Call for The Warrior Fab Lab

Facilitated by Associate Professor Jake Weigel

Here is an amazing opportunity for a Faculty Learning Community (FLC) in the new Warrior Fab Lab! This FLC will help participants think about teaching and learning focused on innovative design for new technology. 

Outcomes of this FLC may include preparing faculty to:

  • Learn about and develop a project or modify course curriculum that involves the new Warrior Fab Lab equipment and technology.
  • Gain collegial support for teaching innovative design with digital making processes across disciplines.  
  • Work collaboratively to identify and design pedagogical approaches to teach students by investigating possible projects together.

Participants in the Faculty Learning Community should be willing to commit to:

  • Committed preparation for and active participation in at least seven of the eight 90-minute sessions scheduled, with some reading and projects expected between sessions
  • Engagement in consultation sessions in smaller teams where faculty can present ideas and receive feedback on course design related to their specific content (These small groups will support each other in project design and/or revision.)  

Expected Deliverables

  • The redesign of significant portions of a course (assignment sequence, assessment, syllabus, course activity, etc.) to integrate climate change and resilience into student learning outcomes
  • A completed Model Project Design portfolio
  • A recorded audio-visual “lightning talk."

Application and Meeting Schedule

Meetings will be held in the Warrior Fab Lab (Vasche Library, Room 259), a technology-capable classroom, or via Zoom, dependent upon the campus repopulation in Fall 2022.

  • Week 1: Introductions, Overview of the Fab Lab & Goals of FLC
  • Week 2: Methods of Making: Analog to Digital
  • Week 3: Activities & Research Resources for Class Assignments in the Fab Lab
  • Week 4: Laser Cutter (Finding, Creating and Cutting Designs)  
  • Week 5: 3D Printing (Finding, Creating and Printing Models)
  • Week 6: Minecraft Education and the Fab Lab
  • Week 7: Innovation and Transdisciplinary Projects in the Fab Lab  
  • Week 8: Project Design Presentations

Please apply by September 13, 2022, for full consideration

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Selection Criteria

There are 10 spaces in the FLC
All Stan State faculty of any rank in any discipline, including lecturers can apply as long as they are contracted to teach at Stan State during Fall 2022
Must agree to attend meetings and participate in the scheduled FLC activities.

Faculty Compensation: At the end of the FLC, faculty who participate and meet the goals will receive $500 as a stipend or professional development funds.

Questions? Please contact Jake Weigel, jweigel@csustan.edu  or Shradha Tibrewal, stibrewal@csustan.edu 

Updated: March 07, 2023