{"id":172412,"date":"2023-02-07T16:32:09","date_gmt":"2023-02-08T02:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=172412"},"modified":"2023-03-31T15:22:26","modified_gmt":"2023-04-01T01:22:26","slug":"1st-cohort-new-approaches-student-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2023\/02\/07\/1st-cohort-new-approaches-student-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"1st cohort to use new approaches to improve student learning"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><div class=\"responsive-video-wrap-post\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe  id=\"_ytid_82701\"  width=\"620\" height=\"349\"  data-origwidth=\"620\" data-origheight=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/01sRn7JpNC0?enablejsapi=1&origin=https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu&rel=0&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"ACUE UHM Pinning Ceremony\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div>\n<p>The first cohort of University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa faculty members celebrated their completion of the <a href=\"https:\/\/acue.org\/\">Association Of College And University Educators<\/a> (<abbr>ACUE<\/abbr>) course on improving gateway courses after completing a recent professional development program. A pinning ceremony was held January 27, where participants also received a Certificate in Effective College Instruction and a <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa certificate of appreciation.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/manoa-acue-lei-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"A C U E program with a lei\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-172489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/manoa-acue-lei-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/manoa-acue-lei-93x130.jpg 93w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/manoa-acue-lei.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The 46 faculty members, including one graduate student, represented 42 academic units. Through the <abbr>ACUE<\/abbr> program, they had the opportunity for extended reflective internal processes on their independent teaching and learning practices, specifically for gateway courses. Gateway courses are those that departments require students to take to effectively enter into that discipline\u2019s field of study.<\/p>\n<p>The <abbr>ACUE<\/abbr> course provided specific frameworks for:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>re-designing courses and classes<\/li>\n<li>establishing productive learning environments through innovative active learning techniques<\/li>\n<li>experiencing students engaging in higher order thinking<\/li>\n<li>assessing their teaching outcomes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&ldquo;Independent studies demonstrate that greater numbers of students earn better grades and complete courses when taught by <abbr>ACUE<\/abbr>-credentialed faculty,&rdquo; said <strong>Kathleen Kane<\/strong>, director of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ofdas.hawaii.edu\/\">Office of Faculty Development and Academic Support<\/a>. &rdquo;For M\u0101noa faculty to have added this course to their substantial responsibilities and commitments signifies a depth of dedication to the teaching profession, and ultimately to their students for whom passing these courses is so consequential to their academic career and where students initially encounter challenges and struggles.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>According to <abbr>ACUE<\/abbr> research, <abbr>ACUE<\/abbr> teaching methods help all students succeed with fewer students withdrawing from college, more passing their courses and more passing with higher grades. Those students continue to succeed after taking those courses, due to effective teaching practices that instill lifelong learning and self efficacy.<\/p>\n<h2>Expanding teaching practices already helping students<\/h2>\n<blockquote><p>&ldquo;It made me think about how much there was to learn and consider to make a successful class that maximizes student success.&rdquo;<br \/>&#8212;Christopher Muir<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Faculty participants were surveyed throughout the course, and responses showed that 98% of the cohort found the <abbr>ACUE<\/abbr> content engaging and relevant to their work. Participants acquired on average 60 brand new teaching practices, enhanced their prior knowledge by 100 additional practices, and implemented at least 13 practices with plans to implement 65 more.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ofdas.hawaii.edu\/acue\/\">See the names of participating faculty members<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For <strong>Christopher Muir<\/strong>, assistant professor of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.botany.hawaii.edu\/\">botany<\/a>, the <abbr>ACUE<\/abbr> course helped him find additional strategies to think from the students\u2019 perspective. Explaining the method and direction of an assignment is just as important as its content. He has already seen improvements in his students and their approach to their studies.<\/p>\n<div style=\"float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 0 15px;\"><figure id=\"attachment_172490\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-172490\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/manoa-acue-muir-c-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Three smiling people with the center person holding his certificate\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-172490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/manoa-acue-muir-c-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/manoa-acue-muir-c-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/manoa-acue-muir-c.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-172490\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left: David Lassner, Christopher Muir and Kim Middleton<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<div style=\"float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 0 15px;\"><figure id=\"attachment_172491\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-172491\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/manoa-acue-suk-e-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Three smiling people with the center person holding her certificate\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-172491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/manoa-acue-suk-e-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/manoa-acue-suk-e-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/manoa-acue-suk-e.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-172491\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left: Lassner, EunBin Suk and Middleton<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;It\u2019s made students a lot more understanding of why we are doing things a certain way,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;It made me think about how much there was to learn and consider to make a successful class that maximizes student success.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong>EunBin Suk<\/strong>, a graduate student in <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/amst\/\">American studies<\/a>, said the <abbr>ACUE<\/abbr> course was a critical learning experience that helped her in her role as a new instructor.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;<abbr>ACUE<\/abbr> helped me to get a lot of ideas, and to know what to expect when I go into a classroom so I can be prepared,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;Having this team of people in my cohort, going through the <abbr>ACUE<\/abbr> certificate program together, looking at their feedback and listening to what they have to say was really helpful. I would totally recommend it especially to fellow grad students and think this should be implemented to the PhD students who are teaching.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2>Next steps<\/h2>\n<p>The <abbr>ACUE<\/abbr> course remains open to the members of the cohort as a resource they can continue to consult for their classes. This cohort concludes the first year of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/02\/09\/manoa-acue-gateway-courses-program\/\">three-year grant from <abbr>ACUE<\/abbr><\/a> that focused on the two-semester <abbr>ACUE<\/abbr> Effective College Instruction course for faculty teaching <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa gateway courses. In 2023&#8211;24, the <abbr>ACUE<\/abbr> Effective College Instruction course will be followed by data collection by <abbr>ACUE<\/abbr> and <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/miro\/\">M\u0101noa Institutional Research Office<\/a> on course outcomes and student success.<\/p>\n<p>According to Kim Middleton, the <abbr>ACUE<\/abbr> academic strategy consultant who worked with the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa team, the work done by this cohort has the potential for far-reaching results.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What you\u2019re doing and what you have accomplished thus far is important at <abbr>UH<\/abbr>, but it also has impact across the nation because you\u2019re part of this larger project,&rdquo; Middleton said at the pinning ceremony. &ldquo;We know that everybody who works in higher education needs to be better at learning how to support students from a wide variety of backgrounds and abilities, and very few universities are as attentive to that mission as you are&#8230;Your colleagues at many campuses are waiting to hear more about your experiences.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>For the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa <abbr>ACUE<\/abbr> participants, Kane believes they feel renewed in their perspectives on teaching. &ldquo;The word &lsquo;transformative&rsquo; has been used frequently by faculty who participated in the course,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;An exquisite indication that what we hope for the faculty has been realized.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_172488\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-172488\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/manoa-acue-cohort-group.jpg\" alt=\"Group of smiling people wearing lei and flashing shaka\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-172488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/manoa-acue-cohort-group.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/manoa-acue-cohort-group-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/manoa-acue-cohort-group-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-172488\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><abbr>ACUE<\/abbr> cohort at the pinning ceremony<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Â鶹´«Ã½M\u0101noa faculty members celebrated their completion of the Association Of College And University Educators course on improving gateway courses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[598,1466,9,56],"class_list":["post-172412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-faculty-recognition","tag-manoa-enhancing-student-success","tag-uh-manoa","tag-video-2","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172412"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172412\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":175179,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172412\/revisions\/175179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}