Description: Collaborate with faculty from the Department of Agronomy in an online course using small-group collaborative learning as well as connections to real-world student experiences. The goal is to build an engaging, interactive learning experience for students through a mixture of lecture, lab, and discussion. Class will include student-led discussions and presentations.
Institution: UW–Madison
Department(s): Agronomy, Horticulture
Intern background needed: Biology; good to have Genetics and Plant Breeding
Course: Agron/Hort 338 Plant Breeding and Biotechnology
Course info: Lecture with lab and discussion, 30-50 students. Will have some synchronous online component, format TBD.
Course time/day: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 8:50 – 9:40 am, plus possibly some other times related to lab
Potential guest teaching topics/units (weeks 6-10 of the semester): History of agriculture, plant genetics, breeding methods, Mendelian segregation, quantitative traits, population genetics
Teaching strategies of interest: Technology-supported learning, flipped classroom
Teaching strategies currently used: Connecting to real-world student experiences, active learning, collaborative learning, technology-supported learning
Contact: Lucia Gutierrez, gutierrezcha@wisc.edu