NW-PULSE @ NW BIO 2014 Envisioning Curriculum Change: Revamping Introductory Biology University of Alaska Anchorage Jennifer Burns, Khrystyne Duddleston, Sarah Gerken, and Cindy Trussell VISION – Transform students into scientific thinkers. MAIN GOAL– Revise the first biology course to align with Vision and Change and build baseline scientific skills through a module-based course centered on concepts and skills. Photos should be at least 300dpi, but not more than 5-12 mgs each. Your poster is set to be enlarged 200% so do not change the page size to fit another poster size. Posters (3’ x 4’) will be printed at WWU or WSU using the same purchase order at the same time. Please email your poster as a PPT file to Joann Otto by April 25. Please contact Joann with questions about poster printing. Please note that this template is provided to simplify your effort to prepare a poster for NWBio. You can change the font size, colors, column widths, add photos, institutional logos, graphics, etc. This template can also be used as a starting point and you can be as creative as you want in your poster. However, we would like to have all of the posters the same size and they will be printed at the same time, at the same print shop in order to easily pay for printing with one purchase order. ACTIONS ACCOUNTABILITY BARRIERS & CHALLENGES Faculty buy-in 2012 Create course Fall 2013 Design modules 2014-2015 Implement Fall 2015 Scaffold learning modules Design incorporating assessment Course Design Challenges Workload credit Module development – new and time consuming Potential barriers Faculty inertia & lack of dedicated time to make the change SUSTAINABILITY RESOURCES & ALLIES When approved the course will be required for Biological Sciences and Natural Sciences Annual assessment reporting will be used to evaluate and revise the curriculum into the future NW Pulse & NW Bio will be used as a venue for continued discussion and innovation STRENGTHS Resources Effective curriculum committee Course releases for curriculum development PULSE Workshop in October 2013 Travel support to NW Bio Allies Director of Biological Sciences Module creators Experience with scaffolding learning Inclusion of remote campuses Spearheaded by tenured faculty with knowledge of institutional processes This work was supported in part by NSF EAGER #51588