The ComGen project is an effective hybrid teaching method of lecturing and technical lab research. Faculty participation is an essential part of the project, and thus we invite faculty to get involved.
Some benefits/information of the ComGen project:
- Communicating and collaborating with students in research
- Compared with a standard lab class, a lot more of the responsibility for preparing for the labs and understanding what happened falls on the students
- Teachers communicate and collaborate with students about lab protocols and this allows them to help guide students in the right direction instead of telling them what to do.
- Teachers get to give students a taste of research in the STEM field
- Instructors have noticed significantly greater skill development and engagement among students
- More student-centered teaching
- Get professional development training on how to incorporate this into their curriculum
- Funded by CCLI Grant (0717470) and TUES type II (1225857)
Colleges participating in ComGen:
- Bellevue College
- Community Colleges of Spokane
- Everett Community College
- Heritage University
- Lake Washington Institute of Technology
- Lower Columbia College
- Pierce College-Puyallup
- Pierce College- Fort Steilacoom
- Seattle Central College
- Skagit Valley College
- South Seattle College
- Tacoma Community College
- University of Washington – Bothell
- Yakima Valley Community College
Get Involved
To get involved, contact the project director, Gita Bangera. Get started by participating in a summer workshop to learn relevant molecular biology techniques, student-centered pedagogy, teaching and learning theory, and educational assessment.
Last Updated June 20, 2018