Teaching Anatomy & Physiology this fall? Wondering how to better support your students—before, during, and after class?
Join us from 4-5 p.m. EASTERN for a practical summer session with Dr. Justin Shaffer, author of High Structure Course Design: An Evidence-Based Guide for Designing, Implementing, and Assessing STEM Courses. Justin will share strategies for increasing structure and clarity in your A&P course—from writing learning outcomes and designing in-class activities, to improving how students prepare and follow up outside of class. Whether you’re new to high structure or already experimenting, this session will offer tools you can apply right away.
Following the seminar, Erin Vinson, Education Support Specialist at Codon Learning, will demonstrate how our Anatomy & Physiology course aligns with high structure principles—supporting active learning with built-in scaffolding and metacognitive skill development.
Can’t attend live? No problem! Register anyway, and we’ll send you the recording to watch at your convenience.
Dr. Justin Shaffer is the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies and a Teaching Professor in Chemical and Biological Engineering and in Quantitative Biosciences and Engineering at the Colorado School of Mines. Justin has been a university STEM professor, discipline-based education researcher, and faculty and student mentor since 2012. Over the past 12+ years, Justin has taught 8500+ students using evidence-based pedagogies at a variety of institutions in several disciplines and formats and has worked with faculty to add evidence-based practices to their courses via workshops and 1:1 consulting.
Dr. Erin Vinson with a BS in Ecology and a MAT for Secondary Science Education, Erin has worked as Diversity Programs Coordinator for the Ecological Society of America, in the Adirondacks as an environmental educator with SUNY-ESF, and as coordinator for a dual enrollment program at Eastern Maine Community College. Most recently at UMaine, Erin worked with discipline-based education researchers, investigating and implementing data-driven professional learning for STEM instructors. She also coordinated the Learning Assistant program and was Managing Editor for the journal CourseSource.