2016 Professional Development Conference

November 5, 2016 | by jrpNABT1938

When: November 3 - 6, 2016
Where: Denver Sheraton-Downtown
Denver, CO

Conference Program

The full conference program is available for download *Please note that this file is large and will take time to download.

Program Days Pages: You may also download sections from the program that was available in Denver.

• Thursday, November 3rd
• Friday, November 4th
• Saturday, November 5th
• Sunday, November 6th
• Speaker & Speaker Index
• Exhibitor Index
• 2016 Research Symposium Proceedings

Resources

Dr. David McConnell, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC

What Research Tells Us About Effective Strategies That We Will Actually Use

Over the last three decades, discipline-based education research (DBER) in a variety of STEM fields has revealed a variety of empirically validated instructional practices that contribute to improvements in student learning and a reduction in attrition. Classes that support these teaching practices are often termed “active learning environments” and are characterized by small group work, ongoing monitoring of student learning, and lessons that challenge students to apply higher level thinking skills. Even the most dedicated instructor may be challenged to identify which combination of active learning strategies would be best suited to their class setting. Dr. McConnell shared what his research group observed when they visited more than two hundred college geoscience classes and the implications for instructors seeking to adopt or increase their use of active learning strategies.

Slides from Talk

Dr. Elaine Ostrander, National Human Genome Research Institute / National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

Whole Genome Sequencing in Dogs: Facilities Studies of Breed

The Ostrander lab seeks to understand disease susceptibility, behavior, and morphologic variation that occur across domestic dog breeds. Working with dog owners, breeders and the American Kennel Club, the lab collects DNA samples from dogs of varying phenotypes and applies the most sophisticated of genomic technologies to understand variation in behavior, morphology and disease susceptibility across domestic dog breeds.

Dr. Ostrander highlighted a number of discoveries made in her lab, and our friends at NHGRI have curated a number of resources that relate to her keynote at UnlockingLifesCode.org Ostrander.

Photos from Denver

• Photos from the 2016 NABT Conference are available on DropBox at 2016 Conference Photos.
• Photos from the honors luncehon are also available on DropBox at 2016 Honors Luncheon.