Conference Resources
Example Assignments
- Implied Consent Form (Fall 2016 Pilot Study)
- Example Assignment (including pre-conference and post-conference activities)
- Conference Advice Template (read-only version available to anyone with the link)
- Example LaTeX Report in ACM format (used by students to write their final report at the end of the semester). See the reports listed in the Fall 2016 Final Projects.
Surveys
CURE Surveys. The Classroom Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE) survey was established measure student experiences in "research-like" courses. While these do not directly measure outcomes related to conference experience, they are useful first-pass at conference assessments. The surveys are freely available, but as of 2018 they are no longer analyzed by Prof. Lopatto and colleagues using the background population of students.
Longterm Survey. Anna gave this survey in May 2019 to all undergraduates who had ever traveled to a conference and were supported by her grants (either as part of a course or as a student researcher).
Other Useful Resources
- J. Davis and C. Alvarado (2017). Supporting undergraduates to make the most of conferences. ACM Inroads, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 32–35, 2017.
- E. A. Flaherty et al. (2018). A Framework for Mentoring Students Attending Their First Professional Conference. Natural Sciences Education 47, no. 1.
- A. Ritz (2016). Blog post: Field Trip! Computational Biology on the Road.
- A. Ritz (2019). Presentation Slides: Conference-based Undergraduate Experiences: Lowering the Barrier for Learning about Computational Biology. GLBIO2019 Special Session on Bioinformatics Education, QUBES Educational Resources. doi:10.25334/3BNP-BJ64.