Presentation for the Bio-Link Summer Fellows Forum June 9, 2016. We present a science education framework that uses the search for novel antibiotics to engage and motivate undergraduates in biological sciences.
Three posters presented at AAAS 2015:
- Genomics Education Partnership general poster (Barral et al)
- GEP student poster (Arko and Chagani, National University)
- Small World Initiative student poster (Yeagley et al, National University)
Pre & Post- Lab Scaffolding in HE STEM - ViCE PHEC 2016 J Evans, S Rayment, K...Jennifer Evans
Slides from our presentation at Variety in Chemistry Education and Physics Higher Education Conference, 2016 (Southampton).
These slides cover our nationwide survey regarding the use of pre and post lab work to scaffold lab experience.
Poster presentation of a CSU Long Beach course redesign project leveraging technology for a "flipped class" approach. Presented in May 2014 at the CSU Board of Trustees meeting.
Three posters presented at AAAS 2015:
- Genomics Education Partnership general poster (Barral et al)
- GEP student poster (Arko and Chagani, National University)
- Small World Initiative student poster (Yeagley et al, National University)
Pre & Post- Lab Scaffolding in HE STEM - ViCE PHEC 2016 J Evans, S Rayment, K...Jennifer Evans
Slides from our presentation at Variety in Chemistry Education and Physics Higher Education Conference, 2016 (Southampton).
These slides cover our nationwide survey regarding the use of pre and post lab work to scaffold lab experience.
Poster presentation of a CSU Long Beach course redesign project leveraging technology for a "flipped class" approach. Presented in May 2014 at the CSU Board of Trustees meeting.
Implementation and Evaluation of an Online Course to Enhance Teaching Practic...clairemcdonnell5
My presentation from the Biennial Conference on Chemical Education on implementing and online course on enhancing teaching in labs in higher education.
The next online course starts on 12th November 2018 and the link for applying is;
http://ectn.eu/work-groups/lecturing-qualifications-and-innovative-teaching-methods/online-course-for-lecturers/
The course is targeted at relatively inexperienced university teachers who teach on lab courses.
Treasure or Trash? Helping students distinguish online gold from online guffChris Willmott
These are the slides for a short talk to be given at the Higher Education Academy STEM conference in Birmingham (UK) on 18th April 2013. They describe a blended-learning activity in which students evaluate a series of online sources prior to a group tutorial. Reflections on the merit of the task are given, including data derived during three years of usage.
This is a poster presented at National University's Spring Symposium, showing the implementation of the Small World Initiative undergraduate research framework to NU microbiology courses. Preliminary student survey data are also shown.
Implementation and Evaluation of an Online Course to Enhance Teaching Practic...clairemcdonnell5
My presentation from the Biennial Conference on Chemical Education on implementing and online course on enhancing teaching in labs in higher education.
The next online course starts on 12th November 2018 and the link for applying is;
http://ectn.eu/work-groups/lecturing-qualifications-and-innovative-teaching-methods/online-course-for-lecturers/
The course is targeted at relatively inexperienced university teachers who teach on lab courses.
Treasure or Trash? Helping students distinguish online gold from online guffChris Willmott
These are the slides for a short talk to be given at the Higher Education Academy STEM conference in Birmingham (UK) on 18th April 2013. They describe a blended-learning activity in which students evaluate a series of online sources prior to a group tutorial. Reflections on the merit of the task are given, including data derived during three years of usage.
This is a poster presented at National University's Spring Symposium, showing the implementation of the Small World Initiative undergraduate research framework to NU microbiology courses. Preliminary student survey data are also shown.
Presentation of a paper at the ASCILITE Conference, discussing how we need to share the findings of failed research, so we can learn from other's mistakes. The full paper may be found at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/311108135_Failing_forward_in_research_around_technology_enhanced_learning
Skills Development Through Authentic AssessmentAlan Cann
"Authentic assessment" is relevant to real world outcomes and engaging for students. Much of the treadmill activity of conventional assessment (essays and exams) has little to do with what goes on in the workplace. Faced with the task of developing a "research skills" module for 300 biological sciences students, I attempted to apply the principles of authentic assessment. The practical problems in achieving this with a large number of students involve the staffing demands of this approach, and there are problems with applying performance-based outcomes to large groups of students. Team-based learning enhances student engagement and represents a shift from a teacher-based strategy to a student-centred approach.
