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Transcript CEDD - National Council for Science and the Environment
Climate, Adaptation, and Mitigation eLearning 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:
to improve the scientific basis of environmental
decisionmaking.
Five Strategies:
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Education and Careers - People
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Science Solutions - Problems
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Science Policy - Policies
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National Conference - Pathways
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Encyclopedia of the Earth - Public
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
Council of Environmental Deans
and 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
CAMEL
Climate,
Adaptation, and Mitigation eLearning Community
Nationwide (and beyond) community
Educators, researchers, students
Undergraduate
materials—all levels and
fields
Climate change causes, consequences
and solutions
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
Five Components
Content
Faculty
development
Community development
Cyberinfrastructure
Evaluation
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
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.
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
Faculty Development
Jean
MacGregor, Evergreen State College
Steve Ehrmann, TLT Group
Stephanie Pfirman, Barnard
College/Columbia U.
Karl Smith, Purdue U.
CEDD
Faculty Development
To
provide guidance, training, and
opportunities for collaboration and
communication to faculty members who
develop materials
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
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
Community Development
To
build a self-sustaining community of
educators that advances the teaching of
climate change causes, consequences,
and solutions
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?
Cyberinfrastructure
Barry
Benedict, U. of Texas - El Paso
Peter Saundry, NCSE
Maggie Surface, NCSE
CEDD
Cyberinfrastructure
To
evaluate existing infrastructure and
develop novel infrastructure designed to
best achieve the goals of the content,
faculty development, and community
components
Cyberinfrastructure
Platforms
Encyclopedia of Earth
CyberShare
Enable
the goals of the other three
components
Mutual
Recursive
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
Challenges
Hard
to build community
Faculty are busy
Strengths
NASA grant (the CAMEL’s nose under the tent)
Dedicated personnel
MERLOT and other models
Initial pool of materials and participants
Model course
Model community
CEDD
Existing platforms
Timing!
THANKS
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