Sarah Eichhorn

Mailing address: Sarah Eichhorn
UCI Distance Learning Center
Research Park
110 Theory Dr., Suite 250
Irvine, CA 92617

Email: s.eichhorn@uci.edu

Phone number:  9498244381

Current position: LSOE, Associate Dean

Institution: UC Irvine (Physical Sciences, Distance Learning)

Years at institution:  7

Courses taught: Calculus I, II and III, 250
Combinatorics, 20
Linear Algebra, 120
Differential Equations, 120
Dynamical Systems, 20
Geometry, 60
Functions and Modeling, 40

Meetings: New York Times Schools for Tomorrow
MathFest
MAA Education meetings
PKAL regional meeting
Various MOOC and Online Learning Professional Meetings

Presentations: “Rethinking Mathematics Instruction: Online Hybrid and Flipped Courses at UCI”, Physical Sciences Breakfast Lecture, UC Irvine, January, 2014.
Panel Discussion: “Bringing New Education to Life”, Techoween, Huntington Beach Unified High School District, October, 2013.
Panel:  “Online/Flipped/Hybrid/Tech-Enhanced Learning Event”, UCI Teaching Learning and Technology Center Panel and Round Table, October, 2013.
Panel Discussion: “A Mathematician, Scientist, Doctor and Sociologist Walk into a Zombie Apocalypse…Who Survives?”, New York Times Schools for Tomorrow Conference, New York, September, 2013.
Panel: “Transforming Instruction one MOOC at a Time”, UC Computing Services Conference, UC Irvine, August, 2013.
“Lecturing, MOOCing and Flipping: A Journey in Teaching” , TedX, UC Irvine, May, 2013.
“An Online Pre-Calculus Course using ALEKS”, MAA Session on Innovative Ideas for Courses for the First Two Years, Joint Mathematics Meetings, San Diego, January, 2013.
“Five Years of Math Programmatic and Course Assessment at UC Irvine”, MAA Session on How Assessment Results Changed our Program, Joint Mathematics Meetings, San Diego, January, 2013
“Future Mathematics Faculty Program at UC Irvine”, MAA Session on Mentoring Graduate Students: Pathways to Success, Joint Mathematics Meetings, San Diego, January, 2013.
“An Online Pre-Calculus Course using ALEKS”, 2011 International Conference on Technology in College Mathematics (ICTCM), Orlando, FL, March 2012.
“Lessons Learned in Year One of Calculus Coordination”, Alder Award Prize Session, 2011 MathFest, Lexington, KY, August 2011.
“Mathematical and Computational Biology for Undergraduates Proposal”, CCBS Annual Retreat, May 2011.
“Everything you wanted to know about transfer students”, Winter Teaching Colloquy, UCI’s Teaching, Technology and Learning Center (TLTC), February 2011.
“Four Lower Division Student Research Topics: Preliminary Materials from UCI’s Interdisciplinary Computational Applied Mathematics Program (iCAMP)”, Open and Accessible Problems in Applied Mathematics Contributed Paper Session, MathFest, Pittsburgh, PA, August 2010.
“A Course on the Mathematics of “Numb3rs””, First Year Seminar Mathematics Courses Contributed Paper Session, MathFest, Pittsburgh, PA, August 2010.
Functions and Modeling Course Retreat Panel, NMSI UTeach Institute Conference, Austin, TX, May 2010.

Research interests: Applied Mathematics, Learning impacts of various forms of instructional delivery (particularly online and technological tools)

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