Presentation of a Higher Education Academy (HEA) funded teacher education project by Dr Elspeth McCartney (University of Strathclyde) on supporting student teachers to engage with research at a dissemination event in July 2014. For further details of this event and links to related materials see http://bit.ly/1mqhzHS.
903. Real-World Lessons for Middle School Classrooms
Hands On: Real-World Lessons for Middle School Classrooms in an interactive, interdisciplinary curriculum that teaches students key food safety concepts while meeting national and state curriculum standards for all core subject areas. This session presents a free, project-based curriculum through experiential learning with food science and the study of microbiology.
Presenter(s): Sondra LoRe and Jennifer Richards
Teaching and learning at universities has moved beyond traditional transfer of knowledge from the learned to the learning. In today’s rapidly evolving world, educators at higher education institutions are challenged with preparing students to succeed in jobs that don’t even exist today, in a world in which creativity and innovation are valued as much as knowledge.
What does it take to do this? What are the latest trends in teaching and learning at higher education institutions? Are they keeping up with the transformations taking place beyond campus boundaries? What are the strategies for broader adoption of effective teaching and learning practices across campus?
UCalgary's Vice-Provost of Teaching and Learning (Interim) Leslie Reid and Jay Cross, Director of the new College of Discovery, Creativity and Innovation in UCalgary's Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning, provide their expert knowledge on these and other related questions.
Watch the webinar recording: http://explore.ucalgary.ca/preparing-students-unknown
Building a System of Learning and Instructional Improvement – Barbara Schneider EduSkills OECD
This presentation was given by Barbaba Schneider at the conference “Creativity and Critical Thinking Skills in School: Moving a shared agenda forward” on 24-25 September 2019, London, UK.
Libraries Lead the Way: Open Courses, Open Educational Resoursces, Open PoliciesUna Daly
Please join the Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources (CCCOER) on Wed, Oct 2, noon Pacific American Library Collection(3:00 pm EST) for a free, open webinar on how libraries are leading the way with Open Courses, Open Educational Resources, and Open Policies. Three leaders who support students, faculty, and colleges through open educational policy and practice will be featured.
Dr. Patricia Profeta, Dean of Learning Resources at Indian River State College will share how she and other Florida State College librarians have developed open courses on information literacy and internet search to prepare students for college-level research. These courses have been published in Florida’s Orange Grove repository with a Creative Commons license.
Donna Okubo, Senior Manager of Community Outreach and Advocacy, at Public Library of Science (PLoS) will share their amazing collection of open science resources and journals that you can use in the classroom at your college. PLoS has implemented a new publishing model to support scholarly authorship and allow public access to the peer-reviewed results.
Nicole Allen, OER Program Director at, Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) of the Academic and Research Library (ARL) will share SPARC’s plan to broadens its advocacy from open research to include all open educational resources (OER). Working with college libraries to extend their copyright expertise to include open policies is a critical component.
On the importance of critical thinking skills and how to teach them - presented at the eLearning Consortium of Colorado (eLCC) Conference, April 18, 2014 - Breckenridge, CO
Counternarratives and HBCU Student Success - NASPA 3.24.15saUGA411
A presentation by student affairs scholar practitioners that highlights the work done on a mixed methods research study exploring student success at HBCUs.
Description of a study comparing the effect of inverting the classroom & adding in-class activities to a Majors' General Biology Course. To be presented at EB2016, Monday 4/4.
A recently started project exploring microbial populations attaching to plastic when inmersed in the ocean. Floating plastic (#2, #4, and #5) are deployed in coastal waters for varying times, and DNA extracted for 16S rRNA metagenomic sequencing. Validation of the sampling methodology and preliminary data are shown.
