REIL-Biology hosted a day-long workshop preceding the annual meeting of the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) conference, June 25-28, at the University of South Florida in Tampa.
At the workshop, participants worked with REIL Biology@CUR2016 facilitators (Joanna Vondrasek, Larry Wimmers, and Rachelle Spell) who have experience in course-based research to:
- hear about the benefits of course-based research experiences for students and faculty
- discuss the components of a course-based research experience
- describe barriers to incorporating course-based research experiences in introductory biology at their institution
- learn about strategies for overcoming barriers to implementing course-based research experiences
- work in institutional teams to begin to develop research modules for their introductory biology courses
- discuss approaches to assessing course-based research experiences
Pictures from our workshop and CUR presentation: