Co-Directors Javiela Evangelista and Cailean Cooney welcome you to the 2026 Living Lab General Education Seminar home page! Please see below for information on the upcoming seminars. Thanks for visiting!
2026 Seminar
Welcome!
We invite you to apply for our next Living Lab General Education Seminar which will take place during Winter 2026 intercession, helping you sharpen your General Education skills to enhance student learning in your courses.
Meetings schedule
Our 2026 seminar will be held in-person and online (using Zoom) from 9:30 am to 1:30 pm. We will meet in-person four times and once virtually. Seminar topics include Open Digital Pedagogy, Assessment, and Place-Based Learning. Our dates are*:
- Meeting 1: Tuesday, January 13 (In-person)
- Meeting 2: Wednesday, January 14 (In-person)
- Meeting 3: Thursday, January 15 (In-person: Place-based learning)
- Meeting 4: Tuesday, January 20 (Online)
- Meeting 5: Wednesday, January 21 (In-person: Presentations)
*Please note: All scheduled meetings must be attended. If any participant will have to miss any of the meetings, they will be asked to withdraw from the seminar and will be invited for the next cycle.
Description
Our general education focus for this seminar will coincide with 2026-27 AIRE General Education Assessment. We ask participants to select one of the following Student Learning Goals:
- Creative Thinking
- Foundations and Skills for Lifelong Learning
- Inquiry and Analysis
- Integrative Learning
- Intercultural Knowledge and Competence
Participants will re-design an existing project or assignment or create a new one targeting one of these selected student goals. Participants will share their assignment/project on L4: Living Lab Learning Library by May 2026 and implement the assignment in Fall 2026.
Completion of these deliverables will be acknowledged by a Certificate of Participation in the seminar and, for our part-time participants, a stipend (18 hours at their non-teaching rate). Full-time faculty participation and completion of the seminar is considered important and valued department service towards enhancing General Education in disciplines.
*Please note: If a participant does not teach the course in Fall 2026 for which an activity was created and are unable to implement as a result, they will submit their reflections on General Education Seminar participation to the co-directors, along with the L4 post of the proposed activity.
