Urban & Environmental Geophysics Course Planning Workshop
University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida

7:30 am
8:00 am

Breakfast at Embassy Suites Hotel: A portion of the hotel restaurant where breakfast is served is set aside aside for our group.

WORKSHOP GOALS:

• Develop a list of potential learning goals and content topics for an introductory urban and environmental geophysics course that is designed to attract a more diverse group of students
• Identify course questions and problems that can help engage underrepresented minority students throughout the course
• Expand workshop participants' awareness of existing geophysics course and course materials, and research/field experiences for students

8:00 am
8:30 am

Walk/Transport to USF - Interdisciplinary Science Building (ISA) Room 5020

Campus Map

8:30 am
8:40 am

Welcome and Introduction to Online Course Development

John Taber (IRIS) and Sarah Kruse (USF)

8:40 am
9:10 am

Icebreaker – John Taber (IRIS)

Participants will sort themselves into geographic regions, and discuss important/interesting urban and environmental geophysics problems in their regions

9:10 am
9:20 am

Ignite Introductory Talks (5 presenters)

• Andy Parsekian (U. Wyo)
• Lee Slater (Rutgers-Newark)
• Sarah Kruse (USF)
• John Taber (IRIS)
• Danielle Sumy (IRIS)

9:20 am
10:20 am

What does urban and environmental geophysics mean to you, in research, in the classroom, and in your region?

• Andy Parsekian (U. Wyo)
• Lee Slater (Rutgers-Newark)
• Sarah Kruse (USF)

10:20 am
10:35 am

BREAK

10:35 am
10:45 am

Ignite Introductory Talks (5 presenters)

10:45 am
11:15 am

BREAKOUTS #1: TEACHING AND LEARNING

• What geophysics courses/modules do you teach or would you like to teach? At what level?
• What are your key learning goals and how does that relate to the group that you're teaching?
• What type of teaching approaches do you currently use (e.g., labs, individual or group assignments, in class or video lectures, classroom discussions)?
• What are the barriers to new course (or half-semester long course) implementation at your institution (e.g., department or institutional approval, timing, cost)?

11:15 am
11:30 am

Report Out from Breakout Groups

11:30 am
11:45 am

Ignite Introductory Talks (7 presenters)

11:45 am
1:00 pm

LUNCH - On Top of the Palms, Marshal Student Center

1:00 pm
1:10 pm

Ignite Introductory Talks (5 presenters)

1:10 pm
2:00 pm

• Yes, sign me up for a geoscience degree!, Stefany Sit (Univ. of IL, Chicago)

• Recruitment and retention of underrepresented minorities in the geosciences, Tina Carrick (El Paso Community College)

2:00 pm
2:30 pm

BREAKOUT #2 - APPROACHES TO DIVERSITY

• What approaches have you used in the past to attract a more diverse group of students to your course and/or institution?
• What are the barriers to engaging a diverse audience in your courses and/or at your institution?
• At your institution and/or in your classroom, what are the strategies for student retention and success with geophysics?
• What would success look like for you or your institution?

2:30 pm
2:45 pm

Report out from Breakout Groups

2:45 pm
2:55 pm

Ignite Introductory Talks (5 presenters)

2:55 pm
3:15 pm

BREAK

3:15 pm
3:30 pm

Pre-Workshop Survey Results and Discussion

• Andy Parsekian (U. Wyo)

3:30 pm
4:15 pm

BREAKOUT #3: KEY LEARNING OBJECTIVES AND TEACHING MATERIALS

• What are the key learning objectives and associated content topics to include in the course?
• What types of teaching materials and/or strategies will be most useful to you (e.g., labs, assignments, ppt slides, pre-recorded lectures, classroom exercises)?
• If you had a particular instrument (e.g., loaned from PASSCAL or U. Wyo., or have your own equipment), what teaching materials would be useful to you to go along with that equipment?

4:15 pm
5:30 pm

Equipment Demo - Sarah Kruse (USF)

• GPR, Seismic Refraction and Resistivity

ADJOURN

6:30 pm

DINNER - Acropolis Greek Taverna, 14947 Bruce B Downs Blvd

• We will take the hotel shuttle, Ubers and other vehicles to get to the dinner location

7:00 am
8:00 am

BREAKFAST - on your own at Embassy Suites Hotel

8:30 am
8:45 am

Introduction to Today’s Agenda – John Taber (IRIS)

• Roadmap for where we want to be at the end of the day
• Any questions/comments/concerns for the day?

8:45 am
9:00 am

Gallery Walk & Online Voting

9:00 am
10:15 am

BREAKOUT #4: DEMOGRAPHICS

• GEOPATHS handout - Lee Slater (Rutgers - Newark)
  • Program video
• What are the perceived barriers for the students you teach? What topics and skills do students appear most interested in?
• Imagine yourself as an employer, what are you looking for? What skills and content knowledge would you like new employees to have?

10:15 am
10:30 am

BREAK

10:30 am
10:45 am

Course Development Process - John Taber (IRIS)

• Active learning strategies
• Introduction to INTEGRATE materials

10:45 am
12:00 pm

BREAKOUT #5: MODULES

Each group digs more deeply into potential modules, including learning goals, content, and activities

• What local or regional urban and environmental issues could be addressed with a short, single technique or tool module?
• What local or regional urban and environmental issues could be addressed with a longer problem-based, multi-technique module?
• How would these be relevant to a diverse audience?
• What workforce opportunities exist under this theme?

12:00 pm
12:30 pm

LUNCH - Boxed Lunches

12:30 pm
1:00 pm

Report Out from Breakout Groups

1:00 pm
2:00 pm

Summary, Synthesis, and Next Steps

• What else should the course developers consider to help make the course accessible to a broader audience?
• Key takeaways from the meeting
• Direction and Input for Year 2       
• Exit Survey/Workshop Evaluation

ADJOURN