Curious About Engaging with X-Labs?
We know X-Labs initiatives might be new or seem complex - but don’t worry! We’re here to guide you, no matter your level of experience. Here’s how to learn more:
Office Hours (Virtual)
Bring your questions to our weekly virtual office hours hosted by our Assistant Directors of Engaged Learning, Adrienne Hooker and Masoud Kaveh. Your questions set the agenda!
- Wednesdays 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. beginning February 5
Zoom Link: https://jmu-edu.zoom.us/j/84837267419
No registration required.
Faculty Panel Discussions
Team Teaching Unpacked: Faculty Experiences from JMU X-Labs - This new brown bag lunch series brings together X-Labs faculty in panel discussions to share their experiences in cross-disciplinary team teaching in JMU X-Labs. Through open discussion, the panelists share the unexpected emotions, exhilarations, challenges, and pedagogical epiphanies integrated into each X-Labs teaching experience. Pack your lunch and fuel your curiosity about teaching in JMU X-Labs!
- Friday, February 28, 12:30-1:30 p.m., Lakeview Hall 1160 - Register by clicking here.
- Samy El-Tawab, Director and Professor, Information Technology
- Raihan Khan, Assistant Professor, Health Sciences
- Erica Lewis, Professor, Nursing
- Friday, March 28, 12:30-1:30 p.m., Lakeview Hall 1160 - Register by clicking here.
- Dmytro Babik, Associate Professor, Computer Information Systems & Business Analytics
- Kevin Borg, Director of Public History Program, Professor, History
- Jonathan Stewart, Director of IT, Finance, and Assessment, Student Affairs
- Thursday, April 10, 1:00 - 2:00 p.m., Lakeview Hall 1160 - Register by clicking here.
Design Thinking Sprint Workshop
Design thinking sprints and challenge statements are the foundation of X-Labs courses. These interactive workshops are designed to give faculty and staff a primer to these signature features. Be part of a mini sprint to collaboratively tackle a real-world challenge by progressing through the key stages of empathy, defining the problem, ideation, prototyping, and testing. Bring your curiosity and energy!
- Tuesday, March 4, 2:20 - 3:35 p.m., Lakeview Hall 1160 - Register by clicking here.
Building Challenge Statements Workshop
Design thinking sprints and challenge statements are the foundation of X-Labs courses. These interactive workshops are designed to give faculty and staff a primer to these signature features. Join us for an interactive workshop focused on the art of creating effective challenge statements, a critical step in the design thinking process. Participants will learn how to define clear, actionable, and human-centered problem statements that could inspire the next step towards proposing an X-Labs course and supporting your research.
- Monday, April 14, 2:00 - 3:00 p.m., Lakeview Hall 1160 - Register by clicking here.
