Using HHMI Tutorials to Prepare Students for Investigating Authentic Datasets in Biology

17 Jan 2018 | Contributor(s): Kaitlin Bonner | doi:10.25334/Q4X38S

HHMI tutorial modules were modified and condensed to bring all students up to the same skill level, and students took a pre-assessment to demonstrate adequate preparation for class.

The RIOS Institute Strategic Plan

01 Apr 2022 | Contributor(s): Carrie Diaz Eaton, Karen Cangialosi, Kaitlin Bonner, Bryan Dewsbury, Krystie Wilfong, Sam S Donovan, Jasmine Roberts-Crews, Robin Taylor, Sebastian Alejandro Echeverri, Osceola Heard, Jackson Skinner | doi:10.25334/6HNW-6M58

The Institute for a Racially Just, Inclusive, and Open STEM Education (RIOS Institute) is a virtual synthesis center led by a diverse set of individuals at the interface of open education, STEM postsecondary education, and leadership in social justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion (SJEDI)....

The nose knows: How tri-trophic interactions and natural history shape bird foraging behavior

12 Jun 2018 | Contributor(s): Kaitlin Bonner, Gregory Cunningham | doi:10.25334/Q4Z69H

Students investigate the role of olfaction and infochemicals on bird foraging behavior through three different quantitative modules. In this module students create graphs, generate statistics, draw conclusions, and apply their knowledge.

Sustainability and Justice: Challenges and Opportunities for an Open STEM Education

08 Feb 2022 | Contributor(s): Carrie Diaz Eaton, Kaitlin Bonner, Karen Cangialosi, Bryan Dewsbury, Maggie Diamond-Stanic, Jason Douma, Michelle Smith, Jeremy M Wojdak, Robin Taylor | doi:10.25334/937V-SK47

Combining understanding of OER sustainability and equity and justice to carve out ideas for the future of STEM open education.

SCORE - Network for an Open and Accessible Biology Education: The promise of equity and the challenge of sustainability (RCU-UBE Introduction)

16 May 2023 | Contributor(s): Carrie Diaz Eaton, Michelle Smith, Kaitlin Bonner, Jason Douma, Jeremy M Wojdak | doi:10.25334/R3E0-HP22

The mission of the SCORE-UBE Network is to help our Network participants achieve their sustainability and broader impact goals by working together to amplify the value and reach of open education in STEM and to align our resources and practices with the principles of anti-racism, equity, social...

Regulation Across Scales: Data Points on How Life Works

02 Jan 2019 | Contributor(s): Kristine Grayson, Kaitlin Bonner, Alexandra Fairfield, J. Phil Gibson | doi:10.25334/Q4T151

We examined the scientific literature for simple, data-based illustrations of double-negative logic in the regulation of biological systems as described by Sean B. Carroll in his text, The Serengeti Rules.

Perspectives and practices in sharing data-centric adaptations in the biology classroom: How, why, when, and where are instructors sharing these high-impact pedagogies?

14 Dec 2020 | Contributor(s): Kaitlin Bonner, Arietta Fleming-Davies, Kristine Grayson, Ben Wu, Raisa Hernández Pacheco | doi:10.25334/TV22-GQ81

Poster presented at the 2019 meeting of the National Association of Biology Teachers on barriers to fully utilizing the complete Open Education Resources lifecycle

Meeting Report: Sustainability Challenges for Open Resources to promote an Equitable Undergraduate Biology Education (SCORE-UBE) Network

13 Aug 2020 | Contributor(s): Carrie Diaz Eaton, Kaitlin Bonner, Karen Cangialosi, Bryan Dewsbury, Maggie Diamond-Stanic, Jason Douma, Michelle Smith, Jeremy M Wojdak | doi:10.25334/V5BY-ZT28

We report on the SCORE-UBE Network Summit, which involved participants from multiple sectors in open educational resources (OER) in an on-going discussion about sustainability of OER in tandem with equity, and social justice.

