learning

October 9, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Constructivism, Instructor Behaviors, Online Learning, Reflections, Teaching techniques, Why

GoogleForms for Unknown Microbe Identification

Dr. Lauren Brooks presented a ten-minute recorded session for ASMCUE 2022 entitled “Online unknowns: a supplement for the microbiology lab.” Brooks is faculty at Nazareth College in Rochester, NY. Their learning objectives were to revisit the unknown identification lab since it is often only performed “once or twice in a semester.” Brooks recreated the unknown […]

October 8, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Accessibility and UDL, Constructivism, Course Design, DBER and SoTL, Discussions, Instructor Behaviors, Online Learning, Pedagogy, Reflections, Softwares, Why

TopHat and Technology in a Food Folklore Course

Dr. Bwalya Lungu, Associate Professor of Teaching at UC Davis, presented a recorded session at ASMCUE entitled “Integrated Approaches to Teaching Improve Overall Student Learning and Engagement in Large Classes.” Lungu spoke about the origins of this study and the need to improve the course based on feedback from student evaluations and technological advances. They […]

October 7, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, annotation, Articles, Case Studies, DBER and SoTL, Discussions, Mentoring, Pedagogy, Reflections, Student groups, Team-based learning

Confidence and Scientific Literacy in a New Semester-long Course

“Increased Confidence and Scientific Literacy using a Semester-Long Case Study and Research Project” was the title of the ASMCUE 2022 recorded session I watched tonight. Nicole McAllister is an Assistant Professor at Seton Hill University. They teach microbiology at a private liberal arts 1800-student university in PA. Most students are focused on clinical health (68%!). […]

October 4, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Constructivism, Course Design, DBER and SoTL, Instructor Behaviors, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Student groups, Why

Assessing Student Learning with a New Receptor-Ligand Activity

Tonight I watched the ASMCUE 2022 recorded session entitled “ImmunoReach: At the Intersection of Biochemistry & Immunology.” Heather A. Bruns and Sharifa Love-Rutledge presented this ten-minute recorded session. They both created this activity and implemented it at the University of Alabama Huntsville and UAB, with class sizes 13 and 31, respectively. They designed this receptor-ligand […]

October 3, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Constructivism, Course Design, Instructor Behaviors, Reflections, Student groups, Teaching techniques

The IMMUNOLOGY Game

Tonight I watched the ASMCUE recorded session entitled “IMMUNOLOGY! A Board Game to Learn the Immune Response,” presented by Alicia Cecil, Mary Gobbet, and Emma Wade. This is a board game Cecil created with colleague Gobbet and student Emma Wade. They mentioned the game is adaptable to other topics. Cecil teaches clinical microbiology at the […]

October 2, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Case Studies, Constructivism, Course Design, Information Literacy, Online Learning, Reflections, Student groups, Undergraduate Research, Why

Wastewater Treatment Facilities and Quantitative Fluency

Tonight after an eventful and painful day (eye infection!), I tried to watch another ASMCUE 2022 session. The recorded ten-minute session was entitled: “How Can We Be Assured Our Water is Safe? A Lab Exercise to Teach the Scientific Method,” and David Singleton from York College was the presenter. At York College, BIO 230 is […]

October 1, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Constructivism, Course Design, Discussions, Diversity, Information Literacy, Instructor Behaviors, Metacognition, Online Learning, Pedagogy, Reflections, Undergraduate Research, Why

The Right to be Persuaded

I continue to watch ASMCUE 2022 sessions even though my eye hurts today! I watched a couple of sessions from BIT instructors, and now found Heather Townsend’s recorded session entitled “Fostering Scientific Literacy through the Identification of Credible Sources.” Townsend is a good friend, and we have worked together for a couple of years now. […]

September 28, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Articles, Constructivism, Course Design, Discussions, Information Literacy, Instructor Behaviors, Integrative Thinking, Online Learning, Open Pedagogy, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Service Learning, Student groups, Wellbeing, Workshop

Microbial Ecology and Characterization

Tonight I watched “Digging in the Dirt: A Novel CURE in the Race Against Antibiotic Resistance” by Kathleen Boyle, Abigail Multerer, and Marion Toscano from Mount Mary University in Milwaukee, WI. Mount Mary is a Catholic women’s liberal arts university established in 1913. It is designated as an HSI: Hispanic-serving Institution. In 2021 they were […]

September 27, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Articles, Books, Constructivism, Course Design, Diversity, Information Literacy, Instructor Behaviors, Online Learning, Pedagogy, Reflections, Why

Enhancing STEM Literacy in Courses

Emily Ledgerwood (Le Moyne College) and Jonelle Mattiacio (St. John Fisher College) presented at ASMCUE 2022 a recorded session entitled: “A Multi-Lesson Approach to Enhancing Literacy in the Field of Virology.” The lesson focused on Mattiacio’s virology course. They introduced students in the first phase to scientific communication and exploration of primary research Groups were […]

September 25, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Articles, Course Design, Instructor Behaviors, Mentoring, Publishing, Reflections, Student groups, Teaching techniques, Undergraduate Research, Website, Why

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, […]