Mason Posner teaches anatomy and physiology, marine and vertebrate biology at Ashland University in Ohio. He does research on the evolution and function of the vertebrate eye lens and has interests in undergraduate research and teaching technology. He leads a Biology capstone course on science communication.
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More experiments in course blogging

You would think that no new posts in four months would mean that blogging was far from my mind.  But oh how wrong you would be.  I have written before about the blogs I started for my marine bio course and senior capstone course on science communication.  The marine blog in particular was [...]

A semester with a blog and wiki in my Marine Biology course

Over the past couple of years I have played around with using blogs and wiki pages in my courses.  This past semester I incorporated both into my Marine Biology course and feel good about the results.  My reasons for using each type of web technology differed, so I will hit them separately:

The course blog

I have [...]

The lab heads to ARVO

My lab topped off a great academic year with a trip to Fort Lauderdale, Florida for the ARVO vision research meeting.  This was actually my first time bringing undergraduate students to this meeting.  Jackie Skiba and Amy Drossman did a fantastic job presenting their research on thermal adaptation in fish lens alpha crystallins.  I heard [...]

A new look for A Fish Eye View

I thought it was time liven up this space a bit.

But the changes are more than skin deep.  I have added a list in the right sidebar of my favorite posts spanning some of the different topics that I write about.  And lower down in the right sidebar I have a section for Ashland science [...]

Does good climate reporting make a difference?

This week in my undergrad science communication course my students discussed whether it was possible to change an anti-science, denialist perspective with good communication techniques.  There was a mix of perspectives, but one view was that people will believe what they want, and will disregard scientific evidence to the contrary.

I thought about this conversation while [...]

Young science bloggers need community

Bora at A Blog Around the Clock initiated a great discussion on young science bloggers and why they do not always stick with their blogs.  Bora was kind enough to talk about my senior capstone course at Ashland University in which my students start team science blogs to hone their science communication skills.  Only one [...]

Blogging in the college classroom.

I’ve been reading a number of reports from the recent ScienceOnline 09 science blogging conference in Raleigh, NC.  The Southern Fried Scientist and Anne-Marie from pondering pikaia have some nice write-ups from the sessions they attended.  What caught my attention most was a session titled Teaching College Science: Blogs and Beyond.  I am teaching [...]