RCN-UBE Incubator: Incorporating Immunology into the Curriculum to Promote Interdisciplinary Science Education

RCN-UBE孵化器：将免疫学融入课程，推动跨学科科学教育

• 批准号: 2120806
• 负责人: Sumali Pandey
• 金额: $ 7.5万
• 依托单位: Minnesota State University Moorhead
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-09-01 至 2022-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2120806&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RCN; UBE; Incubator; Incorporating; Immunology

Immunology is a content-heavy, rapidly-evolving field, which makes “keeping up” difficult for instructors. The inclusion of immunology-related topics in undergraduate biology curricula at an introductory level is limited due to lack of faculty expertise and/or costly resources required for immunology labs. Yet, immunology is important for training the next generation of scientists and medical professionals. Demystifying immunology’s discipline-specific knowledge to encourage public dialogue has the potential to positively impact numerous societal issues, such as promoting acceptance of vaccines leading to an increase in the rate of immunization. Interdisciplinary thinking fostered by immunology is also critical to tackle current societal challenges, such as the effect of global climate change on emerging infectious diseases. The Immunology network will connect educators who are committed to interdisciplinary undergraduate immunology education and active learning. The network will develop teaching resources that integrate immunology related interdisciplinary learning outcomes, for example those intersecting with ecology and chemistry. These interdisciplinary learning outcomes aligned with the key concepts and competencies noted in The Vision and Change in Undergraduate Biology Education: A Call to Action report, will be identified with feedback from the educator community. Non-immunology educators, representing diverse institutional and disciplinary expertise, will be paired with an immunology educator for developing these interdisciplinary teaching resources, based on backward design approach and active learning strategies. The products generated at the end of this RCN-UBE incubator, will be shared with the network participants at a virtual symposium, disseminated for use by educators at the American Society for Microbiology Conference for Undergraduate Educators and as an Open Educational Resource via the QUBES hub site. The network will result in significant professional development opportunities for faculty and empower them to positively impact diverse student populations including underrepresented and first-generation students and veterans.This project is being funded by the Directorate for Biological Sciences, Division of Biological Infrastructure 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.

免疫学是一个重度，快速发展的领域，这使教师“保持”困难。由于缺乏教师专业知识和/或免疫学实验室所需的昂贵资源，因此在介绍水平上包括与免疫学相关的本科生物学课程中的主题受到限制。然而，免疫学对于培训下一代科学家和医学专业人员很重要。揭开免疫学特定学科的知识来鼓励公众对话有可能对众多社会问题产生积极影响，例如促进接受疫苗，导致免疫抑制率提高。免疫学培养的跨学科思维对于应对当前的社会挑战也至关重要，例如全球气候变化对新兴疾病的影响。免疫学网络将连接致力于跨学科的大学免疫学教育和积极学习的教育。该网络将开发与免疫学相关的跨学科学习成果的教学资源，例如与生态学和化学相交的资源。这些跨学科的学习成果与本科生物学教育的愿景和变化中指出的关键概念和能力一致：呼吁行动报告，将通过教育工作者社区的反馈来确定。代表潜水员机构和纪律专业知识的非免疫学教育者将与免疫学教育者配对，以基于向后设计方法和积极学习策略来开发这些跨学科的教学资源。在此RCN-UBE孵化器结束时生成的产品将在虚拟研讨会上与网络参与者共享，并在美国微生物学会的本科教育者会议上传播，供教育工作者使用，并通过Qubes Hub网站作为开放的教育资源。该网络将为教职员工带来巨大的专业发展机会，并赋予他们积极影响不同的学生人群，包括人数不足和第一代学生和退伍军人。该项目由生物科学局，生物基础设施局，生物学基础设施局，作为应对挑战的一部分，以应对挑战的一部分，以应对挑战，以应对识别的挑战，以应对挑战：一项挑战。 （http：// VisionandChange/finalReport/）。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并使用基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响审查标准，被认为是通过评估而被视为珍贵的。

项目成果

Antigen and Immunogen: An Investigation into the Heterogeneity of Immunology Terminology in Learning Resources

抗原和免疫原：学习资源中免疫学术语异质性的调查

• DOI: 10.4049/immunohorizons.2200004
• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: ImmunoHorizons
• 作者: Pandey, Sumali;Bruns, Heather A.;Condry, Danielle L.;Kleinschmit, Adam J.;Lal, Archana;Sletten, Sarah;Sparks-Thissen, Rebecca L.;Vanniasinkam, Thiru;Taylor, Rebekah T.;Justement, Louis B.
• 通讯作者: Justement, Louis B.