Bibelnieks, T. A., & Gorman, K. S., & Gute, B. D., & Hamilton, J. W., & Hill, E. M., & Hoxie, A. B., & Saftner, D. A., & Schokker, A. J., & Willemsen, P. (2016, June), Catalyzing Active Learning: Implementing Active Learning Across an Engineering and Science College  Paper presented at 2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana. 10.18260/p.26460

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  Bibelnieks, T. A., \& Gorman, K. S., \& Gute, B. D., \& Hamilton, J. W., \& Hill, E. M., \& Hoxie, A. B., \& Saftner, D. A., \& Schokker, A. J., \& Willemsen, P. (2016, June), \emph{Catalyzing Active Learning: Implementing Active Learning Across an Engineering and Science College}
  Paper presented at 2016 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana.
  10.18260/p.26460

Tracy A. Bibelnieks Ph.D., Kristen S. Gorman, Brian D. Gute, Joshua W. Hamilton, Elizabeth M. Hill, Alison B. Hoxie, David A. Saftner, Andrea J. Schokker, and Pete Willemsen.  "Catalyzing Active Learning: Implementing Active Learning Across an Engineering and Science College".  2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2016, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2016.  https://peer.asee.org/26460 Internet.  15 May, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_26460}
  Tracy A. Bibelnieks Ph.D., Kristen S. Gorman, Brian D. Gute, Joshua W. Hamilton, Elizabeth M. Hill, Alison B. Hoxie, David A. Saftner, Andrea J. Schokker, and Pete Willemsen.
  "Catalyzing Active Learning: Implementing Active Learning Across an Engineering and Science College".
  \emph{2016 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2016, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2016.
  https://peer.asee.org/26460 Internet.  15 May, 2024

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AB  - This Work in Progress (WIP) paper describes efforts to increase active learning in a college of engineering and science. From the beginning of the project, engineering and science faculty and teaching consultants from the University teaching center collaborated on improving current active learning efforts of faculty in the college. The transition to active learning is being driven through a cohort model, thus growing the adoption of active learning organically. The cohort model socializes the concepts of adopting active learning in small groups. These small groups will grow in future years to include more faculty each year. The paper describes the current active learning methods and improvements within the initial cohort as a result of the program. Assessment techniques designed to quantify effectiveness of increasing active learning throughout the college are described. Finally, methods of assessing faculty attitudes towards active learning are presented.
A faculty cohort, formed in spring, 2015, was charged with increasing active learning across the college. For one semester, the faculty cohort worked with a University teaching consultant to research essential components of and methods of implementing active learning. Over the summer, the faculty cohort planned changes to increase active learning in their individual classes and implemented the changes in the fall, 2015. An introduction to active learning workshop will occur in fall, 2015 and repeat every semester. Additionally, beginning in spring, 2016, workshops focusing on specific methods of active learning will be offered. These workshops, as well as encouraging faculty to visit the cohort’s classrooms, will lead to development of future cohorts and increase the number of active learning classes.
This project’s goals are to improve student outcomes by increasing student retention in engineering and science, increasing underrepresented minority student populations, and providing horizontal and vertical integration throughout the college. Current efforts focus on assessment of the current state of these goals in the college. Data on student retention and minority populations are currently recorded at the department, college, and university level, simplifying measurement active learning’s impact. Current horizontal and vertical program integration will be assessed beginning in fall, 2015 through senior exit interview surveys and in spring, 2016 through pre-tests assessing pre-requisite course material retention. This is baseline data and the authors are not expecting the current state to reflect as much horizontal and vertical integration as future assessments. Student outcomes will be assessed at a program level through student attitude surveys, quizzes in capstone courses on pre-requisite material, and standardized assessments available through the Assessment Commons. Additionally, individual classes will assess student outcomes through performance on equivalent homework and exam problems. Finally, faculty perception of active learning throughout the college will be assessed through attitude surveys beginning in fall, 2015. These assessment methods will continue as the college increases the percentage of its class taught using active techniques.
AU  - Tracy A. Bibelnieks Ph.D.
AU  - Kristen S. Gorman
AU  - Brian D. Gute
AU  - Joshua W. Hamilton
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AU  - David A. Saftner
AU  - Andrea J. Schokker
AU  - Pete Willemsen
CY  - New Orleans, Louisiana
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TI  - Catalyzing Active Learning: Implementing Active Learning Across an Engineering and Science College
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