Undergraduate Research in Online, Virtual, and Hybrid Courses: Proactive Practices for Distant Students

ISBN-13: 9781642674132 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022

Nancy H. Hensel; William E. Campbell; Jennifer C. Coleman

Opis

With the growing interest in undergraduate research as a high-impact practice, and the recognition that college education is increasingly moving online, this book – the first to do so – provides a framework, guidance from pioneering practitioners, and a range of examples across disciplines on how to engage remote students in research.

Recenzje

“If you’re committed to socially just educational practices, this book is vitally important. We shortchange students who take online courses (often from historically marginalized and underserved populations) if we exclude research projects in virtual classes. With examples from across the disciplines, you’ll find impactful ideas on fostering equitable online student success.”

Flower Darby

Faculty and Lead Author, Small Teaching Online

"Essential reading for educators focused on equitable student success, the thoughtful chapters provide key insights to incresing affordability and ubiquity of undergraduate research through investment in online models."

Elizabeth L. Ambos

CUR Executive Officer, 2012-2019

"This timely book brings together the heightened learning and excitement students experience doing research with the unlimited educational access offered by online learning. The chapters in this edited volume reveal effective strategies for engaging online students in authentic inquiry in a variety of fields. Conceived before the COVID-19 pandemic forced everyone to learn and teach remotely, its content is even more salient as post-pandemic educators put greater value on innovative online teaching, and on supplementing (or replacing, if needed) in-person instruction with remote activities."

Janice DeCosmo

Past President of CUR, Associate Vice Provost for Undergraduate Research, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Academic Affairs, University of Washington Seattle

"Students, faculty, and college administrators are faced with the uncertainty of how higher education will adapt to pandemic-triggered challenges and opportunities. Even if online education was not a priority for some, best practices learned during COVID must remain. This book offers plenty of excellent advice to make education more equitable and career-readiness accessible to all. It also reminds us that, as educators, we must continue adapting methods and technologies to an ever-changing world."

Silvia Ronco

Senior Program Director, Research Corporation for Science Advancement, 2020-2021 President of CUR

Spis treści

Foreword — Lynn Pasquerella Introduction—Jennifer G. Coleman, Nancy H. Hensel, and William E. Campbell 1)The Power of Undergraduate Research — William E. Campbell 2)Online Education and the Need for Undergraduate Research —Jennifer G. Coleman 3)Online Undergraduate Research in Science, Technologiy, Engineering, and Mathmematics (STEM. Courses —Emily K. Faulconer 4)How to Incorporate Undergraduate Online Research in a Cross-Listed, Combined Undergraduate/Graduate Humanities and Social Science Course — Lydia Huerta Moreno 5)Online Undergradute Research in Behavioral Sciences —Jennifer G/ Coleman and Lee William Daffin, Jr. 6)Undergraduate Research and Online History Courses —Andrew S. Hernández III 7)Conducting Undergraduate Research in Business in the Online Environment —Julio C. Rivera 8)How Action Research Builds Confidence in Online Early Childhood Education Students —Julianne Zvalo-Martyn 9)Online Undergraduate Research in Health Professions —Lori L. Finn 10)Designing an Asynchronous Online Capstone Research Project. Public Policy, Community Evaluation, and the Interplanetary Initiative —Margaretha Bentley 11)From Observer to Active Participant. Transitioning the Identity of Undergraduate Online Research Students —Tami Lincoln 12)"What We Know Must Be". Undergraduate Research in an Online Shakespeare Course —Laura Grace Godwin and David A. Saloman 13)Fostering Relationships and Communicating Effectively. Technological Tools Necessary to Support Undergraduate Research in Virtual Environments —Nicole Nicholson 14)Virtual Showcases of Student Research/Creativity —Shauna Reily and Samantha Langley-Turnbaugh 15)Turning "Limitations" into Opportunities. Online and Unbound —Kevin Ostoyich, Kari-Anne Innes, and Rebecca Ostoyich 16)Virtualizing Undergraduate Research in the Geosciences. Freely Available Geospatial Data Resources and Strategies for Their Use —Jeffrey G. Ryan 17)Triage, Transition, and Transformation. How the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR. Adapted and Evolved in a COVID-19 World —Lindsay Currie and Heather Wakefield 18)Pandemic Responses and Insights — Tim Usher, Andrew V. Nguyen, Jamie Buettner, and Joel Blaxland Afterword —Nancy H. Hensel Editor and Contributor Biographies Index

O autorze

Jennifer Coleman is a Professor of Psychology at Western New Mexico University. As an early adopter, she developed most of the psychology curriculum online while also teaching on-ground. She won Professor of the Year twice for her teaching, mentoring, and for founding a student-funded program that champions research opportunities for students. She earned a B.A. in Psychology at SUNY Geneseo, and a Ph.D. in Psychology and MST in College Teaching at the University of New Hampshire. She went on to earn master’s degrees that span business, counseling, English and art. As an interdisciplinarian, she has conducted research with students for more than 20 years. Her own experience with undergraduate research at Geneseo was invaluable and created her drive to ensure such opportunities are available to all students, regardless of physical location and economic means. She has served as director of Research and Sponsored Programs, Institutional Review Board, Academic Support Center, Graduate Division and Admissions, and as the founding Chair of Interdisciplinary Studies she oversaw fully-online degrees (AA, BIS, MA and graduate certificates). As a leader and advocate for educational equity, she focuses on high impact practices in on-ground and online teaching and advising. She has presented extensively with students, most recently with those she has met online.

Nancy Hensel has been a faculty member, Dean, Provost, and University President. She served as Executive Officer of the Council of Undergraduate Research for seven years. In that role she served as Co-PI for several National Science Foundation grants to assist colleges in developing undergraduate research programs. She has written or edited a variety of books about undergraduate research, including Course-Based Undergraduate Research (Stylus, 2018); Transformative Research at Predominately Undergraduate Institutions with Kerry K. Karukstis (CUR, 2007) and Faculty Support and Undergraduate Research: Innovations in Faculty Role Definition, Workload, and Reward with Elizabeth L. Paul (CUR, 2012) She co-edited two monographs on undergraduate research that specifically address student research at community colleges. She also has given many speeches on undergraduate research and is a recognized national and international leader on this topic.

William Campbell, Ph.D. in Philosophy, spent 35 years as an administrator at three universities: Director of Academic Assistance and Honors; Director of Undergraduate Research; and Director of Grants and Research. He started his first undergraduate research program in 1987. He has been active in CUR for twenty years: Councilor, Treasurer, member of the Executive Board, and President. He has written and presented widely on undergraduate research, grants, and academic success programs. He is the author of The Power to Learn: Helping Yourself to College Success (Wadsworth, 1992, 1996) and co-editor of New Paradigms for College Teaching (with Karl Smith; Interaction Books, 1996).