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Webinars 2023

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Featured Webinar
Unifying Biology Education With Systems and Systems Thinking

Presented by Dr. Jenni Momsen, North Dakota State University, December 8, 2022.

DESCRIPTION:
At its core, biology is the study of living systems. How then can we train students to reason about relationships within and between systems, and predict consequences to biological system functions? Previous guiding frameworks for undergraduate biology education such as Vision & Change (V&C; Brewer and Smith, 2011) and Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS; NGSS Lead States, 2013) recognize the relevance of systems and identify systems as a foundational concept for life science learning, but they do not specify strategies for how to prepare students for competence in systems-thinking skills. In this talk, I introduce the Biology Systems-Thinking Framework that emerged from both our experiences in the undergraduate biology classroom and a cross-disciplinary literature review of research on systems thinking. Building on the core competencies originally proposed in V&C and NGSS, this new framework can serve as a useful guide for organizing and assessing systems thinking in undergraduate biology curriculums.
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From Thought to Plot, with Dr. Stephanie Gardner

Presented by Dr. Stephanie Gardner, Purdue University.
March 3, 2022

DESCRIPTION:
Undergraduate biology students often struggle with graphing. This webinar shares our findings on how student graphing differs from that of more experienced graphers, common student challenges when graphing, and a framework we developed for helping biology students learn to make better graphs. I’ll also share a model of graph construction and upcoming graphing assessments we are developing with the research team at SimBio. Registration closed.

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Weekly Webinars:

Our Content Specialists (Biologists/Educators/Authors) host small-group and one-on-one webinars for college instructors.
These sessions are an efficient way to learn about our modules, brainstorm solutions for particular courses, better understand ordering options, and preview features in the SimUText System® Instructor Portal. (High school instructors, please start here)

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Talk to a Content Specialist!
Description: Wondering if SimBio is right for your class, but not sure where to start? In this small group webinar, you can chat with one of our Content Specialists to see if SimBio can work for you! We’re happy to address any topics, including pricing and ordering, the differences in tutorials, workbook labs and chapters, student registration, textbook replacements and more! 20-30 minutes, depending on questions.

Tuesdays @ 11:30a pacific / 12:30p mountain / 1:30p central / 2:30p eastern
Wednesdays @ 10a pacific / 11a mountain / 12p central / 1p eastern

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Teaching with SimUText Ecology
Description: Dr. John Roach is both an author and a user of our interactive ecology chapters, designed to supplement or replace a traditional ecology textbook. John periodically teaches with SimUText Ecology at the University of Montana and will demo content and share/brainstorm teaching strategies. 20-30 minutes, depending on questions.

Tuesdays @ 10a pacific / 11a mountain / 12p central / 1p eastern
Thursdays @ 9a pacific / 10a mountain / 11a central / 12p eastern

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Simulated Ecology and Evolution Virtual Labs for Intro-Level Courses
Description: Dr. Eli Meir, SimBio’s founder, will demo and discuss some of his favorite ecology and evolution SimBio Virtual Labs for introductory-level biology courses (majors and non-majors). A longtime advocate of active learning, Eli spearheaded SimBio’s use of simulated biological systems to promote learning by experimentation over 25 years ago. He is the director of SimBio’s education research team and is an active participant in content development. 20-30 minutes, depending on questions.

Wednesdays @ 1p pacific / 2p mountain / 3p central / 4p eastern
Fridays @ 11a pacific / 12p mountain / 1p central / 2p eastern

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Simulated Cellular and Molecular Biology Labs for Intro-Level Courses
Description: SimBio’s broad collection of introductory-level modules explore challenging-to-teach topics in cellular and molecular biology. In this webinar, Dr. Eli Meir (see profile above) explains how the combination of simulated experiments, interactive animations, and reinforcing feedback helps students grasp the underlying mechanisms of complicated molecular-level systems. 20-30 minutes, depending on questions. 20-30 minutes, depending on questions.

Thursdays @ 9a pacific / 10a mountain / 11a central / 12p eastern
Fridays @ 10a pacific / 11a mountain / 12pm central / 1p eastern

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Help Setting Up Your SimUText
Description: The SimUText Instructor Portal is intuitive, though there are a lot of features to navigate! Instructors preparing to teach with SimUText often find these 20-30 minute (depending on questions) webinars to be an efficient way to get up and running quickly. If you have Teaching Assistants or Co-instructors, they are welcome to attend the webinar as well.

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“[SimBio’s modules] provide a powerful environment for hands-on, active learning in Ecology and Evolution. The depth, design, and pedagogical effectiveness of these packages is unequaled. They have greatly enriched student interest and understanding in all of my courses, from Introductory Biology to Advanced Population Biology”

— Dr. Brad Lister
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

“The lab simulations have been very helpful to reinforce the lecture content and encourage students to use critical thinking skills to solve problems.”

— Patti Fallest-Strobl
Neumann University

“I was amazed how quickly and effortlessly the simulation taught them a dynamic system.”

— Paula Philbrick
University of Connecticut

“The students like [it] so much that they are working ahead of what I have assigned. They just think it’s fun. And from the quiz results I have so far, they’re really getting it. You guys are geniuses.”

— Paulette Bierzychudek
Lewis & Clark College

“Since we began using Simbio’s Ecology chapters our students consistently come to class better prepared. This is a key to the success of our hybrid flipped classroom approach.”

— Dr. Peter Curtis
Ohio State University

“That was the most fun I’ve had teaching ecology and, I would venture to guess, the most fun my students have had taking ecology from me.”

— Matt Orr
Oregon State University, Cascades

“Our students are more prepared and our class discussions are more sophisticated because SimUText is such a great out of class “instructor”. Since our students have SimUText preparation we can spend class time applying concepts and evaluating new information.”

— Emily Bernhardt
Duke University

“I LOVE that every lab is based on a real study. I LOVE that all of the labs offer an open-ended inquiry. I LOVE that the labs gradually teach the concepts and build up a repertoire of data collection techniques. Thank you, for creating them.”

— Jeanette Williams
Community College of Vermont

“I just wanted to say how great simutext has been. I could have memorized facts about the electron transport chain and passed the test, but would not have had any solid concept of what was happening inside. I hope that we continue to use it often even when things return to normal.”

— Student
Rochester Community and Technical College

“Congratulations for developing such a high quality chapter. I was very impressed by its comprehensiveness, accuracy, and thoughtful design. It really is superb.”

— Richard Boone
Humboldt State University

“I recommend your modules to anyone I can, because of all the online materials I’ve found, SimBio is really the best in content and best managed. I am definitely a SimBio fan!”

— Valerie Anderson
Marymount California University

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