1. www.cirtl.net CIRTL Network Meeting www.cirtl.net/networkgroup 11:00-12:30 ET/ 10:00-11:30 CT/ 9:00-10:30 MT / 8:00-9:30 PT This meeting will be recorded Begin by running the Audio Setup Wizard, Select : Tools>Audio> Setup (or select the wizard icon from the Audio & Video Window) Backup Call-in: Toll-free Number 1 (888) 291-0310 Passcode: 8846 941# Reminder: UX Project www.cirtl.net/UXproject

2. www.cirtl.net Agenda Introduction to Learning Communities – Bob Mathieu Examples of current CIRTL Learning Communities – Capstone: CIRTL Fellows, Vanderbilt – Derek Bruff – Course: Team Based Learning – Holly Bender – Research: DBER at Colorado – Noah Finkelstein – Campus: The Delta Learning Community – Bob Mathieu

3. www.cirtl.net Learning Communities … á la CIRTL

4. www.cirtl.net “Just tell them about shared objectives and functional relationships, and you're all set!” - Aaron Brower Learning Communities … á la CIRTL

5. www.cirtl.net Learning communitiesLearning communities bring together groups of people for shared learning, discovery, and generation of knowledge. To achieve common learning goals, a learning community nurtures functional relationships among its members. Learning Communities … á la CIRTL

6. www.cirtl.net At its simplest, a learning community is a community of people coming together to jointly pursue and accomplish specific learning goals. A learning community is supportive of its members as they collectively strive towards common learning goals and objectives and encourages a diversity of viewpoints and opinions. Furthermore, learning communities are intentional environments in that each and every program, activity and interaction within the community is intended to further the primary learning goals. (Brower & Dettinger, 1998; Smith, et al., 2004)

7. www.cirtl.net At its simplest, a learning community is a community of people coming together to jointly pursue and accomplish specific learning goals. A learning community is supportive of its members as they collectively strive towards common learning goals and objectives and encourages a diversity of viewpoints and opinions. Furthermore, learning communities are intentional environments in that each and every program, activity and interaction within the community is intended to further the primary learning goals.

8. www.cirtl.net At its simplest, a learning community is a community of people coming together to jointly pursue and accomplish specific learning goals. A learning community is supportive of its members as they collectively strive towards common learning goals and objectives and encourages a diversity of viewpoints and opinions. Furthermore, learning communities are intentional environments in that each and every program, activity and interaction within the community is intended to further the primary learning goals.

9. www.cirtl.net Four Elements 1) Shared learning and discovery 2) Functional relationships 3) Inclusive learning environments 4) Connections to broader learning experiences

10. www.cirtl.net Four Elements 1) Shared learning and discovery Shared learning and discovery can take many forms, but common to all is the de-centering of the teacher as the sole source of knowledge. The implicit assumption is that every person in the learning community has something to offer that will enhance the learning of others.

11. www.cirtl.net Four Elements 2)Functional relationships Learning communities develop when the interactions among learners are meaningful, functional and necessary to accomplish the “work” of the learning community; … Thus in a successful learning community, members will continue to interact because their interactions produce something of value to them and to the learning community itself.

12. www.cirtl.net Four Elements 3) Inclusive learning environments Much research exists that demonstrates that groups produce higher quality output (along many dimensions) when diverse perspectives are represented … Learning communities succeed when the diverse backgrounds and experiences of learners are welcomed in such a way that they enhance the group’s collective learning.

13. www.cirtl.net Four Elements 4)Connections to broader learning experiences Connections reduce curricular and personal isolation, increase diversity in people and programming, and programmatically create campus-wide “momentum” for educational and curricular reform. Connectivity is also cost- effective; from a campus standpoint, it is a vehicle for the sharing of resources, the delegation of responsibilities, and reduced redundancy of opportunities.

14. www.cirtl.net Future Faculty “Potential Participants” Current Faculty “Potential Participants” Local CIRTL Learning Community “Participants” Local CIRTL Team STEM = natural and social sciences, engineering, math Graduate students, post-docs Faculty, instructional staff X X X X Iowa State Vanderbilt Colorado Network Meetings

15. www.cirtl.net 1.Select the “A” tool. You may need to double click to bring up the font toolbar. 2.Select a font size (24 or larger) and color 3.Click on the white board and start typing. Hit return to post text. 4.Use the pointer tool to select, move and delete text.

