Constructivism

From Plant to Publication: Empowering Students with Data Literacy Skills

Katharina Wolff from TU Braunschweig, Germany, presented a five-minute session at London Calling 2024 titled “Empowering scientists with data literacy skills in long-read genomic sequencing.” Wolff spoke about the variety of plants around us and empowering students to learn about plant diversity. They wanted to address the increasing availability of data and lack of data […]
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From Course Preparation to QM Review

Tonight I watched the Quality Matters session entitled “Two Sides of the QM Equation: Perspectives from a Course Representative and Course Reviewer” presented by Cindy Ambrose (Low Country Virtual), Jenna Wells (Berkley County School District), and Sharon McMahon (Beaufort County School District). They shared their experience submitting and reviewing courses. The first part of the […]
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CHLOE 7

Tonight I watched the QM session entitled “CHLOE 7: Tracking Online Learning from Mainstream Acceptance to Universal Adoption. CHLOE stands for The Changing Landscape of Online Education. Richard Garnett, Eduventures Chief Research Officer at Encoura, was the first speaker. Dr. Bethany Simunich, Director of Research and Innovation at Quality Matters was the co-presenter. Over the […]
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Fifty QM Course Reviews

Paula McDougald from Virtual Arkansas and Dr. Brandie Benton (Virtual Arkansas) presented a QM session I watched tonight entitled “My Circus and My Monkeys: Sharing What We’ve Learned Through Simultaneous QM Reviews.” Virtual Arkansas is funded through the Department of Education to provide supplemental instruction in the state. They have 130 teachers and students from […]
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A Course on Feedback, Mentoring, and Science Communication

Dr. Diedra Wrighting presented at the Online with LSE webinar series on “Teaching Undergrads to Communicate Science, Cultivate Mentoring Relationships, and Navigate Science Culture.” Wrighting is Executive Director of the ADVANCE Office of Faculty Development at Northeastern University in Boston. They emphasized the importance of mentoring and obtained funding to create a two-credit course in […]
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Evaluating Buy-in to Evidence-Based Teaching Practices in STEM

Tonight I watched another Online with LSE Webinar Series recording. This presentation was entitled “A Framework of College Student Buy-in to Evidence-Based Teaching Practices in STEM: The Roles of Trust and Growth Mindset” featuring Dr. Cong Wang. This session was from about seven months ago. Wang worked with Mark Graham’s team at Yale as a […]
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Perceptions of Evolution by Community College Students

I start 2023 by returning to the ASCB YouTube playlist! The Online with LSE CBE Webinar Series is a lot of fun, and I missed several sessions. Tonight I watched the session entitled “Understanding and Perceptions of Evolution by Students in Community College and Other Institutions” presented by Elizabeth Barnes, an Assistant Professor at Middle […]
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Interpreting and Communicating in Undergraduate Research Experiences

To end the year, I watched the JMBE Live session with Laura E. Ott entitled “Supporting Deaf Students in Undergraduate Research Experiences.” This session was recorded over a year ago.Ott was at UMBE when she started this work and now has been at UNC for several years. She began by sharing the statistics on Deaf […]
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Learning from Struggles and Frustration

Justin DiAngelo from Penn State Berks, Amy Hark from Muhlenberg College, Anne Rosenwald from Georgetown University, and Matt Wawersik from William & Mary presented at JMBE Live over a year ago. I finally had a chance to watch this recording. They are all authors on the “Facilitating Growth through Frustration: Using genomics Research in a […]
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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 […]
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