Final Program Listing


Saturday, August 2, 2008
8:00 AM-8:30 PM
WK 1 - Ecology and Evolution of Plant-Pollinator Interactions
8:30 AM-5:00 PM
WK 2 - Molecular Tools for Assessing Fungal Biodiversity

Sunday, August 3, 2008
8:00 AM-5:00 PM
WK 3 - A Brief Introduction to Bayesian and Hierarchical Bayesian Modeling in Ecology
WK 4 - Vegetation Analysis in Support of the National Vegetation Classification
WK 5 - Quantitative Approaches in Ecological Research and Education Using R
WK 6 - Communicating Science to the Public: Reaching Out, Speaking Up and Understanding how to go about it.
8:30 AM-12:00 PM
WK 7 - Preparing Successful Proposals to the National Science Foundation to Support Projects Related to Undergraduate Education
8:30 AM-12:30 PM
WK 8 - New mathematical tools for sensitivity analysis of population models
8:30 AM-4:30 PM
WK 9 - Innovative Teaching and Active Learning: Principles, Practice, and Materials
8:30 AM-5:00 PM
WK 10 - Sampling Fungi from the Environment – Challenges and Solutions
9:00 AM-4:30 PM
WK 11 - An Educational Simulation Tool for Negotiating Sustainable Natural Resource Management Strategies among Social Actors with Conflicting Interests
WK 12 - Novel Ecosystems: How Invasion and Climate are Shaping the Future of the Biosphere
WK 13 - Analysis of Stochastic Time Series Data using State-Space Models and Kalman Filters
9:00 AM-5:00 PM
WK 14 - Using Diagnostic Question Clusters (DQCs) to Impove Introductory Biology Teaching
12:30 PM-4:30 PM
WK 16 - Toward learner-centered soil ecology education: Integrating research and experiential activities into teaching soils
1:00 PM-4:00 PM
WK 17 - Informing Policy with Ecological Science
1:00 PM-5:00 PM
WK 18 - Landscape Pattern & Fragmentation on Rangelands - State of Knowledge & Proposed Evaluation Techniques: A Sustainable Rangelands Roundtable (SRR) Workshop
1:30 PM-4:30 PM
WK 19 - Ecology Education in Religious Organizations: Advancing Ecological Literacy and Environmental Justice

Monday, August 4, 2008
11:30 AM-1:15 PM
WK 20 - Introduction to TIEE (Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology): A Peer-Reviewed Electronic Publication Designed to Help Ecology Faculty Teach Better
WK 21 - Book Publishing 102 for Ecologists
WK 22 - The Art of Mentoring: How to get out of your niche
WK 23 - Exploring the Places We Live: Citizen Scientists
WK 24 - How to Use Your Science to Protect the Environment and Why You Should
8:00 PM-10:00 PM
WK 25 - Careers in Ecology: Advice from Professionals in the Field

Tuesday, August 5, 2008
11:30 AM-1:15 PM
WK 26 - Conservation in the 21^st Century: Saving species and ecosystems from climate change by translocation to new, more climatically suitable regions
WK 27 - Writing a 'teaching philosophy' statement: models and suggestions
WK 28 - Extending Your Research into Policy and Adult Education: Two for the Price of One
WK 29 - How to Write a Scientific Publication
8:00 PM-10:00 PM
WK 30 - Encyclopedia of Earth: A New Publishing Model for Outreach by Ecologists

Thursday, August 7, 2008
11:30 AM-1:15 PM
WK 31 - Climate change: Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) in Latin America
WK 32 - Promoting Ecological Literacy in Public Audiences: Building upon Successful Strategies Using a Citizen Science Approach
WK 33 - Show Me the Money: How to write a successful grant proposa
WK 34 - Learn how to publish in EcoEd DL, ESA's digital teaching library