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Some of you may be interested in providing input to the NSF regarding online STEM teaching as outlined in the guiding questions from the email below. I provide this invitation to participate in case you are interested. I know some of you are being very innovative
with your remote teaching.</div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, January 5, 2021 3:37:27 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> NOYCE-PI@LISTSERV.NSF.GOV <NOYCE-PI@LISTSERV.NSF.GOV><br>
<b>Subject:</b> NSF Invites Public Participation Around Online STEM Learning: Learning Gains and Assessing Success</font>
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<p class="x_Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt">NSF Invites Public Participation Around Online STEM Learning: Learning Gains and Assessing Success
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<p class="x_Default"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">This listening session is an opportunity to stimulate discussion with respect to the evolving role of online learning in teaching of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields, specifically
focusing on the identification of learning gains through online environments, including the role of new assessment approaches in measuring those gains. It is not intended to make recommendations to NSF.
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<p class="x_Default"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">EVENT: </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">The National Science Foundation’s Directorate for Education and Human Resources invites your participation in a listening session (</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; color:#944F71"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://tinyurl.com/nsfehr-010821__;!!IkmNjII!Qfy_BR59Ivo2Pu1cuSjikCboXXZ6OXVHhhsUcxrG7y0AXQf1nEyuqnpQwF6R0cw$">https://tinyurl.com/nsfehr-010821</a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt">)
to stimulate discussion with respect to the influence of online approaches to teaching STEM subjects, with a specific focus on learning and assessment. A companion listening session focused on the effect of online STEM education on educational organizations
will be held January 29</span><span style="font-size:6.5pt">th</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt">, 2021.
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<p class="x_Default"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">WHEN: </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">January 8, 2021 11 AM – 2 PM Eastern Time
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<p class="x_Default"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">WHO SHOULD ATTEND: </span>
</b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">University STEM faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates. K-12 STEM educators. Informal science educators. Online STEM education curriculum providers. STEM education researchers.
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<p class="x_Default"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">WHERE: </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">The listening session will be conducted virtually via Zoom. To participate fully you will need to have the Zoom app installed on your device. You can download
the latest version for free </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; color:#0462C1">here</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt">.
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<p class="x_Default"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">RSVP: </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Pre-registration is required for this event. Please
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; color:#0462C1">pre-register here</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt">. A Zoom meeting link and password will be sent to you after your registration is confirmed.
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<p class="x_Default"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">MEETING</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; color:windowtext">/ZOOM</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> LOGISTICS CONTACT:
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Dr. Brian Zuckerman (<a href="mailto:bzuckerm@ida.org">bzuckerm@ida.org</a>)
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">LISTENING SESSION CONTACT:</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">For more details regarding the listening session, please contact Lee Zia (<span style="color:#0462C1"><a href="mailto:lzia@nsf.gov">lzia@nsf.gov</a></span>) or Elizabeth VanderPutten
(<span style="color:#0462C1"><a href="mailto:evanderp@nsf.gov">evanderp@nsf.gov</a></span>).</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>
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<p class="x_Default"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">GUIDING QUESTIONS: </span>
</b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">As part of the listening session, NSF is seeking to foster discussion of the following:
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<p class="x_Default" style="margin-bottom:1.8pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">1. What new approaches to online STEM learning have been tried during the COVID-19 pandemic? How successful have these efforts been?
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<p class="x_Default" style="margin-bottom:1.8pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">2. What approaches are envisioned for the future?
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<p class="x_Default" style="margin-bottom:1.8pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">3. Is there evidence that online STEM learning can be transformative? Are there examples of highly successful, large-scale implementation of online STEM learning?
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<p class="x_Default" style="margin-bottom:1.8pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">4. Where are online STEM learning environments lagging? Which levels of STEM learning or STEM domains have been least amenable to online approaches, and what new research or learning
environment designs might be required to improve online STEM education? </span></p>
<p class="x_Default" style="margin-bottom:1.8pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">5. What methods and tools are used to assess students’ learning through online STEM education environments? Are they sufficient to measure student learning? What are the possibilities
for enhancing assessment through the use of online tools? </span></p>
<p class="x_Default" style="margin-bottom:1.8pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">6. To what extent do online assessments complement traditional approaches? Which learners can be best reached through online techniques?
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<p class="x_Default" style="margin-bottom:1.8pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">7. What does active learning look like online? How can it be assessed?
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<p class="x_Default"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">8. Do students engage differently with these learning environments? Are there advantages to continuing to use online environments even post-pandemic? What new practices might emerge for the future?
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<p class="x_Default"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">AGENDA</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">: After introductory remarks, there will be an open forum for participants.
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<p class="x_Default"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">LOGISTICS: </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">The IDA Science and Technology Policy Institute will be facilitating the meeting on NSF’s behalf. The meeting will be recorded. Participation in this
session implies consent for NSF to capture your name, voice, and likeness, and anything you say may be recorded and transcribed for NSF use. Moderators will manage participation and remove disruptive participants if necessary. Participants will be afforded
the option to provide short (1-2 page) written comments to complement their meeting participation.
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<p>Best,</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Brush Script MT"; color:black">Sandra Richardson, Ph.D.</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black">Lead Program Director, Noyce Program</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black">Division of Undergraduate Education</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black">National Science Foundation</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">“If ability, and not the circumstances of family fortune, determines who shall receive higher education in science, then we shall be assured of constantly improving quality
at every level of scientific activity.”—Vannevar Bush, 1945</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Browallia New",sans-serif">If you have questions about how COVID-19 may affect your award and/or proposal submission, please see the
<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/coronavirus/__;!!IkmNjII!Qfy_BR59Ivo2Pu1cuSjikCboXXZ6OXVHhhsUcxrG7y0AXQf1nEyuqnpQVDC6yFs$">
NSF Coronovirus Information</a> site.</span></b></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Browallia New",sans-serif">Details about the NSF
<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5733__;!!IkmNjII!Qfy_BR59Ivo2Pu1cuSjikCboXXZ6OXVHhhsUcxrG7y0AXQf1nEyuqnpQl5yO1Rs$">
<span style="color:blue">Noyce</span></a> program can be found in <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2017/nsf17541/nsf17541.htm__;!!IkmNjII!Qfy_BR59Ivo2Pu1cuSjikCboXXZ6OXVHhhsUcxrG7y0AXQf1nEyuqnpQV9DE9KQ$">
<span style="color:blue">program</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:blue"> </span><span style="color:blue"> solicitation 17-541</span></a> and program FAQs cen be found
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Browallia New",sans-serif"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf20086__;!!IkmNjII!Qfy_BR59Ivo2Pu1cuSjikCboXXZ6OXVHhhsUcxrG7y0AXQf1nEyuqnpQAHcRT8s$">here</a><b>.
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Browallia New",sans-serif">See
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Browallia New",sans-serif"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf19001__;!!IkmNjII!Qfy_BR59Ivo2Pu1cuSjikCboXXZ6OXVHhhsUcxrG7y0AXQf1nEyuqnpQL4T8m9Y$">PAPPG 20-1</a>
<b>for the current NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG). </b>
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