Events: 2017/11
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- 01 Apr 2017
- 8:00 am EDT
- to 31 Dec 2017
- 5:00 pm EST
Resources for Collections-Based Undergraduate Education
Category: Faculty Mentoring Network
Are you interested in incorporating more real data into your undergraduate courses? Natural History Collections have been digitizing their holdings and making them available online, creating a vast resource for biodiversity data that educators can access! Apply now to join the 2017...
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- 01 Jun 2017
- 8:00 am EDT
- to 31 Jan 2018
- 5:00 pm EST
HHMI BioInteractive Faculty Mentoring Network
Category: Faculty Mentoring Network
HHMI BioInteractive and QUBES are pleased to offer a unique networking and professional development opportunity from June 2017-January 2018 for faculty interested in improving student quantitative skills in biology. Faculty participants focus on providing students with a more comprehensive...
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- 28 Aug 2017
- 8:00 am EDT
- to 03 Nov 2017
- 5:00 pm EDT
Develop video tutorials to enhance training and education in computational genomics
Category: Faculty Mentoring Network
We are organizing a group of faculty interested in developing online video tutorials to enhance computational genomics education. Video is an effective tool for flipped and traditional classrooms because students can learn at their pace and explore course materials more deeply. Videos are...
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- 28 Aug 2017
- 8:00 am EDT
- to 08 Dec 2017
- 5:00 pm EST
Explore Authentic Data with Data Nuggets: An LDC-QUBES Faculty Mentoring Network
Category: Faculty Mentoring Network
The Life Discovery - Doing Science Biology Education Conference (LDC), Data Nuggets, and Quantitative Undergraduate Biology Education and Synthesis project (QUBES) are pleased to offer a unique networking and professional development opportunity from September – November 2017 for faculty...
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- 11 Sep 2017
- 8:00 am EDT
- to 04 Dec 2017
- 5:00 pm EST
Math Modeling Faculty Mentoring Network
Category: Faculty Mentoring Network
The Math Modeling Hub (MMHub) aims to develop and grow math modeling in grades K - 16 by connecting educators with mathematical modeling through mentoring, resources, and community. The inaugural Math Modeling Faculty Mentoring Network (MMFMN) will bring together experienced teachers of math...
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- 15 Sep 2017
- 8:00 am EDT
- to 27 Apr 2018
- 5:00 pm EDT
Beanbag Biology: Teaching Quantitative Biology through Hands-on Activities
Category: Faculty Mentoring Network
This group will share and implement hands-on (i.e. manipulative) activities that teach quantitative biology (e.g., disease modeling) using active-learning exercises. The activities can be adapted to any level from high school through graduate courses. Our approach lends guidance and support as...
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- 01 Nov 2017
- 8:00 am EDT
- to 31 May 2018
- 5:00 pm EDT
Category: Faculty Mentoring Network
Many scenarios in the life sciences can be modeled with discrete difference equation models which simulate how quantities change over evenly spaced intervals. The construction and analysis of models of discrete difference equations do not require knowledge of calculus, and thus make excellent...