Being approved by your institution as a Faculty Fellow confers some expectations and deliverables

Expectations

  • Participate in required virtual meetings (4 total) in the summer
  • Work with someone outside of your institution (cross-institutional)
  • Teamwork based on SDG, not discipline (cross-disciplinary/interdisciplinary)
  • Strong and regular communication with partner
  • Contact facilitators of the Fellowship for any support required
  • On-time submission of deliverables

Deliverables

  • Create and submit 3 Creative Commons licensed renewable assignments with your partner
  • Submission of any course data
  • Create a video Faculty Reflection
  • Facilitate the creation of a 3-minute student video
  • Participate in Faculty/Student Showcase (optional)

A Timeline of Activities

April 2025

Fellows confirmed

Each institution has its own process for confirming its faculty as fellows to this project. Connect with your institutional representative for details.

June 4, 2025

Meeting 1
1 – 4pm EST
Meeting link sent via email
Agenda

  • Welcoming Remarks and Introduction of Partnering Institutions
  • Fellowship Design, Logistics, Deliverables, and Communications
  • Global Goals: Getting to know you (Breakout Room)
  • BREAK
  • The What, Why, and How of Open: Open Pedagogy in Practice
  • Q & A
  • Team Time: Getting to Know Each Other’s Disciplines and Pedagogy (Breakout Room)
  • Closing Remarks and Next Steps

June 11, 2025

Meeting 2
Meeting 1 – 4pm EST
Meeting link sent via email
Agenda

  • Welcoming Remarks
  • United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and Interdisciplinary Connections
  • Assignment Design and Instructional Design
  • BREAK
  • Follow-up Survey Results
  • Q & A
  • Team Time: How to Design Interdisciplinary Renewable Assignments (Breakout Room)
  • Closing Remarks and Next Steps

July 18, 2025

Meeting 3
Meeting 1 – 4pm EST
Meeting link sent via email
Agenda

  • Welcoming Remarks
  • Creative Commons Licensing
  • Faculty Student Presentations
  • BREAK
  • Follow-Up Survey Results / Q & A
  • Team Time: Creating Interdisciplinary Renewable Assignments (Breakout Room)
  • Closing Remarks and Next Steps

August 6, 2025

Meeting 4
Meeting 1 – 4pm EST
Meeting link sent via email
Agenda

  • Welcoming Remarks
  • Fall Logistics
  • Q & A Fellowship Logistics
  • Breakout room rotation #1: Fellowship teams share assignments, ask questions, provide feedback
  • BREAK
  • Faculty/Student Showcase Example #1
  • Breakout room rotation #2: Fellowship teams share assignments, ask questions, provide feedback
  • Q & A – Follow-up Survey Results
  • Faculty/Student Showcase Example #2
  • Closing and Next Steps

August 15, 2025

Renewable Assignments Submitted

Use the assignment submission form

October 31, 2025

Course Data Submitted

Use the data submission form to upload data.

December 19, 2025

Faculty and Student Videos Submitted

Use this form to submit your video.

March 2026

Faculty / Student Showcase

Use this link to participate in the showcase.