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Livestream Q&A ViewAttendees 31

Program Symposium

Transforming Teaching in Entomology: Engagement Through a Pandemic

Tuesday, November 2, 2021
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM MT
Location: Colorado Convention Center, Four Seasons Ballroom 1

In-Person Livestream

    Organizer(s)

  • Ashleigh Faris

    Instructional Assistant Professor
    Department of Entomology
    Texas A&M University
    College Station, Texas

  • CH

    Chloe Hawkings

    Assistant Professor, Entomology Undergraduate Program Director
    Entomology
    Rutgers University
    New Brunswick, New Jersey

Educators have adapted for hybrid delivery of entomology-based content throughout the pandemic. Speakers will share innovative approaches and multidisciplinary techniques they have employed in and out of the classroom. This symposium can progress entomology education through sharing opportunities to adapt to hybrid delivery of entomology-based content and improve accessibility.

Presentations:

  • 9:00 AM – 9:05 AM MT
    Introductory remarks
  • 9:05 AM – 9:17 AM MT
    A changed campus: What did the pandemic teach us?

    Presenting Author: Chloe Hawkings – Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

    Co-Author: Daisy Porfirio – Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

    Co-Author: Grayson A. Tung – Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

  • 9:17 AM – 9:29 AM MT
    Keeping extension alive in the times of COVID-19

    Presenting Author: Cesar R. Rodriguez-Saona – Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

    Co-Author: Dean Polk – Rutgers University Cooperative Extension

  • 9:29 AM – 9:43 AM MT
    Stop, drop and roll? Or trip, flip, and enroll: Leveraging the strengths of technology and other tools in an undergraduate insect biology course

    Presenting Author: Louise I. Lynch-O'Brien – University of Nebraska

  • 9:43 AM – 9:55 AM MT
    Break
  • 9:55 AM – 10:07 AM MT
    A picture is not always worth a thousand words: Reflecting on success of entomology students using digital images in online classrooms

    Presenting Author: Ellen Klinger – The Ohio State University

  • 10:07 AM – 10:19 AM MT
    A holistic entomology curriculum: Reimagining insects and society

    Presenting Author: Matthew Petersen – University of Minnesota

  • 10:19 AM – 10:30 AM MT
    Metamorphosing to a virtual format: Teaching, outreach, & advising in entomology during COVID

    Presenting Author: Amanda R. Lorenz – Michigan State University

  • 10:30 AM – 10:42 AM MT
    Break
  • 10:31 AM – 11:53 AM MT
    Discussion
  • 10:42 AM – 10:55 AM MT
    Going outside: Incorporating ecological research to increase student engagement

    Presenting Author: Warren B. Sconiers – University of the Ozarks

  • 10:55 AM – 11:07 AM MT
    Engaging students in entomology research from afar via an online course-based undergraduate research experience

    Presenting Author: Anthony Auletta – University of Florida

  • 11:07 AM – 11:19 AM MT
    Insect identification online: Teaching the dichotomous key with interactive flow charts

    Presenting Author: Adrienne Brundage – Texas A&M University

  • 11:19 AM – 11:31 AM MT
    Where do we go from here? Capturing future entomologists through accessibility

    Presenting Author: Ashleigh M. Faris – Texas A&M University

  • 11:53 AM – 12:00 PM MT
    Closing remarks