Advancing Learning Through Evidence-Based STEM Teaching

Course Description

In this MOOC course, you will learn about the “teaching as research” framework. This framework is a deliberate, systematic, and reflective use of research methods used to develop and implement teaching practices that advance the learning experiences and outcomes of both students and teachers.

Participants will learn about effective teaching strategies and the research that supports them, as well as how to collect and analyze evidence of student learning.

This course is targeted to graduate students and post-doctoral fellows within STEM disciplines (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) that are seeking faculty careers at college and university.

The “Teaching as Research” framework is a core idea of The Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning (CIRTL), which is a National Science Foundation (NSF) funded network of research universities committed to preparing outstanding future faculty in STEM disciplines, with the ultimate goal of improving undergraduate STEM education in the U.S.

Click here to go to the DEI page for An Introduction to Evidence-Based Undergraduate STEM teaching.

Course Introduction Video

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Course Team

Derek Bruff

Bruff is director of the Vanderbilt University Center for Teaching and a senior lecturer in the Vanderbilt Department of Mathematics. As director, he oversees the Center’s programming and offerings for faculty and graduate students, helping them develop foundational teaching skills and explore new ideas in teaching and learning. He also consults regularly with campus leaders about pedagogical issues, seeking to foster a university culture that supports effective teaching. Bruff’s research interests include educational technology, visual thinking, and social pedagogies. He blogs on these topics at derekbruff.org, and his book, Teaching with Classroom Response Systems: Creating Active Learning Environments, was published by Jossey-Bass in 2009. Bruff has taught at Harvard University and has a PhD in mathematics from Vanderbilt University.

Trina McMahon

Trina McMahon is a professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Bacteriology at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. She is Co-Faculty Director of the Delta Program at UW-Madison and currently oversees efforts to promote education innovation in the UW-Madison College of Engineering. McMahon’s research interests include microbial ecology, water quality, and environmental biotechnology. She has authored more than 70 research articles with her graduate students and is passionate about training future faculty. McMahon has a PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley.

Bennett Goldberg

Bennett Goldberg is Assistant Provost for Learning and Teaching, Director of the Searle Center for Advancing Learning and Teaching and Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Northwestern University. Prior to joining Northwestern, he served at Boston University as Director of STEM education, a professor of Physics, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, and Professor of Science Education. He is a former chair of the Physics Department and his active research interests are in nano-optics and spectroscopy of single viruses, semiconductor ICs, highly scattering porous media and 2D crystals. Goldberg was the founder and recently stepped down as Director of BU’s Center for Nanoscience and Nanobiotechnology, an interdisciplinary center that brings together academic and industrial scientists and engineers in the development of nanotechnology with applications in materials and biomedicine, and is the current director of BU’s nanomedicine program, bringing engineers and physical scientists together with medical researchers and clinicians.

Henry Rique Campa III

Henry (Rique) Campa, III is an Associate Dean in the Graduate School and a Professor of Wildlife Ecology in the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife at Michigan State University (MSU). As an Associate Dean, he develops, implements, and evaluates career and professional development programs associated with MSU’s PREP (Planning, Resilience, Engagement, and Professionalism) program. In addition, he also directs activities at MSU associated with the NSF-funded CIRTL (Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning) Network. Rique’s research interests are in the areas of wildlife-habitat relationships, ecosystem management, effects of disturbances on wildlife, and the professional development of graduate education.

Starts:May 31, 2017
Duration:6 weeks (Estimated 4-6 hours per week)
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