1. Products / Reflections / … UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES?
NW Biology instructors Conference 2016
Inspiring Passion and Best Practices
Central Oregon Community College
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Sarah Fuller, Kevin Grove, Julie Gonsalves
VISION – To inspire passion and best practices in teaching and learning in individual faculty, departments, and community partners as first step toward promoting Vision and Change Core Concepts & Competencies.
MAIN GOAL– Individual faculty, departments, and community partners collaboratively generated and promoted excitement around active teaching and learning by providing and participating in a variety of activities.
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ACTIONS
BARRIERS & CHALLENGES
Products / Reflections / …
Science Dept. Collaborative Team Building : Marshmallow Challenge!
Science Dept. Journal Article Discussion: Promoting Student Metacognition
doi: /cbe CBE Life Sci Educ vol. 11 no
Soup Session 1: Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Soup Session 2: How do our students frame learning?
Friday Active Learning Journal Club - Partnership with OSU-Cascades STEM faculty
Activities were open to the Science department, entire campus, and/or OSU-Cascades. There were many participants in most activities, but in general, the participants were the “Choir.”
At this point there have not been any products generated from the activities conducted.
Follow-up soup sessions are planned for Spring 2016 to discuss how faculty encounter and address disconnect between student beliefs about learning.
RESOURCES & ALLIES
SUSTAINABILITY
Faculty in the department had various “connections” with passionate and knowledgeable leaders:
COCC Science Department Faculty
Wendi Wampler, PhD Physics Education
Provided epistemological framework training
Kevin Grove, Science Dept. Chair
Provided leadership on team-building
OSU Cascades Faculty
Ann Peterson, PhD Biology
Provided journal club leadership
Lane Community College
Dennis Gilbert, PhD Physics
Provided expertise about the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Regional Network
STRENGTHS & LEVERAGE
Soup session attendance increased from the first to the last session. Consistency of date and time, as well as continued offerings may improve attendance.
Utilizing department meetings with a captive audience may broaden participation beyond the “Choir.”
Providing a summary of activities, distributed among faculty, may increase visibility and curiosity.
Data regarding attendance at activities, and surveys regarding implementation of practices is valuable
Soup Sessions--seminars about active learning--were enhanced by providing soup for attendees at lunch time.
Department meetings ensured a captive audience for some activities.
FUTURE GOALS
Broaden the discussion beyond the “choir”.
Connect the conversation about learning goals to course outcomes and V & C Core Concepts & Competencies
UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES?
There was a lot of left over soup at the first soup session.
This work was supported in part by an NSF RCN UBE award #