Collaborative Research: A Chautauqua Program for the 21st Century

为了使我们的国家保持其竞争优势，我们必须增加合格的STEM专业人员的数量，那些从我们的课程毕业的人必须参加高质量的课程，由有吸引力和知识渊博的教师教授，关于21世纪世纪相关的主题。为了使高等教育教师在这个迅速变化的世界中保持他们的技能，专业发展的机会必须是丰富的，具有成本效益的，有意义的。这个项目代表了教师谁寻求提高他们的教学技能或谁寻求分支到一个新的奋进领域的无处不在的专业发展的目标的第一步。肖托夸夸大学教师专业发展讲习班是一个成功的计划，运作了近二十年。在项目期间，数千名教师接受了最新研究课题和教育实践的重要培训。肖托夸夸系列也发挥了重要作用的调查人员谁寻求扩大影响，从他们的资助项目。由于各种因素，最初的肖托夸夸系列于2007年停止。通过这个项目，正在开发一个具有成本效益和可持续的世纪版本的肖托夸计划的模型。 这种模式充分利用了基于互联网的会议和协作技术，包括类似MOOC的方法，以降低成本并增加影响力。通过该项目开发的第二代肖托夸短期课程模式将成为未来实施高等教育教师全面专业发展战略的资源。 来自代表性不足的群体或在代表性不足的学生人数众多的项目中任教的教师正在成为参与的目标，这意味着该项目可以扩大STEM的参与。这个新的肖托夸项目将由一位经验丰富的评估员进行评估，他将评估这种教育干预对教师参与者以及随后对本科STEM学生的影响。

In order for our nation to maintain its competitive edge, it is imperative that we increase the number of qualified STEM professionals and that those who do graduate from our programs enroll in high-quality courses, taught by engaging and knowledgeable faculty, about topics relevant in the 21st century. In order for higher education faculty to maintain their skills in this rapidly changing world, opportunities for professional development must be abundant, cost effective, and meaningful. This project represents a first step in achieving a goal of ubiquitous professional development for faculty who seek to improve their pedagogical skills or who seek to branch out into a new area of endeavor. The Chautauqua professional development workshops for university faculty resulted from a successful program that operated for nearly two decades. Over the project duration, thousands of faculty received vital training in up-to-date research topics and educational practices. The Chautauqua series also played an important role for investigators who sought to broaden the impact from their funded projects. The original Chautauqua series ceased in 2007 due to various factors. Through this project, a model for a cost effective and sustainable 21st century version of the Chautauqua program is being developed. This model takes full advantage of internet-based conferencing and collaborating technologies, including MOOC-like approaches, to reduce cost and increase impact. The model for the second generation of Chautauqua short courses to be developed through this project will serve as a resource for the implementation of a comprehensive professional development strategy for higher education faculty into the future. Faculty who are from underrepresented groups or who are teaching in programs with significant enrollment of underrepresented students are being targeted for participation, meaning that this project could serve to broaden participation in STEM. This new Chautauqua project will be assessed by an experienced evaluator who will assess the effects of this educational intervention on faculty participants and subsequently on undergraduate STEM students.