Recent Talks, Presentations, and Workshops
by Harold B. White

1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
2003, 2004

Presentations by Hal White 1999
Date
Event
Topic
11-15 January
1999
Institute for Transforming Undergraduate Education Various workshops related to active learning and Problem-Based Learning (with ITUE staff)
24 February SciEd J Club, Univ. of DE Novel Assessment for Active-Learning Classes
30 March Wiesner Symposium Workshop, University of Michigan Undergraduate Research and Problem-Based Learning - The Delaware Story (with Deborah Allen and Joan Bennett)
17 May ASBMB Meeting San Francisco  Transforming Undergraduate Education: Problem-Based Learning at the University of Delaware.
8 June Samford University
Birmingham, Alabama
Workshop on use of peer tutors in PBL
14-18 June  ITUE Summer Institute
University of Delaware
Various workshops related to active learning and Problem-Based Learning (with ITUE staff)
19-24 June Chemistry Education 
Gordon Conference, New London, CT
Discussion Session on Capstone Courses in Chemistry
10 July Dragonfly Soc. Americas
Paul Smiths College, NY
An unusual trap for catching dragonflies
19 July World Dragonfly Assn Mtg, Colgate University
Hamilton, NY
An unusual trap for catching dragonflies
30 August New Student Orientation, University of Delaware What Color is Egg White?
3 September Biochemistry J. Club, University of Delaware "Protein Disulfide Isomerase as a Regulator of Chloroplast Translational Activation"
12 October HHMI Undergraduate Program Directors Meeting,
Chevy Chase, MD
Problem-Based Learning at the University of Delaware
15 October POD Meeting
Lake Harmony, PA
Peer Group Facilitators: Helping Undergraduates Clear the Hurdles of Problem-Based Learning. (With Deborah Allen)
17 October POD Meeting
Lake Harmony, PA
Promoting Institution-Wide Reform of Undergraduate Education: Stirring up Faculty Development with a Faculty-Led Institute. (With George Watson and Deborah Allen)
22 October Project Kaleidoscope 10th Anniversary Celebration
Washington, DC
Capstone Courses in Chemistry Empasizing Communication Skills
5 November Sigma Xi Forum
Minneapolis, MN
Introduction to Problem-Based Learning in Undergraduate Sciences. (With Deborah Allen)

Presentations by Hal White in 2000

Date
Event
Topic
10-14 January
2000
Institute for Transforming Undergraduate Education Getting Started with PBL (with Susan Groh)
Peer Tutors: A Multi-Layered Learning System (with Deborah Allen
27 March Sigma Xi Chapter Meeting
Texas A&M University College Station Texas
Introduction to Problem Based Learning 
(with Deborah Allen)
6 June American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Meetings, Boston, MA Session Organizer and Chair for symposium on AInnovations in Biochemical Education@
12-16 June Institute for Transforming Undergraduate Education Formation of Groups
Getting Started I (with Susan Groh)
Getting Started II  (with George Watson)
Peer Tutors: A Multi-Layered Learning System (with Deborah Allen)
21 June Undergraduate Research Enrichment Program "What color is egg white? an introduction to scientific inquiry@
23 June FAME Program AWhat color is egg white?@
28 June Undergraduate Research Enrichment Program AWhen to say no, and introduction to research ethics@
10 July 2000 National Institute for New Faculty Developers
Newark, DE
Introduction to Problem Based Learning 
28 August New Student Orientation, University of Delaware What Color is Egg White?
11 September Biochemistry Journal Club, University of Delaware "Ribozyme Evolution"
30 October  PBL Conference, Samford University, Birmingham, AL Managing Multiple PBL Groups (with D. Allen & L. Dion)
31 October PBL Conference, Samford University, Birmingham, AL Classic Articles as PBL Problems in Introductory Courses
31 October PBL Conference, Samford University, Birmingham, AL Stand & Deliver: Introducing Students to PBL

