by Lev Horodyskyj | 12 January 2021 | Field Notes, University of the Virgin Islands
Home Labs Tags: US Virgin Islands | USA Labs. They are often a dreaded component of science courses. They tend to be long, highly technical, and not particularly creative either in terms of experimental approaches or report write-ups (not if you want a good grade,...
by Lev Horodyskyj | 5 January 2021 | Field Notes, University of the Virgin Islands
Observation Journals Tags: US Virgin Islands | USA A new chapter begins at the University of the Virgin Islands on St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands. Quality online science teaching has always been difficult, even more so during a global health emergency. What can make...
by Lev Horodyskyj | 21 April 2020 | Field Notes, Universitas Khairun
Infrastructure Gap Tags: Indonesia My Fulbright field location, Khairun University in North Maluku, Indonesia, was a deliberate choice. When I initially applied for the program, I had intended to work on an island on the outskirts of mainstream Indonesian society,...
by Lev Horodyskyj | 14 April 2020 | Field Notes, Universitas Khairun
Eastern Indonesian Classroom Experience Tags: Indonesia I discovered I would be teaching my first class at Khairun University about twenty minutes after it started. “Sometimes the teachers just don’t show up,” my host, Dr. Halikuddin Umasangaji told...
by Lev Horodyskyj | 7 April 2020 | Field Notes, Universitas Khairun
Island Time Tags: Indonesia Flexibility. That is the key to surviving Indonesia, I was told at my Fulbright Scholar orientation in Jakarta in early February. Things operate at their own pace and in their own time. I was familiar with this concept based on traveling...
by Lev Horodyskyj | 18 February 2020 | Chandler-Gilbert Community College, Field Notes
Major-Based Projects Tags: Arizona | USA Victoria presents on sign language for aliens, with Taylor (left) and Lauren (right) It is no secret that many students in general education science courses aren’t there because they want to be, or if they are, quickly...
