Agenda
STEP to Success – April 12, 2013
8:00 – 8:30 a.m. – Registration and Welcome (Library Atrium)- Opening Remarks
8:45 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. – Session 1
Workshop 1 - Classroom Innovations (Room 425)
“Cerberus”: MassBay Supercomputer Beowulf Cluster
– Giuseppe Sena, MassBay Community College
Learning Community Experience in STEM Mass Bay
– Marina Bograd and Susanne Steiger-Escobar; MassBay Community College
Workshop 2 - Academic Support/ Research (Room 316)
The Extraordinary Power of Research Based Curriculum
– Bruce Jackson, Dr. Mario Raya, M.D., Alberto Velez, Carolyn Lanskron, and Lindsay Grumbach; Mass Bay Community College
Undergraduate Research at Middlesex Community College
– Jessie Klein; Middlesex Community College
Workshop 3 - Supplementary Programs (Room 422)
Web-based Interactive and Adjustable e-Learning Environment for Energy Education
– Yakov Cherner and Gary Mullett; ATeL and Springfield Technical Community College
A First Course in Engineering Design Based on an Energy-Centered Thematic Approach
– Yiannis Levendis and Christos Zahopoulos; Northeastern University
10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. – Session 2
Workshop 1 - Classroom Innovations/PD (Room 425)
A “High-Tech Tools and Toys” Summer Workshop for Community College Teachers
– Stephen McKnight; Northeastern University
Engineering Essentials and Design - the HTT&L course at NECC
– Michael Pelletier; Northern Essex Community College
Workshop 2 – Classroom Innovations (Room 316)
Department of Homeland Security Scholars
– Chi-Yin Tse; Northeastern University
Developing interest in STEM among urban students in a first-year college program
– Molly Dugan, Silvani Vejar, Peter Plourde; Northeastern University
STEM Speaker Series & Fly Me to Mars!
– Tala Khudairi; Roxbury Community College
Workshop 3 – Academic Support/Supplementary Programs (Room 422)
Enhancing Student Success with Problem Based Learning and Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning
– Kimberly Stieglitz, Farida Akhter, Zineb Berdjane, Bruce Brender, Rajeswari Sundaramoorthi, and Ching Yim; Roxbury Community College
A STEM with a bright new humanities bloom
– Barbara Ann Kearney; Mass Bay Community College
11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. – Session 3
Workshop 1 - Academic Support/Professional Development (Room 322)
Supplementary Instruction to Increase Success in Computing/STEM
– Renee Fall, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Commonwealth Alliance for Information Technology Education (CAITE), School of Computer Science, with Erik Risinger, Greenfield Community College, Doug Wilkins, Greenfield Community College, Aparna Mahadev, Worcester State University, and Kenneth Rath, SageFox Group
Workshop 2 - Professional Development (Room 425)
A New Culture of Learning in STEM Education
– Jalal Ghaemghami, Randall Foote, Tom Macdonald, Lauren Chomiczewski, and Zineb Berdjane; Roxbury Community College
“How People Learn”
– Christos Zahopoulos; Northeastern University
12:15 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. – Session 4
Classroom Innovations
Open Classroom, Student Presentations, Engineering Computation Laboratory (Room 320)
– Chitra Javdekar; MassBay Community College
Artbotics Workshop (Room 425)
– Suzanne Steiger-Escobar
Poster Session Expo
– Student and faculty projects Library Atrium, Hallways
1:00 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. – Lunch in the Atrium (Library Atrium)
Film – Uri Treisman (Keynote from 2013 NSF STEP conference)
1:45 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. – Discussion and Wrap-up (Library Atrium)
– National Recommendations and Next Steps for collaboration in MA
– Small Table discussions re: recommendations made for CC’s/Innovation Agenda
– Report out by Table (each table produces one or two flip charts with points)
– Wrap-up – next steps
– Final remarks
8:00 – 8:30 a.m. – Registration and Welcome (Library Atrium)- Opening Remarks
8:45 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. – Session 1
Workshop 1 - Classroom Innovations (Room 425)
“Cerberus”: MassBay Supercomputer Beowulf Cluster
– Giuseppe Sena, MassBay Community College
Learning Community Experience in STEM Mass Bay
– Marina Bograd and Susanne Steiger-Escobar; MassBay Community College
Workshop 2 - Academic Support/ Research (Room 316)
The Extraordinary Power of Research Based Curriculum
– Bruce Jackson, Dr. Mario Raya, M.D., Alberto Velez, Carolyn Lanskron, and Lindsay Grumbach; Mass Bay Community College
Undergraduate Research at Middlesex Community College
– Jessie Klein; Middlesex Community College
Workshop 3 - Supplementary Programs (Room 422)
Web-based Interactive and Adjustable e-Learning Environment for Energy Education
– Yakov Cherner and Gary Mullett; ATeL and Springfield Technical Community College
A First Course in Engineering Design Based on an Energy-Centered Thematic Approach
– Yiannis Levendis and Christos Zahopoulos; Northeastern University
10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. – Session 2
Workshop 1 - Classroom Innovations/PD (Room 425)
A “High-Tech Tools and Toys” Summer Workshop for Community College Teachers
– Stephen McKnight; Northeastern University
Engineering Essentials and Design - the HTT&L course at NECC
– Michael Pelletier; Northern Essex Community College
Workshop 2 – Classroom Innovations (Room 316)
Department of Homeland Security Scholars
– Chi-Yin Tse; Northeastern University
Developing interest in STEM among urban students in a first-year college program
– Molly Dugan, Silvani Vejar, Peter Plourde; Northeastern University
STEM Speaker Series & Fly Me to Mars!
– Tala Khudairi; Roxbury Community College
Workshop 3 – Academic Support/Supplementary Programs (Room 422)
Enhancing Student Success with Problem Based Learning and Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning
– Kimberly Stieglitz, Farida Akhter, Zineb Berdjane, Bruce Brender, Rajeswari Sundaramoorthi, and Ching Yim; Roxbury Community College
A STEM with a bright new humanities bloom
– Barbara Ann Kearney; Mass Bay Community College
11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. – Session 3
Workshop 1 - Academic Support/Professional Development (Room 322)
Supplementary Instruction to Increase Success in Computing/STEM
– Renee Fall, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Commonwealth Alliance for Information Technology Education (CAITE), School of Computer Science, with Erik Risinger, Greenfield Community College, Doug Wilkins, Greenfield Community College, Aparna Mahadev, Worcester State University, and Kenneth Rath, SageFox Group
Workshop 2 - Professional Development (Room 425)
A New Culture of Learning in STEM Education
– Jalal Ghaemghami, Randall Foote, Tom Macdonald, Lauren Chomiczewski, and Zineb Berdjane; Roxbury Community College
“How People Learn”
– Christos Zahopoulos; Northeastern University
12:15 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. – Session 4
Classroom Innovations
Open Classroom, Student Presentations, Engineering Computation Laboratory (Room 320)
– Chitra Javdekar; MassBay Community College
Artbotics Workshop (Room 425)
– Suzanne Steiger-Escobar
Poster Session Expo
– Student and faculty projects Library Atrium, Hallways
1:00 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. – Lunch in the Atrium (Library Atrium)
Film – Uri Treisman (Keynote from 2013 NSF STEP conference)
1:45 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. – Discussion and Wrap-up (Library Atrium)
– National Recommendations and Next Steps for collaboration in MA
– Small Table discussions re: recommendations made for CC’s/Innovation Agenda
– Report out by Table (each table produces one or two flip charts with points)
– Wrap-up – next steps
– Final remarks