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New ASC Office of Distance Education shares resources online, in forums

October 12, 2021

The College of Arts and Sciences Office of Distance Education recently published “Increasing Motivation and Maximizing Student Engagement: The Benefits of Gameful Learning” as part of a growing set of resources available to ASC instructors teaching in online and hybrid contexts.

In this resource, ASC Office of Distance Education Instructional Designer Jessica Henderson provides an overview of gameful learning, “a series of evidence-based psychological approaches to create a learning environment that supports a combination of students’ intrinsic motivators – those motivators that are self-determined, carry internal value for the individual, and lack the need for...

Dennis Learning Center and CLSE team publish R&I grant-supported study

October 12, 2021

A Research and Implementation Grant award from the Drake Institute for Teaching and Learning supported a Dennis Learning Center and Center for Life Sciences Education team whose work was recently published in CBE-Life Sciences Education online.

“Supporting Undergraduate Biology Students’ Academic Success: Comparing Two Workshop Interventions” looks at cocurricular workshops for 17 laboratory sections of an undergraduate biology course. Each section was randomly assigned to a workshop. One workshop focused on metacognition, and the second on metacognition plus time management.

“Based on three exams and self-report surveys administered before the intervention and at the end...

Tri-C Faculty Colloquium: Call for proposals and session date announced

October 12, 2021

Cuyahoga Community College has issued a call for proposals for its annual faculty colloquium. All full-time and adjunct faculty from two- and four-year Ohio colleges are invited to submit a proposal that aligns with this year’s theme: Critical Thinking: It’s Good for You. It’s Good for Me. Deans, program managers and other administrative staff are encouraged to co-present alongside a faculty lead. Proposals must be submitted by noon on Wednesday, Oct. 27.

View the call for proposals here

The Colloquium will take place on Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022, from 9 a.m. to...

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Robert T. Boyd
Robert Boyd
Professor, College of Medicine
Department of Neuroscience, Columbus Campus

Dr. Boyd graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1977 with a BS in Physiology. He received a Ph.D in Molecular Biology from the University of Texas at Austin in 1986.

After working as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of California, San Diego and the Salk Institute for 4 years, he moved to Ohio State in 1990. He is an Associate Professor in the...Learn more