Opportunities
Cultivate a spirit by which learning flourishes by designing an engaging learning experience in your course with CNDLS support.
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Curriculum Enrichment Grants
The Curriculum Enrichment Grant program at CNDLS helps extend students' understanding beyond the classroom by supporting course-related activities like guest speakers, field trips, and cultural immersion experiences.
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Learn how and why experiential learning makes an impact
Experiential learning occurs when carefully chosen experiences are supported by reflection, critical analysis and synthesis. Learn how to add this process into your class through an assignment or unit.
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Department level workshops and training
In many instances, incorporating experiential learning into your teaching not only enriches student learning, but can also serve as a publishing opportunity in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Bring CNDLS staff to your next department meeting to discuss experiential learning's role in teaching and research.
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Faculty stories
Experiential learning is characterized by learning by doing. We work with faculty from a range of disciplines and teaching experience in designing learning activities that foster critical thinking, build community and belonging, deepen understanding, boost retention. Read a few examples.
Starting points
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Experiential learning teaching guide
This comprehensive teaching guide defines experiential learning alongside practical teaching tips and strategies. What does experiential learning look like, and what can it look like in a Georgetown classroom?
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Structuring in-class activities
In or out of the brick-and-mortar classroom, structured activities make the learning experience more engaging and active. Peruse the strategies in this in-class activities guide to begin planning your next experiential learning activity.
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Guest speaker worksheet
Bringing a guest speaker into your class gives students an authentic way to connect with scholars in the discipline and/or professionals in the field. We’ve created a worksheet template to help structure this experience for your students.
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Recordings and presentations
Learn about experiential learning by watching our most recent presentations from the Teaching, learning & Innovation Summer Institute 2024:
Taking Learning Beyond the Classroom: The Value of Experiences in Student Learning | TLISI 2023 | Video open_in_new
Stay tuned for our upcoming events archive to find recordings and slide decks from previous experiential learning events.
Resources across campus
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In Your Shoes
Since 2018, the In Your Shoes (IYS) project, created by the Laboratory for Global Performance and Politics, has been a way to move beyond social divides by illuminating the hopes, fears, and dreams that animate the daily lives of students through performance and dialogue. Incorporate this experiential learning opportunity into your course by contacting inyourshoes@georgetown.edu directly or reach out to cndls@georgetown.edu to talk with our staff about how to incorporate this type of dialogue exercise into your course design more broadly.
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The Maker Hub (Library)
The Maker Hub serves as a collaborative space for innovation and creativity where staff provide access to tools, equipment, and resources that will help bring ideas to life.
There are several ways to incorporate the Maker Hub into your teaching – explore some examples of how faculty have done this on the Maker Hub's academic engagement page.
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Capitol Applied Learning Labs (The CALL)
As Georgetown continues to invest in connecting students to real-world learning opportunities, we're here to support you in developing courses centering experiential learning. Explore resources for faculty interested in teaching at The CALL.