Mailing address:
2011 BioSci 3
Developmental and Cell Biology
UC Irvine, CA 92697
Email: adriw@uci.edu
Phone number: 949-824-0586
Current position: Project Specialist
Institution: UC Irvine (Developmental and Cell Biology)
Years at institution: 12
Courses taught: DNA to Organisms – Introductory biology for majors
Enrollment up to 900
(only teach occasionally – usually experimental formats)
Meetings: SABER 2012
Vision and Change 2013
NRC Barriers and Opportunities in Completing 2- and 4- Year Degrees 2014
Connexions 2014
Presentations: 2012 Student learning from lecture capture video podcasts (SABER)
Publications: First-author:
Williams, A., N.M. Aguilar-Roca, M. Tsai, M. Wong, M. Moravec Beaupré, and D. K. O’Dowd. 2011. Assessment of learning gains associated with independent exam analysis in introductory biology. CBE-Life Sci Educ 10: 346-356
http://www.lifescied.org/content/10/4/346.full
Submitted:
Williams, A., N.M. Aguilar-Roca, and D. K. O’Dowd. 2011. Lecture capture podcasts: patterns of student use and performance in introductory biology. Submitted to Computers in Education.
Research interests: – Student learning in large biology lectures
– Effects of educational technology in teaching
– Mechanisms to support incremental development of pedagogy in faculty
– Cost-effective methods of preparing under-represented students in STEM