Publishing

Lessons and Resources from CourseSource

Tonight I watched the ASMCUE 2022 session entitled “Inspiring Evidence-Based Teaching Innovations in Biology Classrooms with the Journal CourseSource.” Jenny Knight, the Editor in Chief at the University of Colorado Boulder, presented this session about CourseSource. I attended this session live, and likely missed key information! There are 39 editors, 12 advisory board members, and […]
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Phenotypes and Science Communication

Tonight I watched the ASMCUE 2022 microbrew session by Daryn Stover entitled “Enhancing communication skills through discussion of primary literature and phenotypic variation.” Stover is at Arizona State at Lake Havasu and is a dedicated undergraduate campus. There are no dedicated research labs. There is a senior capstone experience and opportunities for internships. The BIO […]
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Inclusifying URM

Tonight Amada and I watched the ASMCUE 2022 microbrew “Toward ‘Inclusifying’ the Underrepresented ‘Minority’ in STEM Education Research. The presenter was Haider Ali Bhatti, a Ph.D. Candidate at UC Berkeley. They started with a quote from former US census director Kenneth Prewitt describing the “demographically complex” nation. Bhatti then focused on the term Under Represented […]
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Scientific Practices in CUREs

Alaina J. Buchanan and Ginger R. Fisher are at the University of Northern Colorado and presented at ASMCUE 2022 a recorded session on the “Current Status of Science Practices in CUREs.” They mentioned that CUREs were described in 2014 by Auchincloss et al. and “born out of need for more workers in science, technology, engineering, […]
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Open Pedagogy Options from the Learner Perspective

Surita Jhangiani, Carolee Clyne, Sharmila Miller & Erica Hamilton presented at the CAST UDL Symposium the session on “Open Pedagogy and UDL: Student Experiences.” The panelists all have teaching experience with different learners. Dr. Jhangiani began by explaining how open pedagogy and UDL can work together to enhance student experiences. The presenters acknowledged the people […]
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The Origins of CAST, UDL, and Texthelp

“A Special Take 20 with Texthelp Featuring David Rose & Martin McKay, Hosted by Joni Degner” was the title of the CAST UDL Symposium Session I watched tonight. Degner hosted this conversation with Rose and McKay. Joni Degner hosts a series “Take 20” with Texthelp. McKay spoke about his dad having a stroke and losing […]
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The Research on Quality Online Experiences

The 2022 QM Online Research Conference session entitled “Beyond Assumptions: putting Research into Practice to Document Quality Learning Experiences” was the second session from this conference that I watched. Dr. Andrea Schwegler is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Texas A&M Central University. Schwegler has been in education for thirty years, starting in K-12. The […]
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A Course to Find and Share Support and Inspiration Online

Dr. Stephanie M. Foote is a frequent presenter at the Lilly Online Conference! As a Senior Associate Vice President for Teaching, Learning, and Evidence-Based Practices at the Gardner Institute, Foote seems to be involved in numerous different projects. The title of the session I watched tonight was “Developing an Online Course Redesign Community for Faculty […]
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‘A History of Economic Thought’ Open Book

Diane Zydlewski, Florencia Gabriele, and Meaghan Price presented at Open Ed 2021 on “History of Economic Thought Made Alive Through Artifacts – A Collaborative Book.” They are all at Emmanuel College. Florencia Gabriele is a lecturer and has used this assignment in which students analyze passages in books and contribute to a book. The course […]
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Remixing (OER) with H2O

Jeremy Peters, Assistant Professor of Music Business at Wayne State University and co-founder of Quite Scientific Records, and Catherine Brobston from Outreach at Harvard Law School spoke about “Remixing and Expanding Access to Legal Education Resources” at Open Ed 2021. Brobston introduced H2O, “an open education platform focused on legal resources and built for cloning […]
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