This month’s Interesting Read examines active learning through an accessibility lens and offers recommendations for making active-learning science classes more inclusive for students with disabilities. While the article is framed in the context of in-person courses, most of the recommendations are applicable to the remote teaching environment. Citation: Gin, L.E., Guerrero, F.A., Cooper, K.M., & …
Monthly Archives: November 2020
How to Prevent Work Overload for You and Your Students Next Term
By Christine Goedhart Despite all the uncertainty this term, one thing has become very clear: teaching and learning take longer and require more effort in the remote environment than they did in-person. Faculty are spending more time and energy troubleshooting technology, preparing course materials, and responding to students. Meanwhile, students are spending more time and …
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Teaching Spotlight – A Guest Speaker Brings Science to Life in the BIOL 140 Online Classroom
Blaire Steinwand and Jaclyn Dee recently teamed up to bring in Dr. Cole Burton as a guest speaker in their BIOL 140 course. Students had previously read popular press article pieces about Dr. Burton’s research on caribou conservation, and this session gave them an opportunity to meet and learn more about him and his work. …
Peer Tutor Spotlight – Madina Kagieva & Taylor Reilly
Madina Kagieva and Taylor Reilly met and became good friends when they took BIOL 463 last year. Since then they have collaborated on instructional materials for BIOL 463, co-presented a CTLT Remote Teaching Institute workshop, founded and serve as Co-Presidents for the AMS Medical Genetics Club, and currently work together as peer tutors in the …
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Instructor Spotlight – Michelle Tseng
I am an assistant professor of insect and aquatic ecology at UBC. I have a BSc and MSc from University of Toronto and a PhD from Indiana University. I mostly teach general ecology and insect ecology. In 2019, I also co-taught Arctic ecology with Dr. Sean Michaletz and that was super fun. In general, my …
TA Spotlight – Evgeniya Yangel
I completed my BSc (Biology major) at UBC in 2018. I first got involved with research after taking BIOL 205, as I fell in love with invertebrates. I worked in Dr. Leander’s lab under the supervision of postdoc Dr. Herranz who introduced me to the world of mud dragons and taught me microscopy and molecular …