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Busywork, Workload, and Online Courses

The Leading Lines podcast with Derek Bruff recently (episode 090) had Betsy Barre from Wake Forest University and Karen Costa, faculty developer specializing in online pedagogy and trauma-aware teaching and author of the 2020 book 99 Tips for Creating Simple and Sustainable Educational Videos. I enjoyed Costa’s book and have found Barre’s workload estimator really […]
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Why wouldn’t you?

I was listening to an episode of the podcast Teaching in Higher Ed. This episode had Archana McEligot. McEligot spoke about epidemiology and courses they teach. I had never considered it, but they described how epidemiology is one of the first data science and analytics disciplines. McEligot described how big data requires interdisciplinary approaches and […]
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Motivated Student Groups Unite!

The STEM Journal Club had an event this evening, and I had the opportunity to participate. Once again, I watched in awe how students came together to create professional development opportunities and share knowledge. I spoke about my career trajectory and tried to emphasize the energy and motivation that come from student-driven projects! The STEM […]
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Templates for Community of Inquiry in Real-Time Remote Learning

Drs. Carolyn Samuel, Angela Guadagno, and Mariela Tovar from the McGill University shared tips and templates for real-time remote learning at the 2020 Lilly Conference. The three work as educational developers at Teaching and Learning Services at McGill and developed strategies instructors could use to enhance engagement in Zoom sessions, including webinars. Their recording was […]
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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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Two Articles from the Pros to Prepare for the Spring Semester

Tomorrow we start our spring 2021 semester. I am fortunate to be able to teach an online version of the BIT 480/580 Yeast Metabolic Engineering course with my significant other, Claire Gordy. We have planned the course to be asynchronous to provide flexibility and options to students who could benefit from this alternative. Several undergraduates […]
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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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Connecting Students from Different Programs: A Study on Interprofessional Research Groups

An asynchronous session from the Lilly Conference by Jessica Jochum, Ed Jones, and Joanne Klossner caught my attention with the title: “Learn with Me: The Perceived Benefits and Barriers of Collaborative Interprofessional Research Groups”. This was a collaboration between the University of Indianapolis and the University of Maryland School of Public Health. Programs in MS […]
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Motivation to Create Simple and Sustainable Videos and Think about Breakout Rooms

I’m almost done reading a physical copy of Karen Costa’s 99 “Tips for Creating Simple and Sustainable Educational Videos”… I had promised myself I would finish this book during 2020, but that didn’t happen. I’ve been trying to read a couple of tips ever week and have really enjoyed the book. Costa offers simple suggestions […]
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