Language of the workshop:
English and Spanish

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Workshop Organizer: 

R. Claudio Aguilar, Ph.D.
Assistant Head and Showalter Faculty Scholar, Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, Hansen Life Sciences Building, Room 321, 201 S. University Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2064, USA
Email: claudio@purdue.edu

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Workshop Facilitators:

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Nancy Pelaez, Ph.D.

Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Chair-Elect AAAS Section Q Education, Biology Education Area (BEA) Convener, Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, Lilly Hall G-224, 915 West State Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2054, USAEmail: npelaez@purdue.edu

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Trevor Anderson, Ph.D.

 

Member of the IUBMB Education Committee, Head, Visualization in Biochemistry Education (VIBE) Research Group, Divisions of Chemistry Education and  Biochemistry, Department  of Chemistry,  Purdue University, 560 Oval Drive West Lafayette,IN 47907-2084, USAEmail: ander333@purdue.edu

 

 

Workshop Chairperson: 

 

Bianca Zingales, Ph.D.

Professor of Biochemistry

Vice Chairman of the PABMB, Institute of Chemistry, University of São Paulo.

São Paulo, Brazil

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Speakers:

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Nicolas Octavio Favale

Cátedra de Biología Celular y MolecularFacultad de Farmacia y BioquímicaUniversidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina

MICROSCOPIO VIRTUAL: SIMULANDO LA REALIDAD PARA FORTALECER LA FORMACIÓN DE LOS FUTUROS BIOQUÍMICOS Y FARMACÉUTICOS.

 

 

Julio C. Siciliano
Departamento de Educación Médica, Departamento de Histología y Embriología
Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República
Montevideo, Uruguay
RENOVACIÓN DE LAS ACTIVIDADES DE ENSEÑANZA DE LA HISTOLOGÍA: EXPERIENCIAS EN CURSOS DE GRADO EN LA CARRERA DE DOCTOR EN MEDICINA.

 

María Castelló

Departamento de Neurociencias Integrativas y Computacionales, Clemente Estable Biological Research Institute, Montevideo, Uruguay

REAL AND VIRTUAL LIVING BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE LABORATORY WITH "DO IT YOURSELF" (DIY), "DO IT WITH OTHERS" (DIWO) AND "BRING YOUR OWN DEVICE" (BYOD) TECHNOLOGIES.
 

Eduardo Galembeck

University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil
LOW-COST SPECTROPHOTOMETRY INVESTIGATIONS USING AN RGB LED AND A LIGHT DETECTOR.

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Maximum number of participants: 50

November 5th from 9 – 16hs.

 

Workshop language: Speakers will present in Spanish or English, but will also provide summaries of the presentations in both languages.

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Background:
There is a worldwide move in biochemistry labs or research courses towards providing undergraduate students with more authentic research experiences, which give them greater insight into the studies behind factual knowledge in textbooks and lab manuals and better prepare them for postgraduate work or studies. Whether the biochemistry lab is a traditional experience or informal participation in a professor’s research laboratory, there has been a shift in focus from just typical procedural or technical knowledge, towards a greater emphasis on developing students’ discovery and problem-solving abilities as part of research competence.  Assessment is central to the educational process and, by virtue of its relationship to teaching, learning and course objectives (termed Anticipated Learning Outcomes or ALOs), is an extremely powerful tool for informing and facilitating what and how students learn and what and how instructors teach. In order to design sound assessments for biochemistry lab modules, it is important to understand: the various purposes of assessment; what knowledge and skills should be assessed; and, how such assessment should be designed, performed, and validly interpreted. This then makes it possible to establish to what extent students achieve the ALOs, which can then be termed Verified Learning Outcomes or VLOs. 

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Objectives of the Workshop:
•    Encourage science faculty and instructors of undergraduate biochemistry courses from the PABMB/SAIB region to consider how to help students do better research;
•    Identify the research abilities (ALOs), including discovery and problem-solving skills, of importance to each participants’ biochemistry course or program;
•    Apply criteria for high quality assessment to examples of measures of the identified research abilities;
•    Compare examples of research abilities (ALOs) with examples of student work to check to what extent the students taking a lab or research course are achieving the research competences anticipated by instructors or are showing related difficulties that require instructor attention i.e. that VLOs are aligning with ALOs;
•    Plan the ongoing future networking among PABMB/SAIB members to develop and test assessments with volunteers at participant institutions.

 

Opening (workshop-chair Claudio Aguilar)

Presentation of the attendants

Session 1: The key interrelationship between ALOs, teaching, learning and assessment in the Educational Process (Presentation by Drs Nancy Pelaez and Trevor Anderson) 25 mins

Session 2: Examples of innovative teaching labs at institutions in the PABMB/SAIB region
(Short presentations by three invited speakers) 45 mins

Session 3: Characterizing relevant ALOs for the above teaching labs
Identifying research competences such as those from the ACE-Bio Network (Workshop in groups) 45 mins

Session 4: Sharing ideas about quality assessment examples (Workshop in groups) 45 mins

Session 5: Characterizing Student Answers and Difficulties and Confirming ALOs as VLOs (Workshop in groups) 45 mins

Session 6: Aligning ALOs, assessment, instructor and student answers and teaching approaches (Panel Discussion by the three invited speakers) 30 mins

Closure: Discussion of way forward and future networking 20 mins

 

A coffee break and a light lunch will be offered by the Workshop Facilitators Nancy Pelaez and Trevor Anderson

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Contact: biochemical.education@gmail.com

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