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Cross-Course Public Health Project on Infectious Disease
01 Dec 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Loralyn M. Cozy*1, Amy M. Funk†1
Illinois Wesleyan University
The need for collaborative, public health education has never been more important. Students increasingly require necessary skills in effectively communicating critical information to the general...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/4557/?v=1
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Real World Scenarios in Non-Majors Biology
26 Jan 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Jaime L. Sabel*1, Anna Bess Sorin2
1. University of Memphis 2. St. Mary's Episcopal School
Students in non-majors’ biology courses may not choose careers that require biology content knowledge; however, all will encounter science in their lives. We redesigned a non-majors...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/3621/?v=1
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Online Information Literacy: Applying the CRAAP Test to Vaccine (Mis)information
08 Dec 2022 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Elizabeth A. Holzhausen1, Jhewelle Fitz-Henley2, Cara H. Theisen*2
1. University of Colorado, Boulder 2. University of Wisconsin-Madison
Teaching scientific literacy skills can help combat the propagation of misinformation online. This lesson is intended to give students practice identifying reliable scientific information on the...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/3575/?v=1
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A Pandemic Pivot: Podcast as an Active Engagement Tool in the Classroom and Beyond
04 Oct 2022 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Derek Dang1, Sahar Moughnyeh1, Emily Stephens1, Vashti Convers1, Sarah Adkins-Jablonsky2, Samiksha Raut*1
1. The University of Alabama at Birmingham 2. The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine
Higher education in STEM undoubtedly integrates the use of technology as a primary mode for content delivery to undergraduate students. This became especially salient throughout the shift to online...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/3526/?v=1
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"Vaccines.. Where do they come from? And how do they work? By Dane Samilo
07 Jun 2022 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Dane Samilo1, Megan Seifert2
1. CACI International 2. Headwaters Science Institute
Dane Samilo, a Science and Technology Policy Fellow at the Department of Defense joined us to talk about an extremely relevant topic for all to understand. That is vaccines. He walked us through...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/3384/?v=1
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Harnessing the Power of the Immune System: Influenza Vaccines
29 Aug 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Jaimy P. Joy*1, Rebecca M. Price1
University of Washington Bothell
Because most people have been infected by and/or immunized against influenza, students should know how the immune system responds to the infection and how vaccines protect against disease. Vaccines...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/2709/?v=1