2021 Award Winner: Zeba Wunderlich

Zeba Wunderlich

Assistant Professor in Developmental and Cell Biology

Professor Zeba Wunderlich is the winner of the 2021 Learning Experience Design and Online teaching award. Without prior online teaching experience before the pandemic, professor Wunderlich demonstrated outstanding online/remote teaching excellence for the BIO SCI 97 Introduction to genetics course.

First, she provided a clear informative course website on Canvas to guide student’s learning. Not only did she lay out a linear learning path, but she also engaged students remotely by  integrating both synchronous and asynchronous digital active learning activities to enhance student’s learning experience. Students are given a study roadmap with access to various formative assessments and mini assignments to reinforce the key learning areas. One of her students commented that “Dr. Wunderlich’s course was organized beautifully, and it made students excited to learn!”

Professor Wunderlich did not receive instructional design support or online teaching consultation when designing and delivering this remote course the first time. As a novice in online teaching, she has done an excellent job preparing and delivering this remote course.  Her efforts in delivering a well-designed remote course with various active learning opportunities have played a vital role in supporting student’s remote learning, which is especially valuable during the pandemic.

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