Track 2: Build — Supported Projects
Track 2 is for faculty who want hands-on help with a specific course. Our learning experience designers and learning technologists work with you as partners. Depending on your project, a research assistant (RA) may also work with you directly. You don’t need to arrive with a finished plan, because shaping the plan is part of what we do together.
Track 2 runs in cohorts. Cohort 1 is our first group of about 6–10 faculty projects.
How Track 2 Works
1. Tell Us What You’re Thinking
Submit the interest form by Wednesday, November 4, 2026. Share a little about your course, what you’d like to explore, and when you’ll next teach it. The form is a starting point for a conversation.
2. Hear Back From Us
The Office of Teaching & Learning and STS Teaching & Learning Technologies will review submissions. For Cohort 1, we expect to work with about 6–10 faculty projects, and may include more depending on scope and capacity.
If your project isn’t selected for Cohort 1, we’ll still follow up with other ways to support it, such as a future cohort or the workshop series.
3. Meet With the Team and Develop Your Project
If your project is selected, we’ll meet with you to set the scope, plan, and timeline, then work with you to develop it.
What a Project Could Look Like
A project might focus on:
- Redesigning an assignment, assessment, or course policy in response to AI
- Helping students learn to use AI effectively and responsibly
- Incorporating AI into an existing assignment, activity, or case
- Creating a new AI-enabled learning experience, such as a coach, simulation, or interactive case
- Exploring, prototyping, or building an AI tool for your course
Every project results in something concrete for your course, such as a redesigned assignment, a simulation, or an AI tool.
What Support Looks Like
Depending on your project, support may include:
- Pedagogical consultation and thought partnership
- Assignment and learning experience design
- Technical consultation and help choosing tools
- AI tool exploration and prototyping
- Research assistant (RA) support
- Limited funding for course innovation
We’ll work with you to identify the support that best fits your project and our team’s capacity.
What We Ask of Track 2 Participants
This pilot is both a course development initiative and a chance for us to learn what support is most valuable across MIT Sloan. Participating faculty are asked to:
- Work with the pilot team to scope the project and timeline
- Develop a concrete outcome for your course, ready for your next offering of it
- Attend the Track 1 workshop series with your cohort (strongly encouraged)
- Present your project and what you’ve learned at the Faculty Showcase (Workshop 3)
- Share what you learned, which support helped most, and what might be useful for other MIT Sloan courses
