QUBES: a community focused on supporting teaching and learning in quantitative biology
Author(s): Sam S Donovan1, Carrie Diaz Eaton2, Tom Gower3, Kristin Jenkins4, Drew LaMar5, DorothyBelle Poli6, Bob Sheehy7, Jeremy M Wojdak7
1. University of Pittsburgh 2. Unity College 3. North Carolina State University 4. BioQUEST 5. College of William and Mary 6. Roanoke College 7. Radford University
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Description
This letter provides an overview of the Quantitative Undergraduate Biology Education and Synthesis (QUBES) Project funded through the National Science Foundation. The project has five distinct, but interdependent, initiatives which work together to support faculty and students in the teaching and learning of quantitative biology (QB). QUBES has adopted an integrated strategy to improving the frequency and effectiveness of QB instruction that includes coordinating a broad consortium of professional stakeholders, supporting faculty development and the implementation of new teaching practices, providing an infrastructure for collaboration and access to high quality materials, establishing new metrics for faculty teaching scholarship and documenting the project outcomes.
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- Donovan, S. S., Eaton, C., Gower, T., Jenkins, K., LaMar, D., Poli, D., Sheehy, B., Wojdak, J. M. (2018). QUBES: a community focused on supporting teaching and learning in quantitative biology. QUBES Leadership Team, QUBES Educational Resources. doi:10.25334/Q4H09D