<div dir="ltr">--------- Forwarded message ----------<br><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote">From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Yolanda George</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ygeorge@aaas.org">ygeorge@aaas.org</a>></span><br>
DatFwd: Free January 2014 Online Workshops To Enhance NSF Educational Proposals and Projects - Register Now!e: Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 7:46 AM<br>Subject: RE: Free January 2014 Online Workshops To Enhance NSF Educational Proposals and Projects - Register Now!<br>
To: Yolanda George <<a href="mailto:ygeorge@aaas.org">ygeorge@aaas.org</a>><br><br><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Dear Colleague:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Are you interested in giving your faculty a competitive edge in writing proposals for educational research and development projects supported by the new National
Science Foundation (NSF) <a href="http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=504976&org=EHR&from=home" target="_blank">
<span style="color:rgb(153,33,35);text-decoration:none">Program Description PD14-7513 titled Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE)</span></a>.<span style="color:rgb(83,83,83)">
</span>Then you will want to make arrangements for them to participate as a group in one or more of the 10 upcoming NSF sponsored Interactive Web-based Workshops (IWBWs) all of which will be presented by former NSF Program Directors in the Division of Undergraduate
Education.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Virtual Faculty Collaborative (AAAS, Louisiana State University, and Higher Education Services) is offering a series of Interactive Web-Based Workshops (IWBWs)
on topics that are important in preparing proposals and in implementing funded undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education projects. This project is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), through a grant from
the Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE).</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Workshop Topics<i>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Individual workshops, which will last for two hours, will focus on:</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Incorporating effective strategies into an educational proposal</span><span style="font-family:"MS Mincho"">
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<span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Defining project goals, objectives, and evaluation questions</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Working with an evaluator to develop a project evaluation plan</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Addressing NSF’s broader impacts expectations in a project</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Designing a project for impact and transportability</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Workshop Format</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">These workshops are intended for all STEM faculty members who are planning NSF educational proposals or already have a funded project. They are designed to engage
local groups of participants in discussions of issues related to the workshop topic that will enable local sites to interact with the entire virtual group, and to be provided with information and insights on each of these discussion items by workshop presenters.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Because of this distributed organization, only groups of STEM faculty at a site may participate and each group must have a local facilitator who will work with the
presenters to organize the local activities and interact with the Presenter in coordinating the workshop presentation. Those interested in serving as a facilitator must submit an application for each IWBW they wish to hold at their site. More information on
facilitating an IWBW and on the application process is provided at <a href="http://ehrweb01.aaas.org/stem-iwbw/facilitators/" target="_blank">
<span style="color:rgb(94,25,109);text-decoration:none">FACILITATORS</span></a> link.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Workshop Schedule</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Each IWBW will be offered twice between January 6 through 17, 2014. The workshop sessions are scheduled Monday through Friday at 2:00-4:00 (EST). Additional information
about the IWBW content, schedule, and presenters is available at the <a href="http://ehrweb01.aaas.org/stem-iwbw/workshops/" target="_blank">
<span style="color:rgb(0,37,229);text-decoration:none">WORKSHOP</span></a><a name="142ebfef416b3a27__GoBack"></a> link<b>.<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> Please note that registration for a given session will be closed five days prior to the date of the session.</span></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Registration</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">To register for one or more NSF IWBWs, please access the
<a href="http://ehrweb01.aaas.org/stem-iwbw/register/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(94,25,109);text-decoration:none">site</span></a>.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">If you have questions about the IWBWs, please email Yolanda George at
<a href="mailto:ygeorge@aaas.org" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,37,229);text-decoration:none">ygeorge@aaas.org</span></a>.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Sincerely,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://ehrweb01.aaas.org/stem-iwbw/leadership-team/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,37,229)">IWBWs Leadership Team</span></a></span></p>
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