IGELS Project

The 2022 NABT Professional Development Conference was held in Indianapolis.

IGELS led a half-day workshop: Interactions in General Education Life Science Courses (IGELS): Tools, Tips, & Strategies to Enhance Undergraduate Biology for Non-majors

Abstract: This interactive, inquiry-based workshop will engage participants in practical activities to help students see the relevance and importance of science to their lives and increase their reasoning and science process skills. Presenters will share strategies and practices to enhance the learning of biology through a focus on interactions, DEI considerations, civic engagement, identifying appropriate curricular resources, and alternative assessments. Participants will leave the workshop with ideas and materials they can immediately implement in their own courses, as well as information about becoming part of this growing network of general education instructors and researchers through the NSF-funded IGELS project.

The workshop contained the following sessions. You can view the workshop materials in the publications below. 

Introduction - Heather Rissler
Creating Inclusive Classes - Bryan Dewsbury and Liz Harrison
Focusing on Civic Engagement - Davida Smyth and Tammy Goulet
Reasoning and Relevance - John Moore, Sarah Lehman, and Sam Donovan
Using Alternative Assessments -Justin Hoshaw and Karla Fuller
Conversation with the Community - Gordon Uno