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    Communicating with Data: Digital Data Resources
    Students access, clean, configure, and standardize a dataset and create a relevant and scientifically valid data visualization to communicate science.

    Keywords: data in the classroomdata visualizationdigital resourcesbiodiversity informaticsbiodiversity collections

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    Electronic Lab Notebooks: Options for Building Data Management and Quantitative Reasoning Skills
    Presentation on Electronic Notebooks and Lab Archives given at the 2019 BioQUEST & QUBES Summer Workshop

    Keywords: 2019 QUBES/BioQUEST Summer Workshopelectronic notebookselectronic lab notebookslab archives

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    Calling Bull: Data Reasoning in a Digital World
    "So, the aim of this course is to help students navigate the bullshit-rich modern environment by identifying bull seeing through it, and combating it with effective analysis and argument."

    Keywords: data scienceinformation literacydata literacyethicscallin bullcalling bull

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    Use of PeerWise - an open digital question authoring tool
    Session on PeerWise presented at BioQUEST Workshop 2018

    Keywords: Summer Workshop 2018

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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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    Collections Education Coffee Break Series Episode One: What Can We Learn From an Insect Specimen Label?
    In the first episode of the Collections Education Coffee Break Series we speak with Anne Basham from SCAN and the Biodiversity Outreach Network. ...

    Keywords: natural history collectionsinformal science learninginformal educationMulti-Modal learningmultiliteracyspecimen baseddigitizationdigital specimen

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    Study Findings to Understand Students' Perceptions of OEP/OER
    The purpose of this study is to explore the relationships for students’ perceptions of OER, efficacy of course constructs, course achievement, and demographic characteristics.
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    Chapter 2: Data sampling, accuracy, and precision
    Biostatistics Using R: A Laboratory Manual was created with the goals of providing biological content to lab sessions by using authentic research data and introducing R programming language....

    Keywords: biostatisticsR programming language

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    Faculty Mentoring Networks: Community Professional Development for the Digital Age
    Poster for Partners@QUBES Leadership Summit 2020 What is an FMN? What is it like to be in one? What are the benefits?

    Keywords: fmn

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    Wing Aspect Ratio and Morphological Measurement Analysis Relating to Bird Flight and Natural History
    This activity simulates analysis and identification of bird specimens based on the relationship of the natural history of bird species with the morphographic measurements and ratios compared to...
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    Tiny Earth: Studentsourcing antibiotic discovery
    Poster on Tiny Earth presented at the 2020 BIOME Institute: Cultivating Scientific Curiosity

    Keywords: antibiotic-resistancesoil microbiologyTiny Earth

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    Data Ethics
    Data ethics and the use of digital data

    Keywords: data scienceresearch ethicsdata ethics

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    Undergraduate Research Experiences in Computational Science at a Community College
    Resource from the 2015 BioQUEST Summer Workshop

    Keywords: computer simulationscomputational modelInterdisciplinary STEMcomputational toolscommunity colleges

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    Cleaning Biodiversity Data: A Botanical Example Using Excel or RStudio
    Access and clean an open source herbarium dataset using Excel or RStudio.

    Keywords: Exceldata in the classroomRStudiobiodiversity informaticsnatural history collectionsHerbariaData cleaning

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    Biodiversity research using digitized, internet-based natural history collections
    Collections based research is a critical tool for organismal biology and biodiversity research. Yet natural history collections have a complicated past. This multi-class module examines the...

    Keywords: natural historycollectionsdigital resourcesOERBiodiversitynatural history museumsdigital collectionsbirdsBiodiversity Collections Network (BCoN)BLUE

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    Natural History Collections as Emerging Resources for Innovative Education
    Natural history collections have the potential to help transform undergraduate science education from passive learning into an active exploration of the natural world.

    Keywords: educationnatural historycollectionsdigital resourcesResources @ QUBES - Teaching & Reference

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    Links to Avida-ED spreadsheets for Active LENS and BioQUEST 2018
    Avida-ED materials and resources for Active LENS and BioQUEST 2018.

    Keywords: avida-edSummer Workshop 2018

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    1976-JG-Wagner-Computers in pharmacokinetics
    This is a seminal paper in pharmacokinetics in which the author introduces historic notions and approaches. As can be seen from the abstract there is a variety of material here.

    Keywords: kineticscomputerparametersPharmacologydrugspharmacokinetics

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    Engaging students in data exploration using digital biodiversity databases: BLUE Data Network
    Slides for BLUE presentation at 2020 BIOME Institute: Cultivating Scientific Curiosity

    Keywords: undergraduate researchnatural historyBiodiversitynatural history collectionsbiodiversity collectionsBLUEbiodiversity literacy

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    Data is the New Science - Modified and combined with Following the Data Module
    In this module, students will be introduced to some emerging biodiversity data resources. They will be asked to think critically about the strengths and utility of these data resources and apply...

    Keywords: data in the classroombiodiversity informaticsnatural history collection

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