Presentation prepared for the Genomics Education Partnership alumni workshop 8/2-4, 2014. Report of GEP implementation at NU for a Molecular Biology Course.
gep.wustl.edu
On March 14 I presented the history of my research activities and proposals for MS Biology thesis work for the students entering the program at National University,
The use of Nauplii and metanauplii artemia in aquaculture (brine shrimp).pptxMAGOTI ERNEST
Although Artemia has been known to man for centuries, its use as a food for the culture of larval organisms apparently began only in the 1930s, when several investigators found that it made an excellent food for newly hatched fish larvae (Litvinenko et al., 2023). As aquaculture developed in the 1960s and ‘70s, the use of Artemia also became more widespread, due both to its convenience and to its nutritional value for larval organisms (Arenas-Pardo et al., 2024). The fact that Artemia dormant cysts can be stored for long periods in cans, and then used as an off-the-shelf food requiring only 24 h of incubation makes them the most convenient, least labor-intensive, live food available for aquaculture (Sorgeloos & Roubach, 2021). The nutritional value of Artemia, especially for marine organisms, is not constant, but varies both geographically and temporally. During the last decade, however, both the causes of Artemia nutritional variability and methods to improve poorquality Artemia have been identified (Loufi et al., 2024).
Brine shrimp (Artemia spp.) are used in marine aquaculture worldwide. Annually, more than 2,000 metric tons of dry cysts are used for cultivation of fish, crustacean, and shellfish larva. Brine shrimp are important to aquaculture because newly hatched brine shrimp nauplii (larvae) provide a food source for many fish fry (Mozanzadeh et al., 2021). Culture and harvesting of brine shrimp eggs represents another aspect of the aquaculture industry. Nauplii and metanauplii of Artemia, commonly known as brine shrimp, play a crucial role in aquaculture due to their nutritional value and suitability as live feed for many aquatic species, particularly in larval stages (Sorgeloos & Roubach, 2021).
ANAMOLOUS SECONDARY GROWTH IN DICOT ROOTS.pptxRASHMI M G
Abnormal or anomalous secondary growth in plants. It defines secondary growth as an increase in plant girth due to vascular cambium or cork cambium. Anomalous secondary growth does not follow the normal pattern of a single vascular cambium producing xylem internally and phloem externally.
What is greenhouse gasses and how many gasses are there to affect the Earth.moosaasad1975
What are greenhouse gasses how they affect the earth and its environment what is the future of the environment and earth how the weather and the climate effects.
Phenomics assisted breeding in crop improvementIshaGoswami9
As the population is increasing and will reach about 9 billion upto 2050. Also due to climate change, it is difficult to meet the food requirement of such a large population. Facing the challenges presented by resource shortages, climate
change, and increasing global population, crop yield and quality need to be improved in a sustainable way over the coming decades. Genetic improvement by breeding is the best way to increase crop productivity. With the rapid progression of functional
genomics, an increasing number of crop genomes have been sequenced and dozens of genes influencing key agronomic traits have been identified. However, current genome sequence information has not been adequately exploited for understanding
the complex characteristics of multiple gene, owing to a lack of crop phenotypic data. Efficient, automatic, and accurate technologies and platforms that can capture phenotypic data that can
be linked to genomics information for crop improvement at all growth stages have become as important as genotyping. Thus,
high-throughput phenotyping has become the major bottleneck restricting crop breeding. Plant phenomics has been defined as the high-throughput, accurate acquisition and analysis of multi-dimensional phenotypes
during crop growing stages at the organism level, including the cell, tissue, organ, individual plant, plot, and field levels. With the rapid development of novel sensors, imaging technology,
and analysis methods, numerous infrastructure platforms have been developed for phenotyping.
Observation of Io’s Resurfacing via Plume Deposition Using Ground-based Adapt...Sérgio Sacani
Since volcanic activity was first discovered on Io from Voyager images in 1979, changes
on Io’s surface have been monitored from both spacecraft and ground-based telescopes.
