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amp Student Inquiry Based Learning June 1 2015 TCCIA Fred Hills PhD Why Inquiry Based Learning Makes education come alive to engage students Awake curiosity for learning in students Develop careerprofessional Skills ID: 306536

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Building Creative Spaces for Faculty & Student Inquiry Based Learning

June 1, 2015TCCIAFred Hills, PhDSlide2

Why Inquiry Based Learning?Makes education come alive to engage studentsAwake curiosity for learning in studentsDevelop career/professional SkillsContacts and visibility for students at professional, scientific conferences

Increased acceptance into competitive programs and universitiesEngage FacultySlide3

in the curriculumProject based learningClassroom projects, assignments, and presentationsPoster presentationsScholars Day – posters, prototypes, and presentations

Encourage students to interact, present & publish at local, state and national forumsSlide4

HIGHLANDER UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH INSTITUTE(huri)Slide5

HURIStarted through the Community College Undergraduate Research Initiative (CCURI)NSF grant through Finger Lakes College in NYNational effort, focused on SciencesFaculty created a campus wide HURI

Started in the Sciences and MathNow growing to include all disciplines on campusFaculty Steering CommitteeProject based learning expanding to the classroomsFocus on student’s interestsDirect ties to Honors CollegeSlide6

Student Study TripsTrips a continuation of classroom inquiry and applied learningTravel to:Local field study locationsMARS – All disciplines

Honduras – Marine BiologySouthwest US – Geology, Archeology, Environmental Sciences, & EngineeringNew Zealand and Australia – Economics, Engineering and ScienceNew York City – Business and MarketingCosta Rica – Language and Culture immersion courses

Washington DC – History and Government

Haiti – Nursing and Health CareersSlide7

Health Careers Simulation Labs

Joint usage:MCC Health CareersFamily Practice ResidentsLocal hospital trainingEMS and

Paramedicine

Occupational Therapy

Promote separate and joint exercises among diverse communities

Emphasis on real world practicesSlide8

Faculty engagementWorkshops on Teaching StrategiesCollaborative/Cooperative LearningProfessional DevelopmentFaculty Learning CommunitiesTeaching and Learning Book ClubCourse Learning Communities

Faculty Summer Institute4 day intensive workshopSlide9

Measures of SuccessStudents placed in graduate research programs18 students to present at the Great Plains Honors Council Conference with 2 BOE Award winners in 2015

5 students presented at the Texas Academy of Science- Annual Meeting. One student won ”Best Poster Presentation- Marine Sciences Division."2 students presented at the Community College Undergraduate Research Initiative National

Posters

2

students presented

their research at the Community College Undergraduate Research Initiative National Posters Session in Washington, D.C.

Session in Washington, D.C.

8 students may also attend the Mars Society Convention in Washington, D.C

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306 student poster, displays, and presentations at Spring Scholars Day

Faculty presentation at the National

Collegiate Honors Council

Conference on writing Boot Camp

Faculty leading collaborative and inquiry based initiativesSlide10

OpportunitiesInnovation in pedagogy - project based/program based/inquiry based, cooperative and/or individual research project learning opportunitiesTies to new State Core requirementsComplements College’s student

success initiativesRewards engaged faculty and innovativeSlide11

ChallengesHow does applied learning fit the traditional community college mission in a time of shrinking resources?Buy-in from faculty – time and effortMaking it interdisciplinary

Finding and prioritizing resources Long term sustainabilitySlide12

PlannedExpanding creative spaces and inquiry opportunities for students and facultyBuilding a Learning CommonsExpanding “Summer Camps” for students and facultyDigital Repository for Information ExchangeBuilding collaborative arrangements with HS

Expanding pathways with 4-year college partnersSlide13

Key to SuccessAdministration buy-in key to successDon't reinvent the wheel - find those doing similar projects and invite them to joinPromote, promote, promoteKnowing when to lead and when to step back and followSlide14

QuestionSFred Hills, PhDDean of Arts, Sciences & Businessfhills@mclennan.edu

254 299-8661