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Table of Contents

EDITORIAL Cristina Varsavsky

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COMMITEE AND REVIEWERS

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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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Keynote Presentation (Abstract)

TALES FROM TASMANIA – SHORT- AND LONG-TERM RESPONSES TO COVID-19 IN THE CONTEXT OF QUALITY ASSURANCE, QUALITY IMPROVEMENT AND SCHOLARSHIP Tina Acuña, Jo-Anne Kelder

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THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS: INTEGRATED ONLINE AND IN-PERSON LEARNING Elizabeth Johnson

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Abstract

THROWN IN THE DEEPER END: FIRST YEAR STUDENTS LEARNING ONLINE Louise Ainscough, Judit Kibedi, Kay Colthorpe

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TACKLING THE SHORTAGE OF PHYSICS TEACHERS Elizabeth Angstmann

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COMBINING MULTIMODAL REPRESENTATIONS TO SCAFFOLD STUDENT UNDERSTANDING OF DISPERSION FORCES Lauren Baade, Efpraxia Kartsonaki, Gwendolyn A. Lawrie

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IMPACT OF COVID-19: STUDENTS’ EMOTIONAL ENGAGEMENT WITH FACE-TO-FACE LABS TRANSITING TO ONLINE MODE Aesha Bhansali, Elizabeth Angstmann, Manjula D. Sharma

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TOWARDS A SHARED NARRATIVE OF PLAYFULNESS IN ONLINE CLASSES William Billingsley

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FACTORS INFLUENCING UNIT SELECTION OF SECOND-YEAR BIOMEDICINE UNITS Frances Broomhead, Scott Clarke, Elizabeth Davis

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FROM LAB TO LAPTOP LEARNING: SUPPORTING THE RAPID TRANSITION TO ONLINE TEACHING IN TERTIARY SCIENCE Adrienne Burns, Paul G. McDonald, Neelam Naravan

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A COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE ENABLING A RAPID RESPONSE IN TRANSFORMING BIOCHEMISTRY LABORATORY TEACHING Joanne M. Castelli, Alyssa K. Van Dreumel, Sean Ramsey, Philip Burcham, Peter G. Arthur

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ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND STUDENT SATISFACTION: MOVING ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY TEACHING ONLINE Anna Chruscik, Louisa Windus, Jianxiong Wang, Kate Kauter, Eliza Whiteside

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DEVELOPING PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY IN BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE STUDENTS Kay Colthorpe, Charlotte Young, Christian Panaretos, Judit Kibedi, Louise Ainscough

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OUTCOMES FROM OUR VISITING TEACHING FELLOW PROGRAM IN THE SCHOOL OF PHYSICS Michael de la Pena, Troy Garrett, Jessica Budden, Ingrid Mendes, Elizabeth J. Angstmann

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“BIG BOOM + FIRE = IRON” – EXPERIENCES FROM SYSTEMS THINKING ORIENTED CHEMISTRY OUTREACH IN PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS Seamus Delaney, Madeleine Schultz

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WHO DO THEY THINK THEY ARE? INVESTIGATING THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON CASUAL TEACHING STAFF Prarthana Devi, Manjula D. Sharma, Stephen George-Williams

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FROM THE LAB BENCH TO THE KITCHEN BENCH: SUPPORTING SCIENCE SKILLS TRAINING AT HOME Christine A. Devine, Joshua Wang, Dana Burfeind

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LESSONS FOR SCIENCE EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATION FROM MUSEOLOGY Ellie Downing, Chiara O'Reilly, Alice Motion

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TEACHING CHEMISTRY UNDERGRADUATES TO SHARE THEIR SCIENCE WITH THE PUBLIC Hung Phat Duong, Peter J. Rutledge, Alice Motion

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DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF CONTEXT-BASED UNDERGRADUATE BIOCHEMISTRY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES (CUBHS) RESOURCES FOR FUTURE HEALTH WORKERS Katherine Fernandez, Tina Overton, Christopher Thompson, Nirma Samarawickrema

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DEVELOPING LEARNING IN BIOCHEMISTRY AND LIFE SKILLS THROUGH CASE-BASED WORKSHOPS Katherine Fernandez, Melissa Sweeney, Nirma Samarawickrema