Here, we present the highest spatial resolution images of Io ever obtained from a groundbased telescope. These images, acquired by the SHARK-VIS instrument on the Large
Binocular Telescope, show evidence of a major resurfacing event on Io’s trailing hemisphere. When compared to the most recent spacecraft images, the SHARK-VIS images
show that a plume deposit from a powerful eruption at Pillan Patera has covered part
of the long-lived Pele plume deposit. Although this type of resurfacing event may be common on Io, few have been detected due to the rarity of spacecraft visits and the previously low spatial resolution available from Earth-based telescopes. The SHARK-VIS instrument ushers in a new era of high resolution imaging of Io’s surface using adaptive
optics at visible wavelengths.
Travis Hills' Endeavors in Minnesota: Fostering Environmental and Economic Pr...Travis Hills MN
Travis Hills of Minnesota developed a method to convert waste into high-value dry fertilizer, significantly enriching soil quality. By providing farmers with a valuable resource derived from waste, Travis Hills helps enhance farm profitability while promoting environmental stewardship. Travis Hills' sustainable practices lead to cost savings and increased revenue for farmers by improving resource efficiency and reducing waste.
Deep Behavioral Phenotyping in Systems Neuroscience for Functional Atlasing a...Ana Luísa Pinho
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) provides means to characterize brain activations in response to behavior. However, cognitive neuroscience has been limited to group-level effects referring to the performance of specific tasks. To obtain the functional profile of elementary cognitive mechanisms, the combination of brain responses to many tasks is required. Yet, to date, both structural atlases and parcellation-based activations do not fully account for cognitive function and still present several limitations. Further, they do not adapt overall to individual characteristics. In this talk, I will give an account of deep-behavioral phenotyping strategies, namely data-driven methods in large task-fMRI datasets, to optimize functional brain-data collection and improve inference of effects-of-interest related to mental processes. Key to this approach is the employment of fast multi-functional paradigms rich on features that can be well parametrized and, consequently, facilitate the creation of psycho-physiological constructs to be modelled with imaging data. Particular emphasis will be given to music stimuli when studying high-order cognitive mechanisms, due to their ecological nature and quality to enable complex behavior compounded by discrete entities. I will also discuss how deep-behavioral phenotyping and individualized models applied to neuroimaging data can better account for the subject-specific organization of domain-general cognitive systems in the human brain. Finally, the accumulation of functional brain signatures brings the possibility to clarify relationships among tasks and create a univocal link between brain systems and mental functions through: (1) the development of ontologies proposing an organization of cognitive processes; and (2) brain-network taxonomies describing functional specialization. To this end, tools to improve commensurability in cognitive science are necessary, such as public repositories, ontology-based platforms and automated meta-analysis tools. I will thus discuss some brain-atlasing resources currently under development, and their applicability in cognitive as well as clinical neuroscience.
The ability to recreate computational results with minimal effort and actionable metrics provides a solid foundation for scientific research and software development. When people can replicate an analysis at the touch of a button using open-source software, open data, and methods to assess and compare proposals, it significantly eases verification of results, engagement with a diverse range of contributors, and progress. However, we have yet to fully achieve this; there are still many sociotechnical frictions.
Inspired by David Donoho's vision, this talk aims to revisit the three crucial pillars of frictionless reproducibility (data sharing, code sharing, and competitive challenges) with the perspective of deep software variability.
Our observation is that multiple layers — hardware, operating systems, third-party libraries, software versions, input data, compile-time options, and parameters — are subject to variability that exacerbates frictions but is also essential for achieving robust, generalizable results and fostering innovation. I will first review the literature, providing evidence of how the complex variability interactions across these layers affect qualitative and quantitative software properties, thereby complicating the reproduction and replication of scientific studies in various fields.
I will then present some software engineering and AI techniques that can support the strategic exploration of variability spaces. These include the use of abstractions and models (e.g., feature models), sampling strategies (e.g., uniform, random), cost-effective measurements (e.g., incremental build of software configurations), and dimensionality reduction methods (e.g., transfer learning, feature selection, software debloating).
I will finally argue that deep variability is both the problem and solution of frictionless reproducibility, calling the software science community to develop new methods and tools to manage variability and foster reproducibility in software systems.
Exposé invité Journées Nationales du GDR GPL 2024
Professional air quality monitoring systems provide immediate, on-site data for analysis, compliance, and decision-making.
