A New Offering for TLS Alumni* 

Time to level up! You were introduced to design and new ways of working in our in-person TLS workshop. Back on your campus, maybe you kept on experimenting in your practice, or maybe you encountered some roadblocks. Regardless, this advanced offering (TLS 2.0) is for you!

We pair the best of our in-person and virtual workshop experiences to provide an unmatched online experience that moves at your pace and style, and a focus on experimenting in your context (i.e., your course or program). We will share new approaches to practicing and teaching design we have developed in recent years –and many that we are experimenting with as we write this.

Through individual coaching, small group working sessions, and community learning experiences, you will level up as an innovative educator and leader. 

Dates

January 31 - March 16, 2023 (8 synchronous sessions – see below for details)

Deadline to apply

December 1, 2022, or when capacity is reached. Apply below to secure your spot.

*Note: This offering is only open to educators and administrators who participated in a Teaching & Learning Studio (TLS) workshop between 2016 and 2022. If you are interested in the in-person TLS 1.0 workshop, see details and apply here for July 24 - 28, 2023.

Who should apply

This offering is for educators and administrators who participated in a Teaching & Learning Studio (TLS) workshop since 2016, including:

• Higher education faculty (tenure-track, non-tenure track, and adjunct/clinical faculty)

• Higher education administrators/leaders (those who serve students and/or faculty, including program directors and managers, deans, associate deans, provosts, etc)

• Educators from both 4-year and 2-year post-secondary institutions

How the TLS 2.0 program works

In this program, you will conduct three in-context experiments in your course or program with the support of a design coach, small coaching group and the larger TLS 2.0 cohort. In other words, you will try three new activities or approaches in your course or program using concepts and frameworks we introduce. We’ll convene in three ways:

• WHOLE GROUP SESSIONS: We will have two interactive whole group sessions where we gather the entire community of TLS 2.0 participants to engage in community-building and learning together. These two sessions will both launch and conclude this program. The dates for these sessions are January 31, 2023 and March 16, 2023 from 8 - 10 am PT.

• ONE-ON-ONE COACHING: You will meet on Thursdays every other week (February 2, February 16, March 2) with your coach for 45 minutes, with the goal of helping you prepare for the current experiment you are designing and getting ready to launch. These will be scheduled with your coach.

• COACHING GROUP DISCUSSION: You will meet on Tuesdays every other week (February 7, February 21, March 7) with a small coaching group for 90 minutes, and your coach will lead you through sharing and reflecting on the results of your experiment. You will be matched with a coach based on your availability.

Total time commitment: 5 - 6 hours/week (including planning, running and debriefing your experiments).

Tuition costs

The fee for the 7-week program is $2,500 USD/person

• There is a 20% discount for faculty from schools with students participating in the University Innovation Fellows (check the list of schools here)

• There are a limited number of scholarships for faculty from Minority-Serving Institutions (80% discount).

Program highlights

Our in-context approach maximizes the relevance and depth of your learning
This program provides moments when you are immersed (virtually) in a new context with like-minded people, while also keeping your feet grounded (literally) in your context. You’re applying your learnings in real-time to your work.

Our coach-supported, experiment-driven approach supports you when it matters the most
Sustained experimentation over the 7 weeks will allow you to cement your practice as a pedagogical innovator, “pulling” on seven levers to imagine the future of education. Your coach will be there to support you in your experimentation.

It allows you to move at the pace that works for you
We all learn at different paces. Our program combines synchronous sessions with self-paced work. In addition, a thread of guided reflection will help you process your learning.

It works with different teaching modalities
Whether you teach in person, online or use a hybrid model, this program will help you create experiences that unleash the full learning potential of students, leveraging what we know about how people learn.

It works for leading programs outside of the classroom too
Program directors, provosts, deans, and other university leaders of all levels have successfully participated in our programs, leveraging design to effect change.  

An opportunity to develop your Scholarship of Teaching and Learning with research-supported approaches
Developing a Scholarship of Teaching and Learning -- the systemic inquiry into student learning -- is increasingly valued in academia, alongside research in other disciplinary areas. This program will provide you with an opportunity to grow as an educational innovator and scholar.

It’s virtual, but with a human touch
For us, “virtual” doesn’t mean “Zoom fatigue”! In fact, a participant in our first virtual workshop in July 2020 said, “Through your effective use of activities and technologies, I felt more a part of this community than I usually feel at face-to-face conferences.”