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Be sure to check out our 4DEE Scholars and their recent publications in Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology (TIEE)<\/a>! 4DEE scholars participated in our Faculty Mentoring Network sessions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Meet our 4DEE scholars & visit their teaching resources<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Interested in finding Ecology-related videos to enhance your teaching? Looking for ways to incorporate 4DEE-alighed videos in your lectures? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Access the 4DEE Video & Media Database<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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4DEE Videos<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Check out the 4DEE Playlist <\/span><\/strong><\/a>on ESA\u2019s YouTube channel to access past recorded Water Cooler Chats and other 4DEE related videos on a variety of topics including multi-dimensional assessments, teaching collaborations, working with non-majors etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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4DEE Posters presented at ESA annual meetings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Transforming ecology major courses to meet the goals of the ESA-endorsed 4DEE curricular framework<\/strong>
Authors: Carmen R. Cid, Alan R. Berkowitz, Kimberly A. Bjorgo-Thorne, Jennifer H. Doherty, Kenneth M. Klemow, George Middendorf, Teresa Mourad, Vikki L. Rodgers, and Amanda E. Sorensen<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Applying ESA\u2019s 4DEE framework to guide the development of ecological literacy for non-majors\u00a0<\/strong>
Authors: Vikki L. Rodgers, Alan R. Berkowitz, Kimberly A. Bjorgo-Thorne, Carmen R. Cid, Jennifer H. Doherty, Kenneth M. Klemow, George Middendorf, Teresa Mourad, and Amanda E. Sorensen<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Annotated Syllabus for Field Botany at Wilkes University<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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This resource is a syllabus for a Field Botany course at Wilkes University in Wilkes-Barre, PA. The course is offered during the summer of even-numbered years. The syllabus has been annotated to show how it addresses the four dimensions of the 4DEE framework.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Assessment<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Laverty\u00a0JT, Underwood\u00a0SM, Matz\u00a0RL, Posey\u00a0LA, Carmel\u00a0JH, et al. (2016) Characterizing College Science Assessments: The Three-Dimensional Learning Assessment Protocol. PLOS ONE 11(9): e0162333.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Extravaganza Assessment Presentation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Assess What\u2019s Important: Creating 4DEE Aligned Assessments That Show How Students Use Their Ecological Knowledge<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Organized by: Amanda E. Sorensen, Michigan State University
Co-organized by: Jennifer H. Doherty, University of Washington and Diane Ebert-May, Michigan State University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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4DEE Brochures<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Looking for a way to get your courses pointed in the right direction? Here\u2019s a practical illustration!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Transforming Ecology Courses to 4D!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Want something to distribute when giving talks about the framework? Use this brochure to get people a quick overview of the 4DEE framework.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Introductory Video to 4DEE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Watch this 5-minute video to get a sense of why 4DEE was created. Presented by Alan Berkowitz.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n