Justin’s book on high structure course design coming in late 2024 or early 2025 in the Macmillan Scientific Teaching series! Click here to be notified when it is available!
What’s in your teaching DNA?
In biology, recombinant DNA involves combining DNA from different sources to achieve a desired outcome. At Recombinant Education, we help combine your unique academic strengths and STEM disciplinary knowledge with evidence-based educational strategies via workshops and consulting services to achieve positive outcomes for yourself, your students, and your institution.
Dr. Justin Shaffer, a STEM faculty member with 11+ years experience in the classroom and with discipline-based education research, offers STEM education workshops and consulting in the following areas.
Contact Justin to discuss your unique circumstances so that we can plan for a way to work together.
“Please invite Dr. Shaffer to consult with you or your faculty! He’s invested in continuous improvement and evidence-based methods, skilled at translating research to practice, and will renew your excitement for classroom teaching. He’s a rare-find and a gem; consistently delivering the highest quality work while also tending to his students’ and coworkers’ needs.”
Sarah Bodbyl, Associate Dean, Van Andel Institute Graduate School
“After attending three of his workshops, it is my belief that Dr. Justin Shaffer is a rising star in pedagogy, one of the new generation to come after foundational folks like Drs. Felder & Brent, Wankat, and Stice. Only one unique attribute is his expertise in both chemical engineering and quantitative biology. Justin is revitalizing pedagogical methods with great intellect, energy, and more diversity experience than most others in the field. It has been a pleasure to learn from him.”
E. Dendy Sloan, University Professor Emeritus, Colorado School of Mines
“Justin is a fantastic workshop presenter, instructor, and collaborator. His enthusiasm and knowledge of subjects such as course design and active learning clearly show through in his presentations, in which he makes everyone feel engaged, welcome, and inspired. I highly recommend your department or teaching and learning center to invite Justin so that he can work with and inspire your colleagues too.”
Sami Raut, Associate Professor, Department of Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Upcoming Events
March 2024
Biology and Chemistry Instructor Workshop
Talk: The impact of high structure course design across courses, disciplines, and universities
Talk: Using modern iClicker questions to promote student engagement
Phoenix, AZ
March 2024
NSTA National Conference
Workshop: High Structure Course Design for STEM Disciplines
Denver, CO
March 2024
University of Calgary Open Education Week Talks
Talk: Using reading guides to help students read the textbook and improve exam scores
Virtual
March 2024
SABER DBER Scholars in Training
Panel: Making the transition to a DBER career
Virtual
April 2024
Brigham Young University
Talk: The impact of high structure course design across courses, disciplines, and universities
Workshop: High structure course design for STEM disciplines
Provo, UT
April 2024
TWU Open Educational Practices Conference
Talk: Using OER Reading Guides to Help Students Read the Textbook and Improve Exam Scores
Virtual
April 2024
James Madison University
Seminar: High structure course design across universities, students, and disciplines
Virtual
April 2024
McNeil Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation Step up Clinics
Talk: Service to the community via a start-up education company
Golden, CO
May 2024
Sacred Heart University
Workshop: Getting started with DBER and SoTL
Virtual
Sept 2024
Western Region Society for Biomaterials Symposium
Panel: Faculty career paths
Aurora, CO
Nov 2024
3rd International Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Physiology
Advanced Seminar: High structure course design for physiology
Virtual
Select Recent Events
January 2024
University of Colorado Student Engagement through Technology Symposium
Workshop: Using modern iClicker questions to promote student engagement
Boulder, CO
October 2023
University of Business and Technology, College of Engineering (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia)
Workshop: High structure design for STEM courses
Virtual
October 2023
University of California, Irvine
Talk: The impact of high structure course design across courses, disciplines, and universities
Workshop: Faculty peer observation protocols to improve student learning and outcomes
Irvine, CA
October 2023
Purdue University Biology Education Seminar Series
Talk: The impact of high structure course design across courses, disciplines, and universities
Virtual
August 2023
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Biology Department
Workshops: High structure course design, active learning, and backward design for biology curricula
Edinburg, TX
August 2023
College of the Mainland Nursing Program
Webinar: Introduction to iClickers (in partnership with iClicker)
Virtual
July 2023
Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research
Long talk: The impact of high structure course design across courses, disciplines, and universities
Minneapolis, MN
Company Info
Recombinant Education LLC
Founded by Justin Shaffer, PhD
Golden, CO
Contact
Let’s work together! Please contact me to discuss your unique circumstances, scheduling, rates, and questions.