What is generative AI? What does ChatGPT do when you give it a ​‘prompt’? What are the benefits and limitations of generative AI tools in teaching and learning? How can educators use these tools creatively in their classrooms, while ensuring that their students do not become over-dependent on them? This webinar aimed to address these questions and more.

This webinar spotlighted the life and times of E K Janaki Ammal to explore the role of biographies in placing biological sciences of the early 20^th century in its social-historical context. It also invited reflections on the value of situating biology in its social context in its teaching and learning.

The goal of science education is not just to learn scientific facts but also to develop a scientific temper. But what is scientific temper? Why should students develop it? How is it relevant to college teaching? The speaker delved into these questions and explored the role of teachers in instilling scientific temper in college biology students.

IndiaBioscience and biology educators from colleges and universities of India came together for a virtual meet to celebrate IndiaBioscience's latest compendium Teaching Graduate Biology Vol. 2.

This webinar explored the concept of bioethics, which is value-laden, by using perspectives from social and cultural anthropology, practical ethics, science practice, and policy decisions. The speaker drew examples from the public health realm in India to discuss and observe that 'bioethics' should not be limited to mere protocol compliance but should guide science practice. Further, she discussed the need to identify, analyse and resolve ethical challenges in everyday science practice that are directly impacting society at large.