Monitor common gases, weather parameters, particulates.
Comparing Evolved Extractive Text Summary Scores of Bidirectional Encoder Rep...University of Maribor
Slides from:
11th International Conference on Electrical, Electronics and Computer Engineering (IcETRAN), Niš, 3-6 June 2024
Track: Artificial Intelligence
https://www.etran.rs/2024/en/home-english/
2. Workshop goals
1. Describe the history of SWI and its
current framework
2. To present examples of SWI courses
3. To discuss how to join
4. To evaluate if SWI could be a match for
your school
4. Addressing the STEM
workforce needs
Focus on 1st two years of college for one million more
STEM professionals because…
• <40% of college students intending to major in STEM
complete a STEM degree
• Even fewer for certain ethnic minority groups
• 1st two years actively discourage students from
pursuing STEM degrees
• they are common to all types of colleges and
universities
• retaining more STEM majors is the lowest-cost, fastest
policy option to meet the labor force needs
5. “Engage to Excel”Recommendations
1. Use evidence-based teaching practices.
2. Replace lab courses with research courses.
3. Launch a national experiment in math education.
4. Diversify pathways to STEM careers using stakeholder
partnerships.
5. Create a Presidential council on STEM ed.
6. Jo Handelsman
HHMI Professor of
mol/cell/developmental biology at Yale
Associate Director for Science at the
Office of Science and Technology Policy
In 2012 developed the course: Microbes
to molecules at Yale, highly successful
2013-2014 – 30 Colleges in the US
2014-2015 – 60 Colleges in 5 Countries
2015-2016 – 108 Schools in 9 Countries,
including official US High School Pilot
Program
7. Goal of SWI
Engage students in research to improve STEM
career retention
Train students to think like scientists
Inspire the scientists of tomorrow
With research courses, students are are more likely :
■ to persist in STEM majors
■ to receive better grades
■ to complete degrees more quickly
Based on results from multiple studies
8. A current problem: Antibiotic
crisis
• Bacteria becoming
resistant
• Less antibiotics
being developed
• Limited scope of
new antibiotics
• Shorter time
between Abx
introduction &
observation of
resistance
9. The rise of resistance
Kai Kupferschmidt Science 2016;352:758-761
Published by AAAS
11. Antibiotics from the soil
• 75% of antibiotics in clinical use derived from soil
bacteria
• Estimated 100,000 natural products made by
Streptomyces (most prolific genus)
• Most remain undiscovered –
• Most bacteria in soil are unculturable
• Many pathways for secondary metabolism are “cryptic”
12. Pedagogic focus of SWI
• Scientific teaching
• Active learning (no cookbook labs)
• Backward design: align learning
outcomes with summative and formative
assessments
• Focus on assessment (IRB required)
• Focus on diversity (inclusive teaching)
13. Backward Design:
Outcomes drive assessment and instruction
What should
students know or
be able to do
by the end of
your course?
How will you
know if they
get there?
What will you
do to get
them there?
Learning goals Assessments Learning
activities
Know your objective: Bloom’s taxonomy can help
14. “Ongoing assessment plays a key role –
possibly the most important role –
in shaping classroom standards and
increasing learning gains.”
Black and Wiliam, 1998
15. How do we assess SWI?
• Emphasis on assessment using different
tools (CURE, SPARST, CA critical thinking
skills test) => ongoing work
16. Long-term scientific goal of
SWI
• To find new antibiotic leads
• Currently in the process of establishing a
central repository at the University of
Connecticut
17. Becoming scientists and contributing to
the discovery of new antibiotics
Choose an environmental
soil sample
Isolate microbes Visualize antibiotic
production
Purify and solve antibiotic
structure
Prioritize microbes
Identify and characterize
Extract antibiotics
18. Course materials
• Curriculum adaptable to different courses:
o microbiology
o general biology (majors/non majors)
o molecular biology
• Modules can be also implemented.
