[LTER-education] Fwd: [Reu-geo] Talk: cross-program assessment of BIO REUs during COVID

[Marty Downs]

Dear LTER Education Managers and LTER REU Coordinators--

Please see below for a talk (organized by the BIO-REU program) on the
results of last summer's virtual REU experiences that ties in with a recent
education committee discussion. I'd also like to remind folks on the
LTER-REU-Coordinators list to let me know if there has been a change of
responsibilities and there is someone else at your site who should be added
to this list.

Thanks, Marty
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Director, LTER Network Office
617-833-7930 (m)

*~~I sometimes find it convenient to email on nights and weekends. *
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From: Valerie Sloan via reu-geo <reu-geo at mailman.ucar.edu>
Date: Fri, Feb 5, 2021 at 2:54 PM
Subject: [Reu-geo] Talk: cross-program assessment of BIO REUs during COVID
To: GEO REU list <reu-geo at mailman.ucar.edu>


Dear all,

Our colleague Ian Billick from the BIO REU community has shared that Dr.
Erin Dolan <https://www.bmb.uga.edu/directory/people/erin-dolan>
<https://www.bmb.uga.edu/directory/people/erin-dolan> from the University
of Georgia is going to give a zoom talk in a few weeks via Zoom. I will
attend, and I suspect that some of you will be interested in "going."


*How do we do this at a distance?! *

*Results from a cross-program evaluation of remote Research Experiences for
Undergraduates sites during COVID19 *

Friday Feb 26, 2:00 -3:00 pm ET

Zoom details to follow.



Undergraduate research experiences are critical for attracting and
preparing the next generation of research scientists. One of the longest
standing and most widely recognized forms of support for these experiences
are Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Sites funded by the
National Science Foundation (NSF). *When the COVID19 pandemic caused major
disruptions across higher education, 80% of REU sites funded by the NSF
Directorate for Biological Sciences opted to cancel their 2020 summer
programming; 20% - or 25 programs – opted to proceed. These programs
collaborated in a common evaluation to identify strengths and areas for
improvement of this unprecedented approach to undergraduate research, and
to compare the outcomes of remote REUs to those documented for in-person
research. *This session will describe the results of the common evaluation
and highlight program elements that emerged as particularly valuable for
students.


Happy Friday, and please take care of yourselves and avoid that darned
virus!

Val

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Valerie Sloan, Ph.D.
NCAR Education & Outreach
National Center for Atmospheric Research
P.O. Box 3000
Boulder, CO 80307-3000
Office: 303-497-2752
Email: vsloan at ucar.edu


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