HETS Presentation

1. Thursday, February 16, 2012

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3. URL Presentation
• http://www.slideshare.net/STEMmED2
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4. STEMmED
•Objectives
•More Hispanic students in STEM
•Facilitate study of science
•Change perception of science
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5. Who we are
Mayra Alonso
John Olmo
Antonio Vantaggiato
Doribel Rodríguez
María Lázaro
Staff
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6. Students
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7. Academic areas
Biology
Chemistry
Math
Computer Science
Web Technologies
Biotechnology
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8. “Model Replication Institutions”
initiative (2009)
fully adopted
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9. Components
• Outreach and Precollege Activities
• Undergraduate Research
• Infrastructure and Lab Renovation
• Faculty Development
• Student Support
• Curriculum Development
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11. Outreach and precollege
activities
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12. Pre-college
Immersion
Program
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13. Summer Immersion
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14. Summer Immersion
Science and Math Workshops
Web Technologies
Field Trips
Laboratories
Academic Counseling
Mentoring
Coaching in English and Spanish
Languages and Cultures
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15. LAD
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16. Undergraduate Research
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17. Research
Faculty & Students
Research
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24. Bacteriological analysis of the Martin Peña Channel and
the lagoons nearby the Estuary San Juan bay Area:
Detection of coliforms.
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25. Dissemination
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26. Infrastructure and Lab
Renovation
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28. Science LAB Science LAB Science LAB
Science LAB
Science LAB
Science LAB
Science LAB
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29. Technology used:
Group-aware Open
furniture for Computing
with Mac and 40” LCD &
Science Media SMARTBoards
Lab Windows
Workstation
Web 2.0-Based Creative
Pedagogy in LiveText as
Commons
Redesigned core Assessment Tool
Licensing
Course
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32. Second Life
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33. Faculty
Development
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34. Faculty Development
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35. Faculty
Development
Resources
Technology
Emerging teaching
methods
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36. Revolution by Lawrence Whittemore
18 de septiembre de 2009 Jim Groom Mario Núñez
University of Mary Wash- Universidad de Puerto
Science Media Lab ington, Fredericksburg. Rico, RUM. Decano de los
9:00am - 12:30pm Gurú de Wordpress multi- blogueros puertorriqueños
stemmed.sagrado.edu user y creador de la ar- y profesor de sicología. A
quitectura Syndication través de su blog DigiZen
Seminario para facultad Web 2.0 Bus. Le encantan las escribe de educación,
películas de Mario Bava. Web y política. Le encanta
Reconocido por su blog Neil Young.
bavatuesdays.
Seminarios STEMmED.Labs 2009
Wordpress µ blogs &
nueva web the Syndication Bus
educacion
superior
Oradores invitados/Keynotes:
dolors reig jim groom mario nunez
El Caparazón Bavatuesdays Digizen
JimGroom~MarioNúñez
Programa y Registro: http://simposio.stemmed.sagrado.edu
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37. Revolution by Lawrence Whittemore
18 de septiembre de 2009 Jim Groom Mario Núñez
University of Mary Wash- Universidad de Puerto
Science Media Lab ington, Fredericksburg. Rico, RUM. Decano de los
9:00am - 12:30pm Gurú de Wordpress multi- blogueros puertorriqueños
stemmed.sagrado.edu user y creador de la ar- y profesor de sicología. A
quitectura Syndication través de su blog DigiZen
Seminario para facultad Web 2.0 Bus. Le encantan las escribe de educación,
películas de Mario Bava. Web y política. Le encanta
Reconocido por su blog Neil Young.
bavatuesdays.
Seminarios STEMmED.Labs 2009
Wordpress µ blogs &
the Syndication Bus A STEMmED_Labs
SEMINAR!!!
Mathematica in
JimGroom~MarioNúñez Education & Research
Mathematica in Education & Research
What: ! Un seminario STEMmED_Labs
We'll be discussing a wide variety of practical and
theoretical applications. Attendees will not only see When: !February 24, 2010
new features in the current version of Mathematica but Where:!SCIENCE MEDIA LAB (SC 305)
will also receive examples of this functionality to Time: ! 1:30 - 3:00PM
begin using immediately. No Mathematica experience
Talk: ! Ginger McKee, Wolfram Research
is required, and students are encouraged to attend.
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38. Student
Support
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39. Coaching
Lab
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40. Curriculum
Development
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41. STEM Courses redesign
Dr. Rosa Ojeda
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42. Web 2.0 Technologies +
New Constructivist &
Connectionist Pedagogies
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43. Instructional design
centered on:
• Blogs & syndication
• Social Bookmarking
• Moodle
• Coaching
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44. STEM Courses
redesign
• Intensive week of workshops
• Syllabus Review
• Course Assessment Process
• Evaluation of Web 2.0 tools in the
redesigned courses
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45. Course Redesign -> Web 2.0
✤ 21 courses
✤ Faculty participation:
73%
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46. Course Assessment Process
Dr. Gloria López
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47. Course Assessment Process
• Individual reviews with teachers of the activities on Web
2.0 use.
• A rubric was implemented that examines the inclusion of
Web 2.0 tools as stipulated by Sagrado.
• Webcasts for faculty with announcements and
instructions.
• Coordination with the Office of Institutional Research.
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48. Evaluation of Web 2.0 tools in the
STEMmED courses
Dr. Carmen Padial
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49. Evaluation of Web 2.0 tools in
the STEMmED courses
• The goal of this study was to evaluate the
integration of WEB2.0 applications and
multimedia software in the teaching
activities of core science courses.
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50. Rationale
 Respond to the activity of integration of
WEB 2.0 technologies and pedagogies to core
science courses proposed by the STEMmED
project, whoes main goal is to facilitate the
study of science so that more Hispanics may
successfully graduate from scientific areas.
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51. The students say
• Do you recommend the use of WEB 2.0
and other applications for this course?
• Yes - 73.8%
• No - 14.4%
• No answer 11.8
%
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52. RETENTION DATA
Retention 86%
Control Group of Immersion Students
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53. Institutionalization
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54. Present
&
Future
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55. 2011-2016
STEMmED II: House of Science
Universidad del Sagrado Corazón
Departamento de Ciencias Naturales
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56. • Outreach and
Precollege
Activities
• Undergraduate
research
• Infrastructure
and Lab
Renovation
• Faculty
Development
• Student Support
• Curriculum
Development
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57. Objectives
STEMmED II
STEMmED II
STEMmED II
• Graduate more Hispanic students in STEM
• Facilitate study of science
• Retention
• Positively affect perceptions of science
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58. Components
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59. Outreach and Precollege
Activities
•Prep week (All newly
admitted STEM
students):
• University Life
•How to study
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60. Undergraduate Research
• Students doing research
with faculty supervision (3
students for each professor
x 4 faculty per year)
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61. Infrastructure and Lab
Renovation
• House of Science
• STEM Learning Data Clearinghouse
• CRAB
• Chemistry Lab
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62. Curriculum Development
Web 2.0
Redesign 38 courses
Faculty development
Math & Computing
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63. Model Articulation Agreements
• Borough of Manhattan Community College
(CUNY)
• Agreement Biotechnology
• Other institutions in Puerto Rico
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64. • avantaggiato@sagrado.edu
• stemmed.sagrado.edu
• Twitter: @STEMmEDusc
• Facebook: STEMmED Usc
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