{"id":401,"date":"2020-08-21T15:25:27","date_gmt":"2020-08-21T19:25:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/richard-chi\/?page_id=401"},"modified":"2020-09-11T15:36:03","modified_gmt":"2020-09-11T19:36:03","slug":"teaching-and-educational-research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/richard-chi\/teaching-and-educational-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching, Educational Research, and Outreach"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"238\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/richard-chi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/763\/2020\/08\/ChiTeaching2-1024x238.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"505\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/richard-chi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/763\/2020\/08\/ChiTeaching2.png\" data-link=\"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/richard-chi\/?attachment_id=505\" class=\"wp-image-505\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/richard-chi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/763\/2020\/08\/ChiTeaching2-1024x238.png 1024w, http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/richard-chi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/763\/2020\/08\/ChiTeaching2-300x70.png 300w, http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/richard-chi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/763\/2020\/08\/ChiTeaching2-768x178.png 768w, http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/richard-chi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/763\/2020\/08\/ChiTeaching2-1536x356.png 1536w, http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/richard-chi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/763\/2020\/08\/ChiTeaching2-2048x475.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"410\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/richard-chi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/763\/2020\/08\/Chi_teaching-1024x410.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"494\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/richard-chi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/763\/2020\/08\/Chi_teaching.png\" data-link=\"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/richard-chi\/?attachment_id=494\" class=\"wp-image-494\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/richard-chi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/763\/2020\/08\/Chi_teaching-1024x410.png 1024w, http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/richard-chi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/763\/2020\/08\/Chi_teaching-300x120.png 300w, http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/richard-chi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/763\/2020\/08\/Chi_teaching-768x308.png 768w, http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/richard-chi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/763\/2020\/08\/Chi_teaching-1536x615.png 1536w, http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/richard-chi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/763\/2020\/08\/Chi_teaching.png 1768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Educational Research <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">As an educator, Dr. Chi has a passion for teaching and been trained in evidence based scientific teaching by the National Academies Institute on Undergraduate Education and has adopted a teaching philosophy centered on engaging student curiosity by means of active inquiry-based learning. His educational research involves creating, implementing and evaluating novel informal and formal inquiry-based learning exercises.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"> Informal learning <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:36% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/inside.uncc.edu\/sites\/inside.uncc.edu\/files\/fields\/news_features\/detail_image\/naylor-poulnott-900px_0.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">Our lab crew works closely with the College of Computing and Informatics (CCI) <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/uncc.edu\/makerspace\/home\" target=\"_blank\">Makerspace<\/a> to understand how digital fabrication can improve informal and formal learning approaches to increase retention and broaden participation in STEM education for students and faculty.  We are particularly interested if student-derived digitally fabricated prosthetics can promote cross-disciplinary interactions and improve informal and formal educational environments. Picture: Summer 2019 Researchers, Irvin Naylor (CCI), left and Jackson Poulnott (Engineering), right. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Outreach <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 34%\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/richard-chi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/763\/2020\/08\/IMG_6189-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-569\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/richard-chi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/763\/2020\/08\/IMG_6189-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/richard-chi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/763\/2020\/08\/IMG_6189-300x225.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/richard-chi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/763\/2020\/08\/IMG_6189-768x576.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/richard-chi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/763\/2020\/08\/IMG_6189-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/richard-chi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/763\/2020\/08\/IMG_6189.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">Each semester, Dr. Chi hosts students from local high schools to tour the research lab, have informal discussions on scientific research and of course play with microscopes, 3d printers or even isolate their own DNA!  If you are an educator from a nearby institute, please feel free to reach out for a tour. Picture: Ashlyn Sprangeberg and her students on a recent visit from Omni Montessori School, Waxhaw, NC. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Typical Course Offerings <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Course<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Semesters <\/th><th>Level <\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>BIOL3111 Cell Biology<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Fall <\/td><td>Undergraduate<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Special Topics Advanced Cell<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Spring <\/td><td>Graduate (Odd Years)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Special Topics Molecular Mechanisms of Cancer Lab <\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Spring <\/td><td>Cross-listed<br>(Even Years) <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><figcaption>Please check banner for most up to date schedule for Dr. Chi <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Educational Research As an educator, Dr. Chi has a passion for teaching and been trained in evidence based scientific teaching by the National Academies Institute on Undergraduate Education and has adopted a teaching philosophy centered on engaging student curiosity by means of active inquiry-based learning. 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