Undergraduate Educator Network Webinar Series

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Undergraduate Educator

Network Webinar Series

Undergraduate Education Subcommittee

SOT Education Committee

(c) SOT2014

January 28, 2014

4:00 PM ET

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Welcome

Mindy Reynolds, PhD

Chair, Undergraduate

Subcommittee

Washington College

Joshua Gray, PhD

Chair, Webinar Series

US Coast Guard Academy

Associate Professor

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Education and Enrichment

Activities for Educators

Sue Ford, PhD

Speaker

St. John's University

Associate Professor and

Director, Toxicology

Program

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Panelists

Diane Hardej, PhD

St. John’s University, Associate Professor

Pamela Hanson, PhD

Birmingham-Southern College, Associate

Professor

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• Describe resources and sources for undergraduate

faculty to improve pedagogy

• Focus on developing faculty rather than curricula or

courses

Webinar Objectives

Education and Enrichment

Activities for Educators

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• Transforming Undergraduate Biology Education

(2003) and Vision and Change (2011)

• Scientific Societies Programs

Comments and Questions Interlude

• Government Programs

• Communities

• Journals

Comments and Questions Interlude

• Grants

Comments and Questions Interlude

• SOT Resources

Overview

Transforming Undergraduate Biology Education Scientific Societies Programs Government Programs Communities Journals Grants

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BIO2010: Transforming Undergraduate Education for Future Research

Biologists

(2003)

NRC

Vision and Change Report (2011)

:

2009 AAAS Conference on Undergraduate Biology Education

(c) SOT2014

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1. Integrate Core Concepts and Competencies

throughout the Curriculum

2. Focus on Student-Centered Learning

3. Promote a Campus-Wide Commitment to

Change

4. Engage the Biology Community in the

Implementation of Change

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• AAAS (Vision and Change)

• American Institute of Biological Sciences

• Society for the Advancement of Biology Education

Research (SABER)

• American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular

Biology (ASBMB)

• New York Academy of Sciences (NYAS)

• American Society for Microbiology

• Compilation at Center for Biology Education

Scientific Societies with Programs

for Educators

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• American Institute of Biological Sciences

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SABER

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• American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

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New York Academy of Sciences

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http://www.biologyscholars.org/

Biology Scholars (ASM organizes, SOT is a partner)

Deadline February 1, 2014

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Center for Biology Education

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Comments from Panelists

and Participants

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Government Supported

Programs and Meetings

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National Academies Summer Institute

on Undergraduate Education

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National Academies/ HHMI

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The institute embodies three core themes

• Active learning

• Assessment

• Diversity

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The goal of scientific teaching is to make

teaching more scientific.

It brings a philosophy and framework to

teaching that makes the process more

• Rigorous

• Reflective

• Evaluative

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Northeast Summer Institute

(NESI) 2013

• Stony Brook University Campus

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Stony Brook, NY

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SUNY

• Topic: Interface of Biology and Math

–

6 team members: 2 biologists, 2 toxicologists, 2

mathematicians , 2 facilitators

–

3 universities represented in each topic

–

36 participants + facilitators and speakers

• expression, neurobiology and physiology, evolution)

–

Topics vary with institute and year

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The

visit by Alan Alda was unique to the

Stony Brook University NESI

Stony Brook is the home of the Alan Alda

Center for Communicating Science

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Benefits of NESI

• Knowledge of the program

• Collaboration with professionals in different but related

disciplines

• Teamwork

• Usable product (teachable tidbit)

• Fresh ideas for enhanced classroom learning, assessment,

diversity and institutional change

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Deadlines vary e.g., Northeast application

deadline is March 31, 2014

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Implementing Vision and Change

: ASBMB

(RCN UBE Grant: Research Co-ordination

Network Undergraduate Biology Education)

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2014 Meetings

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Comments from Panelists

and Participants

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• ToXchange

• Partnership for Undergraduate Life Sciences

Education (PULSE)

• ASBMB Undergraduate Affiliate Network

(UAN)

• Sigma Xi links

• BiosciEdNet (BEN)

Communities of Science Educators

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• Journal of Toxicology Education

(new!)

• American Biology Teacher

• Advances in Physiology Education

• American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

• Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education (BAMBED)

• Bioscene: Journal of College Biology Teaching

• Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education

• CBE- Life Sciences Education

• Education

• Journal of Chemical Education

• Journal of College Science Teaching

• Journal of Research in Science Teaching

• Pharmacy Education Journals

• The Physics Teacher

• Science Education

• Free Book downloads at

National Academies Press

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Comments from Panelists

and Participants

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Grants to Support Undergraduate

Science Education

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• Brief History of NSF Funding for STEM Education

• Broad, Recurring Themes in NSF STEM Education RFPs

• BSC’s History of Success with NSF STEM Education Funding

• CCLI

• TUES

• WIDER

Charge: discuss your experience with NSF

and how you successfully applied for funding

to enhance your teaching

Disclaimer: This portion of the webinar reflects my

personal viewpoint and experience. I do not work for

the NSF. For official NSF-sanctioned information on

this topic, you should visit nsf.gov and talk to an NSF

Program Officer.

