I have taught in the Division of Biological Sciences at the University of Missouri-Columbia since 2002. In that time, I have developed undergraduate courses on General Biology, Botany, Genetic Diseases, Infectious Diseases, and a graduate course on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL). I have taught at least one online course a year since 2012, as well as hybrid and face-to-face. What would you see if you joined my class this semester? I have shifted from “student-centered” to “student driven” instruction. Students are asked to do more. They may be given a relevant question, such as “Are vegetarian diets healthy?” and they are asked to research, discuss, and present their findings. They map biological concepts to a societally relevant framework, such as the parts of the immune system and vaccines. They discuss both sides on a controversial subject, such as Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) and present evidence to support AND refute claims, then weigh the reliability of that evidence given criteria they have established as a community. It doesn’t matter if it is online or face-to-face, 20 or 400 students—I want students to be engaged participants in their own learning.Throughout my evolution as an educator, I have conducted research on new instructional practices, many times engaging graduate students in the educational research process. I have given over 153 presentations and 30 presentations to national or international audiences. As a member of my educational community, I have served on multiple committees at the departmental, college, campus, and system levels. In 2019, I began serving as a Faculty Fellow for the MU Teaching for Learning Center and am assisting in the important work of creating new campus protocols and tools for assessing teaching at MU.