Meeting Program

The meeting begins at 5:00pm on Sunday, November 3 and ends at 2:30pm on Tuesday, November 5. A pre-meeting cyberinfrastructure subgroup will meet at 3:00pm on Sunday, November 3.

Meeting Goals

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The meeting will produce recommendations in four areas:

Priorities for strengthening existing infrastructure elements including the underpinning cyberinfrastructure.
Strategies for bringing the infrastructure into wider use, including addressing any barriers to use by different elements of the community.
Additions to the infrastructure that would enhance use including within geoscience education research.
Use of the infrastructure to support improvements in diversity, equity and inclusion in geoscience education and geoscience education research.

These recommendations will highlight community needs and inform future development of the infrastructure by SERC and its community partners.

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Sunday, November 3

Shuttles from Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport to Northfield. Participants check in to rooms at the Fairfield Inn & Suites .

All meeting activities take place in Sayles-Hill Room 251 unless otherwise noted below. Follow these directions to the Sayles-Hill Campus Center .

3:00pm-5:00pm - Cyberinfrastructure Subgroup Pre-Meeting - Sayles-Hill Room 253 - Sean Fox, SERC at Carleton College

Members of the cyberinfrastructure subgroup meet to discuss Serckit and develop a listening strategy for the meeting.

View the Cyberinfrastructure Subgroup meeting notes

5:00pm-6:00pm - Welcome and Icebreaker - Sayles-Hill Lounge - Jen Wenner, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh and Cailin Huyck Orr, SERC at Carleton College

Refreshments available from the cash bar.

6:00pm-7:00pm - Dinner

7:00pm-7:45pm - Keynote Presentation: A view of the landscape for improving geoscience education - Sharon Mosher, University of Texas at Austin

Introduced by Cathy Manduca, SERC at Carleton College

A view of the landscape for improving geoscience education (PowerPoint 2007 (.pptx) 18MB Nov3 19)

7:45pm-8:15pm - Table Discussions: Accelerating Our Work - Sean Fox and Cathy Manduca, SERC at Carleton College

In the final session of the evening, participants will discuss what could accelerate our ability to work collectively in the landscape of geoscience education.

Monday, November 4

Breakfast at the Fairfield Inn & Suites or in town (Microsoft Word 2007 (.docx) 18kB Sep25 19).

All meeting activities take place in Sayles-Hill Room 251 unless otherwise noted below. Follow these directions to the Sayles-Hill Campus Center .

8:45am-9:30am - Introduction to the Meeting - Karen Viskupic, Boise State University and Cathy Manduca, SERC at Carleton College

This introductory session will establish the what and why of the meeting, as well as intended outcomes and products.

GEI workshop introduction.pptx (PowerPoint 2007 (.pptx) 1.3MB Nov3 19)

9:30am-11:00am - An Overview of SERC/NAGT Infrastructure for Geoscience Education - Meeting Conveners

What do we mean by infrastructure? This session will address this question as well as how the SERC/NAGT infrastructure supports education, professional development, project management, evaluation, and research with examples.

Overview of SERC and NAGT Infrastructure.pptx (PowerPoint 2007 (.pptx) 13.4MB Nov3 19)

11:00am-11:15am - Break and Refreshments

11:15am-12:15pm - Affinity Group Discussions: Assessing the Current State of SERC/NAGT Infrastructure - Karen Viskupic, Boise State University

Participants, grouped by professional interest and expertise, will assess the current state of the infrastructure and desired future infrastructure. Groups will discuss questions such as: What is our experience? What is working? What not working? What is needed?

Affinity groups will be recording ideas and conversations in our private meeting workspace. You need to log in to your SERC account in order to access these workspaces.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion - Sayles-Hill 254 - Cathy Manduca, SERC at Carlton College

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Geoscience Education Research - Sayles-Hill Lounge - Karen Viskupic, Boise State University

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Project Implementation - Sayles-Hill 253- Cailin Huyck Orr and Ellen Iverson, SERC at Carleton College

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Teaching and Learning - Sayles-Hill 251 - Jen Wenner, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh

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12:15pm-12:30pm - Round Robin Reporting from Affinity Groups - Karen Viskupic, Boise State University

Affinity groups report on important and/or significant modifications or additions to existing infrastructure. Individuals reflect on what they see as immediately essential, essential in the long-term, and what is missing key elements.

View notes from the report out

12:30pm-1:45pm - Lunch - Burton Hall

1:45pm-3:00 pm - Gallery Walk - Jen Wenner, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh and Ellen Iverson, SERC at Carleton College

Groups engage in a gallery walk to organize, explore, modify, and refine priorities identified by affinity groups in the morning.

3:00pm-3:15pm - Break and Refreshments

3:15pm-3:45 pm - Working Groups: Recommendations for Infrastructure Change - Jen Wenner, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh and Ellen Iverson, SERC at Carleton College

Working groups discuss how and why the identified priorities are valuable and important.

Capacity Building (Group 1) - Sayles-Hill 251

Creating Inviting Entry Points (Group 2) - Sayles-Hill 253

Addressing Students Needs Beyond the Traditional Classroom (Group 4) - Sayles-Hill Lounge

Connections (Group 6) - Sayles-Hill Lounge

Valuing Data - Improving or Creating Repositories (Group 7) - Sayles-Hill 251

Inclusivity (Group 8) - Sayles-Hill 251

One Thing (Group 9)

3:45pm-4:15pm - Reporting Out

This is a pitch to get people to read your page in the comment period that follows. So briefly, what is the topic/challenge? What are the highpoints of the recommendations?

