Join authors Stephanie Chasteen (University of Colorado Boulder) and Warren Code (University of British Columbia) as they discuss the messages from their new (free, opensource) Science Education Initiative Handbook on how to effectively use discipline-based education specialists to facilitate change within departments. They will discuss who makes a good educational expert, what their role can be within a department, how to train and support them, and engaging faculty and departments in change. … [Read more...]
Indiana University Learning Analytics Fellows receive AAU mini-grant for student success initiatives in STEM
Indiana University’s Learning Analytics Fellows, Jennifer Meta Robinson, Logan Paul, Jill Robinson, and Ken Shan have received a Mini-Grant from the Association of American Universities. The two-year, $20,000 award will advance their “Grade Surprise” research, allowing them to create and test interventions to improve student success in large STEM course. Please see the full announcement here. … [Read more...]
Can Data Make you a Better Teacher?
BVA members, George Rehrey from Indiana University Bloomington and Marco Molinari from UC Davis, are featured in The Chronicle of Higher Education's story about data. The article, Can Data Make You a Better Teacher? can only be accessed by Chronicle subscribers, however many institutions have subscriptions allowing their faculty and staff to read it. … [Read more...]