Curie. The Educator Engine.
Faculty have a lot on their plates. Too much, as evidenced in a recent faculty survey:
- 52% feel burnt out
- 52% believe they are doing the work of multiple roles outside of their job description
- 56% say there is not enough time to do everything needed to effectively teach their courses
No wonder faculty are burnt out. Two-thirds of them teach in multiple environments–online, in-class and hybrid. They need to be learning designer, video producer, ed-tech specialist and more!
Research shows faculty are putting in the time.
Average faculty prep time:
Pre-semester
40 hours on first-time courses
18 hours on existing courses
Throughout the semester
5-8 hours weekly per course
It takes 2.5-3 times more to prep a course with online components.
Enter Curie, Unparalleled Support for Overburdened Educators
Alchemy is committed to empowering educators to be at their best. That’s why we created Curie, a platform that aims to reduce faculty burdens by providing tools, technology, and resources supported by our team of experts. Designed to help faculty navigate the challenges of modern teaching, Curie is the first of its kind for collaboration, inspiration, capability-building, and time saving.
With Curie, support your educators with:
- Access to resources, tools, and technologies to better serve students
- Inspiration and ideas to save time and make continuous improvements
- A tool to track & share improvements, reducing administrative burden
- Guidance around trends & technologies that keep your programs at the cutting edge
- Professional development opportunities to stay engaged & aligned with your institution
Curie is designed to function with high impact design services to increase the capacity of your team to care for your faculty. Curie is always paired with community management and individual educator support services – Faculty Concierge.
Curie is purpose-built for educators with educators.
Our team has partnered with hundreds of faculty and academic administrators in our on-going design panels to build this platform that fits seamlessly into their workflows, by breaking it into 3 core experiences: Discover, Portfolio, and Learn.
Portfolio
A centralized workspace driving continuous improvement of the teaching practice.
Faculty Benefits:
- Safe space for experimentation & innovation
- Save time creating course elements
- Shed administrative burdens
This collaboration tool enables faculty to share the course elements and activities they are working on with colleagues.
Discover
Increase the capacity to innovate with time-saving tools. Best practices at your fingertips.
Faculty Benefits:
- Save time hunting down resources
- Get inspired by others
- Accelerate the learning curve
This environment provides access to collections of resources, tools, and templates for faculty to leverage in their ongoing improvements in design and teaching.
Learn
Microlearning served up just-in-time. Focused on YOUR campus’s professional development needs.
In this self-paced professional development environment, institutions can share their workshops and microlearning experiences for faculty to enroll in as needed.
Faculty Benefits:
- Just-in-time learning
- Access to institutional content
- Keep current with trends
For Academic Leaders, Curie can:
- Reinforce mission, purpose, and practices;
- Advance an initiative or program (such as OER, micro-credentialing, experiential learning);
- Provide a space for faculty to collaborate and share best practices;
- Build community among faculty;
- Serve as a one-stop source for all faculty support needs;
- Provide data and increased efficiencies around faculty evaluation and accreditation;
…and so much more!