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Lessons Learned: Successes and Challenges of Implementing a Systems Model for Improving Student Success & Student Retention
Judy Awong-Taylor, Georgia Gwinnett College; Allison D'Costa, Georgia Gwinnett College; Clay Runck, Georgia Gwinnett College; Tirza Leader, Georgia Gwinnett College; David Pursell, Georgia Gwinnett College; Cindy Achat-Mendes, Georgia Gwinnett College; Chantelle Anfuso, Georgia Gwinnett College; Nathan W. Moon, Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
The School of Science and Technology at Georgia Gwinnett College attracts a highly diverse student population, many from groups traditionally underrepresented in STEM education. However, there is disparity in ...

Conference Day: June 9, 2021
Session Type: Presentation, Concurrent Session
Themes: 2021:Level of change:Institutional-level change, 2021:Institution type:Two-Year Colleges, Minority-Serving Institutions, Liberal Arts Colleges and Universities, Comprehensive/Regional Universities, Research-Focused Universities, 2021:Change topics:Evaluating and/or Measuring Change, Promoting Access, Equity and Inclusion, 2021:Stakeholder considerations:Engaging multiple stakeholders in the change process, Scaling and Sustaining Change
Time: 10:35am PT / 11:35am MT / 12:35pm CT / 1:10:35am PT / 11:35am MT / 12:35pm CT / 1:35pm ET

Getting Beyond the Flawed Metrics of Student Evaluation Surveys
Josh Beach, 21st Century Literacy
Student evaluation surveys are not valid instruments for evaluating teaching, student learning, or the curriculum. For almost a century, researchers have found that not only are these tools highly correlated with ...

Conference Day: June 9, 2021
Session Type: Presentation, Concurrent Session
Themes: 2021:Level of change: Department-level change, 2021:Institution type:Two-Year Colleges, Minority-Serving Institutions, Liberal Arts Colleges and Universities, Comprehensive/Regional Universities, Research-Focused Universities, 2021:Change topics:Evaluating and/or Measuring Change, Promoting Access, Equity and Inclusion, Aligning faculty incentives with systemic change, 2021:Stakeholder considerations:Engaging multiple stakeholders in the change process
Time: 10:35am PT / 11:35am MT / 12:35pm CT / 1:10:35am PT / 11:35am MT / 12:35pm CT / 1:35pm ET

When Seeing is Believing: Generalizability and Decision Studies for Observational Data in Evaluation and Research on Teaching
Tim Weston, University of Colorado at Boulder; Charles Hayward, University of Colorado at Boulder; Sandra Laursen, University of Colorado at Boulder
Structured classroom observations are widely used in research and evaluation of STEM classrooms to characterize teaching and learning activities. Because conducting observations is typically resource intensive, it ...

Conference Day: June 10, 2021
Session Type: Presentation, Concurrent Session
Themes: 2021:Level of change:National/Multi-institutional change, Department-level change, Institutional-level change, 2021:Institution type:Two-Year Colleges, Minority-Serving Institutions, Liberal Arts Colleges and Universities, Comprehensive/Regional Universities, Research-Focused Universities, 2021:Change topics:Connecting Change Theory and Practice, Evaluating and/or Measuring Change, Learning Spaces, 2021:Stakeholder considerations:Engaging multiple stakeholders in the change process, Scaling and Sustaining Change
Time: 1:10pm PT / 2:10pm MT / 3:10pm CT / 4:1:10pm PT / 2:10pm MT / 3:10pm CT / 4:10pm ET

Walking the walk of complex systems: Moving beyond "doing change" to build systemic capacity
John Morelock, University of Georgia
In their landmark publication ten years ago, Henderson, Beach, and Finkelstein (2011) advocated that STEM institutions must be viewed as complex systems for long-term change initiatives to be successful. That ...

Conference Day: June 10, 2021
Session Type: Presentation, Concurrent Session
Themes: 2021:Level of change:National/Multi-institutional change, Department-level change, Institutional-level change, 2021:Institution type:Two-Year Colleges, Minority-Serving Institutions, Liberal Arts Colleges and Universities, Comprehensive/Regional Universities, Research-Focused Universities, 2021:Change topics:Connecting Change Theory and Practice, Change leadership, 2021:Stakeholder considerations:Role of Centers/Faculty Development in Promoting Institutional Change, Engaging multiple stakeholders in the change process, Scaling and Sustaining Change
Time: 9:30am PT / 10:30am MT / 11:30am CT / 12:9:30am PT / 10:30am MT / 11:30am CT / 12:30pm ET

Organization-focused Networks as Levers for Change: A Research-Based Theoretical Framework to Conceptualize their Work
Ann Austin, Michigan State University; Susan Singer, Rollins College; Vicki Baker, Michigan State University; Adam Grimm, Michigan State University; Levi B Shanks, Michigan State University; Mathew Devereaux, Michigan State University
Networks are a powerful lever for advancing improvements in STEM education by leveraging sustained collaboration focused on a common goal. This proposed workshop will provide an opportunity for ASCN attendees to ...

Conference Day: June 10, 2021
Session Type: Presentation, Concurrent Session
Themes: 2021:Level of change:National/Multi-institutional change, Department-level change, Institutional-level change, 2021:Institution type:Two-Year Colleges, Minority-Serving Institutions, Liberal Arts Colleges and Universities, Comprehensive/Regional Universities, Research-Focused Universities, 2021:Change topics:Connecting Change Theory and Practice, Change leadership, 2021:Stakeholder considerations:Engaging multiple stakeholders in the change process, Scaling and Sustaining Change, Partnerships Beyond Academia
Time: 9:30am PT / 10:30am MT / 11:30am CT / 12:9:30am PT / 10:30am MT / 11:30am CT / 12:30pm ET

Achieving sustained change through multi-institutional collaboration
Andrea Follmer Greenhoot, University of Kansas Main Campus; George Rehrey, Indiana University-Bloomington; Lorne Whitehead, University of British Columbia
ASCN is an established lever for engaging faculty, administrators, and policy makers in careful thinking about improvement in undergraduate teaching and learning, providing opportunities to explore and analyze ...

