Events: 2015/10/26

  • 26 Oct 2015
    • 12:00 pm EDT 
      10:00 pm EST 

      Using data-driven modules designed by Dryad Lab in college biology classrooms

      Category: Faculty Mentoring Network

      In this network, participants will develop a plan for integrating data-rich, interactive modules into their biology classes. DryadLab is an educational extension of the Dryad Digital Repository, a database that contains freely available research data from thousands of published scientific...

    • 12:00 pm EDT 
      10:00 pm EST 

      Teaching quantitative biology with agent-based models and NetLogo

      Category: Faculty Mentoring Network

      This faculty mentoring network will provide participants with a basic introduction to teaching agent-based modeling with NetLogo. The goal is to increase faculty awareness of how NetLogo-based activities can be used to build student understanding of the modeling process and complex biology...

    • 12:00 pm EDT 
      10:00 pm EST 

      Managing collaborative undergraduate research

      Category: Faculty Mentoring Network

      Participants of this faculty mentoring network will meet at BEER2015 to learn how to utilize QUBES to help manage your current undergraduate research, classroom-based research, or undergraduate education research agendas. Registration: Closed for Fall 2015. Contact: Carrie Diaz-Eaton

    • 12:00 pm EDT 
      9:00 pm EDT 

      Incorporating more quantitative reasoning into introductory biology courses

      Category: Faculty Mentoring Network

      This faculty mentoring network will provide participants with a strategy to incorporate more quantitative reasoning skills into their introductory bio classroom. We will work together to find ways to increase quantitative skills in your existing curriculum and help your students use these skills...

    • 12:00 pm EDT 
      9:00 pm EDT 

      Grounding your Biology: InTeGrating Geology and Biology

      Category: Faculty Mentoring Network

      Participants in this faculty mentoring network will adopt data-driven interdisciplinary modules that address sustainability and climate change for their courses. We will work together in an online community and during a one-day kick-off meeting preceding the National Association of Biology...

    • 12:00 pm EDT 
      9:00 pm EDT 

      B2 Scholars: Creating a culture of transformation within the two-year college biology community

      Category: Faculty Mentoring Network

      B2 Scholars are biologists and biology educators at two-year colleges who demonstrate a strong commitment to advancing their teaching practices by developing their individual scholarship in such areas as teaching, research, grant writing, and assessment. The B2 Scholars also engage with...

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