engagement

November 5, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Constructivism, Course Design, Instructor Behaviors, Pedagogy, Reflections, Softwares, Student groups, Website

Tinkercad for Environmental Microbiology

Tonight I watched the ASMCUE 2022 microbrew “3D Printing to Observe Bacterial Interactions.” The speaker was Nik Stasulli, an Assistant Professor at the University of New Haven. This session was about creating 3D structures to examine bacterial interactions due to chemical secretions. Stasulli started the semester by having groups create Winogradsky columns and isolating bacteria. […]

November 2, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Constructivism, DBER and SoTL, Instructor Behaviors, Pedagogy, Reflections, Why

T-cell Receptors and Student Engagement with a New ImmunoReach Activity

The ImmunoReach RCN has been very active! Tonight I watched their ASMCUE 2022 microbrew entitled: ImmunoReach: An interactive approach to understanding T-cell receptor diversity. Claudette Davis from LaGuardia Community College – CUNY and Timothy Paustian from the University of Wisconsin-Madison presented. Davis is a (newly) Associate Professor and spoke about the students at LaGuardia. They […]

November 1, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Constructivism, Course Design, Discussions, Instructor Behaviors, Mobile Learning, Online Learning, Pedagogy, Reflections, Why

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 […]

October 30, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Accessibility and UDL, Discussions, Diversity, Information Literacy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Student groups, Wellbeing, Why

A Seminar Series Based on Breakout Room Discussions of Racial Justice

Tonight I returned from Denver and watched SNL and spooky stories with the family. We then watched the ASMCUE 2022 Microbrew: “Cultivating Conversations: Talking about racial justice & inclusion with faculty and students.” Amy Siegesmund from the Department of Biology at Pacific Lutheran University started by asking the audience to share in the chat their […]

October 29, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, Constructivism, Discussions, Diversity, Instructor Behaviors, Pedagogy, Reflections, UDL, Why

Instructor Perceptions of Race, Racism, and Racial Equity

Tonight I watched the ASMCUE 2022 Microbrew: Instructor Perceptions of Race, Racism, and Racial Equity Discussion in Introductory Biology. This session was a twenty-four-minute live session, and I watched the recording. The presenter was Dr. Candice Idlebird from Harris-State University, an Assistant Professor. The abstract cited guidance for making biology classrooms more inclusive including the Drewsbury & […]

October 28, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Accessibility and UDL, Discussions, Information Literacy, Instructor Behaviors, Pedagogy, Reflections

Immune System Scaling with Immunoreach

Day one of ASK BIO workshop was great! I learned a lot and have met incredible people! Tonight, I watched the ASMCUE 2022 Microbrew entitled “Microbrew. Immunoreach: An Activity That Investigates Immune System Scaling.” Sam Elliot and Cynthia Downs presented on an activity they created with the Immunoreach group. Elliot wanted to make connections between […]

October 27, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Constructivism, Course Design, Discussions, Information Literacy, Instructor Behaviors, Pedagogy, Reflections

Connecting Science and the Public with Concept Mapping

It has been a long day! I’m on my way to an ASK BIO workshop in Denver. While waiting for the train I watched another ASMCUE microbrew by a former UNC SPIRE fellow now at Appalachian State. The title was Science in the News Activity for Introductory Majors. The activity is structured and repeated several […]

October 26, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Constructivism, Information Literacy, Instructor Behaviors, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Softwares, Website

BioRender Figures for Studying, Graphical Abstracts, and a Visual Glossary

I started watching the live (now recorded) ASMCUE 2022 sessions. I started with a microbrew entitled: “Utilizing BioRender in the Classroom for the Visualization of Scientific Concepts” since I am using BioRender more and more now. Sally R. Chamberland from Springfield College teaches several biology, microbiology, and genetics courses and uses BioRender. They spoke about […]

October 24, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Constructivism, Diversity, Instructor Behaviors, Reflections, Website, Why

Random Number Generators and V(D)J Recombination

I am almost done watching the recorded on-demand sessions from ASMCUE 2022. Tonight I watched “Visualizing Diversity at the Junctions – a V(D)J Recombination Activity,” presented by Johanna Schwingel from St. Bonaventure University. They began by talking about antibody diversity ranging from 107-1015 different specificities! Wow. They also mentioned that combinations are around 106. There […]

October 23, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Accessibility and UDL, Constructivism, Course Design, Instructor Behaviors, Mobile Learning, Online Learning, Pedagogy, Reflections, Softwares, Teaching techniques, Why

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 […]