Conference Day: June 10, 2021
Session Type: Presentation, Concurrent Session
Themes: 2021:Level of change:National/Multi-institutional change, Department-level change, Institutional-level change, 2021:Institution type:Liberal Arts Colleges and Universities, Comprehensive/Regional Universities, Research-Focused Universities, 2021:Change topics:Connecting Change Theory and Practice, Change leadership, Aligning faculty incentives with systemic change, 2021:Stakeholder considerations:Engaging multiple stakeholders in the change process, Scaling and Sustaining Change
Time: 12:40pm PT / 1:40pm MT / 2:40pm CT / 3:12:40pm PT / 1:40pm MT / 2:40pm CT / 3:40pm ET

Intentional Diversification of a Multi-institutional Community of Practice Network
Tracie Reding, University of Nebraska at Omaha; Kelly Gomez Johnson, University of Nebraska at Omaha
This presentation will highlight the process the COMunities for Mathematics Inquiry in Teaching Network (COMMIT) developed to ensure diversification in their second round of on-boarding regional COMMITs. This ...

Conference Day: June 10, 2021
Session Type: Presentation, Concurrent Session
Themes: 2021:Level of change: Department-level change, 2021:Institution type:Two-Year Colleges, Minority-Serving Institutions, Liberal Arts Colleges and Universities, Comprehensive/Regional Universities, Research-Focused Universities, 2021:Change topics:Evaluating and/or Measuring Change, Change leadership, Promoting Access, Equity and Inclusion, 2021:Stakeholder considerations:Scaling and Sustaining Change
Time: 1:10pm PT / 2:10pm MT / 3:10pm CT / 4:1:10pm PT / 2:10pm MT / 3:10pm CT / 4:10pm ET

Defining a T1 University
Christine Cutucache, University of Nebraska at Omaha; Stephanie Salomone, University of Portland; Eric Anctil, University of Portland; Heather Dillon, University of Washington-Tacoma Campus; Carolyn James, University of Portland; Valerie Peterson, University of Portland; Tara Prestholdt, University of Portland
Institutions of higher education are experiencing a paradigm shift. Research activity has long been seen as separate from teaching and of greater value to the institution's prestige and impact. We take the ...

Conference Day: June 10, 2021
Session Type: Presentation, Concurrent Session
Themes: 2021:Level of change:National/Multi-institutional change, Department-level change, Institutional-level change, 2021:Institution type:Two-Year Colleges, Minority-Serving Institutions, Liberal Arts Colleges and Universities, Comprehensive/Regional Universities, Research-Focused Universities, 2021:Change topics:Evaluating and/or Measuring Change, 2021:Stakeholder considerations:Role of Centers/Faculty Development in Promoting Institutional Change, Engaging multiple stakeholders in the change process, Scaling and Sustaining Change
Time: 9:30am PT / 10:30am MT / 11:30am CT / 12:9:30am PT / 10:30am MT / 11:30am CT / 12:30pm ET

Translating Theory Into Practice for Widespread Change: The TRESTLE Initiative
Andrea Follmer Greenhoot, University of Kansas Main Campus; Caroline Bennett, University of Kansas Main Campus; Mark Mort, University of Kansas Main Campus; Stephanie Chasteen, University of Colorado at Boulder
The TRESTLE (Transforming Education, Stimulating Teaching & Learning Excellence) initiative was developed as a multi-institutional intervention across six universities to promote broad adoption of ...

Conference Day: June 11, 2021
Session Type: Presentation, Concurrent Session
Themes: 2021:Level of change:National/Multi-institutional change, Department-level change, Institutional-level change, 2021:Institution type:Two-Year Colleges, Minority-Serving Institutions, Liberal Arts Colleges and Universities, Comprehensive/Regional Universities, Research-Focused Universities, 2021:Change topics:Connecting Change Theory and Practice, Evaluating and/or Measuring Change, Change leadership, 2021:Stakeholder considerations:Role of Centers/Faculty Development in Promoting Institutional Change, Scaling and Sustaining Change
Time: 10:55am PT / 11:55am MT / 12:55pm CT / 1:10:55am PT / 11:55am MT / 12:55pm CT / 1:55pm ET

The (STEM)2 Network: A Multi-Institution, Multidisciplinary Approach to Transforming Undergraduate STEM Education
Jessica Santangelo, Hofstra University; Alison Hyslop, St. John's University-New York
Recognizing that the systemic transformation of STEM higher education is challenging, the (STEM)2 Network directly addresses those challenges by bridging disciplinary and institutional silos, and leveraging the ...

Conference Day: June 11, 2021
Session Type: Presentation, Concurrent Session
Themes: 2021:Level of change:National/Multi-institutional change, Department-level change, Institutional-level change, 2021:Institution type:Two-Year Colleges, Minority-Serving Institutions, Liberal Arts Colleges and Universities, 2021:Change topics:Connecting Change Theory and Practice, Promoting Access, Equity and Inclusion, Aligning faculty incentives with systemic change, 2021:Stakeholder considerations:Engaging multiple stakeholders in the change process, Scaling and Sustaining Change
Time: 12:00pm PT / 1:00pm MT / 2:00pm CT / 3:12:00pm PT / 1:00pm MT / 2:00pm CT / 3:00pm ET