Neuroscience Coloring Sheets
Need some fun activities during quarantine? Try these neuroscience-themed coloring sheets!
Faculty Teaching Prize
I was recently awarded the 2019 College of Natural Science Faculty Teaching Prize. It is an honor to be recognized for my teaching accomplishments by the college. Many thanks go to my Program Chair, Jim Galligan, and CNS Digital Curriculum Specialist, Stephen Thomas,...
Accessibility Blog on #iteachMSU
The Accessible Course Design Learning Community at MSU, which I co-facilitate, has begun writing blog posts for the new #iteachMSU Commons. We recently posted an article about Alternative Text, featuring experiences of faculty. We provide a discussion of alt-text...
Ion Channel Illustrations
Drawings made with Adobe Illustrator.
Neuron Illustrations
Drawings made with Adobe Illustrator.
Neuroscience Sway Lessons
I have been trying to integrate more Office 365 apps into my course content, since I have been transitioning from Google Classroom to Microsoft Class Teams and Word. As part of my exploration of the different apps, I came across Sway and began playing. Sway allows for...
AT&T Award Winner
In April, my fully online graduate course, NEU 841 Medical Neuroscience, was awarded first place for the Best Fully Online category of the 2019 AT&T Faculty-Staff Instructional Technology Awards competition at MSU. It is an honor to win this award. I put student...
Transitioning from Google Classroom to Microsoft Class Teams
Google Classroom and I have a wonderful relationship. I love the functionality of Classroom since I use active learning assignments in a flipped classroom. Even in online classes, this structure works well. Using our learning management system to grade the problem set...
OLC Foundations Course – Finished!
The OLC Foundations course is now finished! To complete the certificate, I need to take 3 week-long workshops and work with a mentor to finish the changes I have planned for my undergraduate online course. I think I'm going to take a two-part workshop on the...
Managing Workload – OLC
This week we discussed techniques for managing workload within online courses. One issues many online instructors face is the feeling that we need to be available 24/7. Without that structured face-to-face time of an in-person course, our students can submit work, ask...