BLC+Webinar+Series

Our BLC Community hosts monthly webinars that help sustain the teaching and learning conversation between annual meetings. These are live, one-hour programs scheduled at a regular date/time that feature a range of speaker/ facilitators (all current BLC members).

The webinar topics are all teaching issues relevant to the introductory biology course for majors and the speaker/facilitator for each session could be a BLC member, a past session leader, or BLC speaker. The idea is to share innovations and ideas on a regular basis, support our work as educators, and spark our imaginations.

The 2011-2012 BLC Webinar series begins on October 26th and will be offered once per month, on the last Wednesday of the month. The webinar will begin at 12:30 PAC/3:30 EST and last for one hour. Participants will be emailed the participation link and conference call dial-in number in advance.

Here is the fall 2011 schedule:

And here is the archive of BLC Webinars past.
 * ~ Date ||~ Speaker ||~ Topic ||
 * **October 26** || Robert Bjork, UCLA || What We Know About Human Memory Can Help All Students Learn ||
 * **November 30** || Mark Lyford, University of Wyoming || Developing Program Assesment Without Using the "A word" ||
 * **January 25** || Group Discussion || Getting Ready for the BLC: Provide Your Input on Programming ||
 * **February 29** || Bill and Sheri Wischusen. Louisiana State University || Biology BootCamp Update: How is it Working? How to Do it Yourself. ||
 * **April 4** || Ruth Buskirk, University of Texas, Austin || Helping Students Use Primary Research Literature ||
 * **May 30** || Clarissa Dirks and Michelle Withers || Formative and Summative Assessment ||

If you have a topic to share at an upcoming BLC webinar, please email Robin Heyden.