Videos

The above video was a submission to the STEM for All video showcase 2022. I proposed and subsequently led the effort to bring the students into focus.

I’ve had the privilege as a Graduate Research Assistant of working on a variety of federally funded projects that have resulted in partnerships with fantastic collaborators. For example, I contributed my pedagogical teaching and learning expertise to the development of an Open robotics textbook for undergraduates. I was very fortunate to work with several groups of undergraduate collaborators, both within South Carolina and across state lines, including a group of students from a Primarily White Institution and two groups of students from a university belonging to the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) designation. Not only did I use the opportunity to mentor these students on, among other things, Universal Design for Learning; but I was able to leverage my position as a graduate researcher to shift the spotlight onto the students themselves via a community engagement effort. I did this by proposing, and then developing, a video of the students speaking about their experiences on the project to share their research. The students were then able to directly share their voices and thoughts with a wide audience of stakeholders. The impact can be measured through views, with the resulting video having been viewed over 1,400 times, including from both inside the U.S. and internationally, which is far more than a typical conference would allow. The video ended up winning one of the Facilitators’ Choice awards, and the students were understandably ecstatic. For the week that the video showcase was live, I personally responded to questions from viewers, adjusting my approach on an individual basis to provide more information about the topic and engage with viewers to increase their awareness of our research process, with an emphasis on transferability of our methods to other situations. Because this showcase was hosted online, anyone with internet access could participate and engage with the video. The online modality also allowed us to reach a wide audience and make our research more accessible to the public.

You can view the video here:
https://stemforall2022.videohall.com/presentations/2603.html

This video was recorded and edited by Clemson and published on YouTube by Clemson Engineering, Computing, and Applied Sciences.

In the video above, I talk about the Department of Engineering and Science Education (ESED) and the Department of Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences (EEES) at Clemson University, as well as discuss my research and my approach to teaching, specifically during the Covid-19 pandemic.