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STEM Education Reform in Urban High Schools: It’s Complicated; It’s Consequential (Webinar)

Join NSF’s STEM Education Directorate Wednesday, June 7 from 3-4 p.m. (EST) to hear from experts about STEM Education reform in urban high schools.

NSF-funded researchers Margaret Eisenhart (University of Colorado Boulder) and Lois Weis (SUNY Buffalo) will give a nuanced view of the obstacles marginalized students face in STEM education and will explain how schools can better support STEM learners. Reporting the results of a nine-year ethnographic study, the speakers will chronicle the outcomes of STEM education reforms in eight public high schools with nonselective admissions policies and high proportions of low-income and underserved students: four schools in Denver, Colorado, and four in Buffalo, New York. Register here!

This event is part of the EDU Core Research (ECR) program’s 10th anniversary. Find more information about ECR’s activities at the ECR Insights page and @ECRhub.

Webinar: The Implications of Sharing Study Data for Education Researchers

In the era of open science practices, researchers are more frequently being asked to share data from their studies. Multiple federal agencies and private funders have added policies and requirements for their grantees and contractors to share study data. Consistent with this priority and the Standards for Excellence in Education Research (SEER), the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) requires researchers to make data from IES-funded studies available to others, while also protecting the rights of study participants and meeting the requirements of data providers. Such policies, along with growing interest in open science practices, means that many education researchers are looking for practical, achievable strategies for making their data available to others.

In this 90-minute webinar, Ruth Neild from Mathematica will present an overview of IES’s guide, Sharing Study Data: A Guide for Education Researchers, and a panel of researchers will share their expertise and experiences with three key aspects of sharing study data:

  • Managing disclosure risks
  • Documenting and organizing data for other researchers
  • Depositing data for access by other researchers

The session will include a panel discussion and audience Q&A.

Panelists:

  • John Czajka is a Mathematica Senior Fellow Emeritus. Dr. Czajka has expertise on disclosure risk management and has vast experience connected to statistical applications of program administrative data, the analysis of survey data from large national samples, panel studies, and specialized surveys.
  • Jessica Logan is an Associate Professor of Special Education at Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College. Dr. Logan is a quantitative methodologist who focuses on improving the data management and data quality practices of researchers in the education sciences, encouraging transparency in science, and improving education researchers’ statistical conclusion validity.
  • John Diamond is MDRC’s lead for Data Management and Integrity and a senior research associate for the Postsecondary Education policy area. He chairs MDRC’s Data Integrity Board, Data Management Initiative, and Data Security Team, and coordinates MDRC’s data sharing with ICPSR at the University of Michigan.

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Crane Lecture Series: Dr. Valora Washington

Every two years the Crane Lecture Series brings a high-profile, nationally known speaker to Columbus, Ohio to inspire and engage us on a key early childhood or education topic. This year, Dr. Valora Washington, President & CEO of The CAYL Institute, will describe challenges and opportunities facing the early childhood workforce; challenge our thinking about how we advocate for children and families; and share how other states are tackling workforce challenges and better supporting early childhood educators. Dr. Washington will leave us with actionable solutions for anyone working in early care, education, research, or advocacy. Join us on Wednesday, March 29 from 4-6pm at the Columbus Museum of Art for this (free) motivational and meaningful event, made better by your voice and perspective. The one-hour lecture will be followed by a reception where you will have the opportunity to connect with others and to meet Dr. Washington.

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QualLab Lunch: Co-Learning & Co-writing as Action Research: Community Wellbeing, Engaged Scholarship, and Creating Futures (Zoom)

Featuring Dr. Edward St. John, University of Michigan

Co-Learning & Co-writing as Action Research: Community Wellbeing, Engaged Scholarship, and Creating Futures

This session focuses on co-learning and co-writing processes as action research. These collaborative processes center the wellbeing of communities, engagement of scholars supporting new generations of social activists, and the renewal and expansion of educational and career pathways. Dr. St. John provides concrete examples of co-learning and co-writing that engages students and professors across generations in action research partnerships with community organizations, schools, and corporations that solve emerging social and environmental challenges. He draws from his research designs in K-20 research, community projects, racial and class financial equity research in the US, international policy projects, and empowering social agency among youth in rising generations.

