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26 Jul 2020 | Contributor(s): Kristin Jenkins | doi:10.25334/523B-7D89
Slides for the BIOME Welcome on July 27, 2020
Vertebrate Clade Race
11 Jun 2020 | Contributor(s): David Baum, Kristin Jenkins | doi:10.25334/D9GX-PC46
This activity introduces basic tree reading skills for evolutionary phylogenies. It is designed as a short group activity. After completing this activity, students should be familiar with basic terminology and how to "read" a phylogenetic tree.
Two themes, one talk: Distributing quantitative faculty expertise to classrooms that need it in real-time & measuring professional contributions to undergraduate education
02 Jan 2018 | Contributor(s): Jeremy M Wojdak, Sam S Donovan, Tom Gower, Kristin Jenkins | doi:10.25334/Q4G093
Presentation given at the Seventh International Symposium on Biomathematics and Ecology: Education and Research 2014, Claremont, CA. Discussing quantitative biology education.
The Tactile Clade Race
12 Dec 2022 | Contributor(s): Andrew Osborne Hasley, J. Phil Gibson, Kristin Jenkins | doi:10.25334/GKD6-QN27
This adaptation of the Vertebrate Clade Race provides a tactile approach to introduce basic tree reading skills for evolutionary phylogenies. Using a Universal Design for Learning informed approach, the variation makes the activity accessible for students who are blind or low-vision and...
Sizes, Scales, and Specialization: An activity highlighting the diversity in cell types
15 Feb 2021 | Contributor(s): Heather Seitz, Jillian Marie Miller, Joseph Esquibel | doi:10.25334/Q46S-7P65
This module explores how cell size and shape varies across cell types in the human body by having students calculate relative proportions of numbers in scientific notation.
Serenity now! Keep calm and do science with real data in the classroom
22 Mar 2019 | Contributor(s): Drew LaMar, Kristin Jenkins, Nicole Chodkowski | doi:10.25334/Q46X6S
Presentation on a free web application currently under development on QUBES called Serenity at the 5th Life Discovery Conference
QUBES: Supporting faculty in the teaching of mathematical biology
22 Dec 2017 | Contributor(s): Carrie Diaz Eaton, Sam S Donovan, Tom Gower, Kristin Jenkins, Drew LaMar, DorothyBelle Poli, Bob Sheehy, Jeremy M Wojdak | doi:10.25334/Q4HX09
Abstract for a presentation that was part of a minisymposium at SMB 2015.
QUBES: Building a community to promote undergraduate quantitative biology education
14 Aug 2017 | Contributor(s): Sam S Donovan, Carrie Diaz Eaton, Kristin Jenkins, Drew LaMar, Jeremy M Wojdak, Gabriela Hamerlinck, Arietta Fleming-Davies, Hayley Orndorf | doi:10.25334/Q44T0V
QUBES is designed to improve communication among educators, assist faculty in understanding and implementing novel content and teaching strategies in their classrooms, and create an academic reward system that emphasizes teaching as well as research.
13 Jul 2018 | Contributor(s): Sam S Donovan, Carrie Diaz Eaton, Kristin Jenkins, Drew LaMar, Jeremy M Wojdak, Nicole Chodkowski, Gabriela Hamerlinck, Deborah Rook, Elia Crisucci, Hayley Orndorf | doi:10.25334/Q41D8T
Poster on the QUBES project presented at the 2018 QUBES/BioQUEST Summer Workshop
QUBES: An education gateway for professional development, OER sharing, and project support
23 Apr 2019 | Contributor(s): Sam S Donovan, Kristin Jenkins, Drew LaMar, Jeremy M Wojdak | doi:10.25334/Q4CF20
Poster about QUBES as an education gateway presented at the 2019 ASCN Transforming Institutions
QUBES: An education gateway for accelerating undergraduate biology education reform
11 Dec 2020 | Contributor(s): Sam S Donovan, Jeremy M Wojdak, Kristin Jenkins, Drew LaMar | doi:10.25334/570Q-HQ07
Poster about QUBES as an education gateway presented at the 2020 Partners@QUBES Leadership Summit.
QUBES: a community focused on supporting teaching and learning in quantitative biology
02 Jan 2018 | Contributor(s): Sam S Donovan, Carrie Diaz Eaton, Tom Gower, Kristin Jenkins, Drew LaMar, DorothyBelle Poli, Bob Sheehy, Jeremy M Wojdak | doi:10.25334/Q4H09D
This letter provides an overview of the Quantitative Undergraduate Biology Education and Synthesis (QUBES) Project funded through the National Science Foundation.
