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Creativity and Innovation Take Center Stage
This month, I attended the premier event focusing on quality in education, improving student achievement and educator development—the 21st annual National Quality Education Conference (NQEC)...
- Filetype: pdf
- Publish date: 2013-11
- Keywords:NQEC, Continuous Improvement

Preparing STEM Teachers
In this 37-minute webinar, hear from a distinguished professor who is involved in laying the groundwork of an integrated science, technology, education, math (STEM) teacher preparation program at Purdue...
- Filetype: mp3
- Publish date: 2013-10
- Keywords:STEM-Increase K-20 Interest and College Enrollment, Teaching Quality, Professional Development

Blending Innovation, Student Co-Learning, Entrepreneurship and Informal Education – Innovation 5
We are engaged with Impression 5 Science Center in Michigan, in a student co-learning project to systematically investigate how the new technologies of additive manufacturing and rapid prototyping can be adapted to the informal education environment...
- Filetype: pdf
- Publish date: 2013-04
- Keywords:STEM, Conference Proceedings, 21st Century Skills, Hands-on Learning

Teachers 'n Training: Builiding Formal STEM Teaching, Efficacy through Informal Science Teaching Experience
This presentation from SIUE describes the 1st year of a university program that provides informal summer teaching opportunities for preservice elementary teachers in order to increase their comfort level and competence in teaching STEM concepts...
- Filetype: pdf
- Publish date: 2013-04
- Keywords:STEM, Conference Proceedings, Teaching Quality, Higher Education Brief

An Aviation-Themed STEPS Camp for Engaging 7th Grade Girls
This conference paper describes the STEPS program for 7th grade girls at Grand Valley State University. A 10-year tracking study on the impact of the camp showed that 47% of camp participants claim an interest in a science related career versus 18% of.....
- Filetype: pdf
- Publish date: 2013-04
- Keywords:STEM, Conference Proceedings, K-12 Outreach, Assessment/Surveys

MOOCs: Massive Opportunity or Mucky Mess?
In this issue of ASQ Higher Education Brief, we take a look at both sides of the MOOC debate...
- Filetype: pdf
- Publish date: 2013-03
- Keywords:Professional Development, Higher Education Brief, Continuous Improvement

Beware of MOOCs
Gerry Canavan, an assistant professor in the English department at Marquette University in Milwaukee, WI, shared his concerns about this new wave of e-learning with Higher Education Brief in this exclusive Q&A article. He said MOOCs are an ineffective medium for learning and that they de-skill and de-professionalize academia.
- Filetype: pdf
- Publish date: 2013-03
- Keywords:Innovation, MOOCs, Online Classes

A MOOC with a Mission
MOOCs have been recognized as a potential low-cost and effective way to prepare the large number of students that need remedial coursework before they can take college-level math and science. In this exclusive Q&A article, Robert Hoar, a math professor at the University of Wisconsin—La Crosse, discusses the role of MOOCs in academia and shares details about the successful math MOOC offered by the university.
- Filetype: pdf
- Publish date: 2013-03
- Keywords:Online Classes, MOOCs

Saying Goodbye to One Size Fits All
(From the September 2012 Education Brief) Read how Asa Clark Middle School created an environment in which authentic collaboration, data-driven decision making and continuous improvement processes acted as the school’s guide...
- Filetype: pdf
- Publish date: 2012-09
- Keywords:Primary and Secondary Education Brief, 21st Century Skills

From the Editor: Preparing Students for the 21st Century
(From the September 2012 Education Brief) Twenty-first century learning is about providing students with digital literacy, collaboration, creativity and critical thinking skills, and a range of other abilities they will need for the future...
- Filetype: pdf
- Publish date: 2012-09
- Keywords:Primary and Secondary Education Brief, 21st Century Skills