how the
project involves 鈥渕aking鈥� and how the type of making proposed would not otherwise
be part of the course. We will give preference to applications that envision the collaborators
to be equally engaged in the 鈥渕aking鈥� experience. We are happy to match 鈥渕akers鈥� with
faculty who have ideas for innovative projects; please contact us in advance of the
deadline if you are one half of a potentially productive partnership.
A proposal should include:
- Course title and description for course
- Name and department of faculty teaching the course
- Name and department of collaborating faculty for the 鈥渕aking experience鈥�
- Description of the 鈥渕aking experience鈥�
- Description of the role that each faculty member will play
- Description of how the 鈥渕aking experience鈥� will impact the course goals
- A clear explanation of the materials/equipment that will be acquired, along with a sense of cost (to ensure the feasibility of the project)
Proposal 2: Spring 2020 - IdeaLab Innovative Pedagogy Courses
For Proposal 2, we would like faculty to propose an idea for an innovative pedagogy
course that will be taught in the Spring of 2020. The IdeaLab Steering Committee would
like to encourage faculty to dream big and propose courses that provide learning experiences
that are not possible within our current course structure. The faculty who are selected
will become part of a group of faculty that will meet with members of the IdeaLab
Steering Committee and CLTL several times during the spring 2019 semester to help
each other develop their IdeaLab courses and encourage innovation. This group will
reconvene during the spring of 2020 to share their experiences with the next cohort
of IdeaLab faculty and to mentor each other while they teach their IdeaLab courses.
To support these courses faculty members will receive a $500 stipend this spring for
developing the course and then a $1000 stipend in the spring of 2020 when the course
is taught.
Course proposals, which will be submitted in Fall, 2019, must be for courses that
are either new special topics courses or existing courses that are revised in a significant
way that can be taught without prerequisites. Proposals will be evaluated based on
their creativity and ability to push traditional course boundaries. The most successful
proposals will be for courses that can not be offered in the standard format, and
that show a pedagogical vision. As part of the proposal process each applicant must
discuss and gain approval for the proposal with the chair of their department.
Requirements: Attend 3 planning meetings (April, May, and September, 2019), propose an IdeaLab
course in Fall of 2019, teach the proposed course in Spring 2020, and participate
in one meeting in Spring 2020 to mentor other faculty.
IdeaLab courses must have at least one of the following qualities:
- different/re-imagined student/professor dynamics (e.g. student led)
- new temporal course structure (e.g. weekend, five week intensive)
- between disciplinary boundaries (co-teaching, industry or community/scholar, maker/scholar)
- new or emerging field
- time sensitive subject (ex. major event, something that will disappear or go away, situation where conditions are changing quickly) POP-UP COURSE ONLY
A proposal should include:
- Proposed Course number / title / credits
- Preliminary Course description
- IdeaLab quality (from list above)
- Explanation of how the course pushes traditional course boundaries
- Description of class meeting schedule (twice a week, once a month, one weekend)
- Desired space for class
- Whether course is an overload for the instructor
- Projected student enrollment (#s, any desired or projected target populations)
- Email from chair with approval
Sincerely,
IdeaLab Steering Committee
Sarah Sweeney - Co PI
Kim Frederick - Co PI
Marta Brunner
Ian Berry
Sonya Chung
Jenny Huangfu Day
Bill Duffy
Cathy Hill
Darren Prodger
Jess Sullivan