Building a Community of Practice for the Assessment of Biomolecular Visual Literacy
Building a Community of Practice for the Assessment of Biomolecular Visual Literacy
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建立生物分子视觉素养评估实践社区
DOI：
10.1096/fasebj.2020.34.s1.00466
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2020
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Roberts, Rebecca
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Procko, Kristen;Beckham, Josh T.;Dean, Diane M.;Dries, Dan R.;Engelman, Shelly;Franzen, Margaret A.;Jakubowski, Henry;Novak, Walter R.P.;Porter, Sandra;Roberts, Rebecca
在生物化学和分子生物学课程中，理解、解释和创建分子图像的能力是一个重要的学习目标。然而，很少有人明确地教授生物分子可视化技能。在两年的时间里，BioMolViz小组组织了七次为期一天的研讨会，探索和建立生物分子可视化（BMV）评估的生成、修订和最终确定的最佳实践。我们的流程利用BMV框架（biomolviz.org）来建立针对特定学习目标和目的的有针对性的评估。然后，我们通过同行评审过程修改评估，并整合最终的图像分析，以方便色盲人士使用。虽然有丰富的信息来指导多项选择题的创建，但我们发现，用于生成和评估其他类型评估的资源很少。例如，BMV评估更可能是开放式的，并且专门针对分子可视化技能（例如，要求学生创建DNA图像或识别给定蛋白质图像上的结构特征）。我们邀请参与者通过参加即将到来的为期三天的NSF资助的夏季研讨会来帮助我们解决这一差距并改进我们的生成评估方法。活动将包括修订现有的评估和创造新参与者感兴趣的工具。除了提供与框架一致的高质量BMV评估外，这些研讨会还将通过建立一个BMV技能指导实践社区，为有兴趣提高视觉素养的教师提供独特的专业发展。本研究由美国国家科学基金会资助，资助编号为DUE‐1022793、‐1323414、‐1503811、IUSE‐1712268和RCN‐UBE‐1920270。本出版物中表达的任何观点、发现、结论或建议均为作者的观点，并不一定反映美国国家科学基金会的观点。
The ability to understand, interpret, and create molecular images is a critical learning objective in biochemistry and molecular biology courses. Yet biomolecular visualization skills are rarely explicitly taught. Over a two‐year period, the BioMolViz group organized seven one‐day workshops to explore and establish best practices for the generation, revision, and finalization of biomolecular visualization (BMV) assessments. Our process utilizes a BMV framework (biomolviz.org) to build targeted assessments that address specific learning goals and objectives. We then revise the assessments through a peer review process and integrate a final analysis of images for accessibility to those who are colorblind. Although there is a wealth of information to guide the creation of multiple‐choice questions, we have found that there are few resources for the generation and evaluation of other types of assessments. For example, BMV assessments are more likely to be open‐ended and specifically target molecular visualization skills (e.g. require the student to create an image of DNA or identify a structural feature on a given image of a protein). We invite participants to help us address this gap and refine our method for generating assessments by attending our upcoming three‐day NSF‐funded summer workshops. Activities will include revising existing assessments and creating instruments of interest to new participants. In addition to producing high‐quality BMV assessments aligned with the framework, these workshops will offer a unique professional development for instructors interested in promoting visual literacy by building a community of practice for the instruction of BMV skills.Support or Funding InformationThis work was supported by the National Science Foundation under award numbers DUE‐1022793, ‐1323414, ‐1503811, IUSE‐1712268, and RCN‐UBE‐1920270. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.