16. www.cirtl.net What are shared Learning Outcomes and Goals of our LC ?

17. www.cirtl.net What can be our Functional Relationships in our LC ?

18. www.cirtl.net Capstone: CIRTL Fellows, Vanderbilt Derek Bruff

19. www.cirtl.net Course: Team Based Learning Holly Bender

20. Discipline-Based Education Research: A Learning Community at the University of Colorado Boulder A Learning Community at the University of Colorado Boulder Noah Finkelstein Physics Department University of Colorado Boulder Noah Finkelstein Physics Department University of Colorado Boulder CIRTL Network 19 July 2012

21. Learning Community At its simplest, a learning community is a community of people intentionally brought together to jointly pursue and accomplish specific learning goals (Brower & Dettinger, 1998). A learning community is supportive of its members as they collectively strive towards common learning goals and objectives and encourages a diversity of viewpoints and opinions. Furthermore, learning communities are intentional environments in that each and every program, activity and interaction within the community is intended to further the primary learning goals (Brower & Dettinger, 1998; Smith, et al., 2004). Aaron Brower, Chris Carlson-Dakes and Shihmei Barger. A Learning Community Model of Graduate Student Professional Development for Teaching Excellence in Higher Education.

22. 4 Elements (1) shared learning and discovery (2) functional relationships, (3) inclusive learning environments (4) connections to broader learning across campus (1) shared learning and discovery (2) functional relationships, (3) inclusive learning environments (4) connections to broader learning across campus Aaron Brower, Chris Carlson-Dakes and Shihmei Barger. A Learning Community Model of Graduate Student Professional Development for Teaching Excellence in Higher Education.

23. CU DBER roles: DBER: solving local interests / needs From LA programmatic meetings & PER meetings Serves as faculty development Building community Giving voice/ space for individuals Anchor for collaboration Loosely connected learning community DBER: solving local interests / needs From LA programmatic meetings & PER meetings Serves as faculty development Building community Giving voice/ space for individuals Anchor for collaboration Loosely connected learning community

24. Many threads woven into DBER Physics Molecular Biology Education Astrophysics Applied Mathematics Mathematics Engineering Outreach Integrative Physiology Chemistry Computer Science Evolutionary Biology Geosciences …

25. Adam Blanford Adam Light Akira Miyake Alice Healy Anastasia Maines Andrea Bair Andrew Martin Angel Hoekstra Angela Bielefeldt Anne Bekoff Anne Dougherty Anne Gold Anne-Barrie Hunter Anne-Marie Hoskinson Anthony Bosman Ariel Paul Audrey Schaiberger Barbara Kraus Barry Kluger-Bell Ben Spike Ben Van Dusen Benjamin Zwickel Bethany Wilcox Bill Wood Brian Argrow Brian Couch Callie Pilzer Cathy Regan Chandra Turpen Charles Baily Clayton Lewis Colin Wallace Corrie Colvin Danny Caballero Daria Kotys-Schwartz David Aragon David Webb Derek Reamon Diane Sieber Dick McCray Don Cooper Donna Coccamise Doug Duncan Doug Haller Ed Johnsen Eleanor Waxman Emly Moore Enrique Lopez Eric Stade Evelyn Puaa Fran Bagenal Garrett Nicodemus Gene Glass George Ortiz Heather Lewandowski Hilarie Nickerson Hunter Close Ian Caldwell Ian Her Many Horses Ingrid Ulbrich Jana Watson-Capps Jane Meyers Jane Stout Janet Casagrand Leilani Arthurs Lindsay Anderson Lorrie Shepard Louisa Harris Maegan Gilmour Margaret Asirvatham Marie Boyko Marina Cogan Marina Kogan Marina LaGrave Mary Ann Shea Mary Nelson Mateo de Valenzuela May Lee Melanie Yee Melinda Picket-May Melissa Dancy Michael Dubson Michael Wittman Mike Klymkowsky Mike Ross Miranda Rieter Nancy Guild Nathan Canney Noah Finkelstein Noah Podolefsky Okhee Lee PJ Bennett Rachel Pepper Rob Tubbs Robert Parson Robynn Lock Janet Tsai Jean Hertzberg Jeffrey Shainline Jenn Paul Glaser Jennifer Stempien Jenny Knight Jerry Rudy Jessica Gorski Jia Shi Jim Curry John Basey John Blanco John Falconer John Stocke Joshua Myatt Juan Ramirez Julia Chamberlain Kara Gray Kate Kidder Kathy Perkins Katie Hinko Katie Southard Kelly Battin Kelly Lancaster Kevin McElhaney Kim Trenbath Krista Marshall Laird Kramer LaRuth McAfee Laura Border Lauren Kost-Smith Laurie Langdon Roger Larson Ryan Grover Sam Reid Sandra Laurson Sara Brownell Sarah Wise Scott Franklin Seth Hornstein Seyitriza Tigrek Stacey Forsyth Stephanie Chasteen Stephanie Mollborn Stephanie Rivale Stephen Butler Steve Iona Steve Pollock Susan Hendrickson Teresa Foley Tiffany Ito Travis Lund Trish Loeblein Tyler Schelpat Ulaff (?) Benjamin Uma Swamy Valerie Otero Valerie Williams Victoria Hand Virginia Ferguson Wahab Baouchi

