Events
In-Person Workshop: Enhancing Assessment of Student Learning in Your CURE
Workshop cost: Free (travel expenses, accomodation costs, and per diem can be reimbursed)
Date and Time: Monday, June 10, 2024, 9:00-4:30 ET
Location: Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA
Are you eager to enhance your ability to assess student learning in your CURE? Our workshop is designed to empower faculty members like you with the skills and knowledge needed to effectively evaluate student learning outcomes in CUREs.
Workshop Highlights:
Identify and Refine Measurable Learning Outcomes: Discover how to define clear and meaningful learning outcomes for your CURE that align with your course objectives and expectations.
Assessment Instrument Selection: Learn how to choose the right assessment instruments that best match your learning outcomes and the unique context of your CURE.
Critical Evaluation: Gain the expertise to critically evaluate the assessment results from your CURE, enabling you to make data-informed improvements to your course.
Custom Assessment Development: Understand the importance of tailoring assessments to the specific needs and nuances of your CURE, and explore strategies for developing your own assessments when needed.
In-Person Workshop: Teaching Biochemistry through Research with the BASIL Curriculum
Workshop cost: Free (plus $400 stipend for completion of workshop activities)
Date and Time: Saturday April 13, 2024
Location: SUNY Old Westbury, Old Westbury Long Island NY
In this workshop participants will learn about the distinguishing characteristics of course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs), be introduced to the curriculum used to implement BASIL CUREs in diverse institutional contexts, and create an action plan for how to adapt BASIL for your own course. Participants will gain hands-on experience with web-based BASIL resources and guidance in how to assess student learning in BASIL CUREs. Finally, participants will be invited to join a rich community of biochemists committed to increasing access to undergraduate research.
Upcoming Instructor Support Workshops
Workshop cost: Free
Dates and Times: all virtual on zoom; Check Slack channel for details. Sign up links below.
March 11 2024, 3:00-4:30 ET - Student writing in a CURE: Assignment design strategies for a research-based course. Sign up.
April 18, 2024, 3:00-4:20 pm ET - Drop in /end of semester wrap-up.
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May 16, 2024, 4:00-5:00 pm ET - (updated date!) Publishing your students’ BASIL work using Proteopedia. Sign up.
Prior Events
Active Learning Communities Workshop
DiscoverBMB Conference Monday March 25th 9-10:30 am
Location: San Antonio, TX
BASIL and several other active learning communities will be hosting a workshop at DiscoverBMB. If you are in San Antonio for the conference, please join us!
Virtual Workshop: Student writing in a CURE: Assignment design strategies for a research-based course
Workshop cost: Free
Date and Time: Monday, March 11, 2024, 3:00-4:30 pm ET
Location: Virtual on zoom
Student writing in a research-based courses faces unique challenges since answers are unknown and experiments are interrelated by design. Faculty teaching a CURE frequently struggle with creating assignments that assess student learning when the answer is unknown and the experiments have the possibility of producing unexpected results. This workshop will focus on assessments specifically suited towards research-based courses. Participants will be provided with an opportunity to review assignments created for the BASIL CURE by other instructors. Strategies for adapting existing and creating new writing based assignments for lab experiments with no known answer will be discussed. Time will be set aside for rubric design and participant questions.
Virtual Workshop: Enhancing Assessment of Student Learning in Your CURE
Workshop cost: Free
Dates and Times: Saturday, October 21, 2023, 12-2 pm ET (9-11 am PT)
Are you eager to enhance your ability to assess student learning in your CURE? Our workshop is designed to empower faculty members like you with the skills and knowledge needed to effectively evaluate student learning outcomes in CUREs.
Workshop Highlights:
Identify and Refine Measurable Learning Outcomes: Discover how to define clear and meaningful learning outcomes for your CURE that align with your course objectives and expectations.
Assessment Instrument Selection: Learn how to choose the right assessment instruments that best match your learning outcomes and the unique context of your CURE.
Critical Evaluation: Gain the expertise to critically evaluate the assessment results from your CURE, enabling you to make data-informed improvements to your course.
Custom Assessment Development: Understand the importance of tailoring assessments to the specific needs and nuances of your CURE, and explore strategies for developing your own assessments when needed.
