The University of British Columbia

The EOS-SEI:    "Raising the Standards in Undergraduate Education".

This monthly newsletter aims to keep all faculty, staff and students up to date with our work (see Overview). It could be results of research into learning in our courses, pointers for "best practices", observations about curriculum or pedagogy - anything related to our mission specifically in our department.

Please contact any of the EOS-SEI people (see the people page) for more details about the matters reported on with these newsletters, or if you have any questions what so ever about undergraduate learning, courses or curriculum in our Department.

Vol 5, No. 02. Coming soon!
Vol 5, No. 01. (Jan 2012) An Instructor's Clicker Cheat Sheet
Vol 4, No. 12. (Dec 2011) Student Projects in EOS; a discussion of successes, benefits and challenges.
Vol 4, No. 11. (Nov 2011) What college teachers should know about memory (summary of a 2011 article).
Vol 4, No. 10. (Oct 2011) How well did your midterm or exam “work” ?
Vol 4, No. 9. (Sept. 2011) Free Consulting: how can you gain from small EOS-SEI projects?
Vol 4, No. 8. (Aug. 2011) How can YOU benefit from your colleagues’ course transformations work?
Vol 4, No. 7. (July 2011) Checklist for Starting the Teaching Term. Note: this will save time and anxiety!
Vol 4, No. 6. (June 2011) What do students know before starting your course?
Vol 4, No. 5. (May. 2011) Student evaluations of teaching; How have "transformed" courses fared?
Vol 4, No. 4. (Apr. 2011) Clickers: continuing to improve for next year
Vol 4, No. 3. (Mar. 2011) What Your Colleagues Said (about work with EOS-SEI)
Vol 4, No. 2. (Feb. 2011) What do Students Know? ... Learn? Egs from mineralogy & petrology
Vol 4, No. 1. (Jan. 2011) Using Group Exams In Your Classes
Vol 3, No. 4. (Nov. 2010) Some students don't know how to study So train them.
Vol 3, No. 3. (Sep. 2010) EOS Course and Education Update: It’s been a busy summer
Vol 3, No. 2. (Mar. 2010) PostLecture Interviews: Fast, Cheap Data about Your Course
Vol 3, No. 1. (Jan. 2010) Multiple Instructors in EOS courses; can we do better?
Vol 2, No. 8. (Nov. 2009) Geoscience Education News from G.S.A. 2009.
Vol 2, No. 7. (Sep. 2009) Resources for all Faculty, and project update.
Vol 2, No. 6. (Jul. 2009) Quantifying Student Attitudes in EOS - a SAESS project update.
Vol 2, No. 5. (Jun. 2009) Department feedback about EOS-SEI.
Vol 2, No. 4. (May 2009) Can students get better at thinking about how they think?
Vol 2, No. 3. (Mar. 2009) What Do Students Learn in EOS Courses? (And how you can tell!)
Vol 2, No. 2. (Feb. 2009) Assessments That Support Student Learning.
Vol 2, No. 1. (Jan. 2009) Making the most of Midterm Course Feedback Surveys.
Vol 1, No. 5. (Dec. 2008) Making the Most Out of the First Day of Class.
Vol 1, No. 4. (Nov. 2008) Classroom observations; Quantifying student engagement in class.
Vol 1, No. 3. (Sept. 2008) Writing Learning Goals for Courses: one faculty member's view"
Vol 1, No. 2. (Aug. 2008) Student Attitude Survey EOSSEI
Vol 1, No. 1. (Jul. 2008) Student performance after in-class activities in a large EOSC course EOS-SEI.