Research Across the Curriculum is a professional development program to help faculty create or modify a research-based assignment in a course and integrate information literacy in their teaching. The workshop will be offered over three (3) half days, June 2-4, in person at GCC. The workshop will be co-facilitated by a librarian and faculty member. Participating faculty will receive a $350 stipend, plus a light breakfast each day.

This workshop will provide you with the time, support, and peer feedback to improve an existing research-based assignment, or add a research component to your class for the first time. In addition to an assignment, participants will create a curriculum to support research skills and a method for grading and giving feedback.

There are eight (8) spots available, which are open to both adjunct and full-time faculty. New participants will be given preference, though participants from previous years will be considered if space allows; faculty who apply by Friday May 16 will also be given preference.

More than 25 GCC faculty members have participated in RAC since its inception. Ask your colleagues about it! A 2019 participant said:

“I really enjoyed this workshop and I got so much more out of it than I was expecting. Besides just doing a huge amount of work in a few days I left the workshop feeling connected to the faculty in a way that I had not experienced before and with my enthusiasm for teaching my courses expanded even further. Thank you for the experience!”

Not quite sure what this workshop might look like? Here is a sample of our syllabus:

Day 1

• Defining information literacy
• What does research mean to you and your discipline?
• Discussion of backwards design & learning outcomes
• Guest speaker about AI
• Assignment and/or homework: develop and/or finalize information literacy learning outcomes for your course; reading(s)

Day 2

• Scaffolding assignments
• Examples of creative research assignments
• Teaching supports for information literacy
• Guest speaker about Universal Design for Learning
• Assignment and/or homework: revise learning outcomes; create a rough outline for a research curriculum for a course; brainstorm ideas for research assignments.

Day 3

• Work in groups to develop research assignment(s) and update syllabi
• Present research assignments and final thoughts
• Final deliverable: research assignment(s) and updated syllabi for one course

If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to library@gcc.mass.edu.