Teaching & Learning Lab

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Our Mission

The Teaching & Learning Lab (T&LL) is RISD’s hub for faculty conversation about and development of inclusive, assets-based, equity-focused pedagogies. We support faculty in the ongoing development of their pedagogical practice by promoting reflective and inclusive teaching techniques, fostering innovative approaches to curriculum development, and providing tools, reference materials, and resources faculty can use to address pressing issues in the classroom.

We offer interactive workshops and development opportunities, 1-on-1 mentoring and consultation sessions, and opportunities for cross-departmental dialogue on pedagogical topics. T&LL events can be proposed and led by any faculty member interested in sharing your practice or engaging in peer-to-peer conversation about teaching.

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"Critical Thinking and Making with AI". Faculty Institute, Summer 2024. Photo Credit: Kristina Lamour Sansone

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Who We Serve

Our programs and resources are available to all members of our community who are teaching and interested in further development in innovative and inclusive art and design pedagogies. We support and offer consultations to part-time and full time faculty as well as teaching graduate students. T&LL events are open to part-time or full-time faculty, librarians, archivists, or curators (including term appointments) or, when space is available, to RISD staff.

What We Offer

The T&LL offers:

workshops and events on inclusive and innovative art and design pedagogies
1:1 consultations and training sessions
guides, materials, and resources
a hub for reflection and conversation on teaching
support in digital pedagogy and instructional technologies

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What's New

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Event | Apr 8

Object-Based Lesson Planning at the RISD Museum

This workshop focuses on strategies for intentionally incorporating art and design into your courses and teaching in a museum space.

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Event | Apr 10

From Tea Bowls to Sloyd Knives: Reframing Craft Traditions for Contemporary Education

This workshop explores the history and contemporary relevance of cognitive learning through handwork, drawing on movements such as Educational Sloyd and the Russian Method.

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The Restoratively Real Classroom’s Values-to-Vision Workshop

Event | Apr 16

Before We Can Restore: Restorative Practices Workshop

This workshop offers an approach to conflict resolution and introduction to Restorative Practices.

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Story | Mar 3

Spring 2026 Faculty Fellows Focus on Multimodal and Process-based Learning

Two faculty fellows working on experiential, skill and process-based learning, from writing to woodworking, join the Teaching & Learning Lab in Spring 2026. Read the story.

Faculty Fellows Tyanna Buie and Sejin Hwang at the Teaching & Learning Lab

Story | Feb 23

Tools for Teachers, Critique for All: A Conversation with Faculty Fellows

During the Fall 2025 term Faculty Fellows Tyanna Buie and Sejin Hwang hosted a series of three-part workshops for faculty and students on reimagining critique in art and design education. Back in November, they sat down for a conversation with Dimitris Papadopoulos, Senior Instructional Designer at T&LL, reflecting on the workshops and their thinking around critique. Read the story.