Presentations by Hal White in 2001

Date
Event
Topic
6-11 January 2001 Gordon Conference "Innovations in 
College Chemistry Teaching"
Informal presentation on capstone courses in Chemistry and Biochemistry
17-19 January Institute for Transforming 
Undergraduate Education
Various workshops related to active learning and Problem-Based Learning
Wrapping up a PBL problem: Concept Mapping
Integrating PBL into Capstone Experiences
7 February  Dept. of Biological Sciences Seminar "Classic Research Articles as PBL Problems in Undergraduate Education."
6 March Delaware Nature Society
Ashland, DE
Dragonflies of Delmarva
30 March - 
4 April
American Society for 
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Meetings, Orlando, FL
Co-Organizer Symposium: Teaching New Graduate Students to Become TA’s
Symposium Organizer: Lecture Demonstrations in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Presentation: What Color is Egg White?: Biochemistry that Students can See
17 May College of Nursing Seminar "Classic Research Articles as PBL Problems in Undergraduate Education."
4-8 June  ITUE  Institute for French College Administrators (FORMASUP)
University of Delaware
Various workshops related to active learning and Problem-Based Learning (with ITUE staff)
18-22 June ITUE Summer Institute
University of Delaware
Various workshops related to active learning and Problem-Based Learning (with ITUE staff)
14 June
21 June
5 July
Undergraduate Research Summer Enrichment Program Laboratory Safety (with David Usher)
"What Color is Egg White? Introduction to Scientific Inquiry"
"When to say NO, Ethical Issues in Research"
20 July FAME Program "What Color is Egg White?"
21 - 23 August Departmental New Graduate Student Orientation "Roles and Responsibilities of Being a Teaching Assistant" (with Susan Groh)
"Challenges of the Classroom" (with Susan Groh)
"Dealing with Density" (with Jim Wingrave)
27 August New Student Orientation
University of Delaware
"What Color is Egg White?"
14 September Biochemistry Journal Club, 
University of Delaware
"Keeping Time with Biological Clocks"
5-6 October 35th Mid-Atlantic Assoc. Liberal Arts Chemistry Teachers Conference
Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA
Transforming Lecture Demonstrations into Problem-Based Learning Problems
9 October Joint meeting of ACS Student Affiliates and Beta Beta Beta Undergraduate Research Opportunities
(with David Usher)
12 October Teaching Assitant Training "Bloom's Taxonomy and Asking Questions"

Presentations by Hal White in 2002

Date
Event
Topic
3 April 2002 Div. of Science and Math Seminar
St. Marys College, St. Marys, MD
"Transforming Lecture Demonstrations into Problem Based Learning Problems"
6 June Undergraduate Research Summer Enrichment Program Laboratory Safety (with David Usher)
16-20 June PBL2002-A Pathway to Better Learning (Organized by ITUE Leaders)
Baltimore, Maryland
Preconference Workshop on PBL in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (with E. J. Wood)
"PBL:Experience it Yourself"(with Susan Groh, George Watson, and Valerie Hans)
"PBL: Getting Started" (with Susan Groh)
"Peer Facilitators in PBL Courses" (with Deborah Allen)
"Models for Problem-Based Learning in Small, Medium, and Large Classes" (with Susan Groh)
15 July General Education Institute
University of Delaware
"Concept Mapping: An Instructional Tool to Organize Content and Assess Student Learning"
18 July Undergraduate Research Summer Enrichment Program "When to say NO, Ethical Issues in Research" (with Lori Hamby)
27 - 29 August Departmental New Graduate Student Orientation "Roles and Responsibilities of Being a Teaching Assistant" (with Susan Groh and Seung Hong)
"Challenges of the Classroom" (with Susan Groh and Seung Hong)
"Dealing with Density" (with Jim Wingrave)
14 September American Entomological Society
Insect Field Day, Stockton State College, NJ
"Field Identification of Dragonflies and Damselflies"
8 October PBL Visitation Days "Introduction and History of PBL at the University of Delaware"
10 October ACS Student Affiliate Program Undergraduate Research Opportunities
15 October Biology Department
Rensselaer University, Troy, NY
"Classic Research Articles as PBL Problems in Undergraduate Education"
17-20 October ITUE Program for PUCP visitors Various PBL workshops
20 October Honors Scholars Reception "What Color is Egg White?"
8 November Biochemistry Journal Club "Human Isotopic Fractionation of Iron"
14-15 November Undergraduate Research and Scholarship and the Mission of the Research University,
University of Maryland, College Park
workshop with Joan Bennett and Andrew Zydney
16-17 December 11th Annual Meeting of the Animal Science Education Consortium
Christiana Hilton, Delaware
Introduction to Problem-Based Learning
(with George Watson)

