Future Learning Innovation Fellowship - Teaching and Learning Services

Eligibility
Funding
Focus Areas
Support
Project Requirements
Evaluation Criteria
Application Deadline
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The Future Learning Innovation Fellowship provides funding and support for instructors to explore innovative technologies that address defined teaching and learning challenges, such as enhancing student engagement or improving student success. Fellowships run for 12 months. For the 2026 call, we are prioritizing applications that incorporate the theme of immersive learning and digital storytelling. A total of five fellowships will be awarded.

Eligibility

All Carleton CUASA members are eligible to apply.

Funding

$5,000 per project
Funds may be received as direct compensation (taxable as salary). We are additionally seeking clarity from the university’s financial authority on whether the funds could optionally be deposited into an internal university account and administered directly by the participant.

Focus Areas

Projects must focus on leveraging immersive learning technologies and/or digital storytelling to support student engagement, experiential learning, student success, digital literacies/skills, or other aspects of teaching and learning.

Support

Successful fellows will receive:

Support from Teaching and Learning Services, including the team members of the Experiential Learning Hub
Prioritized access to development resources, including:
- Students as Partners Program
- Educational development and technology support
- Immersive media and digital storytelling assistance

Project Requirements

Successful applicants must commit to sharing findings and reflections through an academic output, such as:

A journal article or book chapter
Conference presentations
TLS-organized showcases

Evaluation Criteria

Applications will be evaluated based on:

Eligibility
Clarity of the teaching problem being addressed
Potential to engage or impact a diverse student population
Incorporation of immersive or digital storytelling approaches in education
Project assessment plan (success is not mandatory; measurable outcomes and indicators are required)
A detailed budget (if applicable)
Commitment to collaboration, community participation and dissemination of results
A letter of support from applicant’s department chair.

Application Deadline

December 7, 2025

More Information

Questions may be directed to tls@carleton.ca

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Course Information • Course(s): Include course code(s) and title(s) • Current/Anticipated Enrollment or Impact:

1. Teaching Problem: Briefly describe the teaching challenge you aim to address. Include its impact on learning and/or student engagement.

2. Immersive learning and digital storytelling integration: Explain how you will integrate or apply immersive learning and/or digital storytelling to address this challenge.

3. Project Assessment Plan: Outline how you will evaluate your project's success or learning outcomes.

4. Collaboration and Community Participation: Describe your commitment to participating in bi-monthly community of practice meetings and how you will collaborate with peers or TLS.

5. Departmental Support: Attach a letter of support from your department chair.

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We will notify applicants whether their application has been successful within four weeks of the application deadline.

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