Have you been thinking about designing/redesigning an undergraduate course to integrate a community-based, experiential learning component?听
Do you already have a relationship with a community group/organization that can partner with听 you on the course?听听
If so, this new opportunity is for you!
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This summer, a small cohort of CU Boulder faculty will join a University of Arizona program to support the design of undergraduate courses that integrate community-engaged, experiential learning opportunities.听 The program starts with a five-day, virtual, intensive workshop and offers the opportunity to participate in a year-long community of learning. The program introduces faculty to a human-centered design approach for integrating external stakeholders and real projects in undergraduate courses. In this transformative experiential learning model, students work alongside their peers and community partners to develop desirable, feasible, and viable solutions to challenges informed by partners鈥� needs.听
The Experiential Learning Design Accelerator is offered by the University of Arizona, in partnership with CU Engage, and with support from CU Boulder PACES and the Center for Teaching and Learning. The University of Arizona will provide mentorship and a community of practice among faculty who have successfully developed scholarship, including grant proposals, papers and presentations based on engaged learning pedagogy. CU Engage will support the CU Boulder cohort in connecting to a CU Boulder community of scholars interested in community engaged scholarship.
听The 5 day, online, summer intensive will take place from August 12-16
- 10 am- 4 pm: Monday-Friday for faculty
- 10 am - 4 pm: Friday for community partners + invitation to participate at different times throughout the week听
Faculty participants and their community partners (1 partner per faculty member) will receive stipends to support their participation: faculty participants ($2000) and community partners ($1000).
听Apply by May 8th by submitting:
- A 3-minute video pitch
- A brief informational form
Strong applications will present an idea for (re)design of an undergraduate course that builds on an existing relationship between a faculty (tenure stream, teaching, research) member and an (off-campus) community partner.
Apply for the design accelerator .
Contact Vandna Sinha (vandna.sinha@colorado.edu) with questions about the program, eligibility, or the application.