26. Integration – DBER Weekly Discipline Based Education Research (DBER) seminars For faculty, staff, and graduate students Ave 20+ participants, 12 0+ faculty, grads, staff in last year. 40 different programs and departments 4 schools/colleges DBE R

27. Integration – Chancellor’s Awards Kimberly Trenbath: First CU graduate ATOC Education Researcher. The materials key to revision of two courses in atmospheric sciences at CU. Continuing to faculty position

28. Integration – DBER as a Communication Hub DBE R

29. Building Networks and Funding LA Program (2003): –McCray (Astro), Wieman (Phys), Curry (Math), Wood (Bio), Otero (Educ) PhysTEC (Physics) NSF: CCLI, CAREER, TPC, PhET Science Education Initiative (5 Depts) NMSI UTeach (2-3 Colleges) LA Program (2003): –McCray (Astro), Wieman (Phys), Curry (Math), Wood (Bio), Otero (Educ) PhysTEC (Physics) NSF: CCLI, CAREER, TPC, PhET Science Education Initiative (5 Depts) NMSI UTeach (2-3 Colleges)

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31. DBER as Anchor for a Center for STEM Learning The University of Colorado as a national hub of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education research and reform University of Colorado is a national center for: Education in STEM disciplines Research on STEM education STEM faculty preparation

32. STEM Educational Transformation Discipline-Based Education Research Teacher Prep College & K12 Center Activities

33. A Variety of Mechanisms to support DBER Name Seminar series Funding / Chancellor Awards Symposia Academic Pathways Press / Communication / Fundraising Name Seminar series Funding / Chancellor Awards Symposia Academic Pathways Press / Communication / Fundraising

34. Integration – Chancellor’s Awards These awards fund: faculty (up to $10,000) and graduate students (25% RA) for DBER and/or educational course transformation. iSTEM has supported 45 individuals through this award program.

35. Integration – Chancellor’s Awards Drs. Falconer & Nicodemous, Engineering, Develop & teach with screencasts posted on our iTunes U at Colorado. More than 500 screencasts over 200,000 hits in the two months. Leading to TUES proposal

36. 2009: 09 September - Leilani Arthurs, Geological Sciences 16 September - Clayton Lewis, Computer Science 23 September - Eric Frew, Aerospace Engineering 30 September - Steven Pollock, Physics 07 October - Laurie Landgon, Chemistry 14 October - Valerie Otero, School of Education … 2010: 22 February- John Basey, Environmental Biology 01 March- Mike Klymkowsky, Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology 15 March- Angel Hoekstra and Bethany Wilcox, Sociology and Physics 29 March- Garret Nicodemus & Falconer, Engineering 12 April- Laura Border, Graduate Teacher Program …. 27 April - Kim Trenbath, Atmospheric Science … 2012: 28 February- Luana Prevost, MSU 06 March- Jamie Engel, Students for Education Reform 13 March- Tiffany Ito, Psychology and Neuroscience … Integration – DBER

37. Center for STEM Learning at CU Enhancing the quality and access to STEM education for CU, the state and the nation: Tools, resources and models for: DBER educational transformation teacher and faulty professional development Integrating 50 programs across 4 colleges at CU: Active educational transformation across 14 departments / programs Dozen PhDs supported Dozens of faculty supported Hundreds of faculty staff and grads engaged Thousands of undergrads students impacted This material is based upon work supported, in part, by the National Science Foundation, Award number: DRL 0833364. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

