Experiential Learning Grants
Creative Course Grant
FOR FACULTY AND INSTRUCTORS
Experiential Learning invites faculty to apply for a grant to design and implement coursework using creative tools.
The library hosts audio-visual, makerspace, immersive media, text-mining, mapping/GIS, and CAD modeling resources. Library staff are available for consultation prior to application, or consider attending our workshop: “Creativity & Innovation in Teaching: An Introduction to the Creative Making Grant”
Download and distribute our Creative Course Grant flier
Submit this survey answering each of our six questions in fewer than 250 words. Application review is ongoing.
Submit an application for a Creative Course Grant
Creative Project Grant
FOR PERSONAL OR GROUP PROJECTS
Experiential Learning invites any Baylor University community member to apply for a grant to design and build a creative or innovative project using our spaces and equipment. Your project may be curricular or extracurricular, individual or group work, and should be designed to make some positive impact, for community or self. Examples could include a creative thesis, research, prototyping an invention, or solving a community problem.
The library hosts audio-visual, makerspace, immersive media, text-mining, mapping/GIS, and CAD modeling resources. Design & Build spaces are also available in the new "Innovation Garage @ the BRIC." Library staff are available for consultation prior to application by visiting the Experiential Learning Commons on the Garden Level of Moody Memorial Library or by making an appointment with the appropriate staff member.
Download and distribute our Creative Project Grant flier.
Submit this survey answering each of our questions. Application review is ongoing.
Submit an application for a Creative Project Grant
Experiential Learning Faculty Learning Group and Fellowship
The purpose of this Learning Group (Spring) and Fellowship (Yearly) is to provide a pedagogical grounding in experiential learning, exposure to the tools and services available to the Baylor Community, and collaborative engagement with Experiential Learning staff that can help faculty develop and execute experiential learning opportunities effectively in their courses utilizing the equipment and spaces offered through the ELC.
The Faculty Learning Group will be a bi-monthly group of 10-12 faculty focused on learning about experiential learning, exploring various equipment, spaces, and services in the ELC, and active development of an assignment or in-class experience that utilizes their learning throughout the semester.
The Fellowship will be a focused collaboration between faculty and Experiential Learning staff. It will be limited to 4 faculty, split between Media and Making with the Academic Consultant, Digital Media and Makerspace Manager taking up to 2 faculty for advising per cohort. During the Fall semester the Fellows will work with Experiential Learning to develop an assignment and re-envision their syllabus to utilize ELC resources to create experiential learning opportunities. This will also include tool training and prototyping assignments to ensure faculty set proper expectations for success and meet learning objectives through their designed activity. In the Spring, Fellows will pilot their syllabus and assignment/activity in the course and utilize the resources of the ELC in collaboration with their advisor. Following the semester they will report their success, challenges, and adjustments for future ELC incorporation.
Participation in the Learning Group and application to the Fellowship will begin Fall 2024.
Maker's Edge Membership Grant
For what we can't accomplish in the Garden Level of Moody Memorial Library, we partner with The Maker's Edge in Waco to provide Baylor students, faculty, and staff with one-month, all-access passes to their maker space. The Maker's Edge boasts a large variety of tools, from wood shop to welding, and even pottery!