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2013
Tuesday, July 9th
8:00 AM

Early Refreshments and Registration

MC 110 Foyer

8:00 AM

8:45 AM

Presentation

Keynote Address - Promising Practices in Undergraduate Science Education: Why Don’t We Implement Them?

Susan R. Singer Dr., Carleton College

MC 110

8:45 AM

10:30 AM

Morning Refreshment Break

PAB Atrium

10:30 AM

11:00 AM

Presentation

Deconstructing the Large Lecture Environment Through Technology

Perry Samson, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

PAB 106

11:00 AM

Presentation

Enabling More Feedback With Less Delay: Exploring novel approaches to constrain essay questions

Eli Meir, SimBio

PAB 150

11:00 AM

Workshop

More juggling with less struggling: Troublesome concepts ACROSS the sciences

Anne Marie O'Beirne-Ryan Dr, Dalhousie University
Gillian Gass Dr., Dalhousie University
Kerrianne Ryan, Dalhousie University
Susan Gass Dr., Dalhousie University

PAB 117

11:00 AM

Presentation

Struggling first-year science students – who’s gonna fix them?

Dale Lackeyram, University of Guelph
Jason Dodd, University of Guelph
Lenore Latta, University of Guelph
Peggy A. Pritchard, Univeristy of Guelph

PAB 148

11:00 AM

11:45 AM

Presentation

Integrating Writing in a Large Undergraduate Science Course

Jill Wheeler, University of Toronto
Alison Parker, University of Toronto

PAB 150

11:45 AM

Presentation

Promoting Active Learning in a Large-Enrollment Introductory Science Class: Interactive Lecture Demonstrations With Clickers

Tetyana Antimirova, Ryerson University

PAB 106

11:45 AM

12:30 PM

Tasty Lunch

PAB Atrium

12:30 PM

2:00 PM

Short and Tweet

Give them time to think: more learning with less listening

Craig D. MacKinnon, Lakehead University

PAB 106

2:00 PM

Short and Tweet

More Options, Fewer Students: Joint Physics and Chemistry Courses at Mount Royal University

Christopher C. Lovallo, Mount Royal University
Brett M. McCollum, Mount Royal University

PAB 148

2:00 PM

Short and Tweet

So You Are Thinking About Using a Concept Inventory

Noel A. George, Ryerson University
Andrew McWilliams, Ryerson University
Mihailo Aleksandric, Ryerson University

PAB 150

2:00 PM

2:15 PM

Short and Tweet

Educating Science Students About Education

David C. Stone, University of Toronto Chemisry

PAB 150

2:15 PM

Short and Tweet

Helping students to pursue deep learning through deep learning: A course designed to help students achieve more learning with less memorizing

Anushka Jaffer, McMaster University
Cheryl A. Chan, McMaster University
Annya Suman, McMaster University
Parvathy Krishnapillaisathidevi, McMaster University
Lori Goff, McMaster University
Crystal Eberhardt-Gwynne, McMaster University
Larissa Zwick, McMaster University

PAB 148

2:15 PM

Short and Tweet

"Reverse journal club": Giving students less but asking for more

Bill Ju, University of Toronto

PAB 106

2:15 PM

2:30 PM

Short and Tweet

Educational Guided Networks Helping Students Transition from Undergraduate to Graduate Programs

Pavel Gris Dr., Concordia University Montreal
Denis Gris, Universite de Sherbroke

PAB 150

2:30 PM

Short and Tweet

More activity with less passivity: Take three ideas, blend, and flip! Sustainability, earth sciences, and critical thinking

Anne Marie O'Beirne-Ryan Dr, Dalhousie University

PAB 106

2:30 PM

Short and Tweet

More thinking, less cookbook: redesigning an undergraduate immunology lab course

Claire Trottier, McGill University
Sylvie Fournier, McGill University

PAB 148

2:30 PM

2:45 PM

Short and Tweet

Evaluation with Collaboration

Teresa (Terry) R. McCurdy, McMaster University

PAB 148

2:45 PM

Short and Tweet

Graduate students as major drivers of an education initiative

Torsten Bernhardt, McGill University

PAB 150

2:45 PM

Short and Tweet

Less stress, more modeling: New classroom approaches

Bill Ju, University of Toronto

PAB 106

2:45 PM

3:00 PM

Short and Tweet

More integrity and less academic misconduct: The prevalence of academic misconduct during test re-grading of short and long answer tests

Kristine Ottaway, University of Guelph
Coral L. Murrant PhD, University of Guelph
Kerry L. Ritchie PhD, University of Guelph

PAB 148

3:00 PM

Short and Tweet

PSEER: New Science Education Research Centre at Guelph

Dan Thomas, University of Guelph

PAB 150

3:00 PM

Short and Tweet

Web-based video resources for cell biology courses

Alexander V. Timoshenko, Assistant Professor

PAB 106

3:00 PM

3:30 PM

Afternoon Refreshment Break

PAB Atrium

3:30 PM

4:00 PM

Presentation

Biotechnology literacy: Assessing the knowledge and attitudes of student teachers

John Barnett PhD, University of Western Ontario
Carol Ann Lane, University of Western Ontario

PAB 34

4:00 PM

Presentation

How to Make Classes, Tutorials and Lab Manuals Stretch Further-A Look at Echo 360!

