Understanding Viruses: The Next Generation Undergraduate Virology Textbook

这一概念验证项目旨在创建一本创新的、下一代本科病毒学教科书(题为《了解病毒》)和辅助材料。在下级和高级科学教学中发生的迅速的教学变化要求教科书也反映对主动学习和批判性思维的强调。知识价值：“理解病毒”这一教科书概念将以前不连贯的病毒学原理整合到单一资源中，为学生提供了一种更全球化、更概念化的方法来理解病毒、宿主-病毒相互作用和分子生物学概念。此外，还与病史和流行病学以及分子病毒学和发病机制建立了联系。因此，这些新的教学材料在内容上有了显著的改进，并改善了教师的教学准备。此外，正在编写教师工具包等辅助材料，强调教学灵活性，并允许教师定制其课程的特定领域。更广泛的影响：《了解病毒》教科书和辅助材料对学生学习和教师指导的影响由一名外部评估者处理，该评估者在细胞生物学和微生物学方面具有很强的学科背景，并具有生物学教育方面的教学专业知识和作为微生物学教科书作者的经验。为了方便教师评审员对图书章节的评估，顾问的评估工具被用作在线评估门户网站。最近在八个不同的不同机构(包括一些匿名同行评议机构)的病毒学教育和研究方面拥有相关经验的有能力的教师正在评估新材料。教科书对学生的影响是通过他们对信息的掌握以及他们的学习途径来衡量的。这本教科书将通过一家主要的教科书出版商在全国范围内发行。

This Proof of Concept project aims to create an innovative, next-generation undergraduate virology textbook (entitled "Understanding Viruses") and ancillary materials. The rapid pedagogical changes occurring in lower and upper division science instruction require textbooks that also reflect emphasis on active learning and critical thinking. Intellectual Merit: The "Understanding Viruses" textbook concept integrates previously disconnected virology principles into a single resource, providing the student with a more global, conceptual approach to understanding viruses, host-virus interactions, and molecular biology concepts. Additional linkages are made with history and epidemiology as well as molecular virology and pathogenesis. Hence, these new instructional materials are significantly improved in content and lead to improved pedagogical preparation of faculty. In addition, ancillary materials such as an Instructor's Toolkit are being created, emphasizing pedagogical flexibility, and allowing instructors to customize particular areas of their course. Broader Impacts: The impact of the "Understanding Viruses" textbook and ancillary materials on student learning and faculty instruction is addressed by an external evaluator who has a strong disciplinary background in cell biology and microbiology, as well as pedagogical expertise in biology education and experience as an author of a microbiology textbook. To facilitate the assessment of book chapters by faculty reviewers, the consultant's evaluation tool is implemented as an on-line assessment portal. Capable faculty with recent and relevant experience in virology education and research at eight different, diverse institutions (including some anonymous peer review) are evaluating the new materials. The textbook's impact on students is measured as their mastery of information as well as their pathways to learning. The textbook is to be distributed nationally through a major textbook publisher.