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SIF-ing “in the clouds”

SIF-ing “in the clouds”

by Ashley Cheyemi McNeil | Oct 7, 2016 | active learning, digital pedagogy, pedagogy

As a first-year Student Innovation Fellow, I’ve been learning the ropes this past month. The projects that are encompassed in the SIF domain are multiple, collaborative by nature and design, and have more arms than a centipede. This kind of learning is, I have to...
Being responsive to the needs of URM students

Being responsive to the needs of URM students

by Monica Cook | Apr 2, 2016 | active learning, Atlanta connections, pedagogy

Recent research has shown that having greater diversity in terms of race, ethnicity, gender, ability, and thought greatly improves the output of ideas in workplace and educational environments. (Incidentally, diversity of thought often comes naturally after ensuring...
Creativity in science education is essential

Creativity in science education is essential

by Monica Cook | Feb 29, 2016 | active learning, innovation, pedagogy, SIF Projects

  There is a pervasive meme in the collective consciousness that science is a purely rational pursuit with no room for bringing in personal experiences or points of view. This, in my experience, is entirely false. Science is fundamentally a creative pursuit. Good...
Alternative Assessment Criteria, but How?

Alternative Assessment Criteria, but How?

by Thomas Breideband | Feb 1, 2016 | active learning, digital humanities, innovation, pedagogy

There has been a tremendous amount of discussions concerning the goals and practices of Digital Humanities within the setting of undergraduate instruction, and I welcome not only the increased attention but also the marked shift that has taken place on how this...
Approaching teaching observations as ethnography

Approaching teaching observations as ethnography

by Monica Cook | Nov 30, 2015 | active learning, pedagogy

As a SIF this year, I have felt like a fish out of water when engaging in social science and education research. I find that doing good, rigorous social science is more difficult than doing experimental physics in a lot of ways. When delivering social science surveys,...
Up and Away: the Power of Interdisciplinary Work

Up and Away: the Power of Interdisciplinary Work

by Andrew Berens | Nov 2, 2015 | active learning, mapping

Recently the SIF Web Editors highlighted the project that will be one of my main focuses during my time with the SIF program: the climate lab weather balloon. This project will deploy a moored weather balloon as a way to collect real-time data about the troposphere...
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