Mobile Learning

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 […]
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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 […]
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Connect for Virtual Labs

McGraw Hill Education was one of the exhibitors at ASMCUE 2022. I watched the recording of their live twenty-minute session tonight. Tammy Lorince was the presenter and is an instructor and lab coordinator at the University of Arkansas. They were developing an online microbiology course with lecture and lab with the University of Arkansas Global […]
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Incorporating the Virtual Tools into the In-Person Courses

The Microbrew from ASMCUE 2022 that I watched tonight was titled “When Plan B Becomes Plan A; Incorporating Content Created Virtually into In-person Classes.” Heather Townsend and Sarah Shoemaker were the presenters. They both have decades of experience teaching and wanted to reflect on how to use content created during “the virtual year” and incorporated […]
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Virtual Culture Work-ups

Erin Rumpke presented at ASMCUE 2022 a ten-minute recorded session, “Virtual Culture Reading Exercises for MLS Students.” Rumpke is an Associate Processor and Program Director of the Medical Laboratory Science Program at the University of Cincinnati. Rumpke has over fifteen years of experience! Using Articulate 360 software, Rumpke developed a series of virtual culture reading […]
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At-home Fermentation Sessions

Tonight I watched the ASMCUE 2022 recorded session entitled “Using an At-Home Food Fermentation Project to Reinforce Microbiology Laboratory Skills and Concepts.” Todd Funke, the Laboratory Program Director of the Microbiology Program at the University of Kansas. Students learn the skills and knowledge to perform a food fermentation at home. This includes planning and documentation […]
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TikTok Biology at UNC

Tonight I watched Laura E. Ott from UNC-Chapel Hill present a ten-minute recorded session for ASMCUE 2022. The title of the session is “TikTok Biology: Changes in students views about the importance of science communication.” Along with Eric Hastie, they designed a public science TikTok assignment for their introductory biology courses. Ott had students work […]
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Miro to Connect Learners Online and Asynchronously

Jessica Hill from the University of Toronto recorded a ten-minute ASMCUE session entitled “Cultivating student engagement in a large, asynchronous course using collaborative concept mapping,” Hill is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Molecular Genetics and in the teaching track/stream. Their goal was to describe the use of a concept mapping activity in an […]
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Mobile and Learner-friendly Apps

Sheila Bresnahan, Aviva R. Hollander, & Laura E. Vanderberg presented at the CAST UDL Symposium a one-hour session entitled “Designing with Postsecondary Students: UDL in Metacognition for Mobile Learning.” Dr. Laura Vanderberg was the department chair at Curry College. Hollander was a student peer supporter. Vanderberg shared the session goals and a logic model. Watching […]
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Podcasting to Help Students in Transition Share

I watched a session of the CAST UDL Symposium I didn’t get a chance to watch live. The presenters were Taylor Bousfield & Erika Moore. The topic interests me a lot: “Using Podcasting to Capture Students with Disabilities’ Voice in Transition.” Bousfield is a staffing specialist and adjunct professor at the University of Central Florida. […]
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