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    CourseSource 2.0: Finding high quality field-tested OERs, publishing evidence-based teaching activities, and promoting community collaborations.
    Workshop materials related to the CourseSource platform. Presented at the the 2021 BIOME Institute.

    Keywords: undergraduate biology educationCourseSourceopen educational resourceevidence-based teaching2021 BIOME

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    Open Practices Learning Community Curriculum
    This is a learning community curriculum designed to engage participants in discussions, short readings and mini-exercises to explore basic tools for Open Educational Practices (OEP)

    Keywords: s-jediopen licensing

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

    Keywords: OEREcological Society of AmericaDIGoer life cycle

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    The Morning After: A Case Study of the Impacts of HIV on Sexual Minority Populations
    Poster on a case study around the experiences of the LGBT community related to HIV presented at the 2018 QUBES/BioQUEST Summer Workshop

    Keywords: case studypublic healthHIVSummer Workshop 2018LGBT community

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    Seed Dispersal, Mutualisms, and Communities
    In this activity, students use data from published studies to understand patterns of seed dispersal and apply these ideas to understanding the evolution of mutualisms, and how mutualistic...

    Keywords: mutualismsecologyResources @ HHMI - BioInteractivecommunityplantsdiversityScientific Processlarge lecture

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    Developing Open Source Plugins for the Educational Gateway QUBEShub: Expanding Community Reach and Building a Robust Open Education Resource Ecosystem
    We present work on development of (1) a component to record, track and display the multitude of partners and professional organizations involved in the QUBES mission, and (2) a component to bring...

    Keywords: OERscience gatewaysgateways17

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    Biodiversity
    Biodiversity allows the diversity of a biological population to be estimated with both the Shannon and Simpson biodiversity indices based on information theory.

    Keywords: Shannon diversity indexSimpson diversity indexBiodiversity indicesInformation theory

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    Insects of Alberta - Visual Guide to Terrestrial Orders Adults
    A visual guide to insect orders found in Alberta created for undergraduate students and those new to insect identification. Visual images and descriptions are provided for key features and...

    Keywords: BiodiversityguideentomologyinsectsBLUEpollinatorsinsectidentificationAlberta

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    Hemiptera of Alberta: Visual Guide to Common Terrestrial Families (Adults)
    A visual guide to common Hemiptera families found in Alberta created for undergraduate students and those new to insect identification. Visual images and descriptions are provided for key features...

    Keywords: BiodiversityguideentomologyBLUEpollinatorsinsectAlbertaHeteropteraHemipteraHomoptera

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    QB@CC Workshop NABT 2022
    Creating and Implementing Quantitative Biology Lessons with QB@CC, Beneficial for Both Faculty and Students

    Keywords: Exponentscommunity collegesquantitative biologyOERNSF RCN-UBE

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    Experiencing the Inclusive STEM Teaching Project through BioQUEST Learning Communities
    Poster presented at the Gordon UBER Conference in June 2023

    Keywords: faculty learning communitiesInclusive teaching

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    Snapshot Serengeti: Implementing an online module about Serengeti wildlife ecology in a community-college ecology course
    This resource describes the implementation plan for an undergraduate ecology course at Muscatine Community College, Iowa, of an online module featuring a database on Serengeti wildlife populations....

    Keywords: ecologywildlifewildlife managementWildlife ecology

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    CONNECT Network - Community of Neighboring and National Entrepreneurial Centers and Trainees Network (RCN-UBE Introduction)
    Our goal is to establish a community of practice that invites entrepreneurs, scientists, educators, and students to share expectations, experiences, and best practices in the field of biosciences...

    Keywords: RCN-UBE Introduction

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    ImmunoReach: Incorporating Immunology into the Curriculum to Promote Interdisciplinary Science Education (RCN-UBE Introduction)
    This is an interdisciplinary faculty community of practice, that connects immunology educators with faculty in other biology disciplines, with an intention to increase access to concept-focused...

    Keywords: RCN-UBE Introduction

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    Community Conversation: OER for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in STEM Classrooms
    Follow the link to the webinar video, "OER for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in STEM Classrooms". In this conversation, bringing in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to the classroom was discussed...
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    Open Science and Education Practices Ontology
    Definitions and references for the Open Science and Education Practices tagging ontology
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    Serckit - Supporting Communities in Working, Learning, and Sharing Together
    Over the last 18 years SERC at Carleton College has developed a collaborative platform for science education serving over one hundred projects, thousands of community authors and millions of annual...
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    Faculty Mentoring Networks: Community Professional Development for the Digital Age
    Poster for BioQUEST Summer Workshop 2020. What is an FMN? What is it like to be in one? What are the benefits?

    Keywords: fmn

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    Ontology for UDL and Related Content
    This is a description of tagging ontology that can be used for UDL resources
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    Open QUBES - A Faculty Use Case of Open Practice
    QUBES has been a critical component of my continued success as an open scholar. This poster details several of these outcomes with my lived experience working with QUBES as an Open scholar as a...

    Keywords: QUBESopen community

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