President’s Innovation Fund Conference Day – March 7, 2019 President’s Innovation Fund Grantees Margaret Shippey, Director, Faculty Development and Classroom Engagement

Session Overview Objectives

• To provide an overview of the President’s Innovation Fund

• To share the 2018-2019 projects (currently still in implementation phase)

Structure • Background on the

President’s Innovation Fund

• Project Overviews

• Q&A

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Background and Purpose • Made possible through the support of the Mitchell Wolfson,

Sr. Foundation

• To encourage MDC professors to research and test pioneering instructional delivery approaches aimed at improvements in student engagement and success

• 2018 Priorities • Collaboration: projects that are interdisciplinary with a focus on

project-based learning • Internationalization: projects that infuse global perspectives and

cross-cultural competence into the curriculum • Technology: projects that infuse a new or existing technology to

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2018-2019 Timeline

November 2017 • Innovation Fund

launched • Information webinar

November 2017 -February 2018 • RFP Period • F2F Information sessions

March 2018 • Review process • Grantees announced

March 2018 – April 2019 • Grant period

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2018-2019 Projects What is Light Telling Us? Spectral Analysis ofAstronomical Objects: An InterdisciplinaryProject (Homestead)

• Eduardo Araujo-Pradere, Physics and Astronomy • James Ley, Chemistry

Illuminating Excellence: The Academy ofStrategy (North)

• Kimberly Carter, English and Communications • Laurel Erin Fennell, Learning Resources • Selena M. Respass, Criminal Justice

Changing the World Using an "Inside OutClassroom:" A Collaboration between Social Sciences and School of Justice (North)

• Samantha Carlo, Criminal Justice • Minca Davis-Brantley, Psychology

Discovery-Based Biology Research Course (Interamerican)

• Maria Guerrero, Biology

Chemistry Mobile Web Application (Wolfson) • Davia Hudson-Holness, Chemistry

Support for Undergraduate Biology and Education (SUBE) Program (Interamerican and North)

• Marlene Morales, Education • Jorge Obeso, Biology

I.C.O.R.E. Interdisciplinary CommunityOriented Research Experiences (North)

• Andreina Aguado Jimenez, Chemistry • Lesly Jean Philippe, Biology • Tchao Podona, Chemistry • Selwyn A. Williams, Biology

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2018-2019 Projects What is Light Telling Us? Spectral Analysis ofAstronomical Objects: An InterdisciplinaryProject (Homestead)

• Eduardo Araujo-Pradere, Physics and Astronomy • James Ley, Chemistry

Illuminating Excellence: The Academy ofStrategy (North)

• Kimberly Carter, English and Communications • Laurel Erin Fennell, Learning Resources • Selena M. Respass, Criminal Justice

Changing the World Using an "Inside OutClassroom:" A Collaboration between Social Sciences and School of Justice (North)

• Samantha Carlo, Criminal Justice • Minca Davis-Brantley, Psychology

Discovery-Based Biology Research Course (Interamerican)

• Maria Guerrero, Biology

Chemistry Mobile Web Application (Wolfson) • Davia Hudson-Holness, Chemistry

Support for Undergraduate Biology and Education (SUBE) Program (Interamerican and North)

• Marlene Morales, Education • Jorge Obeso, Biology

I.C.O.R.E. Interdisciplinary CommunityOriented Research Experiences (North)

• Andreina Aguado Jimenez, Chemistry • Lesly Jean Philippe, Biology • Tchao Podona, Chemistry • Selwyn A. Williams, Biology

What is Light Telling Us? Spectral Analysis of Astronomical Objects: An Interdisciplinary Project

Eduardo Araujo-Pradere, Physics and Astronomy

James Ley, Chemistry

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What is Light Telling Us? Spectral Analysis of Astronomical Objects: An Interdisciplinary Project

Dr. James Ley (Chemistry) & Dr. Eduardo Araujo-Pradere (Physics & Astronomy) MDC – HOMESTEAD CAMPUS

Project Overview: With this project, we designed, implemented and assessed innovative and inspiring hands-on student activities in spectroscopy for both science and non-science majors. This project has three main goals:

(1) Promote student’s cognitive and affective gains by means of innovative hands-on science experiments not commonly available to undergraduate students,

(2) Increase students’ engagement, cooperative learning and achievement by use of the evidenced-based PBL approach, and

(3) to demonstrate that this approach is effective for our specific student body and can serve in the future as an easily scalable and replicable model to impact a substantial number of students across disciplines college-wide.

