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How can your class or academic program use the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ as a Living Laboratory to enhance student learning and engagement? What resources are available to connect student assignment, learning, or research project ideas with campus needs? Who else has used the Living Lab approach to support sustainability education?

Join the next Sustainability Integration in Curriculum Community of Practice session on April 9th, from 1-2:30pm to learn more about the opportunities for Living Labs in your courses and programs. This session will feature a panel discussion from instructors who have used the Living Lab approach in different courses, as well as an overview on resources available through the Sustainability Office to support Sustainability Living Lab projects. Coffee provided! 

In November 2024, the Teaching Innovation Incubator (TII) published its inaugural open call for transformative, interdisciplinary projects aimed at transforming teaching at the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ. Key themes of the open call included Generative-AI (Gen-AI), À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ’s Global Futures, and educational technological exploration through the Incubator’s EdTech Sandbox. The call closed on December 13^th, receiving 10 project submissions. In January 2025, an adjudication committee of academic leaders and subject-matter experts got together and selected three new project teams to join the Incubator in Winter 2025. The three new projects joining the Incubator include: AI meets EDI: Virtual Simulations for Culturally Safe Indigenous Care,ÌýLearning by Teaching a Large Language Model (LLM), and Evolving Work-Integrated Learning with AI Insights.Ìý

Review the project teams webpages for more details!

The Incubator started its new year implementing a new organizational structure, welcoming four Undergraduate Research Coordinators to join the Teaching Innovation Incubator Team. This new organizational model, leverages À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ's exceptional cooperative education program, employing four University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ undergraduate students to assist in the project management and development of existing and incoming projects being supported by the Incubator.Ìý

The Teaching Innovation Incubator is excited to announce that Kenneth Berry will be joining the Incubator Team, serving as the EdTech Sandbox Supervisor. Ken's primary focus in the coming months will be to lead the soft launch of the EdTech Sandbox and begin a roadshow across campus to amplify the technologies the Sandbox has in house.Ìý