Leveraging this Moment to Transform STEM Education
In the beginning of 2021, the AAAS-IUSE Initiative asked the community of undergraduate STEM faculty, researchers, and professionals working in higher education, how they are adapting to the challenges of teaching and learning during COVID-19. After reviewing over 100 submissions, we found that the IUSE community had gone beyond creating best practices for teaching in a pandemic and instead developed strategies with implications after the pandemic for broadening participation, increasing accessibility, and transforming the way we teach STEM.
Submissions from the AAAS-IUSE community addressed issues on a range of topics including (but not limited to) student engagement, course design, internships, and online labs. Below is a report and resource pages that highlight lessons learned that have implications beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. Some of the examples below were featured in the AAAS-IUSE STEM for All Video Showcase.