RCN-UBE: Establishing a Genomics Education Alliance: Steps toward Sustainability

RCN-UBE：建立基因组学教育联盟：迈向可持续发展的步骤

• 批准号: 1827130
• 负责人: Douglas Chalker
• 金额: $ 49.47万
• 依托单位: Washington University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-09-01 至 2022-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1827130&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RCN; UBE; Establishing; Genomics; Education

The genomics revolution, the wide-spread use of DNA sequence data to enhance biological understanding, brings unique challenges for biology educators. Skills from computer and data sciences have become core competencies for students even though many life science faculty completed formal training without the computational expertise needed to effectively engage in this field. The Genomics Education Alliance (GEA) will bring together members of existing genomics education networks, leveraging their combined expertise to identify and curate common genome analysis tools, associated curricular and assessment materials, and faculty training strategies to facilitate the adoption of genomics instruction at any college or university. By making existing resources accessible, the GEA will enable current faculty to guide undergraduate life science students participating in authentic genomic research projects. Such work will enhance the ability of students -- whether at 2- or 4-year institutions -- to become productive members of the technological work-force, to succeed in post-graduation studies in biology and related disciplines, and to be better informed citizens and decision makers. The GEA will develop a consensus set of vetted resources and training materials to be disseminated to the education community through a single web portal for use of these materials in undergraduate classrooms. Curation efforts will emphasize faculty training and student learning resources, in particular the development of strategies to effectively lead genomics Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs).The GEA will form an extended network, recruiting members from existing undergraduate genomics education communities, and exploit their combined experience to create a unified and sustainable platform, available through a web portal, that faculty can use to engage diverse students in inquiry-based curricula and CUREs. Our efforts will focus around three major aims: 1) curation and maintenance of computational resources for genomics instruction; 2) development of faculty training and student learning materials; and 3) evaluation of teaching and learning assessments in genomics education, aligning assessments with faculty training and student learning resources. The GEA network will be organized into four committees -- Bioinformatics Infrastructure, Student Learning, Faculty Training, and Evaluation/Assessment -- who will meet regularly to assemble and select materials to be further refined at the three face-to-face workshops. The specific tasks of each committee will be set at the kickoff workshop, and their initial work will be reported at a second progress workshop. At the final synthesis workshop, participants will evaluate the products and recommend any continued development needed for broad implementation. Curated materials will be maintained on established infrastructure to ensure the long-term accessibility of these products.This project is being jointly funded by the Directorate for Biological Sciences, Division of Biological Infrastructure, and the Directorate for Education and Human Resources, Division of Undergraduate Education as part of their efforts to address the challenges posed in Vision and Change in Undergraduate Biology Education: A Call to Action (http://visionandchange/finalreport/).This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

基因组学革命，即广泛使用 DNA 序列数据来增强生物学理解，给生物教育工作者带来了独特的挑战。尽管许多生命科学教师完成了正式培训，但没有有效参与该领域所需的计算专业知识，但计算机和数据科学技能已成为学生的核心能力。基因组学教育联盟（GEA）将汇集现有基因组学教育网络的成员，利用他们的综合专业知识来识别和策划通用基因组分析工具、相关课程和评估材料以及教师培训策略，以促进基因组学教学在任何大学的采用或大学。通过提供现有资源，GEA 将使现有教师能够指导生命科学专业的本科生参与真实的基因组研究项目。此类工作将提高学生的能力——无论是两年制还是四年制院校的学生——成为技术劳动力中富有成效的成员，在生物学和相关学科的毕业后学习中取得成功，并更好地了解情况公民和决策者。 GEA 将开发一套经过审查的共识资源和培训材料，通过单一门户网站向教育界传播，以便在本科生课堂上使用这些材料。策划工作将强调教师培训和学生学习资源，特别是制定有效引导基于基因组学课程的本科生研究经验 (CURE) 的策略。GEA 将形成一个扩展网络，从现有本科生基因组学教育社区招募成员，并利用他们综合经验创建了一个统一且可持续的平台，通过门户网站提供，教师可以利用该平台让不同的学生参与基于探究的课程和 CURE。我们的努力将围绕三个主要目标：1）基因组学教学计算资源的管理和维护； 2) 教师培训和学生学习材料的开发； 3）对基因组学教育中的教学和学习评估进行评估，使评估与教师培训和学生学习资源保持一致。 GEA 网络将分为四个委员会——生物信息学基础设施、学生学习、教师培训和评价/评估——它们将定期开会，收集和选择材料，以便在三个面对面研讨会上进一步完善。每个委员会的具体任务将在启动研讨会上确定，其初步工作将在第二次进展研讨会上报告。在最终的合成研讨会上，参与者将评估产品并建议广泛实施所需的任何持续开发。精选材料将在已建立的基础设施上维护，以确保这些产品的长期可及性。该项目由生物科学局生物基础设施司和教育和人力资源局本科教育司共同资助作为他们努力解决本科生物教育愿景和变革：行动呼吁 (http://visionandchange/finalreport/) 中提出的挑战的一部分。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用评估结果被认为值得支持这基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准。