Initial Publication Date: March 16, 2015
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SERC has an extensive portfolio of projects that have been created, developed, and implemented in collaboration with many partners. Learn more about many of our current and past projects using the browse below.
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Project Focus
- Career Support for Educators 8 matches Focus on supporting educators in their careers. This includes pre-service and in-service professional development for k-12 teachers, support for college educators aimed at different career stages and elements like leadership development.
- Changing Education Systems 17 matches Focus on how to make positive change in education systems. This includes departmental change, institutional change, as well as other systemic change across institutions and disciplines.
- Connecting STEM Research to Education 12 matches Focuses on bringing current STEM research practice and knowledge into education. This includes research experiences for student such as field work, CURE's and summer research experiences (like REU's). It also includes strategies and resources for bringing current research literature, practices and knowledge into the classroom and informal science communication.
- Disciplinary Skills and Habits of Mind 28 matches Focuses on developing students' ability to think and act with disciplinary expertise. This encompasses concepts like systems thinking, quantitative reasoning, field-based learning, spatial and temporal thinking, data visualization and manipulation.
- Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Justice 14 matches Focuses on one or more dimensions of diversity, equity, inclusion, justice (DEIJ). This encompasses a wide range of topics including anti-racism, accessibility, ethics, and broadening access to education.
- Engaging Students with Communities 4 matches Focus on connecting students and education processes with broader communities and civic issues.
- Interdisciplinary Grand Challenges 7 matches Focus on grand challenge problems that require multiple disciplinary strategies. This includes issues like climate change and the interconnected issues of food, energy and water. The solutions integrate STEM-informed approaches as well as wisdom from the social sciences, arts, humanities and other ways of knowing.
- Network and Community Building 10 matches Focus on supporting the development and nurturing of networks of individuals. This includes community visioning efforts, supporting communities of practices, and understanding and supporting the growth of networks.
- Pedagogy and Teaching Approaches 27 matches Focuses on one or more dimensions of how educational experiences are structured. This encompass topics such as curriculum design, informal education strategies, universal design for learning, and specific classroom approaches. It includes both educational research and applied practice. (Includes simple materials development.)
- Supporting Student Success 8 matches Focus on how to support students across their full education career. This includes fundamental educational access issues, attending to the whole student, academic and professional skill development, and facilitating the transition from education to career and citizenship.
SERC Role
- Community Building/Organization 18 matches A focus on activities that create a sense of community amongst project participants. This can include groups such as communities of practice, professional organizations, and research coordination networks.
- Content Expertise 20 matches A focus on SERC staff writing disciplinary content for a project. Many SERC staff members have advanced degrees and all can contribute a wide range of content knowledge to projects.
- Education Research 8 matches A focus on facilitating or conducting research on what works in the STEM classroom across a variety of levels and contexts. Project foci include student assessment, spatial reasoning, teaching and learning practices, influence of professional development, influence of open education internet resources, influence of Communities of Practice, and levers of change in higher education.
- Evaluation 29 matches SERC has deep experience in utilization-focused, evidence-based program evaluation. This can include a wide variety of methodologies, evaluation planning, and capacity building for project teams.
- Event Development/Facilitation 38 matches A focus on planning, organizing, and supporting in-person or virtual events as part of a project's activities. This can include logistical support, program development, session facilitation, and all other aspects of running successful events.
- Materials Development/Review 28 matches A focus on supporting the creation of new pedagogic materials addressing some specific content area, pedagogic need, or educator audience. This can include aspects such as the technical infrastructure to support authoring, management of author teams, and facilitating expert review prior to publishing.
- Organizational Backbone 12 matches A focus on providing administrative services for partner organizations. This can include aspects such as membership management, accounts payable/receivable, and intra-organization communications.
- Product Dissemination 39 matches A focus on helping publicize and raise awareness of the outcomes, products, and findings of project work. This can include activities such as presentations at professional meetings, writing manuscripts, running webinars, and writing press releases.
- Professional Development 17 matches A focus on putting together opportunities for project participants to learn new skills or content related to the goals of the project. This can include activities such as synchronous or asynchronous events, self-paced materials, and creating an enduring record of activities for use after the end of project funding.
- Project Lead (PI/Co-PI) 21 matches SERC has a primary leadership function on this project. One or more SERC staff members direct the work of the project.
- Project Management/Implementation 17 matches A focus on ensuring that project work moves forward in a timely fashion. This can include activities such as scheduling regular meetings, providing deadlines and reminders for project personnel, and maintaining records of discussions and project decisions in a centralized space.
- Strategic Planning and Thought Partnership 14 matches A focus on SERC staff assisting project leadership with designing activities to meet the goals they set for the project. This can involve activities such as grant writing and visioning, participation in project leadership, providing exemplars from past projects, and contributing lessons learned from SERC's collective experience.
- Website Hosting and Development 75 matches A focus on providing the technical infrastructure and support for a project's website. This can include activities such as creating new SERCkit tools, development of website architecture, and design of the website's look and feel.
