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December 23, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Accessibility and UDL, Articles, Constructivism, DBER and SoTL, Discussions, Instructor Behaviors, Online Learning, Pedagogy, Publishing, Reflections, Why

Creating the MHSCI

Tonight I watched the ASM JMBE Live session recording with Heather Seitz and Andrea Rediske. The title of the session, recorded on December 10, 2021, was “Impact of COVID-19 curricular shifts on learning gains on a a Concept Inventory.” Their Microbiology for Health Sciences Concept Inventory (MHSCI) is very useful and described in JMBE. Rediske […]

December 21, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Accessibility and UDL, Constructivism, Course Design, DBER and SoTL, Discussions, Diversity, Information Literacy, Instructor Behaviors, Open Pedagogy, Pedagogy, Publishing, Reflections, Student groups, UDL, Undergraduate Research, Wellbeing, Why

Antiracist Opportunities

Chelsey Nardi from the University of Colorado Denver is a doctoral candidate and presented at JMBE on their article about antiracist opportunities. The overview Nardi presented summarized the article: Nardi focused in the recorded session on the finding that “active learning does not equal inclusive teaching.” She also mentioned that authentic research experienced with unpaid […]

December 20, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Constructivism, Course Design, DBER and SoTL, Instructor Behaviors, Molecular Biology Education Research, Pedagogy, Publishing, Reflections, Why

Creating a Specifications Grading Course

The JMBE Live session I watched today was on “The Effects of Specifications Grading in a Cell Biology Course.” I watched it from the JMBE YouTube. Stanley Maloy, JMBE Editor, was the moderator. The authors are from Georgia Gwinnett College (GGC) and included Shoshana Katzman, Jennifer Hurst-Kennedy, Elisabeth Javazon, Alessandra Barrera, Jennell Talley, Mary Diaz, […]

December 18, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Articles, Constructivism, Course Design, DBER and SoTL, Discussions, Information Literacy, Instructor Behaviors, Pedagogy, Reflections, Why, Writing

Responsible and Ethical Management of Lab Notebooks

I am continuing to watch the ASM JMBE live sessions. The session was entitled “Training for Responsible and Ethical Management of Lab Notebooks in CUREs.” Caitlin Light presented their study along with Sonia Hills, a former undergraduate peer mentor. Light is at Binghampton University and involved with the first-year research immersion program. The program enrolls […]

December 17, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Articles, Constructivism, Course Design, DBER and SoTL, Instructor Behaviors, Mobile Learning, Online Learning, Pedagogy, Publishing, Reflections, Softwares

Kombucha and Virtual Labs

Tonight I watched a recent JMBE Live session I missed with Marcos Garcia-Ojeda on Ddecember 2, 2022. They described their adaptations to online lab sessions. The title was “Microbiology Labs with Virtual and Hands-On Parts.” Garcia-Ojeda published this work with colleagues in the JMBE 2022 special issue. Garcia-Ojeda explained that there are several challenges to […]

December 14, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Accessibility and UDL, annotation, Case Studies, Constructivism, Course Design, Discussions, Diversity, Instructor Behaviors, Metacognition, Open Pedagogy, Reflections, Teaching techniques, Why, Writing

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 […]

December 13, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Accessibility and UDL, Constructivism, Course Design, DBER and SoTL, Discussions, Diversity, Instructor Behaviors, Open Pedagogy, Pedagogy, Reflections, Student groups, Why

Assessment with Student Partners

“Engaging Students as Partners in Assessment” was the title of the session Madison Taber presented at the Alternative Assessment Institute 2022. Taber is a Director of Assessment at the Our Lade of the Lake University in Texas. Taber is also a Ph.D. student interested in identity and equity in education. Taber self described as a […]

December 12, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Constructivism, Course Design, Instructor Behaviors, Open Pedagogy, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Why

Drafting and Learning about Summative and Formative Assessments

“Student Empowerment through Demystifying Assessment” was the title of the Virtual Institute of Alternative Assessment 2022 session I watched tonight. John Andelfinger was the presenter. Andelfinger is an English instructor at SUNY Orange and wanted to share how teaching with the terms summative and formative can be powerful. Since 2012, Andelfinger has taught first-year composition; […]

December 11, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Accessibility and UDL, Case Studies, Constructivism, Course Design, Diversity, Instructor Behaviors, Interprofessional Education, Open Pedagogy, Reflections, Softwares, Student groups, Why

CT Simulations and Mock Interviews

I continue to watch the Alternative Assessment Institute 2022 recordings. Tonight I watched Eileen Giles and Lisa Cunningham present “Simulated Clinical Competency Testing and Mock Interviews.” They presented together on their alternative assessments within the bachelor of radiation therapy: a four-year undergraduate program. The fourth year has clinical placements and several clinical blocks. Since 2019, […]

December 10, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Constructivism, Course Design, Diversity, Instructor Behaviors, Interprofessional Education, Open Pedagogy, Pedagogy, Reflections, Teaching techniques, Why

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 […]