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December 29, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Articles, Constructivism, Course Design, DBER and SoTL, Discussions, Diversity, Instructor Behaviors, Pedagogy, Podcasts, Publishing, Reflections, Softwares, Student groups, Website

Modifying the CREATE Strategy and Evaluating Learning

The JMBE Live recording I watched today was Stanley Lo’s presentation on “A modified CREATE Intervention Improves Student Cognitive and Affective Outcomes.” Lo talked about his journey in biology education which includes a Ph.D. in Biochemistry, a postdoc in biochemistry, and a postdoc in learning sciences. Lo taught high school too! Lo is now an […]

December 28, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Articles, Case Studies, Constructivism, DBER and SoTL, Diversity, Information Literacy, Instructor Behaviors, Metacognition, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Publishing, Reflections, Teaching techniques, Why

Returning to Social Cognitive Career Theory and M-LoCUS

I am continuing with the JMBE Live YouTube playlist, and tonight I watched the recording for the session entitled “M-LoCUS: A Scalable Intervention Enhances Growth Mindset and Internal Locus of Control in Undergraduate Students in STEM” presented by Jeff Maloy. The session started with a Menti poll to gather information about the audience and their […]

December 26, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Articles, Constructivism, Course Design, DBER and SoTL, Instructor Behaviors, Reflections

Emotional Ownership of Research

Tonight I watched the JMBE live recording for the session entitled “Students Who Analyze Their Own Data in a Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE) Show Gains in Scientific Identity and Emotional Ownership of Research” with Katelyn Cooper (Arizona State University) and Maya Munstermann (research technician at the University of Hawaii). Dr. Matt Knope and Maya […]

December 24, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Accessibility and UDL, Articles, Constructivism, Discussions, Diversity, Information Literacy, Instructor Behaviors, Mobile Learning, Online Learning, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Student groups, Why

Three Remote and Flexible Activities for Biology Courses

Tonight I continued watching the JMBE Live sessions that I have missed. The recording for “Innovation in a Time of Crisis: Adapting Active Learning Approaches for Remote Biology Courses” is available on the JMBE YouTube channel. Erin S. Morrison & Genia Naro-Maciel from NYU were the presenters and worked with Kevin Bonney, Timothy Schaffer, and […]

December 23, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Accessibility and UDL, Articles, Constructivism, DBER and SoTL, Discussions, Instructor Behaviors, Online Learning, Pedagogy, Publishing, Reflections, Why

Creating the MHSCI

Tonight I watched the ASM JMBE Live session recording with Heather Seitz and Andrea Rediske. The title of the session, recorded on December 10, 2021, was “Impact of COVID-19 curricular shifts on learning gains on a a Concept Inventory.” Their Microbiology for Health Sciences Concept Inventory (MHSCI) is very useful and described in JMBE. Rediske […]

December 19, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Accessibility and UDL, Articles, Course Design, DBER and SoTL, Discussions, Diversity, Guest Speakers, Instructor Behaviors, Pedagogy, Reflections, SABER, Why

The BER Field

The JMBE live session I watched tonight was about Getting Started in Biology Education. I was able to participate in the course and today worked with Jeremy! Jeremy Hsu and Stanley Lo shared the open access article published in JMBE that describes biology education research (BER). Lo shared quotes from JMBE and SABER about how […]

December 18, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Articles, Constructivism, Course Design, DBER and SoTL, Discussions, Information Literacy, Instructor Behaviors, Pedagogy, Reflections, Why, Writing

Responsible and Ethical Management of Lab Notebooks

I am continuing to watch the ASM JMBE live sessions. The session was entitled “Training for Responsible and Ethical Management of Lab Notebooks in CUREs.” Caitlin Light presented their study along with Sonia Hills, a former undergraduate peer mentor. Light is at Binghampton University and involved with the first-year research immersion program. The program enrolls […]

December 17, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Articles, Constructivism, Course Design, DBER and SoTL, Instructor Behaviors, Mobile Learning, Online Learning, Pedagogy, Publishing, Reflections, Softwares

Kombucha and Virtual Labs

Tonight I watched a recent JMBE Live session I missed with Marcos Garcia-Ojeda on Ddecember 2, 2022. They described their adaptations to online lab sessions. The title was “Microbiology Labs with Virtual and Hands-On Parts.” Garcia-Ojeda published this work with colleagues in the JMBE 2022 special issue. Garcia-Ojeda explained that there are several challenges to […]

December 9, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Accessibility and UDL, annotation, Articles, Books, Constructivism, Discussions, Diversity, Information Literacy, Instructor Behaviors, Open Pedagogy, Pedagogy, Publishing, Reflections, Teaching techniques, UDL, Website, Why

The Road to Authenticity through a Pressbooks Resource

Linda Facchini from The Teaching and Learning Centre at Seneca College presented at the Virtual Institute on Alternative Assessment in Higher Education on November 23, 2022. Seneca is in Toronto, Canada. The title of the session was “Road to Authenticity.” Seneca has multiple campuses with diverse programs. They offer diplomas, certificates, bachelors degrees… in-person, hybrid, […]

December 8, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Accessibility and UDL, Articles, Constructivism, Course Design, Discussions, Diversity, Information Literacy, Instructor Behaviors, Open Pedagogy, Podcasts, Reflections, UDL, Wellbeing, Why

Overview of the Digital Literacies Toolkit

Nadine Aboulmagd and Samah Adel presented “Alternative Assessments to Enhance Students’ Digital Literacies.” They both are instructional designers at the American University in Cairo, Egypt. They talked about the digital literacies toolkit. They asked the audience to share in the chat their familiarity with digital literacies. The majority “heard but don’t understand.” They then asked […]