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To contact CEER, give a call to Jon Sticklen (517-353-3711)  or Daina Briedis (517-353-3861). Or fill out our contact form. 
Welcome to CEER @ Michigan State University - An SoTL Center
     a College of Engineering Center promoting ...
Engineering education research
The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL)
Outcomes-based engineering education



If you have innovated in your classroom and would like to share you innovation at one of the 2011-2012 CEER Brownbags, then let us know - send your topic to Jon or Daina and we will get you on the schedule for Spr Term 2012. 

the new series on Teaching Essentials
designed for faculty in their first three years

will continue in Spring 2012

 

Details and registration at http://teachingessentials.msu.edu.


News and Events

  • "Computing in Science Education: A New Way to Teach Science" - College Brownbag Tue Mar 13 College of Engineering Tuesday Brownbag  Tuesday March 13, noon-1pm3540 EBMorten Hjorth-Jensen, MSU Dept of Physics and Astronomy"Computing in Science Education: A New Way to Teach ...
    Posted Mar 13, 2012 7:35 AM by Jon Sticklen
  • CEER BrownBag Feb 7: Town Meeting on Time to Degree... contents of a letter send to EGR Faculty   Engineering Colleagues:This Tuesday (2/7) CEER will lead a town hall type discussion of an important topic to all in engineering ...
    Posted Feb 7, 2012 8:20 AM by Jon Sticklen
  • Posting in Washington Post: "College Grad Rates are 'bad data'" A recent post from the blog "COLLEGE INC" focuses on a rebuttal to the criticism that college have very poor graduation rate. The posting is interesting in laying out all ...
    Posted Jan 27, 2012 9:22 AM by Jon Sticklen
  • ASEE K-12 Workshop in San Antonio, June 2012 ASEE is pleased to bring its annual K-12 Workshop to San Antonio, Texas this year. It will take place the day before our Annual Conference.  The American Society for ...
    Posted Dec 13, 2011 11:17 AM by Jon Sticklen
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EER Funding & Publication Opportunities

  • New Reporting Items for NSF-Funded Projects To comply with "America Competes" NSF has two reporting requirements. You have probably heard of the "mentoring plan" you must have if your project includes funding for post docs.But ...
    Posted Aug 24, 2011 12:01 PM by Jon Sticklen
  • NSF Cyberlearning. Deadline July 14. This NSF program is focused on leveraging technology with what we know about how people learn to make advances in how people learn. Full details on the NSF website here
    Posted Jun 14, 2011 7:17 PM by Jon Sticklen
  • Two KEY Submission Deadlines SOON... Mar 31 & May 26 The new NSF RIGEE Program for initiating research in engineering education kicks off with a submission deadline on March 31. This program is aimed at building capability in engineering for ...
    Posted Feb 14, 2011 10:45 AM by Jon Sticklen
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Selected Recent SoTL Papers

titlekeywords
Improving Undergraduate Learning, Finding and Policy Recommendations from the SSRC-CLA Longitudinal Project STEM education, 21 century, status in the US 
Why don’t young people want to become engineers? Rational reasons for disappointing decisions career perspectives; engineering education; salaries; shortage of engineers; women in engineering 
Creating a Culture for Scholarly and Systematic Innovation in Engineering Education engineering education, reforms 
Talk by Ken Robinson: "Schools Kill Creativity" TED, Ken Robinson 
Why do we need reform, which, and how do we implement them?  STEM reform,  
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Instructional Technology News

  • MATLAB resource under active creation A MATLAB resource is being ported from an existing MSU course, Comp Science and Engineering 131, to the CEER website for wider distribution. Its located at MATLAB Resource on these ...
    Posted Jan 22, 2012 4:15 PM by Jon Sticklen
  • New Google Site Feature: Page Level Permissions Google sites just got easier to use. Up to this point, a Google site designer could give permission for access to a Google site in an all or nothing fashion ...
    Posted Aug 23, 2011 10:46 PM by Jon Sticklen
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Recent and Newly Added CoE Pubs

  • ASEE 2011 (1916) Computer across the Curriculum.pdf   102k - Oct 16, 2011 5:24 PM by Jon Sticklen (v3)
    ‎Laura J. Genik, Craig W. Somerton. Using the Computer as a Tool Across the Curriculum. ASEE 2011, Vancourver BC, AC 2011-1916. ‎
  • ASEE 2011 (1416) Quantifying Retention.pdf   156k - Oct 16, 2011 5:24 PM by Jon Sticklen (v3)
    ‎Thomas F. Wolff, Steven M. Cramer, Barbara A. Masi. Retention: Quantifying the Apples and Oranges. ASEE 2011, Vancourver BC, AC 2011-1416.‎
  • ASEE 2011 (1350) Communication Skills Grad Stud.pdf   91k - Oct 16, 2011 5:24 PM by Jon Sticklen (v3)
    ‎Craig W. Somerton, Craig J. Gunn. Improving the Public Communication Skills of Graduate Students. ASEE 2011, Vancourver BC, AC 2011-1350.‎
  • ASEE 2011 (636) Role Models in EGR.pdf   46k - Oct 16, 2011 5:24 PM by Jon Sticklen (v3)
    ‎Craig J. Gunn. Role Models in Engineering. ASEE 2011, Vancourver BC, AC 2011-636.‎
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