Summer Studio 2026: Accelerating Educational Transformation through Curriculum and Culture
Date
Monday, July 13 to Friday, July 17
Location
Olin College of Engineering
What is Summer Studio?
Summer Studio helps programs and institutions accelerate their high-priority institutional initiatives related to teaching and learning. Leveraging the resources of Olin’s unique campus environment, the Summer Studio also serves as an intensive project-based professional development experience for the teams of educators that attend to drive these projects forward.
Who Should Attend?
The Summer Studio program is designed for new and experienced faculty members, administrative leaders, and professional staff of educational institutions who are committed to making a positive impact in the world through innovative and effective approaches to teaching and learning. Students and alumni are also welcome to participate in the program as co-designers.
To provide the necessary foundation in educational design practices, materials from previous workshops will be made available for asynchronous engagement prior to the Summer Studio week
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Program Information
Each team of 4–6 participants will spend four days working on their educational design project with coaching by Olin faculty facilitators, followed by a half-day retrospective session that concludes with the creation of an action plan for next steps.
To provide the necessary foundation in educational design practices, materials from previous workshops will be made available for asynchronous engagement prior to the Summer Studio week.
Participants will have the opportunity to interact with Olin faculty, staff, and students who can provide subject matter expertise, feedback on prototypes, and insights drawn from their own experiences.
Each team will be provided with a dedicated space for project work, as well as access to Olin’s academic facilities.
Prior to arriving on campus, each team will meet remotely with their coaches to discuss the team’s project and goals for the week.
The fee for a team of up to 6 participants is US $35,000. Groups of 2–3 participants from a single institution may form a team with participants from another institution and work on a project together. Similarly, institutions that wish to send more than 6 participants may form multiple teams and work on related projects.
The fee includes remote coaching sessions before and after the program week, 4.5 days of engagement on Olin’s campus in Needham, MA (USA), as well as lunch every day, a welcome social, and a dinner with the Olin community. Participants should plan to attend in person; remote participation will be permitted only in exceptional circumstances.
What Will the Schedule Look Like?
