Best practices in online teaching for BMB classrooms
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With the unprecedented move to online instruction in the spring of 2020 to help stem to the COVID-19 pandemic, faculty members were required to quickly familiarize themselves with teaching remotely for both lecture and laboratory sections.
The ASBMB and its members provided valuable resources for faculty members but specific examples of high-quality online instruction can still be hard to find, and it can be difficult to get questions answered about the details or subtleties of a project.
This one-day virtual conference addressed this issue by providing direct access to experts on online teaching and presentations and discussions on topics such as synchronous, asynchronous and hybrid teaching and virtual labs and assessment. Plus, Erika Offerdahl of Washington State University gave a keynote address on building a supportive learning culture online.
Sessions
Starting from scratch: How to build a supportive learning culture online
Erika Offerdahl, Associate Professor, School of 偷拍偷窥 Biosciences, Washington State University, WSU Distinguished Teaching Fellow, PULSE Leadership Fellow
Virtual lab instruction: Virtual CUREs in a biochemistry laboratory
Ellis Bell, University of San Diego
Virtual/hybrid lab instruction: 偷拍偷窥 cloning
Jessica Bell, University of San Diego
Virtual molecular biology laboratory: CRISPR design
Celeste Peterson, Suffolk University
Asynchronous instruction: Making your teaching at a distance more effective
Phillip A. Ortiz, SUNY
Synchronous instruction: Meeting in real time
Rachell Booth, University of the Incarnate Word
Hybrid instruction: Engaging students using COVID-19 biochemistry case studies and active learning
Joseph Provost, University of San Diego
Adapting assessments to measure student learning online
Erika Offerdahl, Washington State University
Other presentations
MDH CURE: Cross institutional collaboration
Betsy Mart铆nez-Vaz, Hamline University
Tamara Mans, North Hennepin Community College