Teaching Behavior in the Midst of a Pandemic: Laboratories & Assignments
Channel: Justin Merry
Date: 2020-08-03

One of two talks that appeared at the 2020 Animal Behavior Society meetings. The other can be found here: https://youtu.be/JWEXT5sv1V4

Our manuscript, which expands on these and other ideas, is available on EcoEvoRxiv:
https://doi.org/10.32942/osf.io/64y25 

Four resources for sharing behavior teaching ideas and resources with others:

Facebook Group: Behavior & Evolution Teaching Exchange
https://www.facebook.com/groups/263550585005934
Discussion area that currently hosts 200+ instructors across multiple continents. This link likely will require that you be logged into facebook to work. You can also find the group by searching for its title on Facebook. Request to join and you will be added.

Slack Workspace: Behav Evol Teaching
http://behavevolteaching.slack.com 
Invitation Link:
https://join.slack.com/t/behavevolteaching/shared_invite/zt-fon81ivk-0YqEnqLF90cqJpE8nQfP6Q 
Discussion and file sharing with 40+ instructors.

Google Folder of Behavior Teaching Resources (syllabi, labs, assignments, etc)
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1wNdwIyChZ_ZICj-AmgtoH7OYqCeaPsdT
Instructors are invited to borrow, use (please notify the author if you do), and share your own teaching resources for behavior.  There is particular interest in materials that work in an online format.

Behavior video lecture exchange:
https://behavevolteaching.slack.com/archives/C015VRKB6U9
and
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1clBS5bbruWBHb_jY74uwb6dTd4JdmWYWPNRSe83NDOs/edit?usp=sharing 
Instructors, senior PhD, and PostDocs can sign up to give shareable short lectures on a variety of behavior topics.