Justin Shaffer

Check out my website to see how I can help you and your department adopt high structure course design and other evidence-based instructional practices to improve your student outcomes. recombinanteducation.com

Sign up at the link below to be notified when the book is coming out! Book sign-up: lnkd.in/gqHXRynq

Book cover reveal! Coming out in early summer 2025 from @MacmillanUSA, my book will give you practical, evidence-based, and hands-on advice, tips, and resources to design, implement, and assess your very own high structure STEM course.

Thanks to the TOPcast team for having me on their end of year pod!

Check out my latest article: AI is my frenemy linkedin.com/pulse/ai-my-fr… via @LinkedIn

In case you missed it, here is the video recording of Angel Abbud-Madrid's incredible Pathways Exploration talk at the @coschoolofmines where he asks us all "how far can we go?" Special thanks to Jeremiah Bellile for filming and editing the video! vimeo.com/1012117341/960…

Our third Pathways Exploration Series talk at the @coschoolofmines is coming Wed Oct 2 and features Elizabeth Holley who will be talking about "Should we mine battery minerals in the US?" Hope to see you there! mines.edu/undergraduate-…

Just a few days left to submit a proposal (due Sept 27!) for the @HumanAandPSoc Western Regional Conference to be held here at the Colorado School of Mines on Oct 26! #anatomy #physiology hapsweb.org/conferences-ev…

The Human Anatomy and Physiology Society will be hosting a regional meeting on October 26, 2024. This meeting will be held in-person and is hosted by Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colorado. Deadline to submit your proposal is September 27th! hapsweb.org/page/2024Weste…

Welcome to all of the new @coschoolofmines students who were at convocation last night and are part of our largest incoming class ever! Here’s to a great first semester!

I will be speaking on high structure course design at the free and online Elon University Teaching and Learning Conference on Aug 13 - there is still time to register! lnkd.in/g6RaKkqu

Looking for materials to help you out as you are getting ready for the fall semester? Check out my website with lots of resources for reading guides, case studies, PodCases, authentic assessment activities, and more! recombinanteducation.com/materials/

Come visit us in Golden for a regional @HumanAandPSoc Conference in October! hapsweb.org/page/2024Weste…

Sign-Up for Information on Dr. Justin Shaffer’s New Book on High Structure Course Design dub.sh/c6Ulljb

Hogan & Sathy’s (2022) Book: “Inclusive Teaching: Strategies for Promoting Equity in the College Classroom.” (features high structure course design.) dub.sh/YFJfCSS

Episode 166 "High Structure Course Design for Online STEM Classes” - the most recent episode summarized in one skimmable tweet feed. all the salient points of the ep plus links to more details/resources (including a written transcript). x.com/search?q=topca…

TOPcast ep166 High structure course design benefits all students, especially STEM students and especially underrepresented students. Bringing intentional design to online STEM courses is one way to make a strategic difference to students through effective teaching.

TOPcast ep166 "I think one of the best ways [to get started for faculty new to high structure course design] is to start small... with adding some evidence-based practices into your teaching [such as pre-class readings or quizzes].... Add little bits here and there." - Shaffer

TOPcast ep166 "The great thing about high structure course design... is that you can easily port the principles of this from a face-to-face course to online [synchronous] or online [asynchronous]. It works exactly just as well." - Shaffer

TOPcast ep166 "The problem that arose with the pandemic... was, we were taking these face-to-face courses... And we're just throwing [them] online.... Having [high] structure in the online format, I believe, is even more important than the in-person."- Shaffer