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Oct 21 2015
NIMBioS Working Group: Unpacking the Black Box
The goal of this working group is to synthesize educational research on how students learn mathematical, biological and interdisciplinary skills, collect information on effective pedagogical...
https://qubeshub.org/news/events/details/305
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Jan 15 2018
Plants by the Numbers: Growing Quantitative Literacy Using Botany
Are you interested in adopting plant-focused modules that address quantitative reasoning skills?Participants in this FMN will focus on how to use data-driven modules in undergraduate life science...
https://qubeshub.org/news/events/details/1402
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Mar 04 2015
Populus Faculty Mentoring Network
In this network, participants were introduced to Populus, a new population genetics simulation toolkit. Participants reviewed existing teaching resources that utilize Populus and developed a...
https://qubeshub.org/news/events/details/291
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Jan 19 2015
Radford University Faculty Mentoring Network
This group is for faculty at Radford University that participated in a pilot QUBES faculty mentoring network. The purposes of the network are two-fold: to find ways in a variety of courses...
https://qubeshub.org/news/events/details/285
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Apr 01 2017
Resources for Collections-Based Undergraduate Education
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...
https://qubeshub.org/news/events/details/776
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Jul 18 2016
SimBio Faculty Mentoring Network
SimBio invites applications for a Faculty Mentoring Network (FMN) focused on using SimBio’s SimUText Ecology™ as a platform to incorporate more active learning into ecology classrooms....
https://qubeshub.org/news/events/details/633
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Sep 01 2015
Teaching quantitative biology with agent-based models and NetLogo
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...
https://qubeshub.org/news/events/details/272
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Feb 01 2016
Teaching quantitative biology with agent-based models and NetLogo
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...
https://qubeshub.org/news/events/details/577
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Nov 01 2017
The Discrete FMN
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...
https://qubeshub.org/news/events/details/994
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Jul 20 2015
Using data-driven modules designed by Dryad Lab in college biology classrooms
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...
https://qubeshub.org/news/events/details/277