Events: 2015/11
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- 20 Jul 2015
- 12:00 pm EDT
- to 20 Nov 2015
- 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...
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- 01 Sep 2015
- 12:00 pm EDT
- to 15 Nov 2015
- 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...
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- 01 Oct 2015
- 12:00 pm EDT
- to 24 Nov 2015
- 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
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- 05 Oct 2015
- 12:00 pm EDT
- to 29 Apr 2016
- 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...
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- 05 Oct 2015
- 12:00 pm EDT
- to 29 Apr 2016
- 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...
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- 05 Oct 2015
- 12:00 pm EDT
- to 17 Aug 2016
- 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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- 11 Nov 2015
- 6:00 pm EST
- to 15 Nov 2015
- 3:00 am EST
NABT Professional Development Conference:2015
Category: Seminar
Help us prepare for the future of biology teaching by sharing your best practices, classroom insights, and cool tools at the only event designed for biology educators by biology educators. -Lifted from website NABT is accepting session proposals for this year's conference in November. ...