Implementation of an Integrative Cell Culture and Stem Cell Laboratory Course at California State University, Fullerton

生物科学（61）这门新的高级干细胞实验课程（BIOL 249）解决了示范性本科STEM教育发展周期的两个组成部分：1)创建学习材料和教学策略；2)培养教师专业知识。它有以下目标：1。为本科水平的实验课程测试和优化干细胞方案；2. 将细胞培养技术整合到生物学的其他课程中；和3。通过CSUPERB举办研讨会，将干细胞课程材料传播给科罗拉多州立大学的其他教员。拟议活动的智力价值：BIOL 429的实验和协议的设计是为了适应许多校园课程安排所施加的时间限制。为本课程开发的评估旨在确定学生学习的重要因素，以便成功地从教学实践转移到研究环境。这些评估也被用来确定该课程是否可移植到其他校园。拟议活动的更广泛影响：CSUPERB是一个促进生物技术课程发展和学生研究的全系统组织，该组织正在与其他有兴趣在各自校园开设类似课程的CSU教师分享这一试点课程的结果。

Biological Sciences (61)This new upper division STEM Cell Laboratory course (BIOL 249) is addressing two of the components of the developmental cycle of exemplary undergraduate STEM education, 1) Creating learning materials and teaching strategies and 2) developing faculty expertise. It has the following goals: 1. to test and optimize stem cell protocols for an undergraduate level laboratory course; 2. to integrate cell culture techniques into other courses in the biology curriculum; and 3. to disseminate the stem cell course materials to other CSU faculty by conducting workshops through CSUPERB.Intellectual merit of proposed activity: The experiments and protocols for BIOL 429 are designed to fit the time-limits imposed by course-scheduling at many campuses. The assessments developed for this course are identifying factors that are important for students to learn in order to successfully transfer from didactic practice to a research setting. These assessments are also being used to ascertain the portability of the course to other campuses. Broader impact of the proposed activity: The results from this pilot course are being shared with other CSU faculty-members interested in offering a similar course on their respective campuses through workshops supported by the CSUPERB, a system-wide organization that promotes development of biotechnology curriculum and student research.