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Making it Work at Your Institution “A Recipe for Success”

Seminar XIII. Learning Objectives. Orient. Inform. Stimulate. Demonstrate. Application Opportunities. Assess &Feedback. Self-assessment. Making it Work at Your Institution “A Recipe for Success”. Stu Bernstein—University of Nebraska Whitney Lutey—Montana State University

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Making it Work at Your Institution “A Recipe for Success”

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  1. Seminar XIII Learning Objectives Orient Inform Stimulate Demonstrate Application Opportunities Assess &Feedback Self-assessment Making it Work at Your Institution “A Recipe for Success” Stu Bernstein—University of Nebraska Whitney Lutey—Montana State University Audra Morse—Texas Tech University

  2. Activity • List one ExCEEd element you plan to implement and explain why • List one ExCEEd element you do not plan to implement and why • You have 2 minutes!

  3. Recipes of Success • We want to present how we made the ExCEEd elements work • Call this the ingredients • Collectively, the ingredients make up the Recipe of Success

  4. The Chef: Whitney • Assistant Professor • Montana State University • 32 full-time faculty members and adjunct; 6 new hires in last 3 years • 575 +/- undergraduate and 35 graduate students • Class size for junior level courses range from 25 to 85 students • Third Year Retained! • ExCEEd and test scores • Duties • 12+ units teaching/year • Outreach • Service • Student advisor 45+ students, internship advisor, student chapter advisor, etc. • ExCEEd Graduate 2007 • Assistant Mentor 2008 Fayetteville

  5. Lessons From ExCEEd • Get to know students • Teach to variety of learning styles • Be prepared and organized • Anticipate questions • Have fun

  6. Personalizing ExCEEd Ingredients • Know the students • First major assignment is their resume: gain an understanding of their background • Photographs are great to memorize names, students like it when you know who they are and their interests • Build rapport and excitement right away K’nex Bridge Building Competition worked great in Construction Estimating

  7. Personalizing ExCEEd Ingredients • Preparation - converted ~70% of lessons to board notes • Retained pictures, processes, specification breakdowns, etc. in PowerPoint ideal for use as a follow-up tutorial available in the class file • All example problems converted to board notes

  8. Personalizing ExCEEd Ingredients • Assessment of teaching/learning – in-class and mid-term • Numerous thumbs up/down questions to determine if we were all on the same page in class • Mid-term anonymous survey – “suggestions for improvement”

  9. Restaurant Reviews Personal Success! Student open-response review comments: “Learning objectives help outline the objectives for the day.” “Organized course material well with learning objectives.” “I’ve never seen an instructor give a mid-semester evaluation and make substantive changes based on it. I’m impressed.”

  10. Tools of the Trade • Sports analogies work well: The whiffle ball and bat work as a good instrument for illustrating proper follow through in construction closeout. • For the safety unit, I break out the personal protective equipment and put it on in class. • Created the “Construction Family Feud” as a team pre-exam review tool and afterwards as an exam solution review.

  11. Tools of the Trade • Know your gear – Does your smart podium have media Flash player (so you can see current work at Burj Dubai)? Is the perfect video clip readily synced for playing to the entire class with sound? (make sure the speakers work) • Always have a low-tech back-up plan • Tote it all on wheels

  12. Last COE Professor to be tenured on a teaching portfolio Owed in great part to ExCEEd Duties Teach 6 classes per year Service Service Learning Projects Student Organization Advisor ASC Competition Coordinator Chancellor’s Committee on Service Learning Faculty Senate Superintendent’s Committee on Technical Education Chef: Stu (Not Stew)

  13. ExCEEd Graduate 2006 (Fayetteville) ExCEEd Assistant Mentor 2007-08 (Arizona/Fayetteville) Stu’s ExCEEd Experience

  14. Lessons From ExCEEd “One needs to know something about the learner to teach them.” ---Plato Potatoes • Get to know your students • Teach to a variety of learning styles • Be prepared and organized – yet flexible • Have fun

  15. Personalizing ExCEEd Ingredients • Know their names • Take pictures at the beginning of the semester • Have students create tri-fold name cards • Call on each of them every day • Address them by name when outside the classroom

  16. Personalizing ExCEEd Ingredients • Preparation – converted 90% of PowerPoint presentations to board notes • Retain one pinch of PowerPoint • Stir up more attention and engagement • Enhances organizational flavor • Allows for more student participation • Writing on board • Having students provide questions for class • Prepares me for class from year to year

  17. Personalizing ExCEEd Ingredients • Make sure the kitchen is open when the students are hungry • My office door is philosophically always open • The students know I am available to discuss school work, job problems, and personal issues • Establishes interpersonal rapport (time investment worth every minute of it)

