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C limate, A daptation, and M itigation e - L earning Community

C limate, A daptation, and M itigation e - L earning Community David Blockstein, Ph.D., Senior Scientist Executive Secretary Council of Environmental Deans and Directors Council of Energy Research and Education Leaders www.NCSEonline.org. I. Introduction to NCSE Mission :

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C limate, A daptation, and M itigation e - L earning Community

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  1. Climate, Adaptation, and Mitigation e-Learning Community David Blockstein, Ph.D., Senior Scientist Executive Secretary Council of Environmental Deans and Directors Council of Energy Research and Education Leaders www.NCSEonline.org

  2. I. Introduction to NCSE Mission: to improve the scientific basis of environmental decisionmaking.

  3. Five Strategies: • Education and Careers - People • Science Solutions - Problems • Science Policy - Policies • National Conference - Pathways • Encyclopedia of the Earth - Public

  4. Education and Careers Goal: increase the number and quality of trained individuals to address complex environmental challenges. Partners – Universities and colleges – High schools – Employers – Government agencies

  5. Council of Environmental Deansand Directors (CEDD) • Top Environmental Leaders at Affiliate Universities • Curriculum, including Climate Solutions Curriculum • Careers, including Environmental Alumni Career Study and Campus to Careers Program • Program Administration • Interdisciplinary Hiring, Tenure and Promotion

  6. CAMEL • Climate, Adaptation, and Mitigation e-Learning Community • Nationwide (and beyond) community • Educators, researchers, students • Undergraduate materials—all levels and fields • Climate change causes, consequences and solutions

  7. Origins of CAMEL • 8th National Conference on Science, Policy and the Environment - Climate Change: Science and Solutions – January 2008 • CEDD committee 2008 • CEDD workshop July 2008 • Concept pre-proposal September 2008

  8. Five Components • Content • Faculty development • Community development • Cyberinfrastructure • Evaluation

  9. Content • Arnold Bloom, UC Davis (lead) • Gary Braasch, GHG Photos • David Hassenzahl, U. of Nevada - Las Vegas • Neil Leary, Dickinson College • Mark McCaffrey, U. of Colorado - Boulder • Stephanie Pfirman, Barnard College/Columbia U. • Nicky Phear, U. of Montana • Josh Wolfe, GHG photos • CEDD

  10. Content • To provide undergraduates with information to become knowledgeable about climate change causes, consequences, and solutions. Becoming knowledgeable extends from being conversant in a common terminology to using the information directly in practical applications.

  11. Content • Working framework of curriculum foci • develop a collection of vetted materials for undergraduate courses • Syllabi, case studies, lectures, projects, websites • Refereed journal / Encyclopedia of Earth hybrid • Bloom as editor • Topic area editors • Reviewers • Developers

  12. Faculty Development • Jean MacGregor, Evergreen State College • Steve Ehrmann, TLT Group • Stephanie Pfirman, Barnard College/Columbia U. • Karl Smith, Purdue U. • CEDD

  13. Faculty Development • To provide guidance, training, and opportunities for collaboration and communication to faculty members who develop materials

  14. Faculty Development • Provide support for faculty as they are building climate change into their curricula • Some in-person work • Apply lessons from in-person experience and literature to on-line environments

  15. Community Development • Stephanie Pfirman (lead), Barnard College/Columbia U. • Barry Benedict, U. of Texas - El Paso • David Blockstein, NCSE • David Hassenzahl, U. of Nevada - Las Vegas • Clay Shirky, NYU/technology consultant • CEDD

  16. Community Development • To build a self-sustaining community of educators that advances the teaching of climate change causes, consequences, and solutions

  17. Community Development • Opportunities • Motivations for participation • Norms, standards, and expectations • National Communities • Topical Communities • Regional communities • Western Washington, Hudson River Valley, Rio Grande / border, NV/ID/NM, Boston?

  18. Cyberinfrastructure • Barry Benedict, U. of Texas - El Paso • Peter Saundry, NCSE • Maggie Surface, NCSE • CEDD

  19. Cyberinfrastructure • To evaluate existing infrastructure and develop novel infrastructure designed to best achieve the goals of the content, faculty development, and community components

  20. Cyberinfrastructure • Platforms • Encyclopedia of Earth • CyberShare • Enable the goals of the other three components • Mutual • Recursive

  21. Evaluation • Anne-Barrie Hunter (lead), U. of Colorado - Boulder • Andy Jorgensen, U. of Toledo • Jean MacGregor, Evergreen State College • Tim Weston, U. of Colorado - Boulder

  22. Challenges • Hard to build community • Faculty are busy

  23. Strengths • NASA grant (the CAMEL’s nose under the tent) • Model course • Model community • Dedicated personnel • MERLOT and other models • Initial pool of materials and participants • CEDD • Existing platforms • Timing!

  24. Heidi Fuchs! Andy Jorgensen Stephanie Pfirman Arnold Bloom Jean MacGregor David Hassenzahl Barry Benedict Amy Northrup Mark McCaffrey Anne-Barrie Hunter Tim Weston Neil Leary Clay Shirky Karl Smith Peter Saundry Many others THANKS

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