Resources to Increase Student Engagement and Improve Mindset

Laurie Starkey, Cal Poly Pomona
lsstarkey@cpp.edu

Teaching Online Organic Chemistry "Labs" and Lectures: Moving Beyond Survival Mode (Wiley webinar and presentation pdf)

Teaching with Technology (PowerPoint, handout)

• Video Creation Resources (handout)
  • "Teaching with Videos and Animations: Tuning in, Getting Turned on, and Building Relationships" ACS symposium book chapter
  • "Video Creation for Teaching & Learning" PowerPoint
  • Explain Everything lecture capture app: cyclohexane tutorials
  • Doceri lecture capture app: Reagent Table
  • Camtasia screen capture: TLC simulator walk-through and Extraction walk-through (Camtasia tutorials: http://tiny.cc/CreatingPedagogicalVideos)
  • Lightboard technology (Learning Glass): hybridization lecture (explanation of how a lightboard works)
  • Adobe Spark free online tool for creation of slides + audio: column chromatography (Spark website)
  • Adobe Presenter (PowerPoint plug-in): distillation tutorial
  • Finding existing videos and animations: search YouTube, Educator.com, EdX, MERLOT, PhET, CPP animations
    
    
• Organic Chemistry Resources
  • Clicker Questions, Flipped classroom & Beyond Labz worksheets (LOCAL website - Library for Organic Chemistry Active Learning)
  • Laboratory Tutorials & Resources
    • TLC simulator and worksheet
    • Extraction animation and worksheet
  • Skills-Based active learing talk
    

Building Community in the Remote Classroom (presentation pdf)

• Learning-Focused Syllabus
  • Organic Chemistry II remote learning syllabus Fall 2020 and CHM 201 Syllabi - Original (Content-Focused) and Redesigned (Learning-Focused)
  • Michael S. Palmer, Lindsay B. Wheeler & Itiya Aneece (2016) Does the Document Matter? The Evolving Role of Syllabi in Higher Education
    Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 48:4, 36-47, DOI: 10.1080/00091383.2016.1198186 (link)
    
    
• Growth Mindset Resources
  • Motivate Lab (Mindset GPS: Growth Mindset, Purpose and Relevance, Social Belonging)
    • "Motivating Learners: Starting Strong" course info and contact: Travis Maddry email
  • Gratitude resources/activities
    • Benefits & scientific evidence
    • PositivePsychology.com has many great ideas (here are the 13 most popular). 
    • gratitude apps
  • Mindset Scholars Network (website, resources, newsletter subscription)
  • The Power of belief (TED talk Carol Dweck)
  • Mindset Kit (PERTS)
  • Growth Mindset Survey (Starkey)
  • Growing Your Mind (Khan Academy)
  • Neuroplasticity (Sentis)
  • Grow Your Brain Article (Carnegie)
  • Why You Need to Fail (TEDx talk Derek Sivers)
  • The Power of belief (TEDx talk Eduardo Briceno)
  • Success through effort (John Legend)
  • Famous failures "If you've never failed, you've never tried anything new"
    
    
• Exam Wrappers: Carnegie Mellon examples and Organic Chemistry example and Grade-Predicting Clicker Question
  Metacognition:  By taking a step back and thinking about the way you learn, you can improve your learning!  An "exam wrapper" survey will guide you through an exercise in self-reflection, with the goal of improving your performance on the next exam. 

Mind-tricks for Mastery: Redesigning an Organic Chemistry Course by
Focusing on Productive Persistence (poster pdf)

Abstract:

The goal of this course redesign was to reduce the D/F/W rate by improving students' attitudes about Organic Chemistry and exploring learning theory to improve their persistence.  Lessons on having a growth mindset have been incorporated, and utilizing a learning-focused syllabus helped to build a supportive environment.  Metacognitive reflection was encouraged with exam wrappers and weekly journal prompts.  Incentives were given for students to form groups (Organic Learning Communities, OLC) outside of class, and structured activities were provided for the OLCs on a weekly basis.

• Course Redesign with Technology (CSU-CRT) ePortfolios

• 2015-16 CHM 315 (online homework, exam wrappers)
• 2016-17 CHM 201 (mindset, OLC)
• 2017-18 CHM 314 (repository of problem-based learning activities)