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INCREASING ENGAGEMENT IN ONLINE LEARNING Linda A. Galligan, Alice Brown, Petrea Redmond, Suzanne Maloney, Joanna Turner, Jill Lawrence, Marita Basson

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CHEMISTRY IN THE TIME OF COVID-19: REFLECTIONS ON A VERY UNUSUAL SEMESTER Stephen George-Williams, Alice Motion, Reyne Pullen, Peter J. Rutledge, Siegbert Schmid, Shane Wilkinson

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INITIAL INVESTIGATIONS IN USING VIRTUAL REALITY TO TEACH CHEMISTRY Stephen George-Williams, Reyne Pullen, Siegbert Schmid

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REFLECTIONS ON RUNNING A FREE ONLINE CONFERENCE: ASERA CONFERENCE ONLINE 2020 Helen Georgiou, Wendy S. Nielsen, David Geelan

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YOUR SCIENCE IS IN THE MAIL Lisa Godinho, Mick Moylan, Daniel Pyke

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LEARNING ABOUT THE COMPLEXITY OF SCIENCE THROUGH CITIZEN SCIENCE Yaela N. Golumbic, Kymberley Scroggie, Hung Phat Duong, Peter J. Rutledge, Alice Motion

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USE OF CITIZEN SCIENCE TO ENGAGE UNDERGRADUATE SCIENCE STUDENTS IN BIODIVERSITY ASSESSMENT Jaime Gongora, Katherine Brittain

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WHAT MAKES YOU SAY THAT? Tom Gordon, Helen Georgiou, Manjula Sharma

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INSIGHTS FROM A CAREER DEVELOPMENT LEARNING INTERVENTION: THE IMPACT OF STUDENT MAJOR ON PERCEPTIONS OF EMPLOYABILITY Amany Gouda-Vossos, Angela Ziebell

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MATHEMATICS SUPPORT – ESSENTIAL AT THE BEST OF TIMES, CRUCIAL AT THE WORST OF TIMES Deborah Jackson

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VIRTUAL LABORATORY ON AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL CUSTOMARY MEDICINES Joanne Jamie, Jack Micklewright, Kristina Rhee, Kaisarun Akter, Ian Jamie, Phil Duncan, Joe Perry

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THE EFFECT OF INTERVENTIONS ON ANXIETY AND PERFORMANCE OF FIRST-YEAR TERTIARY PSYCHOLOGY STATISTICS STUDENTS - A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW Mitra Jazayeri, Xia Li, Natasha Beggs

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21ST CENTURY SKILL DEVELOPMENT IN REMOTE, ON-LINE LEARNING BIOCHEMISTRY STUDENTS Christopher Jones, Ming Wu, Liza Cubeddu, Jo-Anne Chuck

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INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEOS, CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND SELF-EFFICACY IN THE TIME OF COVID-19 Smitha Jose, Raji Kochandra, Scott Daniel

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USING TECHNOLOGIES THAT STUDENTS ARE COMFORTABLE WITH TO IMPROVE INTERACTIVITY IN ONLINE LEARNING Michael Kasumovic, Isabelle Kingsley

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FROM LEMONS TO LEMONADE: STUDENTS’ RESILIENCE WHEN MANAGING CHALLENGE Judit Kibedi, Louise Ainscough, Kay Colthorpe

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STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION OF ONLINE GROSS ANATOMY LABORATORY CLASSES VIA ZOOM TECHNOLOGY Rudi Klein, Gayathri Rajaraman, Phil Seymour, Chiara Tomassoni, Maxwell Winchester, Norman Eizenberg, Puspha Sinnayah

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SCIENCE CONNECT: NON-PLACEMENT WIL Ingo Köper, Dylan Irvine, Don Houston

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STUDENT EXPERIENCES IN LABORATORY PROGRAMS ACROSS THREE UNIVERSITIES: A SNAPSHOT DURING COVID-19 SEMESTER Srividya D. Kota, Jacinta den Besten, Jasmina Lazendic-Galloway, Manjula D. Sharma

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MODELLING WAVES: INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGY WITH MODELLING AND INQUIRY IN AN UNDERGRADUATE PHYSICS EXPERIMENT Srividya D. Kota, Manjula D. Sharma

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LEARNING ORGANIC CHEMISTRY REMOTELY: METHODS TO REDUCE THE DISTANCE BETWEEN EXPERTS AND STUDENTS Sebastian Leach, Yaela N. Golumbic, Alice Motion

