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04.22.20

Great Transitions

Over the past few weeks, many educators have transitioned their courses from in-person to online settings. This newsletter features resources for this transition from educators who have experience teaching in online, in-person, and hybrid settings. We’re also eager to hear from you about how we can best support you by better understanding your classes’ digital habits and how you’re using our resources with your students.

Building Connections

Explore effective components of online courses with this Educator Voices article from Melissa Csikari in which she discusses how she conducts her community college biology courses online. The article details how she structures her classes to communicate with students, leverage BioInteractive resources, and provide relevant, timely video feedback.

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Extraordinary Playlists

If you're interested in learning more about BioInteractive’s resources, check out these articles and videos from Karen Lucci, Chris Monsour, and Kathy van Hoeck on using our resources in an online learning environment, including creating and using playlists, and utilizing our fillable PDFs and adapting Data Point activities.

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Card Sharps

To maximize the flexibility of our activities, BioInteractive has made our activities that involve students using card sets compatible with virtual settings. We’ve made a selection of our card activities available with the cards as image (JPG) files, licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). The last section of this Educator Voices article details a few ways we suggest using these cards; we also would like to hear from you about how you’re planning to use them with your students.

Assessment Needs

Interested in how to assess student learning in an online setting? These Educator Voices articles tackle a variety of assessment approaches. Valerie May details how she uses online tools to assess student understanding of ecological concepts. Tara Jo Holmberg discusses how reflection questions can help students think metacognitively. And Phil Gibson argues that a transition to online learning may mean revising existing learning objectives.

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Technological Savvy

High school and post-secondary educators who teach in the United States and Canada: BioInteractive is hoping to learn more about the digital habits in your classroom. Help us design great resources and get a small thank-you gift by responding to this survey.

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Transitioning Rapidly to Online Teaching

When Cinthya Fernández's school was destroyed by the earthquake in Mexico City, she had to rapidly transition her classes to being conducted online. In this Educator Voices article, she shares her experiences, including how to use BioInteractive resources in this new setting. 

We know many educators are moving to teaching some or all of their classes online. If you use BioInteractive resources as part of your online courses, we want to hear from you! Email us at outreach@hhmi.org with questions or tips about using our resources with your classes.

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