Education Evolving: Teaching Biology Online

Education Evolving: Teaching Biology Online

The rise of massive open online courses (MOOCs) is shaking up education. For science professors, the Internet offers new opportunities and technological tools to develop new materials, rethink curricula, and teach more effectively, benefiting students both on campus and on the web.

Plant Collections Online: Using Digital Herbaria in Biology Teaching

Herbaria are collections of preserved plants specimens, some of which date back to the 16th century. They are essential to botanical research, especially in systematics. They can also be important historical documents. The collections of Lewis and Clark, Carolus Linnaeus, and Charles Darwin, to name a few, are primary sources for the study of these individuals’ work. Now many of these herbarium...

More Than Metaphor: Online Resources for Teaching Cancer Biology

Integrating Teaching and Research in Undergraduate Biology Laboratory Education

The dilemma is well known. Scientists at research-focused universities must precariously balance a research agenda while also contributing to the education of undergraduate students [1–3]. An imbalance exists at many universities where more time, resources, and prestige are devoted to research at the expense of teaching future generations of scientists and scientifically literate citizens [1,2]...

Student Views of Effective Online Teaching in Higher Education