Faculty Guide to Education Resource Guide

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Advising resources or ways to reach biological sciences students...

To post a job in a research laboratory.
UW-Madison Student Jobs listing (Job Category: Science) http://jobcenter.wisc.edu
To guide students to find a research opportunity.
Undergraduate Research Opportunities in Biology at UW-Madison: http://www.wisc.edu/cbe/research/

To host a "field trip" to your lab of a small group of freshmen in "Ways of Knowing Biology" course;

To find ways to engage undergraduates in your research:

Contact Janet Branchaw
branchaw@wisc.edu (608) 262-1182

Student Advising

To find informal descriptions of biological sciences courses for advising students;

To update or add the description of your course:

Biology Course Info Database http://my.wisc.edu and click on the Academic Tab
For a list of the many biological sciences majors at UW-Madison, with links to catalog descriptions and home pages:
Biological Sciences Undergraduate Degrees and Majors by College and School: http://www.wisc.edu/cbe/biosci/Majors.html
To contact the UW-Madison Undergraduate Biology Advisor for general information on any of the biology majors:
Contact Pat Henrikson
phenriks@wisc.edu (608) 262-6836

Teaching/learning resources...

For an annotated list of web-links to resources and opportunities across the campus to aid in instructional improvement:
Teaching and Learning Resources: Provost's webpage http://www.provost.wisc.edu/tle/centers-and-organizations.html
To find summaries of teaching innovations at UW-Madison that address specific knotty problems:
Innovation in Teaching: Novel Approaches to Knotty Problems: http://www.wisc.edu/cbe/innovation/index.html
For descriptions of activities and resources provided by biological sciences professional societies that promote undergraduate teaching:
Educational Activities Links, Coalition for Education in the Life Sciences (CELS):http://www.wisc.edu/cbe/cels/

To be put on an email list to receive information about biological sciences opportunities for instructional improvement:

To find resources about biological sciences instruction:

To join cross-college initiatives to improve biological science education:

Contact Lillian Tong tong@wisc.edu (608) 265-3003

Technology in Teaching/Learning...

To consult on biological sciences instruction using technologies:
Contact Alan Wolf, Biology Tech Consultant, ajwolf@doit.wisc.edu (608) 263-0919
To reserve Digital Media Center (DMC) design lab computer time and to reserve DMC "free equipment for loan":
Contact: eromenesko@doit.wisc.edu or call (608) 265-4817, http://www.doit.wisc.edu/new_media_centers/
To reserve the DMC computer classroom in the Genetics/Biotech Center Building:
Contact Erika Romenesko, DMC manager: eromenesko@doit.wisc.edu (608) 263-4501, or use the web based request form.
To reserve the CALS Computer Lab Classroom in the Animal Sciences Bldg:

Contact Tom Tabone, Manager tabone@calshp.cals.wisc.edu (608) 263-3942

Or, Contact Peter Crump crump@calshp.cals.wisc.edu (608) 263-2816

For general information on technology in teaching/learning:
See the Digital Media Center Instructional Support webpage: http://www.doit.wisc.edu/digital_media_center/
To reserve the computer projector kept in Birge Hall:
Contact any of the Zoology Dept. faculty to reserve the projector.