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EOS-SEI: People

STLFs (Science Teaching and Learning Fellows)
Name Specialization Room email = xyz@eos.ubc.ca
Francis Jones Applied geophysics (Project Director) eosSouth 361    xyz = fjones
Brett Gilley Sedimentology eosSouth 361    xyz = bgilley

EOS colleagues

Sara Harris; EOS Instructor 1, Project Director 2007-20011, on sabbatical leave Sept. 2011 for 12 mths.
Erin Lane; STLF 2009-2011, currently teaching full time in EOS, starting Sept. 2011.

Colleagues who have moved on from EOS

At University of Canterbury, Transforming Tertiary Science Education, a Commissioned Project of Ako Aotearoa, New Zealand's National Centre for Tertiary Teaching Excellence:
- Ben Kennedy : Project Leader
- Jackie Dohaney, PhD student
- Alison Jolley, Research Assistant
Josh Caulkins: University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI.


EOS-SEI Project steering committee   (Teaching Initiative Committee): consists of all STLFs plus ...
Name Position
Douw Steyn (Committee chair) Professor, Boundary Layer Meteorology, Mesoscale Meteorology, Air Pollution Meteorology.
F. Jones STLF
B. Gilley STLF
E. Lane Lecturer, Oceanography and climate.
J. Scoates Professor, Igneous Petrology, Geochemistry, Magmatic Ore Deposits, Geochronology
E. Eberhardt Professor, Geological Engineering Rock Mechanics & Rock Engineering


Undergraduate and Graduate Student Contributors

Name Project components Duration Principle Supervision
Graduate students
Jackie Dohaney EOSC220 lab and content development. Jan '08-Sept'08 B. Kennedy
Kirsten Hodge supporting in-class activity development Jan '08-Dec'08 B. Gilley
Peter Lelievre Graduate student course on education (TA training) Jan'08-Apr'09 B. Gilley
Brendan Smithyman Graduate student course on education (TA training) Sep'08-Dec'09 B. Gilley
Neil Swart Teaching Assistants for eosc516, Teaching and Learning in Earth and Ocean Sciences Sept 09 - Dec 09 B. Gilley
Rebecca Taylor Teaching Assistants for eosc516, Teaching and Learning in Earth and Ocean Sciences Sept 09 - Dec 10 B. Gilley
Jason McAlister Teaching Assistants for eosc516, Teaching and Learning in Earth and Ocean Sciences Sept 10 - present B. Gilley
Undergraduate students
Carrie Wong Spatial Visualization in Beginner and Advanced Undergraduate Sep10 - presnet J.Caulkins, S.Harris
Kerry Ko Interviewing potential employers of EOS graduates
Partially supported by SkyLight grant.
Jan'10-Apr-'10 F.Jones, S.Harris
Sarah Henderson - Various (qualitative data analysis, test data collection and processing)
Partially supported by Canada Summer Jobs program.
July-Aug 2009 S.Harris, F.Jones
Kim Smet Metacognition in ENVR200 - qualitative data analysis May-July 2009 S.Harris
Alison Jolley - SAESS: statistics, data analysis, interpretation and reporting.
Partially supported by SkyLight grant.
- Geology Honors Thesis (details)
- Using Collaborative Group Exams. Summary and Poster.
- Concept tests: mineralogy and petrology. Progress.
May-Aug '09
Sep'09-Apr'10
Jun'10-Aug'10
Sep'10-Apr'11
E.Lane
S.Harris, F.Jones
S.Harris, B.Gilley
S.Harris
Jamil Rhajiak - Service course interviews / focus groups
(Partially supported by the UBC Workstudy program)
- Geology Honors Thesis (details)
Feb-May '08
Sep'08-Apr'09
F.Jones, S.Harris
Eva Schaffer Questions Database Project
(Summer job position, partially supported by SkyLight Development Grant)
May-Aug 2008 F.Jones


Project Alumni

Name Specialization
Tom-Pierre Frappé-Sénéclauze Glaciology, SAESS, TA training
Ben Kennedy (STLF) Volcanology
Josh Caulkins (STLF) Geomorphology & Hydrogeology
Erin Lane (STLF) Oceanography


Related Groups and Organizations

Contact pointers for science education related organizations and resources at UBC and beyond.

  • UBC
    • CWSEI - Carl Wieman Science Education Initiative.
    • FoS - UBC Faculty of Science.
    • Skylight - The UBC FoS Science Centre for Learning and Teaching.
    • CIS - Faculty of Applied Science Centre for Instructional Support.
    • CTLT - Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology (CTLT), including e-Learning resources at UBC.
  • CU-SEI - The University of Colorado Science Education Initiative.
  • University of Canterbury:

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