STEM Educational Excellence in Remote Instruction – Workshop 3
Resources
Agenda for the August 28 workshop
Presentation slides (PDF) from workshop 3
Engagement Activities
During the workshop, various engagement activities were embedded. This google document provides a growing list of information on how to use the engagement activities used during the STEM EDX workshops, why to use that particular engagement activity, and potential uses for the engagement activity. The engagement activities used in Workshop 1 were:
- Activity poster icebreaker
How-To Information
During the workshop, various activities involved technology that was being used in specific ways. Each document provides instructions on how these activities were carried out, and links to where to find more information.
- Setting up a Slack workspace for a class
- Setting up a GroupMe group for a class
Samples from STEM Faculty
During and after the workshop, ideas were shared on ways that faculty have structured special supports for remote teaching and learning. Examples shared by faculty are shared here, which can be adapted by other faculty for use.
- Concept map from a student in upper-level genetics course, and grading rubric (from Stanley Lo, UCSD) is posted in Slack workspace
- Instructions given to students in general chemistry on how to make a concept map, with grading rubric (from Stacey Brydges, UCSD)
- General Chemistry III syllabus (from Stacey Brydges’ remote instruction course, UCSD)
- Intro Bio Lab syllabus (from Stanley Lo’s remote instruction course, UCSD)
- Suggested weekly course sequence and other resource documents (from UOttawa)
Infographics Around Specific Issues Covered in the Workshop
The workshop organizers created infographics based on major focuses of the workshop.
- Summary of Meeting 3: from learning objectives to assessment design (being developed, link will post here soon)
Websites with Remote Instruction Resources for STEM Faculty
Revised Bloom’s taxonomy
Knowledge and cognitive process dimensions of Bloom’s taxonomy in periodic table format (from Renée Cole, University of Iowa).
Technology resources for alt proctored exams
Alternatives to proctored exams in STEM courses especially for remote instruction (Rutgers University).
Academic integrity resources
COVID-19 resources for taking action to support students’ academic integrity in remote instruction (UCSD).
Syllabus checklist
Checklist developed by Tricia Bertram Gallant (UCSD) for creating an inclusive an integrous* classroom (*integrous = a classroom where integrity is the norma and cheating is the exception). OSD in the checklist refers to Office of Student Disabilities at UCSD; at UMass Boston this is our Ross Center.
Another syllabus checklist/rubric on technology equity
This is from the PALM network (part of ASCB), this rubric focuses on making a syllabus for a course that is equitable for students with different technology constraints.
Getting started with Slack
Slack’s help site with info about how to set up a Slack workspace and how to manage it.
The Hitch-hiker’s guide to alternative assessment
PDF of a guide by Damien Gordon, University College Dublin) with many useful alternative assessment strategies for remote instruction in higher education explained, along with helpful advice how to implement.
The “Public Exam” option
This is a guide by Ben Wiggins on alternative ways of designing assessments (exams) to address many of the challenges that exams pose for students. Although this was not explicitly written for remote instruction, many of these strategies are especially relevant in remote instruction because those challenges are exacerbated now.
Keeping Community Going
Stay in touch with all workshop participants via the Slack workspace that has been set up. You should have received an invitation if you attended any of the STEM EDX workshops. Contact Hannah Sevian if not.