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    The Mathematics of Voting Systems: Plurality, Runoff and Ranked Choice
    In this five-day interdisciplinary math and social studies unit, students use math to create informed opinions about the three most common voting systems in the United States: plurality, runoff and...
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    QB@CC: An interdisciplinary network model for developing and disseminating OER to support pedagogical change
    Presentation given at the Northeast OER Summer 2022 We describe the interdisciplinary network that has been developing and sharing quantitative skills-based OER in biological sciences. The...
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    REMNet Tutorial, R Part 5: Normalizing Microbiome Data in R 5.2.19
    Video on normalizing microbiome data from the Research Experiences in Microbiomes Network
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    Assessment: When tests disagree, how do I know if I have COVID-19?
    In this activity, students learned about the immune response to infection by exploring different types of tests—PCR, antigen, and antibody tests—to detect SARS-CoV-2 viral genetic material,...
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    Learn biotechnology, biophysics and business through scientific thinking and innovation
    Scientific, leadership and innovation skills are also an integral framework of the curriculum. All of them together or individually are important for enhancement of knowledge, critical thinking,...
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    Bacteria to Brains in Backyard Coyotes: An Interdisciplinary Pedagogical Case Study
    Our interdisciplinary pedagogical case study explores the differences between rural and urban coyotes at the levels of organismal and community ecology. The focus is on how coyotes’ gut microbiomes...
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    Analyzing Data on Behavioral and Immunological Effects of Inflammation in Mice
    In this activity, students will learn about behavioral and immunological responses to a bacterial infection. The activity emphasized the host’s responses rather than bacterial manipulation of the...
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    Exploring Interdisciplinary Professional Development Opportunities through the Quantitative Biology at Community Colleges QB@CC Project
    The Quantitative Biology at Community Colleges (QB@CC) project provides a platform for open education resource (OER) development. Biology and mathematics faculty collaborate, create, and publish...
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    How STEM Faculty Can Manage Generative A.I. use by Students
    Generative AIs (e.g., ChatGPT have arrived on college campuses. STEM faculty have begun grappling with this disruptive technology and have responded in a various way from grudging acceptance to...
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    Facilitating the implementation and adaptation of data-centric teaching resources by closing gaps in the Open Education Resource (OER) lifecycle
    Presentation on data-centric open educational resources given at the 2019 UBER-GRC
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    RIOS Working Group - Debunking the Myth that Race is Biological
    This RIOS Working Group grant funding compensated Raritan Valley Community College (RVCC) students for creating curricular materials that could be used to debunk the myth that race is biological....
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    Cell Cycle and Mitosis
    This module introduces activities that allow students to walk through the cell cycle and mitotic cell division processes. As part of the activities, students learn about and apply knowledge of...
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    Evaluation of DEIJ in Lectures of Junior Year Science Undergraduate Course
    Diversity, equity, inclusion, and social justice, DEIJ, is important for both students and faculty as they improve learning outcomes and elicit professional competency respectively. DEIJ...
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    CYTOSKELETON - Microtubule Dynamics in the Cell Cycle
    This module contains exercises designed to help upper-level cell biology students understand the dynamics of microtubule polymerization and depolymerization within the cell cycle and how cancer...
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    Food, Energy and Water Learning Modules (FEWLM) Workbooks
    FEWLM is a low-cost inquiry-based interdisciplinary STEM prototypical curriculum built on Next Generation Science Standards, systems thinking and informed engineering design pedagogy.
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    When tests disagree, how do I know if I have COVID-19?
    Students will learn about infectious disease and the immune response to infection by investigating different types of tests (PCR, antigen, and antibody tests) to detect the SARS-CoV-2 viral genetic...
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    Exploring Microbial Diversity: An Interactive In-Class Assignment for Biology and Microbiology Courses
    This interactive assignment engages students in a hands-on exploration of microbial diversity and the importance of microbes in ecosystems. Designed for General Biology II and Introduction to...
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    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
    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...
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    The RIOS Institute Strategic Plan
    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...
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    Building open education ecosystems to facilitate the adoption and adaptation of computational and data-centric tools across undergraduate biology education
    The OEE-RCN is an NSF-funded Research Coordination Network working at the intersection of Open Science and Open Education Resources (OER) with the goal of lowering barriers to adopting...
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