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- Biology 10 matches
- Business 1 match
- Chemistry 4 matches
- Computer Science 1 match
- Economics 2 matches
- Education 6 matches
- Engineering 1 match
- Environmental Science 20 matches
- Fine Arts 1 match
- Geography 5 matches
- Geoscience 41 matches
- Mathematics 1 match
- Physics 3 matches
- Political Science 1 match
- Social Science 2 matches
- Sociology 1 match
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Nanotechnology in STEM
Through the NNCI, the Nanotechnology in STEM website is hosted on SERC in order to help alleviate the lack of nanotechnology resources in both smaller academic institutions, as well as in the small to medium size commercial sector. SERC has supported this project by providing workshop development and implementation expertise and assessing the ways in which the website meets stakeholders' needs and expectations, the extent to which the project outcomes are being realized.
Through the NNCI, the Nanotechnology in STEM website is hosted on SERC in order to help alleviate the lack of nanotechnology resources in both smaller academic institutions, as well as in the small to medium size commercial sector. SERC has supported this project by providing workshop development and implementation expertise and assessing the ways in which the website meets stakeholders' needs and expectations, the extent to which the project outcomes are being realized.
SERC Role: Community Building/Organization, Website Hosting and Development, Event Development/Facilitation, Product Dissemination, Evaluation
CAREER Award: Temporal Dynamics
This CAREER award supports Dr. Anderson's research in tracking the evolution of microbial and viral populations in hydrothermal vents with high temporal resolution in order to identify the dominant drivers of selection in hydrothermal vent habitats. SERC provides support and expertise for the implementation and evaluation of the Broader Impacts component:involving undergraduate students in scientific research and integrating bioinformatics analysis with real data into a course.
This CAREER award supports Dr. Anderson's research in tracking the evolution of microbial and viral populations in hydrothermal vents with high temporal resolution in order to identify the dominant drivers of selection in hydrothermal vent habitats. SERC provides support and expertise for the implementation and evaluation of the Broader Impacts component:involving undergraduate students in scientific research and integrating bioinformatics analysis with real data into a course.
SERC Role: Evaluation
Megalopolitan Coastal Transformation Hub
SERC serves as the external evaluator for the MACH project which is a collaboration of thirteen university and institutional partners pursuing integrated, co-produced research. In addition to ongoing formative evaluation and thought partnership activities, our evaluation plan includes an annual Social Network Analysis, Principles Focused Evaluation, Workforce Development Plan Implementation Evaluation (assessing efforts to provide for the professional and career development needs of graduate students and post docs serving on the project's research team), and Broader Impacts Evaluation of the project's Community College and Documentary Film program activities. Learn more about MACH, including its publications.
SERC serves as the external evaluator for the MACH project which is a collaboration of thirteen university and institutional partners pursuing integrated, co-produced research. In addition to ongoing formative evaluation and thought partnership activities, our evaluation plan includes an annual Social Network Analysis, Principles Focused Evaluation, Workforce Development Plan Implementation Evaluation (assessing efforts to provide for the professional and career development needs of graduate students and post docs serving on the project's research team), and Broader Impacts Evaluation of the project's Community College and Documentary Film program activities. Learn more about MACH, including its publications.
SERC Role: Community Building/Organization, Strategic Planning and Thought Partnership, Materials Development/Review, Evaluation
AI in Geoscience Education
This site explores emerging practices in the use of AI in geoscience education. SERC developed the initial website to reflect emerging discussions about AI use in higher education to encourage broader discussion within the geoscience education community.
This site explores emerging practices in the use of AI in geoscience education. SERC developed the initial website to reflect emerging discussions about AI use in higher education to encourage broader discussion within the geoscience education community.
Project Focus: Pedagogy and Teaching Approaches
SERC Role: Community Building/Organization, Project Lead (PI/Co-PI), Website Hosting and Development, Event Development/Facilitation, Professional Development
SERC Role: Community Building/Organization, Project Lead (PI/Co-PI), Website Hosting and Development, Event Development/Facilitation, Professional Development
GEODE
Google Earth for Onsite and Distance Education (GEODE) focuses on enhancements to virtual globes such as Google Earth that allow for plate tectonic reconstructions, embedded virtual specimens and outcrops, interactive imagery, "grand tours" of the Earth (and other planets and moons), and learning modules using large geoscience datasets. SERC supported the project in transitioning this website from its original location to a permanent home with SERC.
Google Earth for Onsite and Distance Education (GEODE) focuses on enhancements to virtual globes such as Google Earth that allow for plate tectonic reconstructions, embedded virtual specimens and outcrops, interactive imagery, "grand tours" of the Earth (and other planets and moons), and learning modules using large geoscience datasets. SERC supported the project in transitioning this website from its original location to a permanent home with SERC.
Project Focus: Disciplinary Skills and Habits of Mind:Visualization
SERC Role: Website Hosting and Development, Product Dissemination
SERC Role: Website Hosting and Development, Product Dissemination
C-ChanGe
The Cultural Change in Geoscience (C-ChanGe) project works toward a vision of the future where all people at each stage of their career experience academic geoscience as a safe and welcoming environment where they feel empowered to learn and contribute without stifling their identities, and the community recognizes contributions from everyone. SERC leads the professional development of 2 cohorts of faculty change agents empowered to work in their own context to make successive, incremental changes, leading to positive cultural shifts within their home departments with the support of a community of practice made up of local and national peers. The project also raises the visibility of the many other groups working towards an inclusive geoscience discipline through a web-based network to support awareness, recognition, and connectivity of national partner projects working on geoscience cultural change.
