This workshop will introduce contemporary strategies and quantitative resources for undergraduate science education involving:

1. investigative case-based learning

2. mathematical biology education

3. bioinformatics education.

Please see the workshop schedule for additional information about the course content.

What you'll take away with you:

• two books featuring investigative activities;
• experience with online resources including tools, datasets, problem spaces, simulations;
• access to all participant projects presented in the workshop.

Activities will include:

• using online data sources and analysis tools including - Biology Workbench, Protein Data Bank, Case IT!, and ESTEEM Modules;
• working with online Problem Spaces (e.g., West Nile Virus)
• discussions of strategies for engaging students with biological problem solving;
• exploring the role of data visualization in biological research.

Schedule (pdf)

Travel Information

For additional information or questions, contact

Sue Risseeuw
BioQUEST Coordinator
risseeuw@beloit.edu
608-363-2012

or

Michelle Borrero
UPR Contact borrero.michelle@gmail.com
787-764-0000 ext. 4724