Biology faculty in the Mile High City and its environs! Join us as we dive into the research behind evidence-based teaching practices that improve learning outcomes and support student equity. You will collaborate with like-minded colleagues across institutions while building a course module in the Codon Learning platform. Facilitators include Prof. Paul Le (University of Colorado, Denver), Prof. Warren Sconiers (University of Colorado, Boulder), Dr. Ashley Rowland (Codon Learning), Prof. Kevin Thirouin (Red Rocks Community College), and Prof. Kelly Worden (Red Rocks Community College). Click here to learn more and register for the event. 

Join us on Tuesday, April 2nd, 2024 at 4:00 PM EASTERN time for a conversation with Dr. Saundra Yancy McGuire, Professor Emerita of Chemistry and Director Emerita of the Center for Academic Success at Louisiana State University, and author of the best-selling Teach Students How to Learn book.

Biology faculty in Boston and its environs! Join us as we dive into the research behind evidence-based teaching practices that improve learning outcomes and support student equity. You will collaborate with like-minded colleagues across institutions while building a course module in the Codon Learning platform. Facilitators include Dr. Scott Freeman (University of Washington), Dr. Laura Hake (Boston College), Dr. Heather Olins (Boston College), and Erin Vinson (Codon Learning). Click here to learn more and register for the event.

Join us as we dive into the research behind evidence-based teaching practices that improve learning outcomes and support student equity. You will collaborate with like-minded colleagues across institutions while building a course module in the Codon Learning platform. Facilitated by Dr. Jenny Knight (University of Colorado Boulder) and Dr. Ashley Rowland (Codon Learning). Click here to learn more and register for the event.

Biology faculty in New York City and its environs! Join us as we dive into the research behind evidence-based teaching practices that improve learning outcomes and support student equity. You will collaborate with like-minded colleagues across institutions while building a course module in the Codon Learning platform. Facilitators include Dr. Scott Freeman (University of Washington), Dr. Jessica Santangelo (Hofstra University), Dr. Katie Sieverman (Codon Learning), and Dr. Heather Thieringer (Princeton University). Click here to learn more and register for the event.

The Importance of Failure in STEM Education with Dr. Jo Handelsman.

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Dr. Jo Handelsman is the director of the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery (WID) and a Vilas Research Professor and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor in the Department of Plant Pathology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the National Academy of Inventors and received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring from President Obama in 2011. In this Codon Convo Dr. Handelsman will lead a discussion on how teaching practices, a welcoming classroom environment, and content relevant to historically excluded communities can create an inclusive STEM college classroom. Click here to learn more and register to join.

Biology education researchers seek to improve biology education, particularly at the introductory level, yet there is little documentation about what is actually happening in introductory biology. Dr. Brickman will share findings from a project that sought to characterize the landscape of learning expectations for introductory biology at a diverse range of U.S. universities. Click here to learn more and register to join.

Join us on May 18th at 4 p.m. EASTERN TIME for a Convo with Dr. Jenny Knight. Jenny asked how Codon Learning usage impacts student performance and self-regulation. Self-regulated learning is the active participation in and control of one's learning. It contributes to early academic success and long-term persistence, transfer of learning to new settings, and improved performance. Professor Knight will lead a discussion on how components of self-regulated learning are supported in Codon, and the effect of using these components on student success. Click here to learn more and register to join.

Justin Shaffer presented his research on student advice for success in high-structure courses which involved qualitative analysis of 838 students’ responses  across four STEM disciplines and two universities. Following Justin's presentation, we had a fantastic discussion about how students receive advice in courses taught by the instructors in attendance. Some instructors felt that advice from peers or "near-peers" such as Learning Assistants is more impactful and that students are more receptive to advice following an early low-stakes challenge, such as a quiz.
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Scott Freeman, Lecturer Emeritus at the University of Washington, textbook author, and education researcher, shared findings from an NSF-sponsored project to develop lesson-level learning objectives for majors and nonmajors introductory biology. We discussed how this project may impact the way we think about course design and the Codon team demonstrated how the Codon Learning courseware platform is designed to operationalize learning objectives to support student success. Click here for details or to view the Convo recording.

Professor Jenny Knight led a discussion on self-regulated learning and shared findings from her ongoing research. The Codon team demonstrated how the Codon “Study Path” helps students reflect on the learning objectives they need to work on and use self-testing to achieve those objectives. Click here to see details and request to watch the recording.