Curriculum Development4

Curriculum Development

An objective of the Alaska INBRE Research Training Core is to expand curricula in biomedical and health areas across the University of Alaska system. This development targets appropriate learning/teaching methods and materials, as well as appropriate assessment methods and materials, for modules within existing courses or for new courses. The following five curriculum development projects were selected for funding and implementation.

Awardee	Campus	Title
Abel Bult-Ito	UAF	Development of two-three EdX Behavioral Neuroscience Research Courses
Christine Couturier	UAA	Tailored Low-stakes Assignments to Human A&P Students (BIOL A111 and A112)
Shannon Atkinson DeMaster	UAF	Enhancing the Core Curriculum in Rural Western Alaska with a Summer Science and Culture Class
Rachael Hannah	UAA	Advancing Student Learning in Homeostasis in Principles of Animal Physiology BIOLA310 with Open Educational Resources

Past Curriculum Development Awards

Awardee	Campus	Title
King, C.	UAA	Conversion of URS A121 Methods of Inquiry to an Online Course for Statewide Delivery
Peterson, J.	UAF	Sleepless in Alaska: Sleep, Health, and Well-being
Atkinson, S.	UAS	Development of an Interdisciplinary Summer Science and Culture Class for the Lower Kuskokwim Region of Alaska
Moore, C.	UAA	Interdisciplinary Approaches to Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD): Best Practices in Alaska
Strecker, L.	UAF	Create Asynchronous Online Module to Replace Introduction to Ethnobotany (EBOT 100) Field Course Section
Leigh, M.	UAF	Integrating Art with Biomedical Sciences for In-Person and Distance-Delivery Biology and Art Courses
Callison, K.	UAA	Wellness, Health, and Safety in the Workplace
Pyare, S.	UAS	GeoHackathon: a GER-Aligned, Team-Based Springboard in Integrative STEM for Environmental-Health Disciplines
Pyare, S.	UAS
Wolf, D.	UAF	Next generation DNA Sequencing in Your Home
Couturier, C.	UAA	Developing Improved Teaching Tools to Facilitate Learning of the Most Challenging Concepts and Increase Retention in Human Anatomy and Physiology I and II at UAA.
Couturier, C.	UAA

Awardee	Campus	Title
Hahn, M.	UAA	Learning by Doing: Integrating high-impact experiential learning into undergraduate epidemiology
Lopez, A.	UAF	Transcriptome and phylogenomic modules in support of functional and evolutionary genomics training
Howell, W. & Whitmore, C.	UAA	Death, Dying, and End-of-Life Care