User:Proteins

Hi, my name is Bill Wedemeyer. I'm an assistant professor at Michigan State University.

I'm interested in trying out the Wikiversity approach in teaching my students. I've begun two courses here


 * Course:Protein Science I, an undergraduate course in protein structure and biochemistry.


 * Course:Quantitative Biology I, a graduate-level course in mathematical and computational methods for biochemists.

I've already written many LON-CAPA questions and released them into the public domain. I hope to integrate those resources with those of Wikiversity. I also hope that other biochemistry professors will join me in developing a good online course for protein science.

Approach and pedagogy
I'm relatively new to Wikiversity, so I apologize for any mistakes that I make. Please feel free to give me hints as to the customary way of doing things here.

I intend to develop my initial materials in the context of a course, since that is how I'm accustomed to organizing learning materials, although I have just learned that this is deprecated. Once the materials are more or less in place, I'll try to find a good organization for them within Wikiversity, hopefully with advice from people here.

My own style of pedagogy is modeled on the late 19th-century Russian school of ballet, in which a small amount of material was assigned every single day. I have tried to follow that in my university courses, by teaching in a modular way and giving small quizzes every day. I'm going to try to follow that approach here, with short, digestible modular lessons followed by a quiz. Ideally, these modules will be independent and interchangeable, so that other professors can re-use some of my work.