Check-in and Walk-in Registration

Welcome & Plenary

Kem Saichaie, Executive Director, Center for Educational Effectiveness
Matthew Steinwachs, Assistant Director, Center for Educational Effectiveness

Panel Discussion

Applying the SoTL Cycle to the Use of AI Tools in Teaching and Learning

Raissa D'Souza, Engineering
Marit MacArthur, University Writing Program
Mark Verbitsky, Political Science
Victoria Cross, Psychology (Moderator)

This panel will explore how the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) cycle is being applied to the integration of AI tools in educational practices. We will share insights from ongoing SoTL research on the use of AI in the classroom and across campuses. The primary focus will be on how we are innovating with and assessing generative AI (GenAI) tools in teaching and learning, along with speculation on the future directions of research in this area. While we aim to stay focused on these themes, we anticipate that the conversation may also touch on related topics such as academic integrity and mental health, which are critical considerations in the evolving landscape of AI in education.
 

Poster Session A

Posters are interactive presentations that combine a large-format poster with personal interaction. Presenters will be available at their posters during dedicated poster sessions to discuss their research. We encourage attendees to use this one-on-one time with presenters to learn more and ask questions that may inspire implications for their own programs.
 

• Poster 1: Leveraging AI to Innovate Assessment Techniques, Amir Saeidi, Materials Science and Engineering
• Poster 3: Improving Students' Factual Knowledge Acquisition through Metacognition About Corrective Feedback, Talitha van der Meulen, NPB, and Sydney Wood and Victoria Cross, Psychology
• Poster 5: Supporting Multilingual Students in STEM Gateway Courses, Justin Prasad and Julia Chamberlain, Chemistry
• Poster 7: Investigating Engineering Graduate Students' Perceptions of Alternative Grading, Susan P. Gentry, Materials Science and Engineering
• Poster 9: Exploration of the Effectiveness of Using Drawing to Learn Neuron Anatomy, Audrey Vargas, Center for Neuroscience
• Poster 11: Creating an Undergraduate Peer Mentoring Program, Andrea Ramirez Barajas and Victoria Cross, Psychology
• Poster 13: Using a Writing Assignment about Popular Media to Engage Students in an Upper Division Biochemistry Course, Mona Monfared and Andrew Simon, Molecular and Cellular Biology
• Poster 15: Promoting Students' Use of Optional Instructional Resources with Mindset-Supportive Teacher Messages, Evelyn Mandujano, EveKarla Santana Valenton, and Yushan Zhao, Human Development Graduate Group, Cameron Hecht, University of Rochester, and Kali Trzesniewski, Human Ecology
• Poster 17: Exploring the Application of Answer Dependent Multiple-Choice Question Introductory Microbiology Course, Brendan Luo, Human Biology, and Kenjiro Quides, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
• Poster 19: Evaluation of an Active Learning Curriculum in Anatomy for Health Professions Students, Miranda Mendoza, Cara Sandholt, and Emily Thatcher, Nursing
• Poster 21: Encouraging Attendance while Maintaining Flexibility: Strategies for Student Engagement, Mark Verbitsky, Political Science, and Debbie Fetter, Nutrition
• Poster 23: A Synergistic Mindset Activity Increases Both Growth Mindset and Stress Optimization Responses in Students Enrolled in UC Davis Math Classes, Susan E. Ebeler, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, William Edward Tavernetti, Mathematics, and Dr. Kali Trzesniewski, Human Ecology
• Poster 25: Learning Assistants in General Chemistry, Ayaka Nakashima and Julie Chamberlain, Chemistry, and Sriya Pappula, Biological Sciences
• Poster 27: Effects of a Synergistic Mindset Intervention in an Introductory Psychology Course, Natasha J. Lee, Cognitive Science, Steven J. Luck, Samuel D. Aragones, and Victoria Cross, Psychology, Kali Trzesniewski, Human Ecology, Susan E. Ebeler, Viticulture and Enology, and Cameron Hecht, University of Texas at Austin
• Poster 29: Examining Course Enrollment Behaviors of Students on Academic Probation, Lidia Wolday, Statistics
• Poster 31: Beyond the Campus Walls: Diversity in Higher Education and its Socioeconomic Implications on BIPOC Communities, Jason Masino, Undergraduate Research Center
• Poster 33: Using AI to Lower the Learning Curve in Statistical Programming, Noli Brazil, Human Ecology
   

Poster Session B

Posters are interactive presentations that combine a large-format poster with personal interaction. Presenters will be available at their posters during dedicated poster sessions to discuss their research. We encourage attendees to use this one-on-one time with presenters to learn more and ask questions that may inspire implications for their own programs.
 

