Professional Development: Effective Teaching Strategies for College Biology

Are you a current or soon-to-be biology instructor seeking professional development to engage your students and increase their understanding and appreciation of the life sciences?

Consider Effective Teaching Strategies for College Biology, a new online course for you to explore and practice effective teaching strategies for undergraduate biology that engage students and improve learning outcomes.

ASPB member Kathleen Archer will teach the course via EdX, an online platform founded by Harvard and Mbio for Kathleen ArcherIT.  Effective Teaching Strategies for College Biology runs for four weeks, with an anticipated work load of 3–4 hours each week. It is free to register. You’ll learn:

  • How to effectively use lecture
  • The benefits and practical use of defined learning outcomes
  • A wide range of active learning strategies
  • How to promote learning outside of class
  • How to measure learning achieved

By the end of the course you will have developed a complete teaching plan for a biology topic of your choosing. Course Start Date:  January 5, 2016.  Register here 

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