Dr. Wood teaches all of her college science courses using lecture-free pedagogy. In addition, she erased the boundaries between "lecture" and laboratory portions of her sections of both introductory and upper level courses. Rather than teaching them at separate times and locations, she interweaves the two traditional parts of a college science course into two three-hour participative class meetings each week that convene in the laboratory.

Dr. Wood emphasizes inquiry-based learning and the application of the scientific method. If an educator is uncomfortable with a completely lecture-free format, she will describe how to incorporate these methods on a limited basis by alternating ten- or fifteen-minute lectures with a variety of active learning and peer instruction exercises and by using inquiry-based laboratory exercises.

Following a brief description of Dr. Wood's thirteen steps to lecture-free teaching, participants will assume the role of students during a simulation of a typical class meeting of an introductory science course. She will demonstrate the interplay of techniques to achieve course content identical to that of a lecture-based course. This is accomplished with little or no additional cost.