4:15pm-4:35pm - Individual Reflection and Commenting

This is an opportunity for participants to comment and reflect on challenges and recommendations of interest from other groups.

Are there points that need further discussion?

What is missing?

4:35pm-5:15pm - Whole Group Discussion: Strengths of Priorities Identified and Missed Opportunities - Cathy Manduca, SERC at Carleton College

Meeting participants discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the list of infrastructure priorities. The group to come up with a consensus list of priorities and develop a plan for the third day of the meeting.

View notes from the group discussion

5:15pm-5:30pm - Reflection and Roadcheck

Please complete the workshop roadcheck.

6:00pm - Dinner and Cash Bar at Reunion

Walking directions from Sayles-Hill to Reunion

Tuesday, November 5

Breakfast at the Fairfield Inn & Suites or in town (Microsoft Word 2007 (.docx) 18kB Sep25 19).

All meeting activities take place in Sayles-Hill Room 251 unless otherwise noted below. Follow these directions to the Sayles-Hill Campus Center .

9:00am-9:20am - Reflection from Roadcheck and Plan for the Day - Ellen Iverson, SERC at Carleton College

9:20am-10:20am - Panel Discussion: Diverse Perspectives - Sean Fox, SERC at Carleton College

In this session, five of our participants will give their thoughts on where our thinking might go next based on experiences with a wide variety of other infrastructures. Followed by questions and then table-based reflection on whether this generates new infrastructure recommendations or strategies.

Panelists:

Wendy Abshire, American Meteorological Society

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Regarding the workshop goal of "Facilitating Community-Wide Learning" as a case of one I can confirm success!

I'm relatively new to the community as a 3 year member of NAGT. I read most newsletters, peruse publications, and still until this meeting really had NO real understanding of breadth of resources that our meeting pre-work exposed me to.

Immediate reaction was how many things are done well and activities that the broader geo ed community should take advantage of!

One of the challenges that was pointed out in our pre-work was some of expertise of just a few long-time staff working on SERCkit which is something I very much relate to both in my current and former positions. It is something that needs to be addressed.

From an AMS perspective: There is a real opportunity to SERC and NAGT to further include resources and engage users from the fluid earth sciences (atmosphere and ocean).

Opportunity we are already jointly aware of is how best to connect GER expertise to emergent ASER community needs

AMS (like AGU) has adopted and is using Higher Logic for the Community engagement backbone and all volunteer business of the Society. Our membership management is built on

Regarding DEI, it may be relevant for many in this room to know that with full support of greater Atmos Sci community, the AMS is really doubling down on DEI emphasis across ALL activities of the Society and in our fall governance meetings the AMS Council approved the establishment of a "Culture and Inclusion Cabinet" that sits above all boards and committees.

A few challenges we are experiencing within the AMS Education program are addressing the accessibility of our content in both K-12 Teacher PD programs, and our undergraduate curriculum (VPAT process) and the resources/$ needed to give attention it deserves

Looping back to where I started, As a relative newbie to exploring all that exists within SERCkit, there is clear expertise and truly much to be proud of, and leverage to audiences that have not yet engaged.

Marty Downs, University of California-Santa Barbara
Lisa Kempler, MathWorks - Lisa's presentation (PowerPoint 2007 (.pptx) 3.8MB Nov5 19)
Brandon Muramatsu, MIT - Brandon's presentations (PowerPoint 2007 (.pptx) 2MB Nov5 19)
Janice McDonnell, Rutgers University-New Brunswick - Janice's slides (PowerPoint 2007 (.pptx) 2.3MB Nov5 19)

10:20am-11:15am - Topical Sessions - Cailin Huyck Orr, SERC at Carleton College

In this session, participants working in groups engage in a comprehensive review of priorities identified in day two, including missing pieces and recommendations for support.

Cyberinfrastructure Group Meeting
Ocean and Atmosphere

How could the infrastructure better serve ocean and atmospheric science education?
How can we increase use of the infrastructure in these communities?

K12 and Informal

How could the infrastructure better serve K12 and Informal science education?
How can we increase use of the infrastructure in these communities?

Teaching with Authentic Data

How could the infrastructure better serve teaching with authentic data?

Providing Career Guidance and Connections to the Workforce

How could the infrastructure better enable career guidance and connections to the workforce?

Engaging with Local Issues

Beyond geographic search how could the infrastructure better support educational engagement with local issues?

11:15am-12:00pm - Report Out of New Recommendations - Prioritization of Recommendations - Ellen Iverson, SERC at Carleton College

Additional topics to be identified by organizers in response to participant input and prior discussions

12:00pm-1:00pm - Lunch - Sayles-Hill Room 251

1:00-2:00pm - Value of Priority Recommendations - Karen Viskupic, Boise State University

Improve resource discovery

Improve connections to other education and research partners/Develop a strategy for partnerships that increase resource completeness and impact

Expand resources and services that support geoscience education research

Clarify the vision and audience and description for the Teach the Earth and SERC portal and infrastructure services

Improve capacity for finding people through TTE

Improving the infrastructure in ways that allow for shepherding the collection