Teaching techniques

E-Service-Learning

Samiksha Raut and Sara Adkins-Jablonsky presented at JMBE Live, and I watched the recording tonight. The title of the session is “Impacts of a COVID-19 E-Service-Learning Module in a Non-Major Biology Course.” Raut is an Associate Professor at The University of Alabama at Birmingham and Adkins-Jablonsky is now a student is osteopathic medicine. Raut acknowledged […]
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A Decade Later, Reflections on Alternative Assessments

Tonight I watched the Alternative Assessment Institute 2022 session entitled “Revisiting the Authentic Assessment Framework a Decade after it as Created to Measure the Authenticity of Contemporary Assessment Tasks” presented by Kelley Burton. They are from the University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. Burton published “A Framework for Determining the Authenticity of Assessment Tasks: […]
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Adaptable Assessments

Suzanne Wakim presented a session entitled “Adaptable Assessment Design” at the Alternative Assessment Institute 2022. Wakim is a biology and honors faculty at Butte Community College in California. Wakim also trains faculty in online course design. They spoke about disasters and the need to shift to online education. Wakim noticed that courses with adaptable assessments […]
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Playing the Assessment Game

Ian Turner from the University of Derby in the UK spoke at the Alternative Assessment Institute 2022 on an assessment game they developed. The University of Derby went through what seems to be a major change in their view of assessments a couple of years ago. Turner shared a quote from Brown et al 1997 […]
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The Road to Authenticity through a Pressbooks Resource

Linda Facchini from The Teaching and Learning Centre at Seneca College presented at the Virtual Institute on Alternative Assessment in Higher Education on November 23, 2022. Seneca is in Toronto, Canada. The title of the session was “Road to Authenticity.” Seneca has multiple campuses with diverse programs. They offer diplomas, certificates, bachelors degrees… in-person, hybrid, […]
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Practical News Storytelling

Catriona Forrest from the University of Glasgow, UK presented at the Alternative Assessment Institute 2022 on “Practical News Stories.” This course and assignments have developed over time. This masters of sociology course teaches research methods and practical journalism skills. The MSc Media, Communications and International Journalism Program has four core courses. They use a rubric […]
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Helping Students Prepare for Class

Tina Ballard (Elgin Community College), Sabah Sattar (Western University of Health Sciences, medical student), Heather Bergan-Roller, and Jaime Sabel presented at JMBE Live about “Actions and Resources of Introductory Biology Students.” They shared resources for students to prepare for class. They spoke about the need to prepare for class: Ballard emphasized that studying for exams […]
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Evaluation of Retention Strategies for STEM Students at Neumann University

Tonight I watched the recorded session for the ASMCUE poster entitled “Instructional and Retention Strategies for STEM Students Using Co-Curricular Science Courses.” Matt Mastropaolo from Neumann University spoke about their NSF-funded program for first-year students. The program supports “24 academically gifted students” who also have financial needs. The research team evaluated their program and learned […]
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A Hybrid Conjugation Lab

Tonight I watched the recording for the ASMCUE 2022 poster session “Hybrid Inquiry Based Lab Highlights Scientific Method Using Bacterial Conjugation as a Model.” Eileen M. Hotze from the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology at the University of Kansas, Lawrence, was the presenter. Hotze spoke about the need for inquiry-based labs (IBL) and the […]
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Stakes, Incentives, and the IMCA

Tonight I watched an ASMCUE 2022 recorded poster presentation entitled “Understanding the Effects of Administration Stakes and Setting on Biology Concept Assessment Scores.” Crystal Uminski from the University of Nebraska – Lincoln was the presenter. They defined concept assessments as tools to measure student learning particularly in biology. They used the cell biology instrument and […]
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