Posted 19 Jun 2014 / 2
After landing at Raleigh-Durham airport today I am ready for Evolution 2014! It has been four years since I last attended the annual meeting that brings together members of the Society for the Study of Evolution (SSE), the Society of Systematic Biologists (SSB), and the American Society of Naturalists (ASN). I do not always get the chance to attend this conference, so Read More
A Major Post, Conferences, Evolution, Society for the Study of Evolution
Posted 10 Jun 2014 / 2
When I was in graduate school working towards my doctorate, we were required to take “comprehensive exams” to stay in the program and qualify for candidacy. This made a lot of sense: I was lucky to be in a program whose required courses created a very strong background in my disciplines, and the comprehensive exams Read More
A Major Post, Assessment Methods, Conceptual Teaching Assessment Project, Higher Education, Teaching
Posted 02 Jun 2014 / 17
I love Moodle. It is an amazing tool for delivering course content, assessments, and feedback to students. But if you are a power Moodle user, you know that it can take some instructor massaging to make it as user-friendly as your students prefer. One of the things about Moodle that frustrates and confuses students is the way that different “sections” (usually Read More
A Major Post, Moodle, Teaching Tools
