This four-part workshop provides faculty an opportunity to exchange ideas on how to engage undergraduate students using student-active methods. Instructors at all levels of experience are encouraged to participate. In Part I, the workshop will introduce ESA’s Four Dimensional Ecology Education Framework, endorsed by ESA in November 2018, followed by a discussion on implications for teaching and learning. There will be three round robin sessions in small groups to discuss teaching challenges and strategies on lesson ideas led by peers in Part II. Presenters are encouraged to consider how their activities address two or more dimensions of the 4DEE framework. Participants will be invited to suggest further enhancements in relation to 4DEE and ways they might incorporate these activities into their own classrooms. In Part III, participants will learn how to publish ideas in EcoEdDigital Library (EcoEdDL) or Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology (TIEE). In Part IV, participants will select optional activities for individual work: a) design or enhance learning activities with 4DEE; b) explore or browse EcoEdDL; c) initiate a submission to EcoEdDL; d) learn more about reviewing EcoEdDL submissions. Workshop organizers are available to support participants.

Goals:  

• Improve undergraduate classroom activities using active learning methods via the exchange of constructive feedback
• Foster a network of support in advancing ecology education
• Promote the ESA Four-Dimensional Ecology Education Framework
• Encourage digital publishing of teaching resources through ESA’s EcoEdDL and TIEE
• Promote the recommendations of the Vision and Change in Undergraduate Biology Education Call to Action.