Online CURE Institute Program

Day 1: Wednesday December 16

8:30 AM Introductions, Why CUREs, and Example CURE (whole group)

10:00 AM Break

10:15 AM Research & Instructional Goals (template) (Microsoft Word 2007 (.docx) 75kB May18 20)

• Introduction to research goals (whole group)
• Work on research goals (independent work)
• Feedback on research goals (breakout groups)

11:45 AM Lunch break

12:45 PM Research & Instructional Goals, continued

• Introduction to student goals (whole group)
• Work on student goals (independent work)
• Feedback on student goals (breakout groups)

2:15 PM Break

2:30 PM Research & Instructional Goals, continued

• Introduction to goals alignment & objectives (whole group)
• Work on objectives (independent work)
• Feedback on objectives (breakout groups)
• Resources in the Private Workspace
• Resources for reading and evaluating primary literature
  • CREATE Method ( This site may be offline. )
  • Figure Facts
  • Resources for fact checking
  • Science in the Classroom - Annotated Research Papers ( This site may be offline. )
  • Nature Scitable English Communication for Scientists

3:30 PM Roadcheck, Conclude for the day

Day 2: Thursday December 17

8:30 AM Goal conflicts

• Introduction to goal conflicts (whole group)
• Work on goal conflicts (breakout groups)
• Report out on goal conflicts (whole group)

9:30 AM Break

9:45 AM Equity and Inclusion in Research

• Equity scenario and questions (Acrobat (PDF) 87kB May27 20) (whole group and breakout groups)
• Discussion of "resources" for success in research (whole group)
• 21 Teaching Strategies (Acrobat (PDF) 79kB May27 20)
• Develop equity and inclusion strategies (independent work)

Show Resources

Hide

• 20 teaching strategies that promote fairness (Acrobat (PDF) 110kB Feb15 18) (The Science Education Partnership and Assessment Laboratory - San Francisco State University)
• Seidel and Tanner (2013). "What if students revolt?"—Considering Student Resistance: Origins, Options, and Opportunities for Investigation . CBE Life Sci Educ vol. 12 no. 4 586-595
• Tanner (2013). Structure Matters: Twenty-One Teaching Strategies to Promote Student Engagement and Cultivate Classroom Equity. CBE Life Sci Educ vol. 12 no. 3 322-331
• Tanner and Allen (2007). Cultural Competence in the College Biology Classroom . CBE Life Sci Educ vol. 6 no. 4 251-258
• Sarah L. Eddy, Florida International University -- Tips on inclusive classrooms (Acrobat (PDF) 76kB Feb7 18)

11:00 AM Break

11:15 AM Assessment in Research

• Introduction to assessment in research (whole group)
• Resources in the Private Workspace
• Work on assignment and rubric (independent work)

Show Assessment Resources

Hide

• See Example Instructional Materials in the Workspace and in the CURE Collection
• Authentic assessment toolbox ( This site may be offline. ) (PDF Version)
• Schinske and Tanner (2014). Teaching More by Grading Less (or Differently) . CBE Life Sci Educ vol. 13 no. 2 159-166
• Corwin et al. (2015). Modeling Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences: An Agenda for Future Research and Evaluation. CBE Life Sci Educ vol. 14 no. 1 es1
• Allen and Tanner (2006). Rubrics: Tools for Making Learning Goals and Evaluation Criteria Explicit for Both Teachers and Learners . CBE Life Sci Educ vol. 5 no. 3 197-203

12:15 PM Lunch break, work on your CURE Entry (CUREentryinstructions.pdf (Acrobat (PDF) 103kB May27 20)), and one-on-one consults

2:45 PM Check-in and CUREs in the time of COVID19 (whole group)

3:15 PM Reminder about CURE project entry (whole group)

3:30 PM Roadcheck, Conclude for the day

Day 3: Friday December 18

8:30 AM Finalize draft of CURE entry (independent work)

• Expectations for CURE entry (Acrobat (PDF) 92kB May20 20)
• Scenarios in Workspace
• See examples in the CURE Collection

10:00 AM Speed networking and feedback on CURE drafts (whole group)

11:00 AM Next Steps, Action Plan, and Evaluation

• Next Steps Worksheet (Microsoft Word 2007 (.docx) 82kB May12 18)

11:30 AM Conclusion

Resources

Mentoring PD resources

• CIMER Entering Mentoring
• NRMN
• CIRTL
• CIRTL MOOC
• Mentoring and Advising Resources from InTeGrate