Collaborative Research: Cyberlearning at Community Colleges (C3): Faculty Scholarship, E-science, and Open Curriculum

Information

  • NSF Award
  • 0937800
Owner
  • Award Id
    0937800
  • Award Effective Date
    11/1/2009 - 15 years ago
  • Award Expiration Date
    9/30/2013 - 11 years ago
  • Award Amount
    $ 169,925.00
  • Award Instrument
    Continuing grant

Collaborative Research: Cyberlearning at Community Colleges (C3): Faculty Scholarship, E-science, and Open Curriculum

Biological Sciences (61)<br/><br/>The objective of this project is to provide structured professional development opportunities that engage undergraduate biology faculty in exploring contemporary teaching practices. Biology, microbiology, anatomy and physiology faculty participate in twelve workshops emphasizing collaborative curriculum development and in project-based online group work. Professional development activities are built around the effective use of existing and publicly accessible digital library materials; networked computing and communications technologies; and E-science resources.<br/><br/>This project, conducted jointly by the University of Pittsburg and Beloit College, engages biology faculty in cyberlearning experiences and prepares them to help their students take advantage of cyberlearning opportunities. This work provides insights into the ways that science educators take advantage of new knowledge-sharing tools to make their own learning accessible, and how enhancing the collective understanding in professional teaching communities informs the use of these same tools in classrooms.<br/><br/>This project addresses challenges faced by community college science educators by helping biology faculty enhance science teaching and learning by effectively using publicly available materials and tools. By partnering with teaching societies and digital libraries that actively reach out to two-year faculty the project has access to workshop attendees and large numbers of teachers who participate in online faculty development projects.

  • Program Officer
    Victor P. Piotrowski
  • Min Amd Letter Date
    8/20/2009 - 15 years ago
  • Max Amd Letter Date
    7/6/2011 - 13 years ago
  • ARRA Amount

Institutions

  • Name
    Beloit College
  • City
    BELOIT
  • State
    WI
  • Country
    United States
  • Address
    700 COLLEGE STREET
  • Postal Code
    535115509
  • Phone Number
    6083632201

Investigators

  • First Name
    John
  • Last Name
    Jungck
  • Email Address
    jungck@udel.edu
  • Start Date
    8/20/2009 12:00:00 AM
  • First Name
    Ethel
  • Last Name
    Stanley
  • Email Address
    stanleye@beloit.edu
  • Start Date
    8/20/2009 12:00:00 AM

FOA Information

  • Name
    Human Subjects
  • Code
    116000

Program Element

  • Text
    NATIONAL SMETE DIGITAL LIBRARY
  • Code
    7444

Program Reference

  • Text
    UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION
  • Code
    9178
  • Text
    SCIENCE, MATH, ENG & TECH EDUCATION