For a Racially-Just, Inclusive, Open, STEM education: The RIOS Institute imagines an Open Education as the radical idea that education should be affordable, accessible, equitable, inclusive, and relevant to everyone

09 Nov 2022 | Contributor(s): Kaitlin Bonner, Bryan Dewsbury, Sam S Donovan, Karen Cangialosi, Krystie Wilfong, Jasmine Roberts-Crews, Jackson Skinner, Alnycea Blackwell, Sokona Mangane, Carrie Diaz Eaton | doi:10.25334/MRVX-9W60

As we engage in Open STEM Education, “Open for Whom?” becomes an increasingly urgent question. Why should we invest in an education that is free, if it does not attend to the inclusion of historically marginalized identities? Inclusive and socially-just science education should be part of the...

Facilitating the implementation and adaptation of data-centric teaching resources by closing gaps in the Open Education Resource (OER) lifecycle

18 Jul 2019 | Contributor(s): Kaitlin Bonner, Arietta Fleming-Davies, Kristine Grayson, Ben Wu, Raisa Hernández-Pacheco | doi:10.25334/MDQ6-HA47

Presentation on data-centric open educational resources given at the 2019 UBER-GRC

Examining human impacts on tusk evolution in elephants using authentic research data using Serenity

13 Jul 2019 | Contributor(s): Kaitlin Bonner | doi:10.25334/D87T-FS18

In this activity students explore and analyze real, authentic research data paired with HHMI’s “Selection for Tuskless Elephants” video in a hands-on investigation of human impacts on elephant evolution using the R-Shiny App, Serenity.

Examining human impacts on tusk evolution in elephants using authentic research data

17 May 2019 | Contributor(s): Kaitlin Bonner | doi:10.25334/Q4475W

In this activity students explore and analyze real, authentic research data paired with HHMI’s “Selection for Tuskless Elephants” video in a hands-on investigation of human impacts on elephant evolution.

Evolution in Darwin's Finches: Using Darwin's Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection postulates to evaluate evidence of evolution

07 Mar 2018 | Contributor(s): Kaitlin Bonner | doi:10.25334/Q49988

Students evaluate evidence for evolution of Darwin's finches using authentic research data sets collected by Peter and Rosemary Grant.

DIGging Into Data and getting the credit

18 Jul 2019 | Contributor(s): Kaitlin Bonner, Arietta Fleming-Davies, Kristine Grayson, Ben Wu, Raisa Hernández-Pacheco | doi:10.25334/E04E-K962

Presentation on using and adapting OER data-centric resources

DIG into Data for the Biology Classroom

19 Jun 2018 | Contributor(s): Kaitlin Bonner, Arietta Fleming-Davies, Kristine Grayson, Raisa Hernández-Pacheco | doi:10.25334/Q4CH8Z

Session presentation on ecological data-centric teaching modules at the 2018 QUBES/BioQUEST Summer Workshop

Coral Reefs in Hot Water

04 Oct 2018 | Contributor(s): Kaitlin Bonner | doi:10.25334/Q4MM51

Students analyze sea surface temperature (SST) data from NOAA to predict coral bleaching at four locations in the Bahamas. They then compare their predictions to authentic research collected about coral mortality and temperature fluctuations

Closing the Gap in the Open Educational Resources (OER) Life Cycle for Using Research Data in the Ecology Classroom

30 Dec 2020 | Contributor(s): Kristine Grayson, Kaitlin Bonner, Arietta Fleming-Davies, Ben Wu, Raisa Hernández-Pacheco | doi:10.25334/YCJ8-W154

Poster presented at the 2018 meeting of the Ecological Society of America on gaps in the curriculum cycle for open educational resources (OER) and our work supporting sharing and adaptation of data-centric teaching resources for ecology classrooms

Bringing Research Data to the Ecology Classroom: Opportunities, Barriers, and Next Steps

14 Aug 2017 | Contributor(s): Kristine Grayson, Kaitlin Bonner, Sam S Donovan, Arietta Fleming-Davies, Alison N Hale, Ben Wu | doi:10.25334/Q4D952

Organized Oral Session at the Ecological Society of America annual meeting, August 8th, 2017 Portland Oregon.