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In class

and

In the field

Two hands-on activities for students:

What is Light Telling Us? Materials /Outcomes

Project Outcomes: - Installation/Calibration: Telescopes

assembled, calibrated, and integrated with cameras and spectroscopic gratings. Initial spectrum acquired, pseudo instrument response determined. ✅

- Faculty Manuals: Step-by-step guide for faculty for the in-class, and field spectral analysis student activities. ✅

- Student Handouts: Handouts with instructions for students for the in-class, and field spectral analysis student activities. ✅

- Website: A college-hosted website will display the student-collected spectral data and astronomical information.

- Student Presentations: Students abstracts and posters at local and regional conferences (CURFIU 2019) ✅

Materials previously acquired from different

sources

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What is Light Telling Us? Students’ In-Class Results

Neon Argon

Hydrogen

- Prof. Mark Chiappone (Homestead, Biology) is introducing our in-class activity into his biology labs.

- Chemistry Adjuncts (Homestead) are this semester including the in-class and field activities in their classes.

- Interest to replicate the project at other institutions (after presentation by the Faculty at different meetings).

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What is Light Telling Us? Students’ Field Results

Spectra of stellar objects captured and analyzed by MDC students enrolled in Introductory Chemistry and Descriptive Astronomy classes (CHM1025 & AST1002). These students had no previous experience working with telescopes and spectroscopes. The upper right corner shows the spectrum of Vega, in the constellation Lyra. The absorption lines of the hydrogen atom are marked. This demonstrates for the

students the presence of hydrogen atoms in the stars and the universality of science principles.

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Illuminating Excellence: The Academy of Strategy

Dr. Kimberly Carter, English & Communications Professor Erin Fennell, Learning Resources Professor Selena Respass, School of Justice

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North Campus

Illuminating Excellence: The Academy of Strategy

Project Team • Dr. Kimberly Carter,

English & Communications • Professor Erin Fennell,

Learning Resources • Professor Selena Respass,

School of Justice

Project Overview • The Academy addresses students’

reading comprehension of course materials.

• The Academy is a workshop series that may be adopted by any discipline to support their struggling readers.

• Early observations • The Fall student usage of the

Writing Center was excellent. • Students from the Fall Cohort are

enrolled together in Spring courses. • Based on the Fall Pretest and

Posttests, students’ reading comprehension increased.

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Inside Out Prison Exchange Program

Dr. Minca Brantley, Social Science Professor Samantha Carlo, Criminal Justice

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Inside Out Prison Exchange Program

Project Team • Dr. Minca Brantley

• Social Science - North • Professor Samantha Carlo

• Criminal Justice – North

Project Overview • Need or Learning Gap

• We wanted to see if taking a course in prison with inmates would impact the learning experience

• Project Design • Early Observations:

• The learning environment is already proving to be a changemaking experience

• MDC students are not only learning the content in their classes but are also learning about social justice issues

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Discovery-based Biology Laboratory Course

Maria A. Guerrero, PhD

InterAmerican Campus 17

InterAmerican Campus Math and Natural Sciences

Biology/Microbiology

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What need does the project address?

To inspire students to pursue careers in science by: - original research - introductory biology course

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What need does the project address?

To address a worldwide health problem – the decreasing supply of new and effective antibiotics by:

- student sourcing antibiotic discovery (many student researchers) - under the umbrella of Tiny Earth Network 20

https://tinyearth.wisc.edu/about-us/our-network/

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Summer 18

Planning and preparation period: Purchase of equipment/disposables; allocating incubator, refrigerator and freezer space for weekly work and storage, media preparation, stock cultures maintenance

Fall 18 Spring 19

Teach both, research BSC 2010 L section concurrent with traditional BSC 2010L section. Pre- and post-surveys for both labs.

Teach both, research BSC 2010 L section concurrent with traditional BSC 2010L section. Pre- and post- surveys for both labs.

Project Timeline 22

Small set of samples to make any conclusions, however:

Early observations 23

Chemistry Mobile Web Application

Davia Hudson-Holness, Ph.D. Chemistry

Wolfson Campus 24

Project Overview

• Need being addressed by the project

• How the need is being addressed

• Accomplishments to date

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Need being Addressed Improving pass rates in Introductory

Chemistry – CHM 1025

Beginning level chemistry course

Gateway course for STEM students

High Enrollment Low Pass rates (HELP) course

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Addressing the Need Development of

Chemistry Mobile Application

New and innovative way for teaching and learning

Writing chemical formulas 27

Accomplishments to Date • Collaboration between Summer 2018 –

MDC students, faculty Creation of application and staff from Natural Science, ENTEC and Fall 2018 – Testing the MAGIC usability of the

application

Spring 2019 – Testing the effectiveness of the application on teaching and learning

