Monica Bruckner

Examples of What I Do

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Workshop and Virtual Event Support | Project Management and Technical Support | Geoscience Education Research | Project Evaluation

Web Content Writing

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Supporting workshops, such as the 2014 Teaching About Risk and Resilience includes supporting workshop leaders and PIs in the planning stages, during the workshop, and with workshop follow-up. Follow-up work includes transferring ideas and outcomes from the workshop discussions and programming to the project website. This provides a resource that serves as an archive for workshop participants and allows this information to be disseminated and propagated to the greater community.

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I am also involved with web content writing and assembling resources for workshops that are not supported in-person by SERC staff. We work with partner PIs and leaders to develop a format and design that is compatible with available web tools, but that captures the feel desired by the project leaders. We can also interlink among related resources from partner projects to provide a more comprehensive collection of resources for users. For example, this Faculty Equity project and On the Cutting Edge project link to each others' resources, which helps enhance synergies and increase traffic to both project sites.

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Some of my web content writing is independent of workshops. This example on stable isotopes was written when I was working on my Master's degree and was related to my area of research.

Workshop and Virtual Event Support

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My work has included helping to organize and support NAGT's annual Earth Educators' Rendezvous. Working with the planning committee and SERC staff, I've been involved with helping get the program organized, website created, ushering abstract contributions to pages, and supporting event leaders. I've also been involved with logistical planning, preparation, and implementation for both the face-to-face and virtual formats.

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Workshop and virtual event support includes building the workshop website, application, registration, and evaluation forms, and otherwise supporting the workshop in its planning stages, during the workshop itself, and following the workshop. Part of the website preparation involves assembling collections of related materials and managing contributions of new materials from workshop participants. I also work with workshop leaders and PIs to provide tips and advice on planning the workshop programming and in utilizing SERC web tools to enhance workshop productivity. During virtual events, I work with the workshop leaders, presenters, and participants to enhance their virtual experience by utilizing the technology available from SERC as well as our screen-sharing platform.

Project Management and Technical Support for Partner Projects

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I have provided web support and assisted with managing authoring teams for the InTeGrate-developed module and courses. This involves assisting with project management, helping authors with learning how to use the SERC web tools, providing formatting tips and advice, building web spaces, answering questions, managing material piloting, and providing a technical review of the materials.

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I work with partner projects to build web space and assist authors in using SERC web tools and provide formatting tips and advice. Some of these projects, like this example from Pedagogies in Action, use SERC web page templates to guide authors in formatting their materials and the use of which, provides consistency across different partner projects.

Geoscience Education Research

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I worked with the On the Cutting Edge Reformed Teaching Observation Protocol (RTOP) classroom observation project to manage data collection and to analyze the data collected. I was also involved with writing up the results of the project and with supporting the RTOP website associated with the project.

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Some partners are interested in assessing the effectiveness of their teaching materials. This example, from Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum, involved the SERC evaluation team working with faculty and project PIs to collect and process student data from classrooms that used the project-created modules. This information can be used to inform project reports and to revise materials as PIs see fit.

Project Evaluation

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I work with the evaluation team and project PIs to assist with data analysis for project evaluation. This includes working with qualitative data collected from surveys and interviews as well as quantitative data, collected from webstats, surveys, and more.

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I have been involved with collecting quantitative data (e.g. knowledge surveys) and qualitative data (e.g. via faculty and student interviews) to assist in evaluating projects in online and print formats. This example, stemming from the Reconsidering the Textbook project, involved providing evaluation for a new textbook through collecting pre- and post- course data before the textbook was published and again with instructors using the new textbook. Data was collected, analyzed, and a final project evaluation report was written for the project PIs.

Bruckner, M., Fox, S., Hanselman, J., Manduca, C., McConnell, D., McDaris, J., and Orr, C.H., 2017. Using Instructor Stories to Demonstrate the Adaptability of the Integrate Interdisciplinary Sustainability Curricula, GSA Annual Meeting (Seattle, WA).

Gold, A., Sullivan, S., Manning, C., Ledley, T., Youngman, E., Taylor, J., Niepold, F., Kirk, K., Lockwood, J., Bruckner, M., and Fox., S., December 2017. Using the CLEAN Educational Resource Collection for Building Three-Dimensional Lessons to Teach the Climate System, AGU Fall Meeting (New Orleans, LA).

Sullivan, S,. Gold, A., Manning, C., Taylor, J., Kirk, K., Bruckner, M., Niepold, F., Lynds, S., Fox, S. and Ledley, T., 2017 NGSS With the Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network (CLEAN) Collection, GSA Annual Meeting (Seattle, WA).