QUBES-ESA partnership uses online Faculty Mentoring Networks to prepare faculty for teaching quantitative biology to undergraduates
13 Aug 2018 | Contributor(s): Nicole Chodkowski, Gabriela Hamerlinck, R Deborah Overath, Teresa Mourad, Kristin Jenkins, Sam S Donovan, Arietta Fleming-Davies, Jeremy M Wojdak | doi:10.25334/Q4G71G
Poster on Faculty Mentoring Networks presented at ESA 2018
Quantitative Evolutionary Biology on the QUBESHub
02 Jan 2018 | Contributor(s): Kristin Jenkins | doi:10.25334/Q47H5K
Abstract for a presentation about QUBES given at the Evolution 2015 Conference Education Strand.
Quantitative Biology at Community Colleges: Building a Community of Biology and Math Faculty to Develop and Disseminate Open Educational Resources
31 Aug 2020 | Contributor(s): Vedham Karpakakunjaram, Kristin Jenkins | doi:10.25334/F9SA-PH18
This is a poster presented at the SABER West 2020 conference. We introduced the grant's goals and objectives, described the leadership team and disseminated the information about the first network launch meeting.
Quantitative Biology at Community Colleges Network Meeting Code of Conduct
12 Nov 2019 | Contributor(s): Kristin Jenkins, Vedham Karpakakunjaram | doi:10.25334/8431-E864
Code of Conduct for the Quantitative Biology at Community Colleges (QBCC) Network Meeting in February 2020
QB@CC Poster for NABT 2020
24 Nov 2020 | Contributor(s): Jennifer Glee Buntz, Joseph Esquibel, Kristin Jenkins, Vedham Karpakakunjaram, Jillian Marie Miller, Christianne Baucom Nieuwsma, Heather Seitz, John Howard Starnes | doi:10.25334/A00X-Q527
This is a poster presentation at the 2020 NABT Annual PD Conference. This poster describes the goals of QB@CC project, progress in the first year and an update on the upcoming events.
Interdisciplinary biology education: a holistic approach to an intractable problem
15 May 2019 | Contributor(s): Kristin Jenkins | doi:10.25334/Q49X6Q
Presentation on interdisciplinary biology education at the 2019 Great Lakes Bioinformatics Conference
21 May 2019 | Contributor(s): Kristin Jenkins | doi:10.25334/Q4M74V
Faculty professional development in quantitative biology promotes scholarly teaching
09 May 2018 | Contributor(s): Gabriela Hamerlinck, Kevin Kidder, Sondra Marie LoRe, Pam Bishop, Kristin Jenkins, Sam S Donovan | doi:10.25334/Q4640K
Poster presented at NABT 2017 in St. Louis, Missouri
Faculty Mentoring Networks: Community Professional Development for the Digital Age
17 Jul 2019 | Contributor(s): Deborah Rook, Sam S Donovan, Carrie Diaz Eaton, Kristin Jenkins, Drew LaMar, Jeremy M Wojdak, Nicole Chodkowski, Elia Crisucci, Adam Fagen, Gabriela Hamerlinck, Elizabeth Hamman, Hayley Orndorf | doi:10.25334/EEEZ-R150
Poster for BioQUEST Summer Workshop 2019 What is an FMN? What is it like to be in one? What are the benefits?
10 Jul 2020 | Contributor(s): Deborah Rook, Sam S Donovan, Carrie Diaz Eaton, Kristin Jenkins, Drew LaMar, Jeremy M Wojdak, Nicole Chodkowski, Elia Crisucci, Adam Fagen, Gabriela Hamerlinck, Elizabeth Hamman, Hayley Orndorf | doi:10.25334/Z04F-5403
Poster for BioQUEST Summer Workshop 2020. What is an FMN? What is it like to be in one? What are the benefits?
04 Dec 2020 | Contributor(s): Deborah Rook, Sam S Donovan, Carrie Diaz Eaton, Kristin Jenkins, Drew LaMar, Jeremy M Wojdak, Nicole Chodkowski, Elia Crisucci, Adam Fagen, Gabriela Hamerlinck, Elizabeth Hamman, Hayley Orndorf | doi:10.25334/ZXBG-WJ66
Poster for Partners@QUBES Leadership Summit 2020 What is an FMN? What is it like to be in one? What are the benefits?
Faculty Mentoring Networks: A Model for Promoting Teaching Scholarship in Quantitative Biology Education
20 Dec 2017 | Contributor(s): Sam S Donovan, Alison N Hale, Arietta Fleming-Davies, Gabriela Hamerlinck, Jeremy M Wojdak, Kristin Jenkins | doi:10.25334/Q4D96F
Presentation given at NABT 2016 on Faculty Mentoring Networks and teaching scholarship in quantitative biology education.
Faculty Mentoring Networks: A model for professional development in undergraduate quantitative biology education
20 Dec 2017 | Contributor(s): Melissa Aikens, Sam S Donovan, Arietta Fleming-Davies, Alison N Hale, Gabriela Hamerlinck, Kristin Jenkins, Jeremy M Wojdak | doi:10.25334/Q4MX07
Presentation given at ESA 2016 on Faculty Mentoring Networks.