The Cultural Change in Geoscience (C-ChanGe) project works toward a vision of the future where all people at each stage of their career experience academic geoscience as a safe and welcoming environment where they feel empowered to learn and contribute without stifling their identities, and the community recognizes contributions from everyone. SERC leads the professional development of 2 cohorts of faculty change agents empowered to work in their own context to make successive, incremental changes, leading to positive cultural shifts within their home departments with the support of a community of practice made up of local and national peers. The project also raises the visibility of the many other groups working towards an inclusive geoscience discipline through a web-based network to support awareness, recognition, and connectivity of national partner projects working on geoscience cultural change.
Project Focus: Changing Education Systems, Network and Community Building
SERC Role: Project Lead (PI/Co-PI), Project Management/Implementation, Website Hosting and Development, Event Development/Facilitation, Professional Development
SERC Role: Project Lead (PI/Co-PI), Project Management/Implementation, Website Hosting and Development, Event Development/Facilitation, Professional Development
E-STEM
The Environmental STEM (E-STEM) field experience reimagined the traditional undergraduate geology field course as a field and career preparation program for first- and second-year students interested in environmental careers. SERC assisted the project leadership in codifying and organizing their work on the website so that it can be usefully adopted or adapted by other faculty and programs.
The Environmental STEM (E-STEM) field experience reimagined the traditional undergraduate geology field course as a field and career preparation program for first- and second-year students interested in environmental careers. SERC assisted the project leadership in codifying and organizing their work on the website so that it can be usefully adopted or adapted by other faculty and programs.
Project Focus: Supporting Student Success, Disciplinary Skills and Habits of Mind
SERC Role: Website Hosting and Development, Materials Development/Review
SERC Role: Website Hosting and Development, Materials Development/Review
InTeGrate
InTeGrate is a STEM-Talent Expansion Program facilitating a large, diverse community of practice in learning about teaching and collaborating for a sustainable future. As the project leadership and hub, SERC organizes and leads participants in materials development, implementation programs, workshops, webinars and project leadership in support of the community of practice needs and goals.
InTeGrate is a STEM-Talent Expansion Program facilitating a large, diverse community of practice in learning about teaching and collaborating for a sustainable future. As the project leadership and hub, SERC organizes and leads participants in materials development, implementation programs, workshops, webinars and project leadership in support of the community of practice needs and goals.
Project Focus: Changing Education Systems, Engaging Students with Communities, Interdisciplinary Grand Challenges
SERC Role: Community Building/Organization, Project Lead (PI/Co-PI), Project Management/Implementation, Strategic Planning and Thought Partnership, Website Hosting and Development, Content Expertise, Education Research, Event Development/Facilitation, Materials Development/Review, Organizational Backbone, Product Dissemination, Professional Development, Evaluation
SERC Role: Community Building/Organization, Project Lead (PI/Co-PI), Project Management/Implementation, Strategic Planning and Thought Partnership, Website Hosting and Development, Content Expertise, Education Research, Event Development/Facilitation, Materials Development/Review, Organizational Backbone, Product Dissemination, Professional Development, Evaluation
IEDA2
Events and teaching resources for geoscience educators to support the use of the IEDA data infrastructure that includes three complementary data systems -- EarthChem, LEPR, SESAR -- for research in the geosciences. SERC is working with project leaders to design and facilitate events and web hosting teaching resources.
Events and teaching resources for geoscience educators to support the use of the IEDA data infrastructure that includes three complementary data systems -- EarthChem, LEPR, SESAR -- for research in the geosciences. SERC is working with project leaders to design and facilitate events and web hosting teaching resources.
Project Focus: Disciplinary Skills and Habits of Mind:Working with Data
SERC Role: Website Hosting and Development, Event Development/Facilitation
SERC Role: Website Hosting and Development, Event Development/Facilitation
A Civil Action - The Woburn Toxic Trial
This project developed web-based curricular materials investigating the events in Woburn, MA that inspired the movie A Civil Action. Developed from a popular mock-trial course at Ohio State University, the site consists of a series of educational modules that students work through culminating in a mock trial. SERC designed the overall structure of the website and supported the leaders in transitioning a locally taught course into a model and resource for others.
This project developed web-based curricular materials investigating the events in Woburn, MA that inspired the movie A Civil Action. Developed from a popular mock-trial course at Ohio State University, the site consists of a series of educational modules that students work through culminating in a mock trial. SERC designed the overall structure of the website and supported the leaders in transitioning a locally taught course into a model and resource for others.
Project Focus: Disciplinary Skills and Habits of Mind:Authentic Science Experience, Engaging Students with Communities
SERC Role: Website Hosting and Development, Materials Development/Review, Product Dissemination, Evaluation
SERC Role: Website Hosting and Development, Materials Development/Review, Product Dissemination, Evaluation