Teasdale, R., Bartley, J., Farthing, D., Manduca, C., Iverson, E., Viskupic, K., Ryker, K., McConnell, D., Bruckner, M., and McFadden, R., July 19, 2017. Reformed teaching in geoscience classrooms: How engaged are our students and what can we do to engage them more?, Earth Educators' Rendezvous (Albuquerque, NM).

Viskupic, K., Teasdale, R., Ryker, K., McFadden, R., Farthing, D., Iverson, E., Bruckner, M., Manduca, C., and McConnell, D., 2017 The Effects of Discipline-Based Professional Development On Teaching Practices Observed in Undergraduate Geoscience Classrooms, GSA Annual Meeting (Seattle, WA).

Huyck, D.W., Bruckner, M., and Fox, S.P., 2016. Succeeding in Your Transition to Faculty Life with Support of the Community and Resources on the SERC Website, Earth Educators' Rendezvous (Madison, WI).

Bruckner, M., Orr, C.H., and Manduca, C., 2015. Bridging Science and Public Understanding of Long-term Soil, Water, and Vegetation Monitoring: Opportunities for broader impact connections with InTeGrate, AGU Fall Meeting (San Francisco, CA).

Egger, A., Bruckner, M., and Kent, M., 2015. Resources for Preparing Pre-service Teachers to Teach the NGSS, Earth Educators' Rendezvous (Boulder, CO).

Iverson, E., Bruckner, M., Larsen, K., and Manduca, C., 2015. Replicating the effects ongoing treatment through sustained networks: the Impact of the On the Cutting Edge Professional Development Program for Geoscience Faculty (CE) on faculty learning about teaching, Earth Educators' Rendezvous (Boulder, CO).

Manduca, C., McConnell, D., Bruckner, M., and Iverson, E., 2015. On the Cutting Edge: Demonstrating Impact on Teaching, Earth Educators' Rendezvous (Boulder, CO).

Mogk, D., Kieffer, S., Geissman, J., and Bruckner, M., 2015. Teaching GeoEthics Across the Geoscience Curriculum: Need, Opportunities and Strategies, Earth Educators' Rendezvous (Boulder, CO).

O'Connell, K., Gosselin, D., Bruckner, M., and Manduca, C., 2015. Supporting Interdisciplinary Teaching about the Earth for a Sustainable Future with the InTeGrate Website (Acrobat (PDF) 9.3MB Nov3 15), Earth Educators' Rendezvous (Boulder, CO). (Abstract)

Orr, C.H., Manduca, C., and Bruckner, M., 2015. Bridging Science and Public Understanding of Water-Energy Nexus: Opportunities for broader impact connections with InTeGrate, AGU Fall Meeting (San Francisco, CA).

Bralower, T., Bice, D., Millet, A., Oakes, R., Bruckner, M., and Iverson, E., 2014. Earth Futures: A Blended General Education Course at the Pennsylvania State University, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs.

Monica Z Bruckner, O'Connell, K., McDaris, J., Kirk, K., Larsen, K., Kent, M., Manduca, C., Egger, A., Blockstein, D., Mogk, D., Taber, J. Infusing Sustainability Across Disciplines to Build Student Engagement. 2014 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 15-19 Dec.

Manduca, C.A., Iverson, E., Mcconnell, D.A., Bruckner, M.Z., Greenseid, L., Macdonald, H.R., Tewksbury, B., and Mogk, D.W., 2014. On The Cutting Edge: Combining Workshops And On-Line Resources To Improve Geoscience Teaching, Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 46, no. 6, pp. 600.

Ryker, K., Iverson, E., Bruckner, M.Z., Mcconnell, D., Manduca, C., and Larsen, K., 2014. Connecting Beliefs To Action: How Geoscience Faculty Perceptions Of Their Professional Environment Impact Teaching, Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 46, no. 6.

Teasdale, R., Manduca, C., Mcconnell, D., Bartley, J., Bruckner, M., Farthing, D., Iverson, E., and Viskupic, K., 2014. Observations of Undergraduate Geoscience Instruction in the US: Measuring Student Centered Teaching, AGU Fall Meeting (San Francisco, CA).

