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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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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.

Tuesdays @ 9a pacific / 10a mountain / 11a central / 12p eastern
Wednesdays @ 11a pacific / 12p mountain / 1p central / 2p eastern
Thursdays @ 12p pacific / 1p mountain / 2p central / 3p eastern

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Schedule a date and time for an individualized demonstration/brainstorming session with one of our content specialists.

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