Pasadena City College sent four students to the Computer Using Educators Conference in Palm Springs, CA in March. The students, Ashley Min, Vanessa Wolf, Isabel Bojanini and Melaine Hacopian presented via a digital poster. The two presentations were on using a remotely accessible Scanning Electron Microscope through the RAIN Network in tandem with Problem-based Learning studying minerology and water composition. Students were supported for the event by the Pasadena City College STEM Pathways grant.
This research has led to four different peer-reviewed publications. Three of the publications are in open education resources:
- Jared M. Ashcroft, Atilla Ozgur Cakmak, Jillian Blatti, Esteban Bautista, Vanessa Wolf, Felix Monge, Dwaine Davis, M. Josefina-Jimenez, Raymond Tsui, Richard Hill, Anthony Klejna, James S. Smith, Gabe Glass, Timothy Suchomski, Kristine J. Schroeder, Robert K. Ehrmann. “It’s RAINing: Remotely Accessible Instruments in Nanotechnology to Promote Student Success.” Current Issues in Emerging eLearning, 4(1), Article 4, 2018.
- Jared M. Ashcroft, Ashley Min, Isabel Bojanini, Melanie Hacopian, Kristine Schroeder, Attilla O. Cakmak, Brandon Rodriguez. “Cultivating Mars: A Problem-Based Learning Lab Designing an Oxygen-Rich Environment on the Red Planet.” Journal of Laboratory Chemical Education, 6(1), 4-11, 2018.
- Brandon Rodriguez, Veronica Jaramillo, Vanessa Wolf, Esteban Bautista, Jennifer Portillo, Alexandra Brouke, Ashley Min, Andrea Melendez, Joseph Amann, Abdon Pena-Francesch, Jared M. Ashcroft. “Contextualizing Technology in the Classroom Via Remote Access: Using Space Exploration Themes and Scanning Electron Microscopy as Tools to Promote Engagement in Multidisciplinary Geology/Chemistry Experiments.” Journal of Technology and Science Education, 8(1), 86-95, 2018.
- Brandon Rodriguez, Vanessa Wolf, Esteban Bautista, Svetlana Timberlake, James Shiffley, James Smith, M. Josefina Arellano-Jimenez, Jared Ashcroft. “Bridging the Gap Between ‘Rocks for Jocks’ and the Mars Sample Return Program: Using NASA Resources and Remote Access to Promote Geology.” Science Scope, 41(8), 48-57, 2018.
