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Updated March 7, 2014

Improving the Undergraduate STEM Experience

March 13 - 14, 2014
National Academy of Sciences
2101 Constitution Avenue, Washington, D.C.


Thursday, March 13, 2014

8:00-8:30 a.m.
Registration / Light Breakfast / Poster Drop-off
East Anteroom
8:30-8:45 a.m.
Welcome and Introductions
Joni Falk, TERC
NAS 125
8:50-10:00 a.m.
Keynote Address: Transforming STEM Education: Where Gladly Will They ALL LEARN,
Shirley Malcom, Head of Education and Human Resources Programs at AAAS
Introduction: Jay Labov, National Research Council
NAS 125
10:00-10:15 a.m.
Morning Break / Light Refreshments
East Anteroom
10:15-11:45 a.m.
Panel of Thought Leaders: Designing & Evaluating Innovation at Different Scales: From Individual Projects to Structural Reform
Daniel Goroff, Program Director, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation;
Jay Labov, Senior Advisor for Education and Communication, National Research Council;
Jeanne Narum, Principal, Learning Spaces Collaboratory (LSC); Director Emeritus, Project Kaleidoscope; Director of the Independent Colleges Office (ICO);
Nancy Shapiro, Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at the University System of Maryland;
M.J. Bishop, Director of the Center for Innovation and Excellence in Learning and Teaching (CIELT) at the University System of Maryland
NAS 125
11:45-12:00 p.m.
Sign-ups for Breakouts
East Anteroom
12:00-1:00 p.m.
Working Lunch / Poster Set up
West Court
1:00-2:15 p.m.
Breakout 1
  • "Paving the Way for Sustainable Change: How Administrative Policies and Practices Impact STEM Innovation," Nancy Shapiro and M.J. Bishop, facilitators
  • "Generating Evidence Requires Plans, Not Just Data," Daniel Goroff, facilitator
  • Open Sessions, topics nominated at conference

NAS 125
Boardroom
Rooms 280/250
2:30-4:00 p.m.
Breakout 2
  • "Moving from Filters to Pumps in STEM: Restructuring Introductory Undergraduate STEM Courses," Jay Labov, facilitator
  • "Constructing Out-of-the-Box, Resilient Environments for Undergraduate STEM Learning Communities," Jeanne Narum, facilitator
  • Open Sessions, topics nominated at conference

Boardroom

West Court

Rooms 280/250
4:15-6:00 p.m.
Poster Session / Hors d’oeuvres served
West Court
6:00 p.m.
Dinner on your own

Friday, March 14, 2014

8:00-8:30 a.m.
Light Breakfast
East Anteroom
8:30-8:45 a.m.
Welcome
Joni Falk, TERC
NAS 125
8:45-9:45 a.m.
Funders Panel: Visions of Innovation
Susan Singer, National Science Foundation;
Ryan Kelsey, Helmsley Trust;
Cynthia Bauerle, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
NAS 125
9:45-10:10 a.m.
Morning Break and Sign-ups for Breakouts
East Anteroom
10:15-11:45 a.m.
Breakout 3
  • What are the innovations that have had a significant impact on transforming the STEM student experience (curricular or extracurricular, for majors or for non-majors)? How do we gather effective evidence?
  • What are the innovations that have had a significant impact on broadening participation in STEM? What is the evidence of effectiveness?
  • What are the innovative policies or processes that have created cultural change on your campus and have improved STEM teaching and learning? How can we design future programs to collect evidence of effectiveness?
  • Project Collaboration Meeting Space

Room 280
Boardroom
Room 250

West Court
12:00-12:30 p.m.
Facilitators' Synthesis of Breakout 3 Discussions
NAS 125
12:30-12:50 p.m.
Thought Leader Wrap-up
NAS 125
12:50-1:00 p.m.
Parting Remarks
Joni Falk, TERC
NAS 125