• Poster 2: Allowing "Cheating' to Reduce Cheating: Comparing Quiz Types in an Established In-Person Course, Jennifer Krebsbach, Sociology, and Victoria Cross, Psychology
• Poster 4: The Efficacy of Multiple Quiz Attempts as an Active Learning Strategy on Students' Performance, Erim Kƒ±zƒ±ldere and Shannon Klotz, Psychology
• Poster 6: Study Abroad as an Avenue for Enhancing Students' Understanding of Animal Welfare from Diverse Cultural Perspectives, Maja Makagon, Animal Science, Jadwiga Topczewska, Institute of Food and Nutrition Technology, University of Rzeszow, Poland
• Poster 8: Investigating the Impact of Summative Assessment Feedback on Future Exam Performance, Brett M. Bormann, Center for Mind and Brain
• Poster 10: Student Perspectives on Short-Narrative Film Video Assignment about Genome Editing, Ahmad Ikram and Marina Ellefson, Molecular and Cellular Biology
• Poster 12: Work In Progress: A Course Redesign Project for the Inclusion of Neurodiverse Learners, Jason R. White and Glaucia Prado, Chemical Engineering
• Poster 14: Towards Equitable Melanoma Diagnosis: A Skin Color-Inclusive Curriculum for Physician Associate Students, Taylor Lewis, Cara M. Sandholdt, and Elenitsa Sebat, Nursing
• Poster 16: Wellness Day for Capstone Course in Agricultural and Environmental Education, Kathryn Teixeira, Animal Science
• Poster 18: Teaching Plant Pathology to ChatGPT: Utilizing GenAI to Elicit the Prot√©g√© Effect, Sara Dye, Plant Pathology
• Poster 20: In-Person Class Attendance Among UC Davis Human Development Undergraduate Students: Motivations for Attending and Strategies to Encourage Attendance, Yushan Zhao, Annie M Iaccopucci, and Kali Trzesniewski, Human Ecology
• Poster 22: Evaluation of BIG-RT, A Peer-Learning Laboratory Skills Training Program, Marc Facciotti, Kamali Sripathi, Andrew Yao, Danielle Sanchez, and Amanah Talabhaktula, Biomedical Engineering
• Poster 24: Choice and Transparency: Exploring the impact of an AI policy on student attitudes about GenAI, Patricia Turner, Center for Educational Effectiveness
• Poster 26: Teaching Students How to Use GenAI to Generate Practice Problems, Korana Burke, Math
• Poster 28: The Data-Retrieval Notebook Quiz: A Time-Saving Method of Training Future Scientists to Keep a Good Notebook , Miriam Markum, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
• Poster 30: Teaching and assessment of an interdisciplinary Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE) to engage students in STEM, Whitney C. Duim and Ryan Hauss, Chemistry, and Emily Liu, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
• Poster 32: Inclusive Education in Action - Examining Ally’s Impact in CPE’s Online Courses, Rania Basyouni, Continuing and Professional Education
• Poster 34: Calculus for Data-Driven Applications: Enhancing Learning Through Hands-On Data Analysis and Modeling, Jesús De Loera, Tim Lewis, Naoki Saito, Korana Burke, Edward Tavernetti, and Rohit Thomas, Mathematics, and Janine Wilson, Economics
   

Lunch

Awards Presentation

Talks

• "There's a BINGO in my Library Session!": A Collaboration Between the Library and the University Writing Program on Using Gamification to Enhance Student Engagement
  Laura Vidal Chiesa and Melinda M. Livas, University Writing Program
• Harnessing AI for Effective Language Teaching: Innovations in Hindi and Urdu Instruction
  Shagufta Fatema, Middle East South Asia Program
• TA Training, GenAI, and Teaching Writing
  Marit MacArthur, University Writing Program, and Sophia Minnillo, Linguistics
  
  Steve Luck, Psychology (Moderator)

Dessert & Mingle

Keynote Speaker

Transforming Education Using Theory and Evidence: Lessons from STEM Learning
Melanie Cooper, Michigan State University

There is a large body of work from the learning sciences providing us with insights into how people learn. Discipline Based Education Research (DBER) across fields reveals unique discipline-specific difficulties students face. However, it is quite surprising that relatively little of this understanding has made its way into the design of higher education curricula offered at most colleges and universities. This keynote will focus on the need for evidence-based curriculum transformations, the research findings that can guide them, and how we might assess the results of these transformations. An approach to systemic reform that focuses on helping students use their knowledge in scientifically meaningful ways, will be discussed using examples of such curriculum reform efforts including “Chemistry, Life, the Universe and Everything” (CLUE) and an organic chemistry version (OCLUE). Evidence to support how these transformations impact student learning and course culture, and implications for systemic reform across disciplines will also be discussed.

Talks

• What to watch? Impact of Video Style on Student Engagement, Speaker Credibility, and Scientific Identity
  Marina Ellefson, Molecular and Cellular Biology
• Bringing Students Back to the Classroom: The Effects of Incentivized Participation on Course-Specific Learning Outcomes
  Kristin Kiesel, Saloni Chopra, Sean Kiely, Steve Boucher, and Jeffrey Williams, Agricultural and Resource Economics

• Construction and Analysis of an Expert Network Model Connecting Introductory Biology Course Learning Objectives
  Marc Facciotti, Kamali Sripathi, Sabrina Lazar, Andy Viet Nguyen, and Michele Igo, University Writing Program, and Sophia Minnillo, Biomedical Engineering
  
  Cara Sandholt, School of Nursing (Moderator)

   

Closing