Center for Innovative Learning

Faculty Fellows Program

The Summer 2024 CIL Faculty Fellows Program

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FFP Schedule

Date and Time

Location

Topic

Activities/Speakers/Etc
Week 1 Theme: Backward Design
Monday,

 

3 June 2024

10am – 12noon

 CIL 7th Floor Classroom, RNL, Beirut Welcome New Cohort to the Workshop
  1. Intro to Course Design (Discussion of assigned reading, Perusall)
  2. Presentation of Schedule
  3. Tour of Studios and Equipment
Tuesday,

 

4 June 2024

9am - 12noon

 CIL 7th Floor Classroom, RNL, Beirut Backward Design 1
  1. Presentation of Backward design process, high-level
  2. Exercise write and rewrite learning outcomes (Padlet)
Presenter: Dr. Rima Bahous
Wednesday 5 June 2024

 

9am – 12noon

 CIL 7th Floor Classroom, RNL, Beirut Backward Design 2

 

 
  1. Turn learning outcomes into Blueprint
  2. Turn Blueprint into storyboard
  3. Participants work on their own courses
Presenter: Dr. Rima Bahous (9am-11am)

 

  1. LAU Library Resources for Faculty

Presenter: Ms. Joyce Draiby (11am – 12pm)
Thursday (Time Decided with Mentor)   Mentorship Session
  1. One-on-one feedback on plan
Week 2 Theme: Collaborative Teaching
Monday,

 

10 June 2024

9am – 12noon

 Byblos, JGJL 205

 

(ALL)

 Collaborative Teaching
  1. Models for collaborative teaching (Discussion of assigned reading, Perusall)
  2. IPE as an example of collaborative teaching (Dr. Maha Habre, Dr. Aline Milane, Dr. Naser Al Sharif)
Tuesday,

 

11 June 2024

1pm – 5pm

 Online

 

(ALL)

 Virtual Exchange
  1. Different models for Virtual Exchange [Jordan, 1pm]
  2. How to implement virtual exchange [Dina, 2pm]
  3. Meet some of our partners and learn about LAU-NYC
Presenters: LAU Faculty with VE experience; Faculty from partner Institutions (Barbar Akle [3pm], Florida [4pm])
Wednesday,

 

12 June 2024

9am – 12noon

 Byblos, JGJL 205

 

(ALL)

 Grants for Collaborative Teaching
  1. Available grants – cycles, deadlines, eligibility
  2. Applying for grants (Stevens Initiative, Erasmus+, US Embassy, etc)
Presenter: Mario Rbeiz
Thursday (Time Decided with Mentor)   Mentorship Session One-on-one feedback on plan
Week 3 Theme: Innovation Across LAU
Wednesday,

 

19 June 2024

9am – 12noon

 TBD FF Pitches
  1. Faculty Fellows pitch their plans and what they are working on.
Thursday (Time Decided with Mentor)   Mentorship Session
  1. One-on-one feedback on plan
Friday,

 

21 June 2024

9am – 12noon

 Beirut Campus

 

(ALL)

 Innovative Spaces at LAU
  1. FMIC – Annie Seferian
  2. Industrial Hub – Ali Ammouri
  3. Creative Space – Hani Salem and Students
    1. XR
Week 4 Theme: EdTech
Monday,

 

24 June 2024

9am – 12noon

 Byblos, JGJL 205

 

(ALL)

 Tech Session 1
  1. Presentation: When and why to embed technology in your course
  2. Activities: How to embed technology
    1. Polling Tools
    2. Interactive Online Tools
Presenter: Dr. Rayya Younes
Tuesday,

 

25 June 2024, 9am – 12noon

 CIL 7th Floor Classroom, RNL, Beirut Tech Session 2
  1. Design Workshop
Presenters: CIL Staff
Wednesday,

 

26 June 2024,

10am – 12noon 

 CIL 7th Floor Classroom, RNL, Beirut

 

(ALL)

 Accessibility
  1. Discussion of assigned readings (Perusall)
  2. Experiential Activity/JAWS (Presenter: Jordan)
  3. Presentation on Accessibility in LAU Landscape: Dean Raed Mohsen (11am)
Thursday (Time Decided with Mentor)   Mentorship Session One-on-one feedback on plan
Week 5 Theme: Planning for Fall
Monday,

 

1 July 2024,

9am – 12noon

 TBD FF Presentations Faculty Fellows present their plans for the Fall semester.

 

Faculty/Human Support

The CIL Faculty Fellows will provide interested faculty with support in a wide range of areas such as online content development, AR/VR, gamification, flipped classrooms, and virtual exchange.

Additional information regarding the teaching interests and support services provided by our faculty fellows is available on the Team page.