NSF DUE - Interview Talk - May03

Teaching is Learning NSF - Division of Undergrad Ed Liz Dorland - May 2003

Personal Background
Lived (till age 8) on a farm in SE Nebraska
Attended Kansas State
Grad school at Berkeley
Diablo Valley College
Beirut
Seattle
Amherst
Phoenix

Mesa Community College Mesa, AZ
Phoenix metro area
Maricopa Community College District
Largest of 10 campuses
26,000 students
300 full-time faculty
800 adjunct faculty
80 retired (49%) faculty

Physical Science Dept. at MCC
Chemistry, physics, geology, engineering
7 full-time chemistry faculty, 14 adjunct
Course Sections per semester (lecture, lab):
Fundamental Chemistry (11, 19)
General Chemistry I and II (15, 17)
Fundamental Organic Chemistry (1, 1)
General Organic Chemistry I and II (2, 3)

Teaching Experience
Mesa Community College
Glendale Community College
American International College
Springfield Technical Community College
Amherst College
Shoreline Community College
Seattle Central Community College
University of Washington
Diablo Valley College
Merritt College
U.C. Berkeley
Kansas State University

Some Current and Prior Projects
Computerized data collection in lab
Chime web pages
WebCT quizzes and course content
Student Digital Video Project

Data Collection with Computers

Chime Resources

WebCT Course Materials

Calcuation Question
WebCT Question types
Multiple choice
Short answer
Calculated
Matching

“ I found the homework quizzes to be really useful. They forced me to keep up with the homework assignments and showed me what I still needed to study after I took the quiz. I also loved the fact that we could do the quizzes online. It was very convenient.”

Current WebCT Quiz Format
Weekly homework quizzes
10 points each, lowest dropped (100 pts)
Questions selected from publisher’s database (provides 100-200 per chapter)
5-7 versions of each question
Students take quiz up to 3 times
Available for one week online
Username: g_dorland_2, Password: guest

Student Digital Video Project

Students (10 students in 5 pairs)
Modified and filmed procedures to separate two metal ions
Wrote scripts for narration
Created flow charts and net ionic equation graphics
Edited video on the computer with iMovie
Equipment
Two Macintosh imac computers with iMovie software
Two Sony digital video cameras with tripods
Instructor’s computer with iDVD and DVD burner
Background
General Chem II lab with Qualitative Analysis
Students had completed Qual Groups I-III with unknowns
Other Unknowns: general unknown, solid salt unknown
Instructor’s computer with iDVD and DVD burner

Ion Psychoanalysis (watch student video)

Teaching is Learning??
Student
Cooperative learning
Study groups
Explaining what is not understood
Tutoring peers
Think pair share
Teacher
Learning theories
Brain chemistry
Computer technology
Chemical applications
Student motivation
Molecular visualization
Inquiry based labs
Whatever is next…

Kakadu National Park 2001

Superstition Mountains near Phoenix, AZ Photo by Robert Blankenship

NSF DUE - Interview Talk - May03

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