Delftia

Which datasets should students analyze?

Dr. Katelyn M. Cooper from Arizona State University was on JMBE Live! this week (4/16/2021) to talk about their recent study: “Students Who Analyze Their Own Data in a Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE) Show Gains in Scientific Identity and Emotional Ownership of Research.” Maya J. Munstermann worked with Cooper on this study as a graduate student. They worked with […]
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Virtual Mentoring Routines and Communities

Dr. Cindy Smith and Dr. Tony Dobinson from Curtin University presented last year a Quality Matters (QM) session on mentoring online. As I prepare for our BIT SURE summer program, I want to learn how to be a better mentor. I know it can still be done virtually, and making a connection is critical. Smith […]
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CUREs in 2020

Last June, Dr. Erin Dolan and CURENet and ASCB hosted a webinar about how course-based undergraduate research experiences (CURE) were taught during the pandemic. This webinar is available on the ASCB YouTube channel. The panel included: Dr. Katelyn Cooper, University of Central Florida Dr. Lauren DePue, University of Texas – Austin Dr. Enid Gonzalez- Orta, […]
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POP!

John Gordon, Associate Director, DELTA at NC State talked to me last summer about starting a podcast on podcasting. The Podcast On Podcasting (POP) is a project that focuses on the use of podcasting in unique ways. The series has three episodes: faculty podcasts, student-produced podcasts, and a weekly career development podcast by Marcy Bullock’s […]
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Keeping Track of References and Synthesizing Notes with Software

Jimmy Fleming from PowerNotes presented at the 2020 Lilly Conference about the use of this software for writing support. I had not heard about PowerNotes before, and use Hypothes.is in several courses for article annotation. PowerNotes is different: users can highlight text, tag/classify it, and summarize it in a PowerNotes project. It also records references […]
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Mind in the Gutter Today!

Today was the first day of classes. It is still surreal to start when teaching an online asynchronous course, and I am starting to enjoy the thought process of designing an engaging online introduction to the course. We tried several new things this semester on our Start Here module for the Yeast Metabolic Engineering course. […]
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The Delftia Project Presented at SENCER

I am impressed by the creativity and motivation that students generate when they latch onto something they are passionate about. The Delftia Citizen Science group of undergraduates launched an entirely online collaborative research, annotation, and public science initiative last fall. Lauren Ramilo and Daiza Norman helped coordinate a group that at times had a dozen […]
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Network Analysis and Classroom Management

Dr. Eric Hogan from Georgia Southern University presented on one-mode networks and classroom management at the 2020 Lilly Conference online. Hogan is faculty in the Education Department and teaches on learning, motivation, and assessment. I didn’t know about one-mode networks and, while I have seen a couple network analysis studies in education, I had not […]
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Undergraduate Research and Teaching Opportunities

For several years now since the spring of 2018, undergraduate researchers and students in several courses have surveyed the campus to learn where Delftia acidovorans is found. Students in Dr. Zakiya Leggett’s ES 100 course at NCSU and Dr. Porche’ Spence’s course at NC Central University learn about Delftia acidovorans and it’s ability to precipitate […]
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