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    Open Practices Learning Community (OPLC) Post Survey Findings
    Post survey findings of a six-week open practices learning community facilitated by Dr. Karen Cangialosi to explore different components of open practices from April 07, 2021 through May 12, 2021.

    Keywords: STEM Evaluation

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    Visual Datasets
    This downloadable module features imaginary animals and plants, and is meant to aid students in thinking about questions of evolution, classification, and phylogeny.

    Keywords: moduleEvolutionResources @ BioQUESTonlinephylogenyonline learning

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    Effects of Laptop Use on Student Learning
    Resource from the 2015 BioQUEST Summer Workshop

    Keywords: classroomcurriculumlecture slidescourselaptopstudent learningsyllabusin-class activity

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    Learning R for Biologists: A Mini Course Grab-Bag for Instructors
    As biology becomes more data driven, teaching students data literacy skills has become central to biology curriculum. Despite a wealth of online resources that teach researchers how to use R, there...

    Keywords: Rdata analysisRStudio

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    Using Podcasts as a Supplemental Learning Tool for Genetics
    Genetics is a fascinating topic of biology. Establishing relevance is a key component of student learning. To increase learning, this resource includes summaries and teaching guides for integrating...

    Keywords: geneticspodcasts

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    UDL Mapping Activity
    This activity guides faculty through analyzing a resource using the Universal Design for Learning Guidelines.
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    UDL Guidelines Workbook
    A tool for analyzing a resource's alignment to CAST's Universal Design for Learning Guidelines
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    Answer Checking - Modified for Practice Applying UDL
    This shortened BIOMAAP activity on answer checking strategies was used as an example activity to practice applying Universal Design for Learning

    Keywords: math attitudeswebinarUniversal Design for Learninganswer checkingResources @ BIOMAAPUDL

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    STEM Inclusive Teaching Practices Webinar Series: Universal Design for Learning Recording
    Video recordings (with captions), transcript, and chat for the STEM Inclusive Teaching Practices Webinar Series: Universal Design for Learning.
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    Are you learning R? Suggestions to help you as you learn.
    Learning how to code and analyze data in R is an important skill. Olivia Tabares and the Ecological Forecasting Education Working Group created this resource to encourage individuals who are...

    Keywords: R code

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    Incubators: Building community networks and developing open educational resources to integrate bioinformatics into life sciences education
    To efficiently and effectively integrate bioinformatics instruction into undergraduate life science curricula, educators would benefit from open access, high-quality learning resources (LRs) for...

    Keywords: bioinformaticsNIBLSEincubatorsLife Science

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    Reaching Across Boundaries: Building Relationships, Sharing, & Learning Online
    Presentation given as part of a Minisymposium at BEER 2015.

    Keywords: social mediaCommunities of Practiceonline learning communities

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    Exploring Indigenous Viewpoints in the Undergraduate Biology Classroom: An Environmental Case Study Incorporating Hawaiian Traditional Ecological Knowledge
    Changing science education to foster greater equity and inclusion for Indigenous students will require effort from instructors and institutions. Instructors can help by including Traditional...

    Keywords: ecologycase studyenvironmentsystems thinkingTraditional ecological knowledgeindigenous knowledgehawai'idecolonizing scienceNative knowledgeFish ponds

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    Active Learning: Developing Self-Directed Learners Through Strong Intellectual Engagement
    When they were students, many current science instructors learned through traditional lectures. This mode of passive knowledge transmission has been shown to be less effective for student learning...

    Keywords: active learningmetacognitionconstructivism

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    S-JEDI Learning Group Resource
    This resource provides a curriculum for a 6 week learning group centered on examining social justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion, specifically geared to organizational leaders in open...

    Keywords: social justiceodiversity equity and inclusion

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    BioGraphI Student Learning Outcomes Assessment Tool - Google Docs
    This document contains the student learning outcomes that guide the development of curriculum produced by the Biologists and Graph Interpretation (BioGraphI) Network and the survey instrument used...

    Keywords: assessmentgraph interpretationeducation researchdata literacylearning outcomeslearning objectivesRole ModelsBioGraphIBioGraphI FMNcounterstereotypical scientist

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    Machine Learning Meets Medicine with Jenessa Peterson
    Jenessa Peterson is a former teacher turned data scientist/engineer and Director of Learning Engineering at The Learning Agency. Her more recent work in data science has included building a...

    Keywords: data sciencemachine learningmedicine

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    Universal Design for Learning and Accessibility of the Day
    Short, daily case activity on Universal Design for Learning and Accessibility at the 2018 QUBES/BioQUEST Summer Workshop

    Keywords: Universal Design for LearningSummer Workshop 2018

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    Keep It Shrimple: An Adaptable Student-Driven Research Project for the Introductory Biology Laboratory
    A challenge in introductory biology laboratory courses is to provide students with authentic, engaging research opportunities that allow them to take ownership of their experiments. We present a...

    Keywords: hypothesis testingexperimental designanimal behaviorbrine shrimp

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    The ml4bio Workshop: Machine Learning Literacy for Biologists
    Presentation on machine learning literacy for biologists at the 2019 Great Lakes Bioinformatics Conference

    Keywords: bioinformaticsmachine learning

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