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The Biology Everywhere Teaching Philosophy and
Science Communication
Friday January 27, 2023, at 1100 Pacific = 1200 Mountain = 100pm
Central = 200pm Eastern
Presenter:
Melanie E. Peffer, Ph.D.
Teaching Assistant Professor & Research Scientists
Level II
Abstract: Dr. Melanie Peffer
is the author of the best-selling and award-winning book, Biology
Everywhere: How the science of life matters to everyday life. Biology
Everywhere is a journey through the science of life as told through our
daily experiences. She was the 2021 High Plains Library District
Foundation's writer in residence, and spent her residency writing her first
children's book, On the River. Dr. Peffer is an
avid science communicator, TEDX speaker, and has developed biology content
for TED-ED and authored two Coursera specializations.
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Infusion of Think-Pair-Share, Jigsaw, and Problem-Based Learning into
General and Organic Chemistry
Friday February 3, 2023, at 1100 Pacific = 1200 Mountain
= 100pm Central = 200pm Eastern
Presenter: Scott Donnelly, Arizona Western College
Abstract: About seven years ago - two decades into my
teaching career - I made a tectonic shift (for me at least) in how I teach
General and Organic Chemistry. Over the timeframe of a few semesters, I moved
gradually away from straight lecture towards use of high engagement (more
commonly called active learning) classroom methods, the most common being a
mutation of Think-Pair-Share (TPS). Now, I'm moving towards the use of a
heterogeneous mixture of collaborative learning methods involving TPS,
Jigsaw and Problem-Based Learning (PBL). But finding open access,
ready-to-use classroom activities based on this motley mixture of teaching
pedagogies has proven problematic. In this presentation I'll describe a few
activities I created for both GChem 1 and OChem 1/2 that infuse TPS, Jigsaw, and PBL.
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Make Chemistry an OER
Friday March 3, 2023, at 1100 Pacific = 1200 Mountain =
100pm Central = 200pm Eastern
Presenters:
Gino Romeo, PhD, Yavapai College
Sandra Raysor, Director of ChemCollective, Carnegie Mellon University
Abstract: To date, there are few OER’s for chemistry,
although Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) has adopted and adapted the
OpenStax General Chemistry OER text. CMU has enhanced and added numerous
interactive problems, quizzes, and a grade book to the static OpenStax
text. Currently, there's a similar effort underway at Yavapai College to enhance
a popular OER chemistry text (by the Saylor Foundation) for
fundamentals/GOB chemistry. The
static problems in the Saylor text have been converted to interactive ones
by using CMU’s authoring tools. This
presentation will show the General Chemistry courses Carnegie Mellon has
available online, and the progress of the fundamentals/GOB OER effort at
Yavapai College.
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