Friday, January 9, 2015

Welcome to the BIOL 3702 Blog

Welcome to my blog!

Color enhanced scanning electron
micrograph of Salmonella.
phil.cdc.gov/PHIL_Images/16877/16877.tif
This blog is an experiment in which students enrolled in my Spring 2015 semester course, BIOL 3702 - Microbiology, will serve as its test subjects.  The idea of this blog came about from a faculty development workshop I attended over the past two days.  Part of the workshop was directed towards using various aspects of modern technology as a tool to engage and encourage student learning.  I'm hoping this blog will be such an instrument.


My wish is that you frequent this blog often throughout the semester and that it does prove useful to you as a tool to not only enhance and increase your learning, but also your appreciation for the microbes.  If you do so, I am confident that by then end of the course you will understand the significant roles that bacteria, archeons, fungi, protists, virions, and prions have in the lives of your ancestors and you.


1 comment:

  1. Useful information. Lucky me I discovered your website accidentally, and I am stunned why this twist of fate did not happened in advance!

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