Topic: Digital media projects in two anatomy courses

Overview

Liz Co is a senior lecturer and the Director of Inclusive Pedagogy in the Department of Biology at Boston University. She teaches Anatomy, Physiology, and Physiology of Reproduction. Around campus Dr. Co spends her time with her students, writing, or involved in pedagogy research and education initiatives.  Among her favorite campus activities, is EAT (Education and Teaching) lunches, a monthly gathering that Liz initiated to bring together faculty to discuss their teaching. Dr. Co received her Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences (with a focus on Immunology) from the University of California, San Francisco; she earned her BA with High Honors in Biology and Education at Mount Holyoke College in MA.

Science courses may not seem like the expected place for students to earn DME hub units, but we have weaved digital media projects into both of the Biology Department’s anatomy courses.  Students gravitate toward digital media in their study habits, so in one course we have the students generate their own study materials. In a second anatomy course, digital media projects explore areas of racism and bias in anatomy.