  18. Personalizing ExCEEd Ingredients • Keep it fun but safe • Establish classroom ground rules on the first day • Students should feel comfortable making mistakes • Create your own demonstrations and models to keep it fun and interesting

  19. Personalizing ExCEEd Ingredients • Classroom dialogue • Ask a question and call on student to respond • If they can’t answer, they can ask for assistance or call on another student • Have students explain their answers • Encourage students to disagree with given answers • Contributes to reading of text and active learning

  20. Personalizing ExCEEd Ingredients • Assessment of teaching/learning • Expectation paper at beginning of semester • Fulfillment of objectives and further expectations at midterm • Final assessment paper at end of semester • Peer evaluations

  21. Associate Professor Texas Tech University Approximately 500 Undergraduate Students Approximately 150 Graduate Students Teach 2:2 each year (sometimes more, sometimes less) Mixture of UG and Grad classes UG Class 40-70 students G Class 10-20 students Duties Teach Research Advising ASCE Advisor ExCEEd Graduate 2004 (Fayetteville) Assistant Mentor 2006, 2007, 2008 The Chef: Audra

  22. Personalizing ExCEEd Ingredients • Objectives • Must use! • Practice making sure the action verbs are: • Appropriate for what you are asking • Cover all taxonomies • Varied—don’t use the same ones! • Objectives • Post them using an overhead because of a room with a poor layout • Great “review” • Clearly stated so the test questions are clear • Keeps lessons organized

  23. Personalizing ExCEEd Ingredients • Laugh at yourself and they will laugh with you! • They know I can’t spell • I like to incorporate the Shel Silverstein poem “Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take The Garbage Out” into the solid waste lecture • Come up with a few catchy sayings to make things memorable • Humor, as stressed, is a great communication tool

  24. Personalizing ExCEEd Ingredients • Bring in current events • Possible for every discipline of civil engineering • Assign articles from ASCE Magazine or other trade journals • Newspaper current events show that you are up-to-date with your trade • Discuss your research

  25. Personalizing ExCEEd Ingredients • Ask questions • Default format • Be sure questions are clear • Great for bringing people back to the fold • Encourages them to pay attention • Provides opportunities to reward the students

  26. Personalizing ExCEEd Ingredients • Reward the Students • Worked at ExCEEd • Works in the classroom too • Reward participation • “Smarties” • Loved by all age groups • Hand out “trophies” for top 3 test grades

  27. Personalizing ExCEEd Ingredients • Mid-semester performance review • What works well in this class? What do you like? What helps you learn? • What does not work well? What do you not like? What does not help you learn? • What suggestions or recommendations do you have? • Allows changes to be made before final evaluations • Encourage students to participate by providing bonus homework points

  28. Restaurant ReviewsPersonal Success! • Feeling of competence in the classroom • Recognized by my peers and students • University and national teaching awards • Student nominated teaching awards • Member Teaching Academy • Recruiting top-notch undergraduates for graduate school • Respect from my peers

  29. Restaurant ReviewsPersonal Success!

  30. Restaurant ReviewsPersonal Success!

  31. Restaurant ReviewsPersonal Success! • Relaxed and confident • Some days it is hard to be at the “top of your game” but I know I have the mechanics! • More fun • Now, can add more demos and in class activities • Wastewater Treatment Charades • More time for discussion

  32. Fusion Cuisine(results of the activity) • What are you going to implement this semester? • What aren’t you going to implement?

  33. Kitchen Secrets: How to… • How to get started? • Start with objectives and board notes • Easy to do, low risk - high reward • Incorporate a new ExCEEd element each time you teach the course—don’t try to change everything over night! • How to maintain energy? • Have fun (music, candy, etc.). • Build rapport with students – get their ideas and feedback to tell you what works and what else to try. • Tie teaching to other interests (research, service, volunteer activities)

  34. Kitchen Secrets: How to… • How to survive the heartbreak of failure • Need thick skin and short memory • Consider partnering with a colleague on your efforts - spread the pain

  35. Kitchen Secrets: How to… • How to convince administrators (Chair, Dean, etc.) to value effective teaching • Student enthusiasm; high teacher ratings • Awards and recognition • Better learning (good for alumni, employers, accreditation) • Higher efficiency, means more time for research or other activities

  36. Kitchen Secrets: How to… • How to get your colleagues involved • Start with one willing partner • Success attracts more partners • Encourage colleagues to attend ExCEEd • Build rapport with colleagues

  37. Chef Whitney Cooks for You!

  38. Bon Appetit!

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