Open Educational Resources: How to rethink the textbook from multiple perspectives
James morris, Purdue University-Main Campus
This poster will outline the value of Open Educational Resources (OER), while focusing on the strategies available for implementation in Higher Education. Strategies will emphasize approaches to take from an ...

Improving opportunities for student learning in large enrollment undergraduate STEM courses through the development of instructional team members that focus independently on classroom management and student thinking
Jonathan Cox, The University of Arizona
While overwhelming evidence in support of active learning has propelled many undergraduate courses toward transformation, instructors often encounter implementation challenges in large enrollment introductory STEM ...

A Framework for Integrated Competency-Based Education
Lisa Bosman, Purdue University-Main Campus; Prof. Abrar Hammoud, Purdue University-Main Campus
Over the past several years, competency-based education has been championed and implemented in vocational education, which prepares individuals for work in a variety of fields such as specialized trades, crafts, ...

Improving Learning by Transforming the Evaluation of Teaching: Resources, Challenges, and Change Processes
Gabriela Weaver, University of Massachusetts-Amherst; Andrea Follmer Greenhoot, University of Kansas Main Campus; Noah Finkelstein, University of Colorado at Boulder; Ann Austin, Michigan State University
Promoting widespread use of evidence-based educational practices (EBEPs) is an important and continuing challenge across higher education institutions. Achieving significant change in teaching and learning requires ...

Internships Across Disciplines
Jennifer Menon Parker, Johnson County Community College
The original vision of this project was to research how to help a dysfunctional biotechnology internship. In trying to discover a better methodology for one program, a conversation evolved regarding the need to ...

Bringing social network analysis to higher education: How do peer interactions inform teaching decisions?
A. Kelly Lane, University of Nebraska at Lincoln; Marilyne Stains, University of Virginia
Despite the repeated calls for the widespread use of evidence-based instructional practices (EBIPs), faculty cite various barriers to adoption of these practices. Many instructional change initiatives have ...