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Climate, Adaptation, and Mitigation eLearning Community
David Blockstein, Ph.D., Senior Scientist
Executive Secretary
Council of Environmental Deans and Directors
Council of Energy Research and Education Leaders
www.NCSEonline.org
I. Introduction to NCSE
Mission:
to improve the scientific basis of environmental
decisionmaking.
Five Strategies:
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Education and Careers - People
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Science Solutions - Problems
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Science Policy - Policies
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National Conference - Pathways
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Encyclopedia of the Earth - Public
Education and Careers
Goal: increase the number and quality of trained
individuals to address complex environmental
challenges.
Partners
– Universities and colleges
– High schools
– Employers
– Government agencies
Council of Environmental Deans
and Directors (CEDD)
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Top Environmental Leaders at Affiliate Universities
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Curriculum, including Climate Solutions Curriculum
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Careers, including Environmental Alumni Career Study and
Campus to Careers Program
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Program Administration
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Interdisciplinary Hiring, Tenure and Promotion
CAMEL
 Climate,
Adaptation, and Mitigation eLearning Community
 Nationwide (and beyond) community
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Educators, researchers, students
 Undergraduate
materials—all levels and
fields
 Climate change causes, consequences
and solutions
Origins of CAMEL
 8th
National Conference on Science, Policy
and the Environment - Climate Change:
Science and Solutions – January 2008
 CEDD committee 2008
 CEDD workshop July 2008
 Concept pre-proposal September 2008
Five Components
 Content
 Faculty
development
 Community development
 Cyberinfrastructure
 Evaluation
Content
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Arnold Bloom, UC Davis (lead)
Gary Braasch, GHG Photos
David Hassenzahl, U. of Nevada - Las Vegas
Neil Leary, Dickinson College
Mark McCaffrey, U. of Colorado - Boulder
Stephanie Pfirman, Barnard College/Columbia
U.
 Nicky Phear, U. of Montana
 Josh Wolfe, GHG photos
 CEDD
Content
 To
provide undergraduates with
information to become knowledgeable
about climate change causes,
consequences, and solutions. Becoming
knowledgeable extends from being
conversant in a common terminology to
using the information directly in practical
applications.
Content
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Working framework of curriculum foci
 develop a collection of vetted materials for
undergraduate courses
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Syllabi, case studies, lectures, projects, websites
Refereed journal / Encyclopedia of Earth hybrid
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Bloom as editor
Topic area editors
Reviewers
Developers
Faculty Development
 Jean
MacGregor, Evergreen State College
 Steve Ehrmann, TLT Group
 Stephanie Pfirman, Barnard
College/Columbia U.
 Karl Smith, Purdue U.
 CEDD
Faculty Development
 To
provide guidance, training, and
opportunities for collaboration and
communication to faculty members who
develop materials
Faculty Development
 Provide
support for faculty as they are
building climate change into their curricula
 Some in-person work
 Apply lessons from in-person experience
and literature to on-line environments
Community Development
 Stephanie
Pfirman (lead), Barnard
College/Columbia U.
 Barry Benedict, U. of Texas - El Paso
 David Blockstein, NCSE
 David Hassenzahl, U. of Nevada - Las
Vegas
 Clay Shirky, NYU/technology consultant
 CEDD
Community Development
 To
build a self-sustaining community of
educators that advances the teaching of
climate change causes, consequences,
and solutions
Community Development
 Opportunities
 Motivations
for participation
 Norms, standards, and expectations
 National Communities
 Topical Communities
 Regional communities
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Western Washington, Hudson River Valley,
Rio Grande / border, NV/ID/NM, Boston?
Cyberinfrastructure
 Barry
Benedict, U. of Texas - El Paso
 Peter Saundry, NCSE
 Maggie Surface, NCSE
 CEDD
Cyberinfrastructure
 To
evaluate existing infrastructure and
develop novel infrastructure designed to
best achieve the goals of the content,
faculty development, and community
components
Cyberinfrastructure
 Platforms
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Encyclopedia of Earth
CyberShare
 Enable
the goals of the other three
components
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Mutual
Recursive
Evaluation
 Anne-Barrie
Hunter (lead), U. of Colorado
- Boulder
 Andy Jorgensen, U. of Toledo
 Jean MacGregor, Evergreen State College
 Tim Weston, U. of Colorado - Boulder
Challenges
 Hard
to build community
 Faculty are busy
Strengths
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NASA grant (the CAMEL’s nose under the tent)
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Dedicated personnel
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MERLOT and other models
Initial pool of materials and participants
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Model course
Model community
CEDD
Existing platforms
 Timing!
THANKS
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Heidi Fuchs!
Andy Jorgensen
Stephanie Pfirman
Arnold Bloom
Jean MacGregor
David Hassenzahl
Barry Benedict
Amy Northrup
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Mark McCaffrey
Anne-Barrie Hunter
Tim Weston
Neil Leary
Clay Shirky
Karl Smith
Peter Saundry
Many others