Bruckner, M., E. Iverson, C.A. Manduca, D.A. McConnell, J.K. Bartley, D.J. Farthing, R. Teasdale, and K. Viskupic (2013). Using the On the Cutting Edge RTOP instrument to Characterize how Geoscience is Taught. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 45, No. 7, p.313

Taber, J., P. Santi, C.A. Manduca, D.Doser, S.J. Burian, M.Z. Bruckner, and T. Anagnos (2013). Bringing Engineers and geoscientists Together to Improve Undergraduate Teaching about Sustainability. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 45, No. 7, p.204

Bruckner, M. Z.; Larsen, K.; Buhr, S. M.; Kirk, K. B.; Ledley, T. S.; Manduca, C. A.; Mogk, D. W.; Savina, M. E.; Tewksbury, B. J. On-line Resources for Teaching Sustainability. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2012, Abstract #ED53F-0947

O'Connell, Kristin, Monica Z. Bruckner, Susan M. Buhr, David C. Gosselin, Karin B. Kirk, Krista Larsen, Tamara Shapiro Ledley, Cathryn A. Manduca, David W. Mogk, and Katryn Wiese (2012) Sustainability and Climate Change Teaching Resources. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 44, No. 7, p. 371 Abstract

Bruckner, Monica Z., Rachel J. Beane, and Heather Macdonald (2011), On the Cutting Edge Webinar Series Supports Graduate Students and Post-Docs Pursuing an Academic Career, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 43, No. 5, p. 255

Fox, Sean, Ellen A. Iverson, Cathryn A. Manduca, Karin B. Kirk, John R. McDaris, Carol J. Ormand, Monica Z. Bruckner (2011), Supporting Faculty Learning About Teaching: The On the Cutting Edge Website, Abstract ED23A-0612 Poster presented at 2011 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 5-9 Dec.

Macdonald, Heather, Cathryn A. Manduca, Carol J. Ormand, Robyn W. Dunbar, Rachel J. Beane, Monica Bruckner, Time J. Bralower, P.G. Feiss, Barbara J. Tewksbury, Katryn Wiese (2011), Preparing Future Geoscience Professionals: Needs, Strategies, Programs, and Online Resources (Invited), Abstract ED14A-01 Presentation at 2011 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 5-9 Dec.

Wiese, Katryn, Karin B. Kirk, Cathryn A. Manduca, Lucinda J. Shellito, Ester Sztein, Monica Z. Bruckner (2011), Improving Climate Science Education by Supporting Faculty: Climate Programs from On the Cutting Edge (Invited),Abstract ED14B-05 Presentation at 2011 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 5-9 Dec.

Bruckner, M.Z., E.P. Laine, D.W. Mogk, S. O'Connell, and K.B. Kirk (2010), Teaching Service Learning in the Geosciences: An On the Cutting Edge Workshop Report, Abstract ED51A-0501 Poster presented at 2010 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 13-17 Dec.

McDaris, J.R., K.B. Kirk, D.W. Mogk, and M.Z. Bruckner (2010), Virtual Workshop Experiences for Faculty: Lessons Learned from On the Cutting Edge, Abstract ED31B-0641 Poster presented at 2010 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 13-17 Dec.

Kirk, Karin B., Manduca, Cathryn A., Myers, James, D., Loxom, Fred, Mogk, David W., and Bruckner, Monica Z. 2009. Teaching About Energy with Online Materials from On the Cutting Edge. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 41, No. 7, p. 155

Bruckner, Monica Z. and Harder, Jeremy. 2008. Hands-on Approaches to Place-Based Learning about Water Resources through the NSF-BSI GK-12 Program. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 40, No. 6, p. 557

Bruckner, M.Z., Rice, G., and Mogk, D.W. 2007. "Primers" on Research Techniques Used in Geomicrobiology for Students and Novices from Microbial Life Educational Resources. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2007, abstract #ED31A-0094.

Bruckner, M.Z., Skidmore, M.L., and Bond, J.D. 2007. Hydrology and Biogeochemistry of Three Alpine Proglacial Environments Resulting from Recent Glacier Retreat. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2007, abstract #GC41A-0099.

Bruckner, Monica Z., Goetz, Staci L., Ham, Nelson, Strasser, Jeffrey C., Lawson, Daniel, 2005, Ice Velocities near the terminus of the Matanuska Glacier, Alaska, during an unseasonably warm melt season. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 37, No. 5, p. 83

Bruckner, Monica Z., Goetz, Staci L., Ham, Nelson, Strasser, Jeffrey C., Lawson, Daniel, 2005, Ice Velocities near the terminus of the Matanuska Glacier, Alaska, during an unseasonably warm melt season. Augustana College Celebration of Learning