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Undergraduate Research Library Fellowship Proposal Workshops (Virtual Event)

The Undergraduate Research Library Fellowship (URLF) is an exciting 10-week paid summer opportunity for students to conduct their own research on a wide range of subjects while working with a University Libraries mentor. Applications for are due February 20, 2023. This 75-minute workshop will introduce the URLF’s benefits, application process and how to develop a research proposal. In this hands-on Zoom session, participants will explore their research interests, begin to define a topic and identify their next steps in reaching out to an advisor.

The same workshop will be offered twice via Zoom meeting, and a recording will be made available for those who cannot attend.

Workshop sessions:

  • Tuesday, January 31, 2023 from 1:00-2:15pm
  • Wednesday, February 1, 2023 from 4:00-5:15pm

Register for Wednesday, February 1st

Undergraduate Research Library Fellowship Proposal Workshops (Virtual Event)

The Undergraduate Research Library Fellowship (URLF) is an exciting 10-week paid summer opportunity for students to conduct their own research on a wide range of subjects while working with a University Libraries mentor. Applications for are due February 20, 2023. This 75-minute workshop will introduce the URLF’s benefits, application process and how to develop a research proposal. In this hands-on Zoom session, participants will explore their research interests, begin to define a topic and identify their next steps in reaching out to an advisor.

The same workshop will be offered twice via Zoom meeting, and a recording will be made available for those who cannot attend.

Workshop sessions:

  • Tuesday, January 31, 2023 from 1:00-2:15pm
  • Wednesday, February 1, 2023 from 4:00-5:15pm

 

Register for Tuesday, January 31st

37th Annual Edward F. Hayes Advanced Research Forum

The Edward F. Hayes Advanced Research Forum (formerly the Edward F. Hayes Graduate Research Forum) showcases the innovative and exemplary research being conducted by Ohio State graduate students and postdoctoral scholars across the full range of graduate degree programs and research topics and facilitates fruitful exchanges between students, postdoctoral scholars, faculty, the administration, and the public. This will be the second year that postdoctoral scholars will have the opportunity to present. Cash prizes, totaling more than $14,000, will be awarded to the top-judged presentations in each academic area for graduate students. There will be separate sessions for graduate students and postdoctoral scholars.

Questions? Contact Katie Conner.

Human Subjects Research: Policies, Clinical Trials, & Inclusion (Virtual)

What are the basic HHS and NIH policies that apply to research involving human subjects, including clinical trials? How do you prepare a research proposal for review that addresses the regulatory requirements? What are some strategies for developing realistic and scientifically acceptable inclusion plans? Answers to these questions are just a few of the valuable take-aways you’ll gain from this event. HHS and NIH experts will share policies, resources, guidance, and case studies in this informative and engaging event.

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GIS Day 2022

GIS Day is an annual event for students, staff, faculty, and the broader community to learn more about geographic information systems (GIS) and to celebrate the power of geospatial data, methods, and technologies for answering research questions and solving real-world problems.

Join us on Wednesday, November 16, 2022 for an in-person GIS Day program that will include:

  • 11am – 12pm: A career panel featuring GIS professionals in academic, federal and local government, and private sector roles
  • 12 – 1pm: An overview of the Ohio Geographically Referenced Information Program’s (OGRIP) resources and GIS support activities, presented by Executive Director Donovan Powers
  • 1 – 2pm: A hands-on campus data collection activity using ArcGIS Field Maps, following a brief training session and demonstration (requires use of an Android or iOS mobile device)
  • 2 – 3pm: A drone demonstration by Ohio State’s Facilities Information Technology Services enterprise GIS team (meet outside near the east entrance of the 18th Avenue Library)

A light lunch will be served beginning at 12pm.

GIS Day 2022 is a free program and was co-organized by partners representing the CFAES Knowledge Exchange, Center for Urban and Regional Analysis, Department of Geography, Facilities Information Technology Services, and University Libraries. If you have questions about GIS Day, please email Joshua Sadvari (Geospatial Information Librarian) at sadvari.1@osu.edu.

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BIIG Collaborations @ The STEAM Factory – STEM Education and Workforce Development (Workshop)

The Office of Knowledge Enterprise’s BIIG Collaborations is a series of activities designed to provide faculty with the resources and support needed to establish and cultivate collaborations across disciplines, and explore innovative research questions. The program kicks off with two events to begin to forge collaborative interdisciplinary teams seeking to innovate around a common research theme. Teams can also apply for an Interdisciplinary Innovation Team Development Award that provides up to $5,000 to further define and refine budding interdisciplinary collaborations that are poised to tackle complex problems. Learn more about BIIG Collaborations. 

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