• Lab manual (modular, customizable)
• Instructor manual
• Lab protocols, best practices
• Online student data repository
19. SWI partner schools
• >135 instructors in 108 schools, across 33 states, PR, &
9 countries (adding 2 more this year, India & Spain)
20. Community colleges that
have adopted SWI
• Baton Rouge CC (LA)
• Danville Area CC (IL)
• Johnson County CC (KS)
• McLennan CC (TX)
• North Hennepin CC (MN)
• Northwestern Connecticut CC (CT)
• Scott CC (Eastern Iowa)
• Tulsa CC (OK)
21. Baton Rouge Community
College
• 2-year Institution
• 31 degree programs
• 723 in ASGS
• Slides adapted from
Mary Miller, Asst. Prof.
22. Results Over the past 2
Semesters
• 98% Retention Rate
• Recruited 3 students into Research
Programs
• Reviews:“Best lab experience”
“I don’t want to leave this class”
“I wish mine produced antibiotics”
“I feel comfortable about speaking in front of
people now”
24. TCC and SWI
• Largest community college in Oklahoma
• 4 main campuses
• 235 degree and certificate programs
• 2012 - 2013 enrollment: 28,926
• 56% age 24 and under
• 34% full-time (>12 hours)
• SWI piloted Spring 2014: Introduction to Microbiology (BIOL 2164)
• 4 sections X 24 students = 96 students
• Sophomores, majority Pre-Nursing
• Prerequisites: General Biology for Majors & Chemistry I
• SWI integrated into existing laboratory curriculum
• Weekly: two 80-min. lectures & two 80-min. labs
• Adapted from Neil Enis, Tulsa CC
http://pir.tulsacc.edu/
25. • Pre/post surveys completed by Fall 2013
students in “traditional” course sections
• Recruited Spring 2014 students via word-
of-mouth, flyers & posters
• SWI taught in parallel with traditional
curriculum
• Students worked in pairs
• Failure was (not) always an option
• Summative assessments:
• Comprehensive laboratory exam
• Poster competition
Implementation at TCC
26. Small World Initiative
Experiments
• Soil Sampling
• Serial Dilutions & Spread Plating
• Patch Plating
• Isolation Streaking
• Retesting of Isolates
• PCR
• Electrophoresis
• Bioinformatics
• Metabolite Extraction
General Microbiology Experiments
• Orientation & Safety
• Microscopy & Prokaryotic Morphology
• Positive Stains
• Negative Stains
• Selective & Differential Media
• Metabolic Assays
• Kirby-Bauer Testing
• Fungi
• Parasitic Protozoa
Implementation at TCC
27. National University
• Private, non-profit, accelerated
• Pilot partners of SWI (2013)
• Implemented in our8-week Introductory
Microbiology course (pre-nursing, pre-allied
health)
• San Diego
• Costa Mesa (OC)
29. What is the likelihood that you
will become a …
Research
scientist?
College
educator?
PRE
POST
30. NU: student voices
• Learned a lot from lab technique, to record keeping, to
analysis and synthesis of data
• Really enjoyed the SWI project as it gave a clear cut
goal to use the knowledge we learned in class instead of
just memorizing vocabulary
• I feel as if I've done a project that would make me
definitely more comfortable and better equipped to
complete future projects in school, and I would not be as
intimidated in doing a professional research project
31. SWI now
• SWI is its own nonprofit now
• President: Erika Kurt
• Website: http://www.smallworldinitiative.org/
• To join, please fill an online application form
available on SWI's website. Annual training
workshops (this year June 21-26 at UConn). On a
case-by-base basis, certain instructors may be
permitted to waive the in-person training.
32. SWI in your school?
• Course to implement: new or existing?
• What subject?
• Enrollment?
• Training?
• IRB?
• Instrumentation?
33. Acknowledgments
• Erika Kurt (SWI)
• Nichole Broderick (Uconn)
• Mary Miller (BRCC)
• Neil Enis (TCC)
• Huda Makhluf (NU)
• Jo Handelsman
• ASM
35. Connect with us!
• Find us on Facebook! Group and page.
• Follow us on Twitter @Team_SWI
• Follow us on Instagram @Team_SWI
• If at the ASM 2016 General Meeting, visit our
events