Virtual Workshop: Teaching Biochemistry through Research with the BASIL Curriculum
Workshop cost: Free
Dates and Times: September 30, 2023, virtual on zoom
In these workshops participants will learn about the distinguishing characteristics of course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs), be introduced to the curriculum used to implement BASIL CUREs in diverse institutional contexts, and create an action plan for how to adapt BASIL for your own course. Participants will gain hands-on experience with web-based BASIL resources and guidance in how to assess student learning in BASIL CUREs. Finally, participants will be invited to join a rich community of biochemists committed to increasing access to undergraduate research.
Virtual Workshop: Starting your BASIL Course
Workshop cost: Free
Date and Time: August 10, 2023, 3:00 pm Eastern, virtual on Zoom
This workshop will cover the fundamentals of starting your BASIL course, including creating your syallbus and determining your course structure and schedule. Workshop password: 806846.
Virtual Workshop: Teaching Biochemistry through Research with the BASIL Curriculum
Workshop cost: Free
Dates and Times: Feb. 23, 2023, 1:30-5:30 pm EST, virtual on zoom
May 16, 2023, 12:00-4:00 pm EDT,virtual on zoom
In these workshops participants will learn about the distinguishing characteristics of course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs), be introduced to the curriculum used to implement BASIL CUREs in diverse institutional contexts, and create an action plan for how to adapt BASIL for your own course. Participants will gain hands-on experience with web-based BASIL resources and guidance in how to assess student learning in BASIL CUREs. Finally, participants will be invited to join a rich community of biochemists committed to increasing access to undergraduate research.
Previous Instructor Support Workshops
December 6, 2023, 4:00-5:20 pm ET - Swissdock/Chimera.
January 18, 2024, 3:00-4:20 pm ET - Semester startup.
Virtual Workshop: Protein Expression Troubleshooting
Thursday, April 20, 4:00-5:00 pm EDT, virtual
Join current BASIL instructors to get help trouble shooting the protein expression activity, as well as getting general questions answered.
In-Person Workshop: Teaching Biochemistry through Research with the BASIL Curriculum
Workshop cost: Free (plus $250 stipend for completion of workshop activities)
Dates and Times: Saturday March 4, 2023 10 am - 4 pm
Location: Fayetteville State University, Fayetteville, NC
In this workshop participants will learn about the distinguishing characteristics of course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs), be introduced to the curriculum used to implement BASIL CUREs in diverse institutional contexts, and create an action plan for how to adapt BASIL for your own course. Participants will gain hands-on experience with web-based BASIL resources and guidance in how to assess student learning in BASIL CUREs. Finally, participants will be invited to join a rich community of biochemists committed to increasing access to undergraduate research.
Virtual Workshop: BASIL Instructors Workshop
Monday, November 21, 2:00-3:300 pm ET.
Discuss course syallbus planning and scheduling, ask questions and meet other faculty who use the BASIL curriculum!
BASIL Instructors Workshop
Date and Time: August 18, 2022, 2:00 - 4:00 PM ET
Date and Time: August 18, 2022, 2:00 - 4:00 PM ET
Get your questions about BASIL answered before the start of the Fall semester! Find out more about our new website, resources, and more!
BASIL@BCCE
Presentation: Reimagining an established CURE to provide high-quality digital learning experiences that are intentionally equitable, inclusive and accessible for all students. Arthur Sikora, Bonnie Hall, Santanu De, and Paul A. Craig
Date: Monday, August 1, 2022
Time: 11:25 AM - 11:45 AM
Location: 218ABCD - STEW
Workshop: Designing effective assessment strategies for CUREs and other research-based experiences.
Bonnie Hall and Arthur Sikora
Date: Tuesday, August 2, 2022
Time: 8:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Location: CHAS 1064
Workshop: Visualization and docking of protein-ligand interactions in discovery of function of unknown proteins for the biochemistry teaching laboratory.
Mike Pikaart
Date: Tuesday, August 2, 2022
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: CHAS 2064
Presentation: An Authentic Research and Online Publication Experience in the Undergraduate Biochemistry Lab: Student and Instructor Perspectives.
Bonnie Hall
Date: Wednesday, August 3, 2022
Time: 2:05 PM - 2:25 PM
Location: WALC B093