2027 Call for Applications
The Center for Educational Innovation (CEI) invites faculty to apply for the 2027 Learning Innovation Collaborative (LIC) Fellowship.
Now in it's second year, the LIC brings faculty and students together in partnership to reimagine teaching and learning and develop innovative, learner-informed pedagogies. Each year, the Fellowship focuses on a central theme. The 2027 LIC Fellowship will "lean into learning" for an AI-aware world by centering experiential and problem-based learning in support of Fordham's strategic plan.
Active, experiential, and problem-based pedagogies are effective ways to manage the impact that AI and large language models have on learning across a range of fields. These pedagogies put into practice decades of research findings from neuroscience, cognitive psychology, and biology on how humans learn, which Doyle summarizes neatly as, "it's the one who does the work who does the learning."
Course design will take place during the spring 2027 Fellowship term. In May of 2027, student and faculty Fellows will share their EL models with the broader Fordham community; this public forum will offer key insights and lessons learned from the design phase to address barriers to implementation of EL pedagogies. Faculty will pilot and evaluate their EL models with CEI support during the 2027-28 academic year.
Schedule and Expectations for Participation:
Student and faculty Fellows will be expected to participate in the following:
- Monthly all-cohort workshops, in person, alternating between RH and LC campuses (to be determined with input from the cohort), as noted above
- Weekly student-faculty partnership meetings, 1hr, to be scheduled by the student-faculty pair throughout the duration of the Fellowship
Awards:
Faculty Fellows will be awarded a stipend of $1200. Student Fellows will be compensated for their time during the program.
Eligibility:
The LIC Fellowship is available to full-time faculty at Fordham University, regardless of classification - lecturers, clinical instructors, tenure-track, and tenured faculty across the University are encouraged to apply.
The application form will ask you to provide:
- A brief narrative outlining your personal teaching goals for the Fellowship, as shaped by any experience you may have had with EL pedagogies - successful and/or challenging (300 word max)
- Two courses you will commit to redesign and pilot in AY27-28, including: a brief course description, the expected enrollment, and the course's position within the major or program (300 words max)
- A letter of support from your Chair or Dean (uploaded as a PDF)
Applications should be submitted by 11:59pm on December 1, 2026.
Questions? Email Meg Konkel, Senior Director of the Center for Educational Innovation for more information.