38. Change Strategies in STEM Education Prescribed Final Condition Emergent Final Condition Individuals Environment/Structures DEVELOPING Policy DEVELOPING Curriculum & Pedagogy DEVELOPING Shared Vision DEVELOPING Reflective Teachers Henderson, C., Beach, A., & Finkelstein, N. (2011) Facilitating Change in Undergraduate STEM Instructional Practices: An Analytic Review of the Literature, Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 48 (8), 952- 984.

39. Physics Education Research group at CU-Boulder Funded by: National Science Foundation William and Flora Hewlett Foundation American Association of Physics Teachers Physics Teacher Education Coalition American Institute of Physics American Physical Society National Math & Science Initiative Howard Hughes Medical Institute And generous donors like you. Grad Students: Stephanie Barr Kara Gray May Lee Mike Ross Ben Spike Ben Van Dusen Bethany Wilcox Teachers / Partners / Staff: Shelly Belleau Jackie Elser, Trish Loeblein Molly Giulliano Susan M. Nicholson-Dykstra Sara Severance Emily Quinty Mindy Gratny, Kate Kidder John Blanco, Sam Reid Chris Malley, Jon Olson Oliver Nix, Nina Zabolotnaya Faculty : Melissa Dancy Michael Dubson Noah Finkelstein Valerie Otero Kathy Perkins Steven Pollock Carl Wieman (on leave) Postdocs/ Scientists: Charles Baily Danny Caballero Stephanie Chasteen Julia Chamberlain Katie Hinko Kelly Lancaster Emily Moore Ariel Paul Noah Podolefsky Benjamin Zwickl

40. PhD’s in DBER at CU within disciplines: Physics (2002) Education /PER (2005) Chemistry (2007) Engineering (2007) Astrophysics (2011) Atmospheric Sciences (2012) Physics (2002) Education /PER (2005) Chemistry (2007) Engineering (2007) Astrophysics (2011) Atmospheric Sciences (2012)

41. www.cirtl.net A Campus Learning Community Conceptually driven and intentionally designed learning community of doctoral students, postdoctoral researchers, faculty, and staff who work together to develop their teaching skills.

42. www.cirtl.net Common Learning Goals and Objectives How to … Advance preparation for teaching success of STEM future faculty through the CIRTL core ideas Improve STEM undergraduate education on the UW–Madison campus through the use of Teaching-as-Research by graduates-through-faculty Position Learning-through-Diversity as an integral part of STEM teaching and learning initiatives across campus Function as a self-sustaining Learning Community that provides fluid leadership and membership roles to all participants

43. www.cirtl.net Common Learning Goals and Objectives How can I be a successful teacher as a part of my professional career? How can we advance preparation for teaching success of STEM future faculty through the CIRTL core ideas? How can we improve STEM undergraduate education at UW through the use of Teaching-as-Research? How can we foster self-sustaining Learning Communities that provides fluid leadership and membership roles to all participants How can we position Learning-through-Diversity as an integral part of STEM teaching and learning initiatives across campus? Where do I fit in, how can I join in, the national landscape?

44. www.cirtl.net Functional Relationships within Delta Expert – Novice (courses) Partners (internship seminars, facilitated small groups) Collaborators (TAR internships, TAR teams) Common Identity (RoundTable dinners) Mentor – Mentee (NSF Grad Research Fellowship; CAREER) Partners (LC development, leadership and operations)

45. www.cirtl.net The Learning Community in Action Instructional Materials Development College Classroom Workshops CCLE Roundtable Dinners Internships Delta Certificate Informal Education Effective Teaching with Technology Faculty Jobs! Expeditionary Learning Faculty Co-Leader

