1. Science Case Network Welcome RCN-UBE Project #1062049 1062049

2. The Vision  Our project supports an active community of science educators, learners, researchers, developers, and professional organizations interested in furthering the accessibility, development, and use of cases and problem based learning (PBL) in science education.

3. Goals of SCN  Build a community of people who want to use cases to engage students in learning Welcome participants from all institutions, all levels of experience, all branches of biology  Help the community communicate and collaborate On teaching with cases/PBL On developing cases/PBL On studying impact of cases/PBL  Share what community is doing

4. Purpose of this meeting  Bring people together to build this community with focus on microbiology  What can we do to help you? What do you need from us? Help writing cases? Cases for a topic or lab? How to evaluate effectiveness of cases? How to evaluate student learning? Be thinking about this because at the last session we want to hear your ideas and form working groups to get organized