Bioinformatics Education Dissemination: Reaching Out, Connecting, and Knitting-together (BEDROCK)

生物信息学是21世纪生物学的核心。对电子存储和分布式数据使用基于计算机的分析工具，从根本上改变了生命科学研究及其在医学、农业、保护和法医学问题上的应用。鉴于这种“信息革命”，本科生物学课程必须重新设计，以培养下一代知情公民，并为那些将从事生命科学事业的人做好准备。基岩计划（生物信息学教育传播：伸出、连接和编织在一起）正在加强、扩展和授权一个国家的生物信息学传播者社区。项目目标包括：1)寻找和支持能够在生物信息学教育中发挥领导作用的教师；2)在本科生物学教育中突出和推广结合生物信息学数据和技术的创新方法；3)建立生物信息学资源材料的广泛传播机制和创新教学模式。为了实现这些目标，我们在全国各地举办了一系列教师发展研讨会；招募和支持一批具有创新能力的教师，实施和传播生物信息学教材；出版生物信息学教育资源，建立网络协作环境，开发和共享生物信息学教育方法。该项目建立在BioQUEST课程联盟的既定教学理念和学术社区的基础上。具体来说，BEDROCK在过去四年中扩展了我们在生物信息学教育方面的工作，在此期间，我们建立了一个合作者社区，代表了开展全国传播工作所需的各种资源。

Biological Sciences (61)Bioinformatics is central to biology in the 21st century. The use of computer basedanalytical tools on electronically stored and distributed data is fundamentally changinglife science research and its application to problems in medicine, agriculture,conservation, and forensics. In light of this "information revolution" undergraduatebiology curricula must be redesigned to prepare the next generation of informed citizensand prepare those who will pursue careers in the life sciences. The BEDROCK initiative(Bioinformatics Education Dissemination: Reaching Out, Connecting and Knitting-together) is enhancing, expanding, and empowering a national community of bioinformaticseducators. The project goals include: 1) Identify and support faculty who can take aleadership role in bioinformatics education; 2) Highlight and distribute innovativeapproaches to incorporating bioinformatics data and techniques throughout undergraduatebiology education; and, 3) Establish mechanisms for the broad dissemination ofbioinformatics resource materials and innovative teaching models. To achieve these goalswe are holding a series of faculty development workshops around the country; recruitingand supporting a group of innovative faculty to implement and disseminate bioinformaticseducation materials; publishing resources for bioinformatics education and building anetworked collaboratory environment for developing and sharing bioinformaticseducational approaches. This project builds on the established pedagogical philosophy andacademic community of the BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium. Specifically,BEDROCK extends our work in bioinformatics education over the last four years duringwhich we have established a community of collaborators representing the diverseresources required to mount a national dissemination effort.