[FUN_Mail] Create your own escape room activity - This Friday, Feb 28, 4 pm (ET)

[Amy Jo Stavnezer]

Hello FUN colleagues,
This Friday, February 28 at 4 pm (ET) Aparna Shah will share how she created and assessed a digital escape room – learn how you can do the same!

You will hear how she designed a digital escape room as an engaging, low-stakes assessment for the introductory neuroscience course (~100 students) using freely available tools. We will discuss the pedagogical benefits of the escape room, including its role in promoting student engagement, teamwork, and active learning through gamification.

Aparna will also highlight student feedback, which indicated that the activity enhanced recall, provided an appropriate challenge, and increased confidence in course topics.

Attendees will leave with practical strategies for implementing their own digital escape rooms to promote collaborative learning in large classes. Bring a topic that you think would be fun to turn into an escape room activity! You might even find a collaborator to make it happen.

Register here<https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/ojRI6ombTNCMEu1pcXma9A> for this February 28 at 4 pm (ET): https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/ojRI6ombTNCMEu1pcXma9A


Ready to plan into the future, even after your spring break…
On Friday, April 25 at 4 pm (ET) - Liz Leninger, will lead a discussion of best practices for mentoring students through their first scientific conference (here's an article<https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009133>).  Interested in this topic? Register here<https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/ImGdPDbUTfKLR6gIblq5FA> for April 25:  https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/ImGdPDbUTfKLR6gIblq5FA

Hope things are going well and that we see in at an FFF session soon!

Your FFF planning team,
Amy Jo Stavnezer, Shannon Eaton, Ashley Nemes-Baran, Coleman Sapp

PS - Have ideas for a future FFF – let one of us know!

Amy Jo Stavnezer
Professor of Neuroscience and Psychology<https://amyjostavnezer.voices.wooster.edu/>
College of Wooster
Member, Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience<https://www.funfaculty.org/>
Editorial Board, Journal for Undergraduate Neuroscience Education <http://www.funjournal.org/>

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