ED22B:
Using Our Own Scientific Research in Teaching Students in Higher Education: Innovations, Opportunities, and Challenges I


Session ID#: 8856

Session Description:
Academics, research scientists and research students are increasingly expected to disseminate their research to the public.  Apart from leading outreach programs, teaching university and college students based on one’s scientific investigations is also an effective way to further the impact of research through education.  It allows students to connect with their instructors in the learning process, thereby enhancing their understanding of research methodologies and discoveries.  However, linking one’s research with course contents and other scientific discoveries often presents pedagogical challenges.  In this session, we invite contributions from academics, research scientists and graduate students to discuss innovations and explore issues in linking their disciplinary, interdisciplinary or collaborative research to teaching in higher education.  We welcome contributions based on teachers’ own field-based, computational, experimental or theoretical research.  Innovative teaching methods used in lectures, seminars, online teaching, project supervision, as well as course and assessment design are particularly relevant to this session.
Primary Convener:  Vincent C H Tong, University College London, Arena Centre for Research-based Education, Department of Earth Sciences, London, United Kingdom
Convener:  Elena B Sparrow, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States
Chairs:  Vincent C H Tong, University College London, Arena Centre for Research-based Education, Department of Earth Sciences, London, United Kingdom and Elena B Sparrow, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Elena B Sparrow, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • PA - Public Affairs
Index Terms:

0810 Post-secondary education [EDUCATION]
0820 Curriculum and laboratory design [EDUCATION]
0825 Teaching methods [EDUCATION]
0845 Instructional tools [EDUCATION]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Urban Climate Change Resilience as a Teaching Tool for a STEM Summer Bridge Program (65256)
Bernice Reya Rosenzweig, CUNY City College, New York, NY, United States, Charles J Vorosmarty, Advanced Science Research Center at the Graduate Center, CUNY, Environmental Sciences Initiative, New York, United States, Aaron Socha, Bronx Community College, Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Bronx, NY, United States and Fabio Corsi, CUNY City College of New York, New York, United States
An open-source textbook for teaching climate-related risk analysis using the R computing environment (71377)
Patrick J Applegate, Penn State University, University Park, PA, United States and Klaus Keller, Dartmouth College, Thayer School of Engineering, Hanover, United States; Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, Geosciences, University Park, PA, United States
“Responding to Climate Change” Course: Research Integration (Invited) (75056)
Stephanie L Pfirman, Barnard College and Columbia University, New York, NY, United States and Jeff Shovlowsky Bowman, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, United States
NSF-supported education/outreach program takes young researchers to the Arctic (84161)
Vladimir A Alexeev1, John E Walsh2, Regine Hock3, Ute Kaden2, Eugenie Susanne Euskirchen4, Alexander L Kholodov5, Marion Syndonia Bret-Harte4 and Elena B Sparrow2, (1)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, United States, (2)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States, (3)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute, Fairbanks, United States, (4)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Institute of Arctic Biology, Fairbanks, AK, United States, (5)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute, Fairbanks, AK, United States
3D movies for teaching seafloor bathymetry, plate tectonics, and ocean circulation in large undergraduate classes (71390)
Carlye D Peterson1, Lorraine E Lisiecki2, Geoffrey Gebbie3, Bernd Hamann4, Louise H Kellogg5, Oliver Kreylos6, Markus Kronenberger7, Howard J Spero8, Gregory J Streletz4 and Christopher Weber7, (1)University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States, (2)University of California, Santa Barbara, Earth Science, Santa Barbara, United States, (3)Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, United States, (4)University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States, (5)University of California - Davis, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Davis, CA, United States, (6)University of California Davis, KeckCAVES, Davis, CA, United States, (7)University of Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany, (8)University of California Davis, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Davis, CA, United States
Using Place-Based Independent Class Projects as a Means to Hone Research Skills and Prepare a Future Geospatial Workforce (Invited) (85129)
Anupma Prakash1, Rudiger Gens2, Jordi Cristobal3, Christine F Waigl4, Matthew S Balazs5, Patrick Ryan Graham6, Christine Elizabeth Butcher6 and Elena B Sparrow6, (1)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Department of Geology and Geosciences, Fairbanks, AK, United States, (2)Alaska Satellite Facility, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, AK 99775, Fairbanks, United States, (3)Geophysical Institute Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States, (4)University of Alaska Fairbanks, International Arctic Research Center, Fairbanks, AK, United States, (5)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Alaska Coastal Cooperative, Fairbanks, United States, (6)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States
From field schools and the lecture hall to online: Hands-on teaching based on the real science experience worldwide for MOOCs ? (83246)
Falk Huettmann, University of Alaska Fairbanks, New Frontiers of Sound Science and Technology Center, EWHALE lab, Inst of Arctic Biology, Biology & Wildlife Dept., Fairbanks, United States

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