Project Kaleidoscope (PKAL) — Advancing what works in STEM education
2010 Keck/PKAL National Colloquium
"Transformative Change in STEM Education: Leadership for Advancing Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Learning"
October 15-16, 2010
Grand Hyatt Washington Hotel
Washington, DC
Colloquium made possible by a grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation
Colloquium Goals
- Present recommendations of PKAL-Keck FIDL project, including critical leadership actions required to advance ID learning
- Obtain feedback from participants as well as the National Academies on project recommendations – what is significant? What is missing?
- With stakeholders present at the Colloquium, determine next steps for national action regarding advancing undergraduate interdisciplinary learning in STEM with respect to learning, assessment, cognitive research, program structures, leadership and institutional change.
Agenda (as of October 12, 2010)
Friday, October 15, 2010
Locations: Independence BCDE
4:30 - 6:00pm
Registration
5:00 - 6:00pm
Reception
6:00 - 7:20pm
Dinner
7:20pm
Welcome & Keynote Address: "Leadership in a Time of Science and Engineering without Borders"
Speaker: James Collins, Virginia M. Ullman Professor of Natural History and the Environment School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University; Assistant Director of Directorate for Biological Sciences - National Science Foundation (2005 – 2009)
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Locations: Independence BCDE
7:30 - 8:30am
Registration & Breakfast Buffet
8:30 - 9:00am
Welcome and Project Background
Susan Elrod, Executive Director of Project Kaleidoscope at the Association of American Colleges & Universities
9:00 - 10:30am
Plenary Panel Session I: Project Recommendations and Leadership Strategies for Facilitating Interdisciplinary Learning in Undergraduate STEM
Moderators: Michael Kerchner, Associate Professor of Psychology, Washington College; Susan Elrod, Executive Director of Project Kaleidoscope at the Association of American Colleges & Universities
Panelists: Scott Bierman, President, Beloit College; Terry Gustafson, Associate Executive Dean of Arts & Sciences College Interdisciplinary Programs, Ohio State University; Bernadette Kelley, Associate Professor of Secondary Education, Florida A&M University; Thomas Ross, President, Davidson College; Mary Roth, Vice Provost, Lafayette College
10:30 - 11:00am
Break
11:00 - 11:45am
Plenary Panel Session II: Response to Project Findings
Moderator: Jay Labov, Senior Advisor for Education & Communications, National Academy of Sciences
Panelists: Muriel Poston, Dean of Faculty, Skidmore College; Susan Singer, Professor of Biology, Carleton College
11:45 - 12:15pm
Presentation: Organizing Higher Education for Interdisciplinary Learning
Speaker: Adrianna Kezar, Associate Professor of Higher Education, University of Southern California; Keck/PKAL project evaluator, co-author with Jaime Lester of “Organizing Higher Education for Collaboration: A Guide for Campus Leaders”
Charge for the Afternoon: Susan Elrod, Executive Director, Project Kaleidoscope, Association of American Colleges & Universities
12:15 - 1:30pm
Lunch and Poster Viewing
1:30 - 3:00pm
Breakout Session: Creating a Transformative National Interdisciplinary STEM Education Action Agenda
Small group discussions led by Keck campus team leaders
3:00 - 3:20pm
Break
3:20 - 3:40pm
Summary from Groups
Facilitators: Michael Kerchner, Associate Professor of Psychology, Washington College; Susan Elrod, Executive Director of Project Kaleidoscope at the Association of American Colleges & Universities
3:40 - 4:30pm
Closing Panel: National Perspectives on Implications for Change
Moderator: Susan Elrod, Executive Director of Project Kaleidoscope at the Association of American Colleges & Universities
Panelists: Jeanne Narum, Founding Director, Project Kaleidoscope; Carol Geary Schneider, President, Association of American Colleges & Universities; Wanda Ward,
Senior Advisor to the Director,
National Science Foundation
Questions?
Contact Kathryn Angeles and Christina Shute at 202/884-7439; PKAL@aacu.org
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