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DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF THE "QUESTION-SOLUTION-REFLECTION" FRAMEWORK Petr Maximovich Lebedev, Christine Lindstrøm, Manjula D. Sharma

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WONDER QUESTIONS: ENGAGING, MOTIVATING AND ILLUMINATING STUDENTS AND TEACHERS Christine Lindstrøm

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DE-COLONISING SCIENCE THROUGH CO-TEACHING CONSILIENCE Leanda D. Mason, Rae-Lee Warner, Reva Remiah

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EMBEDDING EMPLOYABILITY IN SCIENCE EDUCATION Bonnie McBain, Dawn Bennett, Liam Phelan

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A BLENDED-LEARNING APPROACH IN UNDERGRADUATE SOIL SCIENCE INTERRUPTED BY COVID-19 Brigid Ann McKenna, Peter Martin Kopittke

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LOW-TECH VIRTUAL FIELD EXCURSIONS – IMPACT ON LEARNING AND ENGAGEMENT Sandra McLaren

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MAINTAINING CONNECTION DURING COVID-19 REMOTE DELIVERY OF TEACHING BY USING A LEARNING JOURNAL Sandra McLaren

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SOCIAL MEDIA IN STEM: ACADEMIC AND STUDENT PERSPECTIVES ON SOCIAL MEDIA AS A TEACHING TOOL Mary McMillan, Julia Day

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ONLINE EXAMS IN UNDERGRADUATE MATHEMATICS AT UNE DURING COVID-19 ISOLATION Jock McOrist, Gerd Schmalz, Jelena A. Schmalz

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A NEW ECOSYSTEM OF ONLINE SCIENCE: ONLINE EVENTS AS A TOOL FOR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT IN SCIENCE Olivia F. McRae, Ellie Downing, Alice Motion, Chiara O'Reilly, Reyne Pullen

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BUILDING INCLUSIVITY IN SCIENCE COMMUNICATION THROUGH MULTIPLE HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES Olivia F. McRae, Alice Motion, Reyne Pullen

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STUDENT PERCEPTION OF PREPAREDNESS IN THE MIDST OF COVID-19: A SNAPSHOT FROM FIRST YEAR CHEMISTRY STUDENTS Agnes J. Mercer, Sara H. Kyne, Christopher Thompson

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STUDENT ENGAGEMENT IN FIRST YEAR CHEMISTRY – ONLINE VS FACE TO FACE Anna Miltiadous, Damien Lee Callahan, Madeleine Schultz

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UNDERSTANDING DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY THROUGH LEARNER EXPECTATIONS OF AN UNDERGRADUATE PHYSICS LABORATORY PROGRAM Gabriel Ha Nguyen, Manjula Sharma

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STAYING CONNECTED IN A DISCONNECTED WORLD: SUPPORTING STUDENTS IN TRANSITION DURING COVID-19 Hong Dao Nguyen, Timothy Lee

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BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE STUDENTS’ CHALLENGES AND STRATEGIES TO UNDERSTANDING FEEDBACK Bradley S. Parfrement, Judit Kibedi, Kay Colthorpe, Louise Ainscough

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PUTTING THE PASS IN CLASS: IN-CLASS PEER MENTORING ON CAMPUS AND ONLINE Liam Phelan, Sophie Daphne Baker, Georgie Cooper, Tess Matilda Horton, Samantha Alice Whitling, Karen Cutts, Bonnie McBain, Heather Stevens, Cassandra Bugir, Lachlan Howell, Ken Latham, Ryan Witt, Paul Hodge

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DEMONSTRATING ADAPTABILITY: ROLE MODELLING MULTIDISCIPLINARY LEARNING IN THE LAB, ONLINE AND AT HOME Liam Phelan, Alescia Cullen, Rafiquel Islam, Timothy Kirkman, Bonnie McBain, Joseph Leigh Pegler, Caitlin Romanis, Thi Kim Tran, Trieu Nguyen Trinh

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EMBEDDING CREATIVE EXERCISES TO PROMOTE LEARNING-CENTRED EXPERIENCES IN CHEMISTRY TUTORIALS Reyne Pullen, Stephen George-Williams, Peter Rutledge

