Office Hours with Edcomm Archives

Shifting your biology class online? These resources can help

March 10, 2020

Dear Office Hours, I just learned from my university that I should adapt my biology course, including labs, to a…

February 21, 2020

How does learning change your brain? Dear Education Committee, Scientists often say that “learning is a biological process,” but I…

September 6, 2019

Dear Education Committee, I teach an intro course and an upper division developmental biology course, so my student populations are…

May 2, 2019

Dear Education Committee, I’m a biologist and biology education researcher. I read journals like CBE–Life Sciences Education (LSE) to learn…

September 11, 2017

Regardless of our current role in academe, education—for us and for our students—is central to our identity as scientists. With…

May 10, 2017

Regardless of our current role in academe, education—for us and for our students—is central to our identity as scientists. With…

June 7, 2016

Regardless of our current role in academe, education—for us and for our students—is central to our identity as scientists. With…

June 7, 2016

Re: Biology Students Struggling with Math Tired and Desperate, whose letter appeared in the March/April Office Hours with EdComm column,…

April 1, 2016

Regardless of our current role in academe, education—for us and for our students—is central to our identity as scientists. With…