Pedagogy

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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Tetanus, Hummingbirds, and Antibodies

Connected by ImmunoReach, Michelle Pearson from Spokane Falls Community College connected with Philip F. Mixter from Washington State University. Their session was entitled “Tetanus Module: Helping First-year Students Connect Molecular Concepts with the Biology of Vaccines” and consisted of a ten-minute recorded session. They chose tetanus and explained their objectives. They wanted students to explain […]
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Metabolic Pathways and Stations

Tonight I watched the ASMCUE 2022 recorded session entitled “Teaching Metabolic Pathways Using Hands-on, Interactive Stations in Introductory Biology.” This ten-minute session was presented by Daniel Labadini and Emily Nowicki at Curry College in Milton, MA. Nowicki is an Associate Professor and Daniel Labadini was their student. The major metabolic pathways that they discuss are […]
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You never shower alone!

Stephanie Mathews from Campbell University presented at ASMCUE 2022 on two case studies they created as part of HITS! Yay! The session was entitled “Showerhead Microbiome and Antibiotic Resistance Case Studies for 200-level Microbiology Courses.” The case studies focused on high-throughput approaches and fundamental microbiology concepts. The hook for the first case study was… a […]
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Perusall and the Golden Age of Microbiology

Gwendowlyn S. Knapp spoke about “Reading of Original Microbiology and Virology Literature Using the Online Platform Perusall” at ASMCUE 2022. This was a ten-minute recorded session. Knapp is an Assistant Professor of Biology at Illinois College. Knapp began by talking about milestones in “the Golden Age of Microbiology” and the cool experiments people have performed. […]
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Comparing Groups and Assessments

Shawna Reed from Quinnipiac School of Health Sciences presented the recorded ASMCUE Microbrew session entitled “Paired and Compared Lessons for the Microbiology Flipped and Hybrid Classroom.” Reed compared cooperative and individual active learning approaches and compared different lesson types. Reed defined active learning and constructivism as: “students generate meaning by actively engaging in experiences, constructing […]
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TopHat and Technology in a Food Folklore Course

Dr. Bwalya Lungu, Associate Professor of Teaching at UC Davis, presented a recorded session at ASMCUE entitled “Integrated Approaches to Teaching Improve Overall Student Learning and Engagement in Large Classes.” Lungu spoke about the origins of this study and the need to improve the course based on feedback from student evaluations and technological advances. They […]
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Confidence and Scientific Literacy in a New Semester-long Course

“Increased Confidence and Scientific Literacy using a Semester-Long Case Study and Research Project” was the title of the ASMCUE 2022 recorded session I watched tonight. Nicole McAllister is an Assistant Professor at Seton Hill University. They teach microbiology at a private liberal arts 1800-student university in PA. Most students are focused on clinical health (68%!). […]
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Coyotes and Bacteria to Brains!?

Adam Keinschmit and Andrea Bixler created a case study as part of ImmunoReach: an NSF-supported Research Coordination Network. Their ASMCUE 2022 recorded session is entitled “ImmunoReach: Bacteria to Brains in Backyard Coyotes Interdisciplinary Pedagogical Case Study.” The case study is written as a conversation between two graduate students. One studies urban coyotes and is taking […]
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The Right to be Persuaded

I continue to watch ASMCUE 2022 sessions even though my eye hurts today! I watched a couple of sessions from BIT instructors, and now found Heather Townsend’s recorded session entitled “Fostering Scientific Literacy through the Identification of Credible Sources.” Townsend is a good friend, and we have worked together for a couple of years now. […]
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