Teaching & Learning Lab

RISD classroom view of student and teacher

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.

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

"Critical Thinking and Making with AI", Faculty Institute, Summer 2024

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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Faculty Development Opportunity | Jun 2

Faculty Coordinator, Teaching & Learning Lab (Ext. Deadline)

The Office of the Provost and the Teaching & Learning Lab invite applications for a Faculty Coordinator who will serve for a two-year period (July 2025 to June 2027) at the Teaching & Learning Lab (T&LL) with support from a Davis Educational Foundation grant.

Apply (RISD internal website)

Snapshot from a critique session, Architecture

Faculty Development Opportunity | Jun 2

Teaching & Learning Lab Faculty Fellows, 2025-2026 Cohort (Ext. Deadline)

The Teaching & Learning Lab invites applications for the 2025-2026 cohort of Faculty Fellows that will help T&LL launch and support a series of new professional development opportunities for RISD faculty with support from a Davis Educational Foundation grant.

Apply (RISD internal website)

Image of a Classroom Blackboard. Image Credit: David Simonton, Blackboard, Chinquapin, NC October 2004

Event | May 7

The Classroom as Being Together: A Conversation with Alan Huck, Jonathan Jackson, and Nadiya Nacorda

The Teaching and Learning Lab Spring '25 Faculty Fellow Jessina Leonard welcomes three artist-educators, Alan Huck, Jonathan Jackson, and Nadiya Nacorda, for a conversation about how we understand our role as art educators today. What is it exactly that we strive to do when we come together in the classroom? How do we define and model the role of the artist in an increasingly precipitous world? How do we structure our classrooms and critiques in light of this? Featuring a new generation of art educators, we will consider the beliefs, motivations, and models that we bring to our teaching practices.

News & Announcements | Apr 8

T&LL awarded Davis Educational Foundation grant

The Teaching & Learning Lab was recently awarded a grant by the Davis Educational Foundation to expand its reach and capacity in advancing equitable access to learning and inclusive teaching strategies for RISD faculty and students.