JMU X-Labs Courses
Cross-disciplinary & High-Impact Critical Pedagogies
JMU X-Labs courses are made to be collaborative. We welcome partners and faculty with original ideas to work with us as we design new curriculums. To ensure equity is preserved within our courses, we stick to the following guidelines:
- Colleges with both faculty and students
- One course per year per college
- Off-rotation courses are managed on a case-by-case basis
Impact Beyond Course Content Learning
- Marketable Curriculum
- Convergence Grant/Planning Proposals
- Research and Entrepreneurship
- Industry partnerships
- Start-ups
- Industry research
- Philanthropists
- Faculty Professional Development
- Internships and Student Career Development
ELE Support Infrastructure
The office of Engaged Learning Experiences develops and maintains relationships with other JMU offices that support the research infrastructure of JMU X-Labs. We protect data and ownership for further development through the following partnerships
- Libraries Partnership: Maker spaces, educational technology, and instructional design
- Colleges: Instructors, students, and course numbers
- Office of Research Integrity: IRB and other training and protocols support
- Technology, Innovation, and Economic Development: Workshops on Intellectual Property Protection
- Major ICCE Lab - Gilliam Center for Entrepreneurship (GCFE): Commercialization to market to businesses
JMU X-Labs