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A Brief History of NSF Funding

for Undergraduate STEM Education

Course and Curriculum Development (CCD)

Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement (ILI)

Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI)

Transforming Undergraduate Education in STEM (TUES)

Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE)

STEM Talent Expansion Program(STEP)

Widening Implementation and

Demonstration of Evidence-Based Reforms

(WIDER)

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Broad, Recurring Themes

in NSF STEM Education RFPs

• Development, adaptation, implementation, and/or propagation

of strategies for improved student learning.

• Increase active-learning

• case studies, clickers, flipping the classroom, etc.

• Increase inquiry

• transition away from “cook book”, verification-based labs

• Integrating research and teaching

• Students conduct scientific research in courses

• Faculty conduct educational research on pedagogical

innovation

• Assessment

• Dissemination/Propagation

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BSC CCLI:

Enhancing Multidisciplinarity through

Molecular Modeling

Goals:

• Improve student visualization of molecular events

• Use modeling to drive experimental design

• Make connections between biology and chemistry

courses via a “molecular thread” –

acetylcholinesterase inhibitors

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BSC TUES:

Multi-Level Implementation of

Interdisciplinary Inquiry- and Research-Based Labs

Goals:

• Address Vision and Change Action Items:

• Integrate research into the curriculum

• Relate abstract concepts to real-world examples

• Develop students’ ability to tap into the interdisciplinary

nature of science

• Gain new knowledge about the

anticancer ruthenium complex KP1019

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BSC TUES:

Multi-Level Implementation of

Interdisciplinary Inquiry- and Research-Based Labs

• Chemical Principles (CH 149) students

• synthesize KP1019 and characterize its hydrolysis

• Honors Cell and Molecular Biology (HON 126) students

• use yeast as a model to study bioactivity

• examine correlations between hydrolysis and bioactivity

• Linkage and cross-talk between courses

KP1019

only

KP1019 +

_caffeine

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BSC TUES:

Multi-Level Implementation of

Interdisciplinary Inquiry- and Research-Based Labs

Evidence of success:

• Increased student confidence

• Increased interest in research outside of class

• Improved articulation of interdisciplinary concepts

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Associated Colleges

of the South

BSC WIDER:

Workshop on Integrating Research

and Teaching via Interdisciplinary,

Inter-institutional Partnerships

Goals:

• Disseminate early findings from TUES project

• Expand and establish interdisciplinary, inter-institutional

partnerships

• Discuss approaches for implementing

and assessing course-associated

research experiences

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• Successful proposals are:

• Research-based

• Research-generating

• Sustainable

• Transferable

• NSF funding can:

• catalyze improved instruction

• fuel synergy between research and teaching

• foster collaboration

• thank you, Laura Stultz!... an amazing Co-PI!

• Disclaimer reminder: This portion of the webinar reflects my personal viewpoint and

experience. I do not work for the NSF. For official NSF-sanctioned information on this topic,

Undergraduate Educator Network Webinar Series

Undergraduate Educator

Network Webinar Series

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Undergraduate Education Subcommittee

SOT Education Committee

January 28, 2014

4:00 PM ET

Welcome

Mindy Reynolds, PhD

Chair, Undergraduate

Subcommittee

Washington College

Joshua Gray, PhD

Chair, Webinar Series

US Coast Guard Academy

Associate Professor

Education and Enrichment

Activities for Educators

Sue Ford, PhD

Speaker

St. John's University

Associate Professor and

Director, Toxicology

Program

Panelists

Diane Hardej, PhD

St. John’s University, Associate Professor

Pamela Hanson, PhD

Birmingham-Southern College, Associate

Professor

•

Describe resources and sources for undergraduate

faculty to improve pedagogy

•

Focus on developing faculty rather than curricula or

courses

Webinar Objectives

Education and Enrichment

Activities for Educators

•

Transforming Undergraduate Biology Education

(2003) and Vision and Change (2011)

•

Scientific Societies Programs

Comments and Questions Interlude

•

Government Programs

•

Communities

•

Journals

Comments and Questions Interlude

•

Grants

Comments and Questions Interlude

•

SOT Resources

Overview

BIO2010: Transforming Undergraduate Education for Future Research

Biologists

(2003)

NRC

Vision and Change Report (2011)

:

2009 AAAS Conference on Undergraduate Biology Education

1. Integrate Core Concepts and Competencies

throughout the Curriculum

2. Focus on Student-Centered Learning

3. Promote a Campus-Wide Commitment to

Change

4. Engage the Biology Community in the

Implementation of Change

•

AAAS (Vision and Change)

•

American Institute of Biological Sciences

•

Society for the Advancement of Biology Education

Research (SABER)