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IMPACTFUL LESSONS THROUGH EMBEDDING INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS INTO SCIENCE CURRICULA Matthew Pye, Katherine Brittain, Panagiotis Couros, Francesca van den Berg, Jaime Gongora

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PRACTICALLY IMPOSSIBLE!?! THE PARADOX OF DELIVERING AUTHENTIC, HANDS-ON BIOLOGY PRACTICAL CLASSES IN A HANDS-OFF, REMOTE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT Matthew Pye, Cameron Negus, Francesca Trudy van den Berg

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WHO’S ZOOMIN’ WHO? STUDENT ENGAGEMENT DURING A FACELESS PANDEMIC Matthew Pye, Francesca Trudy van den Berg, Timothy R.C. Lee, Hong Dao Nguyen, Osu Lilje, Samantha Hockey

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TRANSNATIONAL CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT – A CASE STUDY FROM AGRICULTURE Rosanne Quinnell, Try Yorn, Daniel Tan, Rebecca Cross, Daniel Howell

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GROUNDING INDIGENOUS SCIENCE IN A FOUNDATIONAL UNIT: A PANDEMIC EXPERIENCE Reva Ramiah, Brenda Rohl, Tracey Kickett, Alison Blyth, Vanessa Corunna, Anthony Kickett, Fred Yasso

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EVALUATING LEARNING DESIGN OF FIRST-YEAR CHEMISTRY THROUGH LEARNING ANALYTICS Charisse Tongson Reyes, Gwendolyn Lawrie, Christopher Thompson, Sara Kyne

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TEACHER EXPERIENCES: INTEGRATION OF INDIGENOUS SCIENCE AND STEM Brenda Rohl, Anibeth Desierto, Leanda Mason, Emma Pearson, Fred Yasso, Vanessa Corunna

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PREPARING STUDENTS FOR UNCERTAINTY IN UNCERTAIN TIMES: CURRICULUM APPROACHES TO APPLYING DISCIPLINARY KNOWLEDGE IN INTERDISCIPLINARY CONTEXTS IN A FACULTY OF SCIENCE Pauline Ross, Lucy Mercer-Mapstone

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SHARING SCIENCE THROUGH FREE AND OPEN ELECTRONIC LABORATORY NOTEBOOKS – A GITHUB CASESTUDY Kymberley Rachel Scroggie, Alice Motion

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LEARNING IN A BLENDED COURSE: BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE STUDENTS’ LEARNING ADAPTATIONS Chloe Smallwood, Louise Ainscough, Kay Colthorpe

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ONLINE ASSESSMENT DESIGN TO IMPROVE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND REDUCE ACADEMIC WORKLOAD IN FIRST YEAR CHEMISTRY Erica J. Smith

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CHEMISTRY STUDENTS’ EXPERIENCES OF THE SHIFT TO ONLINE LEARNING DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC Dino Spagnoli, Siobhan Wills, Shannan J. Maisey, Alexandra Yeung

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SCIENCE EDUCATION ONLINE AND VIDEO DEMONSTRATIONS Geoff I. Swan

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LEVERAGING LEARNING ASSISTANTS TO SUPPORT THE RAPID TRANSITION TO TEACHING ONLINE Robert M. Talbot, Hannah Huvard

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LEARNING HORTICULTURE WITH TAKE HOME MUSHROOM KITS DURING THE COVID-19 LOCKDOWN Daniel K. Y. Tan, Anowarul Bokshi, Brian Jones

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WRITING YOUR EXAM BEFORE SEMESTER STARTS: AN IMPORTANT PARADIGM SHIFT FOR TACKLING ACADEMIC INTEGRITY Christopher David Thompson

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COORDINATING A FACULTY RESPONSE TO COVID-19 IMPACTS: THE 6 C’S OF EDUCATION AND A COLLECTIVE LEADERSHIP APPROACH Hollie Susan Tose, Andrew Kepert, Teegan Robertson, Erin Micali, Bronwyn Bloxham, Nicole Stead, Judy-Anne Osborn, Clovia Holdsworth, Stuart Marlin, Christopher Scarlett, Michael Bowyer

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SUPPORT FOR PROBLEM SOLVING THROUGH SCAFFOLDING Kimberly Vo, Mahbub Sarkar, Paul White, Elizabeth Yuriev

