WCET Frontiers Pod

Episode 1.5: Science Education and Political Misinformation with Dr. Joni Ricks-Oddie

Join WCET Content Creator Dr. Elaine Villanueva Bernal, STEM, Digital Learning Strategist for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion with WCET and full time lecturer at CSU Long Beach and Dr. Joni Ricks-Oddie, Director, Center for Statistical Consulting - UC Irvine Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences for a conversation about the intersection of education, science, politics, and society and how misinformation speaks to the need of education around the critical evaluation of information. Dr. Ricks-Oddie is a passionate educator who is walking the walk and diving into local politics to ensure that the communities that are impacted by policy decisions are part of the conversations. 

Episode 1.4: Science Education Courses that are Addressing Socio-Political Issues with Dr. Lisa Martin-Hansen

Join WCET Content Creator Dr. Elaine Villanueva Bernal, STEM, Digital Learning Strategist for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion with WCET and full time lecturer at CSU Long Beach and Dr. Lisa Martin-Hansen, Professor and Department Head, California State University, Long Beach for a conversation about falling in and out of love with science as a young girl and the stumbling into a lifelong passion for science through general education college courses. The two also discuss the social justice impacts of climate change and the environment.

Episode 1.3: Online Community and Humanizing Learning with Dr. Patrice Prusko

Join WCET Content Creator Dr. Elaine Villanueva Bernal, STEM, Digital Learning Strategist for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion with WCET and full time lecturer at CSU Long Beach and Dr. Patrice Prusko, Director, Learning Design at Harvard, for a conversation about creating community in online and hybrid courses and keeping students engaged throughout their journey. Patrice talks about how research about trauma-informed teaching and inclusion efforts supported course design and professors during the pandemic and beyond. The two also discuss effective teaching and learning tools including using Slack for communication and collaboration.

Episode 1.2: Virtual Labs with Dr. Evangeline Tsibris Cummings

Join WCET Content Creator Dr. Elaine Villanueva Bernal, STEM, Digital Learning Strategist for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion with WCET and full time lecturer at CSU Long Beach and Dr. Evangeline Tsibris Cummings, Assistant Provost and Director of UF Online, University of Florida, for a fun conversation about virtual labs in higher education.

Episode 1.1: Building Community Online