46. www.cirtl.net A Learning Community in Action Instructional Materials Development -Biology Tong (CBE) Jeanne (Entomology) College Classroom Walz (MATC) Balster (Soil Science) Workshops Bubenzer (L&S) Masters (BioEng) Timbie (Physics) CCLE Bubnezer (L&S) Roundtable Dinners Ackerman (AOS) Callahan (Grad School) Expeditionary Learning) Harris (Zoology) Desmond (Delta) Underwood (Physics) Internships Gillian-Daniel (Delta) Mathieu (Astro) Manske (Delta) Delta Certificate Gillian-Daniel (Delta) Informal Ed. Crone (Eng. Physics) Dunwoody (Journ) Effective Teaching w. Tech Blanchard (Eng. Phys) Wolf (DoIT) Diversity in the College Classroom Gillian-Daniel (Delta) Manske (Delta) International Faculty, International Students Barger (WCER) Wu (CEE) Delta Central Teaching Large Classes Balser (Soil Science) Research Mentor Training Pfund (Delta) STEM faculty and staff College Classroom: Multi-campus Gillian-Daniel (Delta) Manske (Delta) Petto (UWM) Teaching Statistics Nordheim (Stats) Informal Ed. – After- School clubs Dolly Ledin (CBE) College Classroom: Online Courter (ELC) Gruber (Biochem) Broader Impact Workshops Masters (BioEng) Pfund (Delta) Gillian-Daniel (Delta)

47. www.cirtl.net At its simplest, a learning community is a community of people coming together to jointly pursue and accomplish specific learning goals. A learning community is supportive of its members as they collectively strive towards common learning goals and objectives and encourages a diversity of viewpoints and opinions. Furthermore, learning communities are intentional environments in that each and every program, activity and interaction within the community is intended to further the primary learning goals. (Brower & Dettinger, 1998; Smith, et al., 2004)

48. www.cirtl.net “Just tell them about shared objectives and functional relationships, and you're all set!” - Aaron Brower Learning Communities … á la CIRTL

49. www.cirtl.net Ironically, opportunities to improve teaching abound on many campuses, but a community of supportive colleagues is often lacking. Learning communities are generally built upon mentoring relationships between “novices” (e.g., students) and “experts” (e.g., faculty), who help novices succeed in the face of competing pressures and expectations (Roberson et al., 1997). These mentoring relationships are characterized by rotating roles, where novices become experts who can provide peer support, guidance, and leadership, while experts revert to novices as they learn new skills and partake of new experiences (Shapiro & Levine, 1999). Learning communities have the added benefit of engendering strong feelings of belonging (Shapiro & Levine, 1999), feelings that can be so strong that members report changes in identity as a result of membership; their identities become aligned with the mission of the learning community and they feel a sense of responsibility towards the joint accomplishment of the mission (Tinto, et al., 1994).

50. www.cirtl.net Intentionality, reciprocity, and functionality are crucial to the successful implementation of functional relationships. Reciprocal relationships between individuals and the learning community as a whole need to be developed to discourage a one-way, “consumerist” model where members participate for the sole purpose of individual gain. Functional roles for individuals that allow them to “give back” to the community need to be intentionally created and allowed to grow organically as the community matures.

51. www.cirtl.net Shared Learning Objectives and Goals Advance preparation for teaching success of STEM future faculty Deeply understand the CIRTL core ideas Spread what I have learned Functional Relationships Partners cross-Network LC development; Network leadership and operations Expert – Novice Program development; switching roles constantly Collaborators Research and evaluation; publication Common Identity National change initiative

52. www.cirtl.net Future Faculty “Potential Participants” Current Faculty “Potential Participants” Local CIRTL Learning Community “Participants” Local CIRTL Team STEM = natural and social sciences, engineering, math Graduate students, post-docs Faculty, instructional staff Institutional leaders Administrative staff Graduate assistants Evaluation staff Steering Committee

53. www.cirtl.net Tech Slides (if needed)

54. www.cirtl.net Moving Rooms Broadcast of audio and video Turns off when switching rooms. You will need to re-transmit when Entering a breakout room or returning to the main room.

55. www.cirtl.net Meeting Sign In Please sign in with your name and institution so we can all start to learn each others names and affiliations.

56. www.cirtl.net CIRTL Network Blackboard Collaborate Orientation Session AUDIOVIDEO

57. www.cirtl.net Hands/Away/Poll Stepping Away Responding to a Poll Raising & Lowering your hand

58. www.cirtl.net 1.Select the “A” tool. You may need to double click to bring up the font toolbar. 2.Select a font size (24 or larger) and color 3.Click on the white board and start typing. Hit return to post text. 4.Use the pointer tool to select, move and delete text.

59. www.cirtl.net Any questions?