Shaping the Future of Undergraduate Science, Mathematics, Engineering and Technology Education

Managing Reform

Assessing Success

Harnessing Technology

 

Speakers and Workshops

Confirmed as of April 29, 1998

Confirmed Speakers

Dr. Dayne Aldridge, Auburn University, Chair of the Commission on Engineering Accreditation

Dr. Joan Ferrini-Mundy, National Academy of Sciences, K-12 Teacher Preparation Issues for Undergraduate SME&T Education

Dr. Thomas C. Fraschetti, JPL, Evening program open to the public: The Mars Exploration Program

Dr. Melvin D. George, primary author of "Shaping the Future of Undergraduate

Science, Mathematics, Engineering and Technology Education"

Dr. Deborah Hughes-Hallett, Harvard University, Calculus and Pre-Calculus Reform

Dr. Susan Millar, Director, Learning through Evaluation, Adaptation and Dissemination (LEAD), Assessment in SME&T Education Reform: Examples, Process and Context

Dr. Carol Mitchell, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Co-PI, Banneker Partnership, Underrepresented Groups in Undergraduate SME&T Education

Dr. Gilbert Valverde, Associate Director of U.S. National Research Institute, The TIMSS Results: Implications for Undergraduate SME&T Education

Dr. Robert F. Watson, on special leave from NSF for Shaping the Future.

Dr. Frank Wattenberg, NSF-DUE, New Directions at NSF Division of Undergraduate Education

Dr. Luther S. Williams, National Science Foundation, Assistant Director for Education and Human Resources, Keynote Address

 

Confirmed Workshops

Drs. Paul Adams, Linda Kallam, and Germaine Taggart, Fort Hays State University, Project Nova: Creating Change in Higher Education

Prof Malcolm Campbell, Davidson, Learning in Context and on a Need-To-Know Basis (WWW Teaching of Biology)

Dr. Brian P. Coppola, University of Michigan, Thinking About Learning within an Assessment Framework. Examples for a Large Introductory Chemistry Course

Prof. Robert Fuller and Prof. Steve Dunbar, UNL, Computer-Intensive Classes

Dr. Andy Gavrin, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis, Just-In-Time Teaching with theWeb.

Drs. James Gregory, John Rivera, and Ed Anderson, Texas Tech, Learning How to Learner: A "Great Ideas" Winner

Drs. Joshua Gutwill and Eileen Lewis, UC-Berkeley, Making It Count: How to Evaluate Educational Reform Efforts Meaningfully

Dr. Dan Jesse, McREL, Sustaining Change in Educational Institutions

Drs. Alice Krueger and Deb Jordan, HPC at McREL, Managing Educational Change in Colleges and Universities

Prof. Eric Mazur, Harvard, Peer Instruction in Large Lecture Courses

Prof. George E. Meyer, UNL, Multimedia and Distance Learning in Engineering

Dr. Charles Riedesel, UNL, New Directions in Introductory Computer Science

Prof. John Scheer, UNL, Active Learning in Large Lectures Using Multimedia

Dr. Karl Smith, University of Minnesota, Cooperative Learning in Engineering Classes

Dr. Frank Wattenberg, NSF, NSF-DUE Proposal Development Workshop

 

Confirmed Panelists

1. NSF-funded projects

Dr. Bruce Birkett, UC-Berkeley, Institution-wide Reform

Dr. Deborah Hughes-Hallett, Harvard University, Mathematics Reform

Dr. James Swartz, Dean, Grinnell College, The New Seience Project

2. Government, Business, Industry

David Murphy, President, Midwestern Higher Education Commission

Paul Kenyon, Omaha, Software developer