A recording of this webinar is available here.

Description

As colleges and universities face increasing calls for change, the question arises: How can we determine and implement successful innovations? While many, including leaders across faculty and staff, can feel pressure to provide answers from the top-down, there is an alternative approach that creates solutions from the ground up: co-design with students. In this approach, students work directly with faculty in the co-creation of curricula and courses. 

Recently, three start-up universities have used the co-design approach to establish their academic programs: New Model Institute for Technology and Engineering in Hereford, UK; High Meadows Graduate School of Teaching and Learning, in Boston; and Fulbright University Vietnam in Ho Chi Minh City. In this webinar, leaders from these institutions discuss their “Co-Design Years,” including benefits, challenges, and key questions. The lessons are relevant to anyone contemplating innovation, whether in a classroom or across an institution. 

Panelists

Julianna Stockton PhD
Director of Program Design & Faculty Mentor in Mathematics, High Meadows Graduate School of Teaching and Learning, and an undergraduate student during Olin College’s “Partner Year” (Design Year) in 2001

Beverley Gibbs PhD
Chief Academic Officer, New Model Institute for Technology and Engineering

Ryan Derby-Talbot PhD
Founder, Reimagining Higher Ed, and Chief Academic Officer at Fulbright University Vietnam during Fulbright’s “Co-Design Year”

Moderator

Andrew Maguire
Former Director of Special Projects at Fulbright University Vietnam, and Author of Hidden Curriculum, an upcoming book on inclusive approaches to youth development