Teaching Quantitative Biology Online

Entries for 2020

1. The Summer Institute in Statistical Genetics (SISG) Online 7/13-31

   Entry #854

   07 May 2020

   5:31 pm

   Kristin Jenkins

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   The Summer Institute in Statistical Genetics (SISG) will move online July 13-31 in 2020 for its 25th anniversary year. It will offer 18 short courses across a wide range of topics in statistics and genetics. Full details are at www.biostat.washington.edu/suminst/sisg The goal of SISG is to...

2. NIH NIGMS Webinar Series for the Training Community

   Entry #851

   30 Apr 2020

   9:30 am

   Kristin Jenkins

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   "We’re pleased to announce a new webinar series for students, postdocs, and faculty. Each hour-long webinar will include a 10- to 15-minute presentation by the speaker followed by a moderated question and answer session. Our hope is that these webinars will enhance our trainees’...

3. Transitioning to Online Instruction Webinar

   Entry #844

   03 Apr 2020

   1:34 pm

   Nicole Chodkowski

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   Online with LSE featured a webinar about transitioning to online instruction. Attendees participated in a Q&A session with four faculty at different institutions who have experience with online courses and helping other instructors design courses that use online platforms. The main topics...

4. Do you teach a biology lab that has been disrupted by the coronavirus outbreak?

   Entry #842

   01 Apr 2020

   8:56 am

   Kristin Jenkins

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   This March 29 guest blog post on Rich Lenski's Telliamed by Rob Pennock describes AvidaEd, an online evolution simulation.  AvidaEd is free online and has supporting educational materials openly available on their website.  It can be found in the collections on this...

5. SimBio Materials and Webinars!

   Entry #841

   31 Mar 2020

   3:15 pm

   Deborah Rook

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   If you are in need of remote teaching tools due to the COVID-19 pandemic, SimBio is here to help! SimBio’s inquiry-driven virtual labs and interactive chapters cover topics in introductory biology, ecology, evolution, and cell biology, and use built-in tools to make it easy to set up,...

6. New from Tomas Pueyo: Coronavirus: The Hammer and the Dance

   Entry #840

   22 Mar 2020

   4:38 pm

   Kristin Jenkins

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   Check out Pueyo's blog from March :19 https://medium.com/@tomaspueyo/coronavirus-the-hammer-and-the-dance-be9337092b56 Here's the summary of the post:  Strong coronavirus measures today should only last a few weeks, there shouldn’t be a big peak of infections afterwards,...

7. Tomas Pueyo's " Coronavirus: Why You Must Act Now"

   Entry #839

   19 Mar 2020

   11:07 am

   Kristin Jenkins

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   This post is getting a lot of attention and provides interesting information on the spread of the virus through communities: "Here’s what I’m going to cover in this article, with lots of charts, data and models with plenty of sources: How many cases of coronavirus will there...

8. Learn more about EdReady and HippoCampus online resources

   Entry #838

   16 Mar 2020

   12:25 pm

   Kristin Jenkins

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   Register to Attend the 3/17 Info Session In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, we encourage you to take a fresh look at how EdReady and HippoCampus can serve your students. Members of The NROC...

9. Avida-ED as a potential online lab experience

   Entry #784

   13 Mar 2020

   8:04 pm

   Jim Smith

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     Dear BioQUEST Colleagues, One option to consider if you are moving a biology lab course to a virtual format is the use of Avida-ED. Avida-ED is an educational application developed at Michigan State University for undergraduate biology courses to help students learn about...