Teaching in the 21st Century: Programs & Funding Opportunities

Session 25 (Special)
Tuesday, June 8, 1:00 PM-5:00 PM, IRC6
Moderator: P. Silver

1:00 (163) Teaching on track: Ideas in action.
A.I. Morrison-Shetlar. Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning, University of Central Florida, Florida, US.

1:45 (164) Implementing curricular modifications in an environmental science and policy program: a review of the USM experience, the NSF-CCLI program, and stressed stream assessments.
C.M. Pennuto^1,4, J.M. Haynes², M.M. Hluchy³, and S. Langley-Turnbaugh¹. ¹Environmental Science and Policy Program, University of Southern Maine, Gorham, ME 04038, ²Department of Environmental Science and Biology, SUNY Brockport, Brockport, NY 14420, ³Department of Environmental Studies, Alfred University, Alfred, NY 14802, ⁴Biology Department and Center for Great Lakes Research, Buffalo State College, Buffalo, NY 14222

2:30 (165) CIRES outreach and education: Providing opportunities for scientists' success in K-12 education.
D.Y. Panayotou, L.K. Smith, S.L. Laursen, and S.M. Buhr. Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Studies, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80309

3:00 (166) AUSRIVAS online: bringing education and research into the 21st Century.
S. Nichols¹, A.J. Barlow¹, R.H. Norris¹, B Gray², and L Evans². ¹Cooperative Research Centre for Freshwater Ecology, University of Canberra, Canberra. 2601, ²Water Policy Section, Department of the Environment and Heritage, GPO Box 787, Canberra 2601

3:30 (167) Lessons learned after 15 years: use of information technologies to support face-to-face teaching to small, medium, and too big classes at University of Ottawa.
A. Morin. Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1N 6N5

4:00 (168) The Nyanza Project: An international interdisciplinary research training program on Lake Tanganyika.
C.M. O’Reilly¹ and A.S. Cohen². ¹Dept of Biology, Vassar College, 124 Raymond Ave, Poughkeepsie , NY, ²University of Arizona

4:15 (169) Integrating research and education: Funding issues and examples from LTER marine sites.
S Ortega. LTER Network Office, Biology Department, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87331