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BACK TO BASICS: PROBING UNIVERSITY STUDENTS’ FOUNDATIONAL KNOWLEDGE OF ASTRONOMICAL ANATOMY Samuel Marr Wait, James Thomas, Vinesh Maguire-Rajpaul, Christine Lindstrøm

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BUILDING A LABORATORY SKILLS VIDEO REPOSITORY FOR MOLECULAR BIOSCIENCES Jack Tsang-Hsing Wang, Lauren E. Gilmour

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USING LIVE STUDENT PEER ASSESSMENT WITH AUTOMATED INSTANT FEEDBACK Shane Michael Wilkinson, Markus Müellner-Bačvić, Danny Liu

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STUDENT ENGAGEMENT THROUGH DATA MAPPING IN AN UNDERGRADUATE ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY LABORATORY Shane Michael Wilkinson, Elizabeth J. New, Gregory G. Warr, Adam J. Bridgeman

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STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS OF PEN AND PAPER VS. DIGITAL ASSESSMENT. Siobhán S. Wills, Mathew Hillier

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STUDENT EVALUATION OF COURSES: PERCEPTIONS, ENGAGEMENT AND MOTIVATION Siobhán S. Wills, Shannan J. Maisey

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USING ELECTRONIC NOTEBOOKS TO ENCOURAGE STUDENT ENGAGEMENT IN FIRST YEAR CHEMISTRY DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC Alexandra Yeung, Daniel Southam

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CHALLENGES TO TEACHING AND LEARNING ONLINE: LESSONS LEARNED, REFLECTIONS, AND STAKEHOLDER PERSPECTIVES Elizabeth Yuriev

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CAREER DEVELOPMENT LEARNING – DOES GENDER IMPACT RESULTS? Angela Ziebell, Amany Gouda-Vossos

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Refereed Papers

AEQ-PHYSICS: A VALID AND RELIABLE TOOL TO MEASURE EMOTIONS IN PHYSICS Aesha Bhansali, Elizabeth Angstmann, Manjula D. Sharma

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WHY DO STUDENTS ACCESS BIOSCIENCE LECTURE RECORDINGS? IS ACCESSING RECORDINGS ASSOCIATED WITH ACADEMIC OUTCOMES? Sheila A. Doggrell

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PERCEPTION OF WORK ENVIRONMENT AND TEACHING PREPAREDNESS AMONGST MATHEMATICS TUTORS Ava Greenwood, Michael Jennings

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POST-SECONDARY STUDENTS’ LEARNING OF DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS THROUGH STORY-BASED TASKS Collette Lemieux, Olive Chapman

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EFFECT OF MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION FORMAT ON STUDENT PERFORMANCE Umairia Malik

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BELIEFS OF LEARNERS AND TEACHERS IN CONTEXTS OF POVERTY REGARDING CURRICULUM-ALIGNED SCIENCE ELECTRONIC QUIZ ENGAGEMENT Angela E. Stott

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Workshop (Discipline Day)

ACDS FELLOWSHIP: ASSURING STEM EDUCATION: DATA, CURRICULUM QUALITY ASSURANCE AND SCHOLARSHIP Tina Acuña, Jo-Anne Kelder

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INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP – HOW TO EASILY RECREATE THE HANDS-ON LEARNING ACTIVITIES IN AN ONLINE ENVIRONMENT IN STEM FIELDS Michael Kasumovic

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CHEMISTRY EDUCATION COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE DISCIPLINE DAY WORKSHOP Gwendolyn A. Lawrie

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LEARNING FROM THE PANDEMIC: APPROVALS AND PROTOCOLS FOR RESEARCH OUTPUT Christine Lindstrøm, Helen Georgiou, Elizabeth Angstmann

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TEACHING SCIENCE COMMUNICATION TO SCIENCE STUDENTS Alice Motion

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AUTHENTIC ASSESSMENT TO ENGAGE STUDENTS AND EQUIP THEM WITH MODERN SKILLS Adam Piggott

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COLLECTING EVIDENCE OF GOOD PRACTICE AND LEADERSHIP IN A TUMULTUOUS TIME Reyne Pullen, Gwendolyn Lawrie, Madeleine Schultz, Erica Smith, Alexandra Yeung, Elizabeth Yuriev

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EXPERIENCES FROM TEACHING LIVE ONLINE CHEMISTRY SUPERLAB CLASSES Magdalena Wajrak

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