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Accomplishments to Date ANDROID DEVICES IOS Devices

By Searching https://testflight.apple “Learn Chemistry .com/join/CZdwThTq

MDC”

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SUBE: Support for Biology & Education Programs

Dr. Marlene Morales, School of Education Kendall Campus

Dr. Jorge L. Obeso, School of Science, North Campus

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SUBE: Support for Biology & Education Programs

• Dr. Marlene Morales, School of Education, MDC-Kendall Campus

• Dr. Jorge L. Obeso, School of Science, MDC-North Campus, BHW Department.

Project Overview The Problem:

• Since 1984, the Florida Departmentof Education (FLDOE) has officiallyidentified a critical shortage of STEM teachers.

• According to MDCPS, currently 63% of the teachers teaching STEM courses are teaching out-of-field. Meaning, these teachers do not have the strong content background in science

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SUBE: Support for Biology & Education Programs

THE CHALLENGE:

There is a greater need for the SOS and SOE to work collaboratively to identify, recruit and develop a pool of highly qualified science educators – STEM majors- to fulfill the needs of a high-needs school district such as Miami-Dade County

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SUBE: Support for Biology & Education Programs

Project SUBE working hypothesis is that

(1) early experiential learning activities for undergraduates who have not considered STEM education as a career option will help them evaluate/re-consider this option by engaging in early experiential project-based biology teaching activities with K-12 students in collaboration with our identified community partners at informal science centers and

(2) that these experiences will improve students’ success and retention rates in participating courses [when compared to their non-SUBE cohorts].

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SUBE: Support for Biology & Education Programs

Project Overview How are you going about trying to address it?

• Enrolling education and STEM students in the SUBE program.

• Identifying students’ attitudes and perceptions regarding careers in STEM education (pre-survey).

• Providing students with experiential, project-based learning opportunities in STEM education in the community.

• Data will be collected to evaluate effectiveness of experiential learning activities (post-survey).

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I.C.O.R.E. Interdisciplinary Community Oriented Research Experiences

Dr. Selwyn Williams (lead faculty) Dr. Lesley Jean Philippe Dr. Andreina Aguado Jimenez Dr. Tchao Podona 35

North Campus

I.C.O.R.E. Project Team

• Title: I.C.O.R.E. InterdisciplinaryCommunity Oriented ResearchExperiences: A Novel Model forIntegrating Authentic ResearchExperiences into Introductory andAdvanced Laboratory Courses at MDC.

• Team members • Dr. Selwyn Williams (lead faculty) • Dr. Lesley Jean Philippe • Dr. Andreina Aguado Jimenez • Dr. Tchao Podona

• Discipline(s) • Biology and Chemistry

• Campus(es) • North

Project Overview • What need or learning gap are you trying to

address with your project? • Increase historically underrepresented

minorities in STEM. • How are you going about trying to address

it? • ICORE is a model for the integration of

authentic research experiences intointroductory and advanced labcourses in biology and chemistry.

• Inquiry-driven student experiencesbased on addressing a centralresearch problem or idea currentlyaffecting local/global communities.

• Early observations • Increase in student engagement in

sciences. • Improvement in academic

performance in lab science courses. • Increase interest in civic engagement

and community service.

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ICORE Objectives

What are our goals? 1. Broaden participation by

increasing the number ofstudents engaged in authenticresearch experiences

2. Increase overall student success by improvingacademic performance in introductory, intermediateand advanced science courses.

3. Increase students’ interest in civic engagement and use ofinterdisciplinary research to address local and globalchallenges

What’s our research? • The central research theme of

this project focuses onsustainable water resource management and qualitymonitoring in Miami.

• Students enrolled in ICORE laboratory courses in GeneralChemistry, Organic Chemistry, Microbiology and Geneticsemploy chemical, microbiologicaland genotoxicity testing tomeasure key aspects of waterquality.

• Specifically, the research isactively engaged in water qualitymonitoring of the WagnerCreek/Seybold Canal, historicallyconsidered to be one of the most polluted waterways in Miami.

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Project Activities

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Site visits and water sample collection at Wagner Creek/Seybold Canal.

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ICORE Research Poster Session and Award Ceremony, Fall 2018

Panel Q&A

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President’s Innovation Fund Conference Day – March 7, 2019 President’s Innovation Fund Grantees Margaret Shippey, Director, Faculty Development and Classroom Engagement