Lab for Innovation in Teaching & Learning (LITL)
Project overview
The Lab for Innovation in Teaching & Learning (LITL) will be a dedicated space for prototyping next-generation learning experiences. In its focus on pedagogical testing and experimentation, the lab will develop ways to respond to disruptive changes in economies and job markets, learner needs and expectations, and pedagogical practices and technologies. The lab will instantiate Concordia’s commitment to innovation in teaching & learning, seizing an unmistakable opportunity for institutional profile-building.
Project transition
The LITL project has been transitioned to the Office of the Provost and Vice-President, Academic and become part of the Centre for Teaching and Learning. The lab is now operational and being led by its project manager.
Background info
Fast-moving universities are actively creating new ways to engage a broad range of learners who need continuously updated skills and competencies. Nimble non-university providers fill niches and meet demands that universities miss or choose to ignore. A lab approach to teaching and learning innovation addresses the financial, structural, and professional pressures that tend to stifle pedagogical R&D activity within universities.
...you have to have a sprinkling of innovation” in order to provide the organization with a sense of progress ... Sometimes it is about seeing new things happening. Inspiring people.
- Environmental scan
One key to the success has been ‘creating a space for faculty to feel safe to fail...Risk-taking space supported across the board…
- Environmental scan
Milestones
May 2019
Convene Advisory Group.
August 2019
Establish lab mandate and governance structure.
September 2019
Launch 3 pilot projects.
December 2019
Devise a funding strategy.
Draft plans for the creation of a dedicated lab space.
August 2020
Assess pilot projects and recommendations for next steps.
Project team
Sponsor
Anne Whitelaw, Provost & VP Academic
Project lead
Sandra Gabriele, VP Innovation, Teaching and Learning
Team members
Remi Arora, Project Manager
Jason Ens, Executive Director, Strategic Initiatives
Laura Cridge, Project Coordinator
