Lighthouse CC Advisory Board Meeting August 17 th, 2015 University of Virginia Rice Hall Boardroom 1
Agenda IntroductionsOverviewBreakFeedbackBreakActive Recruiting ModuleFeedbackImplementing a CC MOOCFeedback
Introduce Lighthouse CC Team EuniceKhallai Jim Luther Aihua Joanne Leslie Sociology & Diversity Computer Science Instructional Technology Community College
Introduce Advisory Boards Members David FeldonMike Ferero Winona Jenkins Khallai Taylor David Evans Brooke Osborne Sarah Hugg Richard Ladner Pat Morreale Beth Quinn Dana Yarbrough Diversity Computer Science Education Community College
What is Lighthouse? Umbrella for a set of projects that develops effective educators who promote diversity in computing.
Tapestry Workshop Face-to-face high school CS teacher professional development workshops 80% of participating educators increase their enrollments and diversity
Lighthouse CC Learning Environments for Professional Development (PD) Diversity- focused PD Culturally Inclusive Pedagogy Instructors in Community Colleges (CC) Rare PD oppor- tunities Students in CC Diverse prior knowledge levels, backgrounds, ages, and motivation to learn Research based “best practice” Small Private Online Course (SPOC) and Massive Open Online Course (MOOC)
Current Theoretical Framework Universal Design Principles Effectively instruct and support diverse faculty ARCS Model Increase motivation to learn methods for teaching and recruiting diverse students Situated-cognition theory Engage faculty in learning and applying recruiting and diversity principles Community of practice Sustain faculty members in recruiting diverse students
Lighthouse CC Progress Overview Capacity Building Year Staffing Built skills needed for developing a new learning environment Developed and evaluated a pilot online module Published work-in-progress article about project Obtained formative feedback on general contents from CC CS faculty Networked at conferences: FIE 2014, & CSCW 2015
Iterative Design and Development Process AnalysisDesignDevelopment Implementation Evaluation Iterative Process [Summer 2015] Active Recruiting Module [Fall 2015] First Iteration: Core Modules [Spring 2016] Second Iteration: Core & Supplementary Modules [Fall 2016] Third Iteration: Core & Supplementary Modules
BREAK (10 MINUTES)
Feedback Do we have right goals? How to improve on our plan? Are we heading in right direction? What content should we include? What features of the CC education do we need to accommodate? What motivates CC faculty? Advice based on area of expertise
BREAK (10 MINUTES)
ACTIVE RECRUITING MODULE & FEEDBACK
Active Recruiting Module
Feedback: Active Recruiting Module How does it need to change for a MOOC? How does it need to change for CC audience? Content to add, remove, modify for CC audience?
IMPLEMENTING A CC MOOC & FEEDBACK
Feedback: Implementing a CC MOOC Relevant theories we should consider Mistakes to avoid Successfully scaling from face-to-face to MOOC Engagement in a MOOC learning environment