Rashmi Venkateswaran, University of Ottawa

PAB 148

4:00 PM

Presentation

Peer Instruction observed in the wild

Ross K. Galloway, University of Edinburgh
Marsali B. Wallace, University of Edinburgh

PAB 106

4:00 PM

Workshop

Rich Learning Activities: Engaging Students in Postsecondary Classrooms

Roger Fisher, Professor Emeritus Dr., Fanshawe College

PAB 117

4:00 PM

Workshop

The integrative approach to evolution education

Peter White, Michigan State University
Merle Heidemann, Michigan State University
Jim Smith, Michigan State University

PAB 150

4:00 PM

4:45 PM

Presentation

More Students Working Together with Less Rote Learning: Fostering Academic Success in the Sciences with Peer-Led Study Groups for High-Risk Courses

Krista Bianco, University of Guelph

PAB 106

4:45 PM

Presentation

Profile of common misconceptions and retention of genetics concepts in undergraduate biology students

Lisa McDonnell, University of British Columbia
Pam Kalas, The University of British Columbia

PAB 34

4:45 PM

Presentation

Use of videos to demonstrate and teach techniques and concepts

Michelle Belton, Western University
Jay Loftus, Western University
David Creces, Western University
Anita Woods, University of Western Ontario

PAB 148

4:45 PM

5:29 PM

Poster Reception

PAB Atrium

5:29 PM

5:30 PM

Poster

Beyond degree requirements and the apprenticeship model: the need for a “third approach” for training biomedical graduate students and postdocs

Claire Trottier, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre and Centre for Medical Education, McGill University
Miguel N. Burnier, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre
Yvonne Steinert, Centre for Medical Education, McGill University

PAB Atrium

5:30 PM

Poster

Collaborative testing: evidence of learning in a controlled in-class study of undergraduate students, or "more learning while testing, less time only testing"

Brett Gilley, University of British Columbia
Bridgette Clarkston, University of British Columbia

PAB Atrium

5:30 PM

Poster

Comparing post-course retention of conceptual and procedural knowledge in genetics

Lisa McDonnell, University of British Columbia
Pamela Kalas, University of British Columbia

PAB Atrium

5:30 PM

Poster

Development and Evaluation of an Online Undergraduate Anatomy Course

S M. Attardi, Western University
K A. Rogers, Western University

PAB Atrium

5:30 PM

Poster

Exploring Pathways to the Development of New Degree Majors within Undergraduate Science Education

William J. Bettger, University of Guelph
Daniel F. Thomas, University of Guelph

PAB Atrium

5:30 PM

Poster

Head to Head: The Role of Competition in Undergraduate Education

S E. Van Nuland, Western University
V A. Roach, Western University
T D. Wilson, Western University
D J. Belliveau, Western University

PAB Atrium

5:30 PM

Poster

Spatial ability and cognitive load demands during visual learning and testing: A transcranial Doppler ultrasound study.

J Loftus, Western University
Timothy D. Wilson, Western University

PAB Atrium

5:30 PM

Poster

The Path More Travelled: defining gaze-based approaches to spatial tasks in anatomy.

T D. Wilson, Western University
V Roach, Western University

PAB Atrium

5:30 PM

Poster

Use of Nutrition-Related Case-Based Learning Modules to Facilitate Learning in a 2nd Year Biochemistry Course at the University of Guelph

Verena Kulak, University of Guelph
Rahul Sharma, University of Guelph
Anita Acai, University of Guelph
Genevieve Newton, University of Guelph

PAB Atrium

5:30 PM

Poster

Use of the NutriBiochem Mobile Application in Nutrition & Biochemistry Education

Saskia A. Teri B.Sc.H, University of Guelph
David W.L. Ma Ph.D., University of Guelph
Douglas W. Griffith B.Comp. (Hons), University of Guelph
Qusay H. Mahmoud Ph.D., University of Guelph
Genevieve Newton Ph.D., University of Guelph

PAB Atrium

5:30 PM