1. Implementing Change in Pedagogy
Nationally teaching loads are going to increase and oversight is going to increase, need to encourage our administrators we are going to lead the charge with pedagogical quality
Promote evolution in pedagogy via small chunks with recognized early successes—help to broaden application of best practices
Making significant changes in pedagogy requires little effort
Demonstrate “low hanging fruit” in your department
Streamline/simplify online tools?
Identify/acknowledge/celebrate tools that faculty are likely already using
Hold workshops or semester long pedagogy course for new graduate students
Multiple opportunities for graduate students to teach and mentor both on disciplinary and interdisciplinary basis
Encourage Cutting Edge/IRIS workshops for Early Career and future faculty
Place Dave McConnell’s course online/use CIRTL online resources
Hosting traveling workshop on pedagogy
Making good assessments and ways of implementing them and developing a national network of assessment (Cutting Edge/InTeGrate efforts (GLE survey) already exists)

2. Technology
Technology is a critical tool, but doesn’t replace direct interaction
Technology provides unique capability to bring spatial information into the classroom – but students still need to make paper sketches/estimates – should be an interactive exercise
The biggest value-add from interaction is in modeling how to think about processing information and solving problems
Technology includes online instruction and new video technology, visualization, large data
Encourage application of new technologies by faculty and grad students
Train graduate students in on-line instruction
Develop best practices for on-line instruction. Can we map them from the classroom?
Do students learn differently today as a result of technology? We need to determine what is effective for them online
Conduct research on learning-with-technology in Earth sciences, assess student learning and disseminate results broadly
Determine effectiveness of online education at different levels (gen. ed, core)