Got Activities Check out MERLOT

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Got Activities?Check out MERLOT SERCs new
partnershipPedagogy in Action

• James Rutledge
• St. Petersburg College
• 32nd MAA Suncoast Regional Meeting
• December 7, 2007

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The Partnership

• MERLOT (Multimedia Educational Resource for
  Learning and Online Teaching www.merlot.org )
• SERC (Science Education Resource Center at
  Carleton Collegehttp//serc.carleton.edu/sp/index
  .html )
• Other Partners
• NSDL/NSF

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The Vision

• To build a collection of effective learning
  activities associated with a variety of
  research-based, pedagogically sound teaching
  methods
• To develop a standard presentation format and
  method of submission, review and validation
• To make the collection available to higher ed
  faculty under a Creative Commons non-commercial
  license

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Pedagogy in Action

• Research-based Teaching Methods
• http//serc.carleton.edu/sp/library/pedagogies.htm
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• Learning Activities in various disciplines
  (Math, Statistics, Physics, Biology,
  Geosciences...)
• Dissemination (e.g., todays session)
• Collection building (this is where you come in!)

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Teaching Methods--examples

• Interactive lectures
• ConcepTest
• Question of the Day
• Write-pair-share, Think-pair-share
• http//serc.carleton.edu/sp/library/interactive/in
  dex.html
• Just-in-time teaching
• Teaching with data
• Mathematics and Statistics models

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Teaching Method outline

• What is it?
• Why/when to use it?
• How to use it?
• References
• Examples
• http//serc.carleton.edu/sp/merlot/math/interactiv
  e/index.html

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Interactive Lecture example

• How Much Work is Required Intuition vs.
  Mathematical Calculation
• ConcepTest
• Question of the Day
• Write-pair-share
• http//serc.carleton.edu/sp/merlot/math/interactiv
  e/examples/14298.html

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Catch the Vision!

• Share your favorite learning activity with your
  colleagues in the academic community
• 200 reward! ? Limited time offer
• Make use of activities authored by others to
  enhance/increase your students learning

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Develop Submit an Activity

• Simple online form
• Author guidelines and checklist
• Review criteria
• http//serc.carleton.edu/sp/merlot/math/devactivit
  ies/index.html

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Your Scholarship of Teaching

• Authoring a learning activity is an element of
  your scholarship of teaching
• May satisfy your institutions annual
  professional development requirements
• Its a good feeling to know that you have made a
  contribution to the academic community! ?

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Contact Info

• Jim Rutledge
• Associate Professor of Mathematics
• St. Petersburg College
• Editor, MERLOT Mathematics
• rutledge.james_at_spcollege.edu
• www.spcollege.edu/spg/math/rutledge
• 727-341-4725