Informal conversations on topics of common interest.

Monday, June 26, 12:30-1:15 PM  

Monday, June 26, 7-7:45 PM

Tuesday, June 27, 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM

Monday, June 26, 12:30 - 1:15 PM

BF1 - POGIL Online: Notes from the Field (Karl Bailey) - OC South

Teaching with POGIL online using groups and roles - asynchronous and synchronous. Have you been teaching POGIL online hybrid before or during the pandemic? Are you interested in learning more about how some have been delivering POGIL online? This BOF session is to learn and share our collective experiences around fostering a robust online learning community using POGIL. The discussion will be facilitated by Karl Bailey, who has taught college level chemistry in both online and hybrid modalities since 2012 using the POGIL group structures with Roles.

BF2 - Alternative Methods of Assessment Such as Group Exams (Steve Gravelle) - OC West

 I must confess to being ignorant of alternative methods of testing (broadly defined) student knowledge. I have heard POGIL folks mention such methods as "ungrading" and group exams. The question I wish to address is: can we keep students accountable for learning the material without the stress inherent to exams (which impedes learning I believe)?

BF3 - Facilitating Change: Transforming Courses, Colleagues, and Curricula (Tim Herzog, Marty Perry) - OC South

This BOF will allow participants to share ideas and challenges related to impacting learner-centered curricular change in new or existing courses, assisting colleagues through mentoring and faculty development, or fostering large-scale programmatic/department-level curricular change.

BF4 - Facilitating POGIL Activities to Support Neurodiversity (Sheila Barbach) - OC East

Effective implementation of POGIL activities includes using social and emotional skills such as self-awareness, social awareness, self-management, and relationship building. Students in teams must work efficiently in time constraints, manage emotions and distractions, use expressive and receptive language, give and receive feedback, and interpret social cues. I would like to discuss how we support neurodiversity in these social and emotional skills as POGIL instructors.  Link to Peeling the Onion Protocol

Monday, June 26, 7-7:45 PM

BF5 - POGIL Labs and Building on the SPIRAL Project (Michael Garoutte) - OC East

Current research shows students who develop better support networks (classmates, teacher, tutors, etc.) and a sense of belonging can boost their success expectations and have better chances at higher learning gains and course grades. POGIL can be utilized as a networking opportunity as well as a learning tool, but group dynamics can be beneficial or harmful at times. As practitioners, how can we utilize the group inquiry aspect of POGIL to create a sense of belonging and community in diverse classrooms in order to help foster networking and support for students in historically underserved populations?

BF6 - POGIL Learning Communitiese (Teresa Bixby) - OC South

This birds-of-a-feather is for all current and former Participants and Leaders from the POGIL Learning Communities to network in person.

BF7 - ANA POGIL (Caryl Fish) - OC East

We are revising the ANA-POGIL activities and would be interested in hearing from others teaching analytical chemistry or other classes that might use analytical concepts (sampling, statistics, equilibrium, chromatography, etc.). What activities should we add to the collection? What changes would improve the collection? What is the general direction that you would like to see the analytical chemistry activities take that would be most useful in your classroom. Materials for this session can be found here

BF8 -  Incorporating Real-World Context into Activities (Dan King) - OC North

One way to engage students in the classroom is to help them understand the relevance of what they are learning. Many existing POGIL activities are content-focused, with real-world applications only appearing in the exercises at the end of the activity. In this BOF, we will discuss different approaches to incorporating real-world context into activities and where to find the real-world data needed.

BF9 - Graduate Students and POGIL (Wendy Krause) - OC North

An open discussion of using POGIL with masters and Ph.D. students. What works and what doesn’t? How does facilitation change with graduate students? What makes a robust model for graduate students? How important are “explore” questions? Let’s come together and share thoughts, insights, and best practices! 

BF10 - Reinforcing or Reintroducing Pre-req Skills (Jessie Oehrlein) - OC West

Students are often not fully comfortable or familiar with the skills as we'd like to assume. Topics of discussion will include writing & facilitation practices to reintroduce and reinforce skills/concepts from previous courses or earlier in the term, as well as approaches to POGIL-based courses taught in a corequisite model.

BF11 - Kendall Hunt Publishing (Danielle Schlichtmann) - OC South

In this session, Danielle Schlichtmann, Senior Acquisitions Representative from Kendall Hunt Publishing, will discuss custom publishing and answer any questions you might have about working with Kendall Hunt.

BF12 - From Stories to Science: Embracing Cultural Narratives in POGIL (Natasja Swartz) - OC West

In this session, we will explore the powerful connection between cultural narratives and guided inquiry activities in college science classrooms. Cultural narratives are the stories, myths, and legends that shape the identities and beliefs of communities around the world. By incorporating these narratives into guided inquiry, we can enhance students' learning experiences, and foster inclusive and culturally responsive classrooms.  Link to materials for this session

BF13 - Creating a Carbonyl First Organic Curriculum (Anne Glenn, Ron Pongdee) - OC South

The published POGIL Organic Chemistry workbooks use electrophilic addition to alkenes (Straumanis) or SN1/SN2 (Ruder) as the first organic reaction mechanism that students encounter. Using reactions of the carbonyl group as the “kickoff” to reaction mechanisms introduces students (who are mainly biology and pre-health) early on to the mechanisms of reactions that occur in biological systems. We will discuss organization of topics and possible activities for a "carbonyl first" organic course.

Tuesday, June 27, 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM

BF14 - Course-Based Undergraduate Research (Jocelyn Cuthbert, Rob Whitnell) - OC East

CUREs (course-based undergraduate research experiences) have become increasingly common as a means for both introducing students to the research practice and building their ability to act as independent, inquiring scientists. Incorporating the context of scientific research into laboratory activities fits well with POGIL teaching and learning methods: helping students see explicitly how the process of research works and the research skills they are building at each stage of their work. We look forward to discussion about the rewards and challenges of CUREs: laboratory management, how students bring their classroom experience with the POGIL framework into independent research, barriers faculty find-at large and small institutions-to building effective CUREs for their classes, and other topics participants bring to the session.

BF15 - POGIL Models in Non-STEM Disciplines (Sidney Boquiren) - OC North

In this birds of a feather session, participants will discuss what kinds of models they use in non-STEM disciplines. How are these different from the typical models of published POGIL activities? What challenges do we encounter in developing models for non-STEM disciplines? How do we develop "robust models" in these other disciplines? What can we learn from these models that can be adopted and adapted to other non-STEM disciplines?

BF16 - Concept vs. Content: When and How to Use POGIL (Karen Groh, Andri Smith) - OC North

POGIL is well suited for learning concepts; it can be more challenging to teach facts using POGIL. How do instructors approach content-based learning using POGIL and/or other learning strategies?

BF17 - Strategies for Supporting Belonging and Inclusion in the POGIL Classroom (Dan Libby, Charity Lovitt, Kristy Mardis) - OC West

POGIL is a collaborative process that includes students in the process of learning. However, the small collaborative teams can also sometimes magnify biases and stereotypes. This session will focus on strategies to identify instructor and student biases so as to build a more inclusive and welcoming environment for students.