Presentations by Hal White in 2003


13-14 January  
Institute for Transforming Undergraduate Education, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
“Designing Assignments to Wrap-up PBL Problems”
“Problem-Based Learning: Getting Started”
“Models for PBL in Small, Medium, and Large Classes” (with Susan Groh

18 March
GEAR UP Presentation to students from University City High School 
“What color is Egg White?” (presented twice to different groups)
21 March
Wyncote Audubon Society
Schuylkill Valley Nature Center, Philadelphia, PA  

“Dragons and Damsels of the Delaware Valley”
22 April 
Guest Lecture, BISC-495 Evolution
“Molecular Evolution and the Molecular Clock.”
24 July 
Undergraduate Research Enrichment Program
Session on Ethics
26 July
Brandywine Creek State Park 
“Brandywine Dragons and Damsels”
26-28 August
Departmental New Graduate Student Orientation
"Roles and Responsibilities of Being a Teaching Assistant" (with Susan Groh and Seung Hong)
"Challenges of the Classroom"
(with Susan Groh) 

"Dealing with Density" (with Jim Wingrave)
26 October
Johns Hopkins Talented Youth Program  
“What color is Egg White?”
28 October
GEAR-UP presentation to Philadelphia inner city HS students  
“What color is Egg White?”
28 October
Ray Street Dormitory
evening program
“What color is Egg White?”
8 November  
Blue & Gold Saturday
“Chemistry and Biochemistry at UD”
10 November
IGERT
Session on Ethics
20 November 
GEAR-UP presentation to Philadelphia inner city HS students
“What color is Egg White?”
24 November
Friends of White Clay Creek State Park
“Dragons and Damsels of the White Clay Valley”

Presentations by Hal White in 2004

21-23 January 
Institute for Transforming Undergraduate Education, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
Several workshops related to PBL
17 March
Center for Teaching Effectiveness 
“Working with Undergraduate Peers as Facilitators: Faculty-Student Teamwork”
31 March 
American Chemical Society Meeting, Anaheim, CA  
“Contemporary moral problems in chemistry: Impact of peer presentations on perceptions of science and society issues”
15 June
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Boston, MA 
“Getting Started with PBL”
9 & 23 June
Undergraduate Research Enrichment Program 
“What are you doing here this summer? Introduction to Research”
When would you say No? - Ethical Issues in Research
8 August
Delaware Nature Society 
“Sky Dragons and Beautiful Damsels”
11 August
HHMI sponsored Undergraduate Research Symposium
Organized the symposium
24-26 August
Grad Student Orientation
"Roles and Responsibilities of Being a Teaching Assistant" (with Susan Groh and Seung Hong) "Challenges of the Classroom" (with Susan Groh)"Dealing with Density" (with Jim Wingrave)
13 September
Biochemistry Journal Club 
“Spanish Flu Hemaglutinin Structure”
18 September
AES Insect Field Day, Stockton State College, Pomona, NJ
Dragonfly Field Trip
1 October
ITUE  
Organized panel on undergraduate perspectives of PBL
15 October
ITUE 
“Managing a PBL classroom”
10 November
Guest Lecture, UNIV-601
Introduction to Problem-based Learning
12 November
ITUE
“Bloom’s Taxonomy and Asking Questions that Make Students Think and Learn”
13 November
Blue and Gold Saturday
Presentation on the undergraduate programs in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
19 November
ITUE
“Active learning / concept mapping”
                                                                  

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