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DIG into Data for the Biology Classroom

A space for data incubation and collaboration

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Goals

  • Explore, adapt, and implement new teaching modules using authentic research data 
  • Develop adaptations of dataset teaching resources for the classroom

Facilitators


Final Products

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

Kristine Grayson, Kaitlin Bonner, Arietta Fleming-Davies, Ben Wu, Raisa Hernández-Pacheco

Version: 1.0

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
OER, Ecological Society of America, DIG, oer life cycle
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437
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12.2020
Poster presented at the 2019 meeting of the National Association of Biology Teachers on barriers to fully utilizing the complete Open Education Resources lifecycle
data-centric teaching, oer life cycle
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694
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12.2020
This resource seeks to provide a quantitative platform by which students can be taught about interactive effects using the TIEE module created by Little (2018). Key to the adaptation is the use of a Shiny app to create figures and R output.
aquatic macroinvertebrates, linear regression, hypothesis testing, shiny, wetlands
1.7K
258
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01.2019
An introduction to the Scientific Method for Introductory Biology students using plant and animal richness and environmental data from ephemeral ponds and permanent wetlands.
Resources @ ESA - TIEE, introductory biology, scientific method, species richness, aquatic ecology, fmn, DIG, environmental variation, Microsoft Excel, habitat permanency, upper level wetland ecology
1.5K
394
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01.2019
Students investigate the role of olfaction and infochemicals on bird foraging behavior through two different quantitative activities where they generate hypotheses, create figures, conduct data analyses, and draw conclusions.
Resources @ ESA - TIEE, foraging, fmn, animal behavior, behavioral ecology, DIG, trophic cascades
1.6K
2.4K
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12.2018
Students use vegetation structure data from the National Ecological Observatory Network to understand necessary steps of data management from data collection to data analysis by correlating vegetation biomass across nine forest sites to climate metrics.
forest ecology, data management, spreadsheets, Community Dynamics, NEON, DIG, National Ecological Observatory Network, biomass
2.3K
1.6K
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12.2018
Students explore findings from long-term studies of migrating and hibernating animals at high elevation. Students then use this understanding to explore the phenology of species and possible mismatches for species that interact.
species interactions, climate change, fmn, phenology, DIG, environmental variation, trophic mismatch
1.4K
1.6K
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12.2018
Students combine long-term observational data sets and experimental warming in an alpine meadow in Gothic, CO to test, evaluate, and interpret ecological data focusing on phenological variation and species interactions in a changing climate
species interactions, climate change, quantitative skills, phenology, environmental variation, phenological mis-match
2.3K
1.4K
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11.2018