RCN-UBE Incubator: Enhancing Data Discovery and Usability for Inquiry in Biology Education

一些研究和教育项目正在努力将真实数据带入生物课堂，以建立积极的、探究驱动的学习机会，使学生能够通过探索、分析和综合自己发现模式。这一RCN-UBE项目将把两个在扩大学生获得真实科学体验方面至关重要的群体聚集在一起：数据存储库管理人员和教育专家。来自至少15个组织的代表将参加为期两天的研讨会，讨论加强数据发现和可用性的策略，提出数据共享的标准，并就将真实数据纳入生物学探究式教学提出建议。智力优势：拟议中的会议将汇集参与项目的教育和技术领导人，以1)探索项目之间综合数据共享和可访问性解决方案的机会和解决方案，以及2)探索共同的教育和外联目标，以通过合作最大限度地发挥每个项目的影响。参与的项目代表了生物数据库管理、结构和共享方面的领导者，以及在本科生生物学课堂上促进真正的科学探索机会的领导者。在拟议的会议上，这些小组将处理以下具体问题。1)与跨生物数据库的数据共享相关的挑战是什么？2)实现跨数据库的数据共享的潜在和实用的解决方案是什么？3)如何增强数据集，以促进它们在教育环境中的发现和使用？4)教育组织如何共享最佳实践和经验，以实现真正的探究并提高其有效性？更广泛的影响：拟议中的会议将把对提高本科生物学教育中真实数据的可及性和使用至关重要的社区聚集在一起。在本次会议结束时，将在网上发布一套建议，征求社区反馈意见，然后汇编成供数据管理和教育界使用的出版资源。其他成果包括一个协调网络，以继续探索改善教育中真实数据可获得性的解决方案，跨组织共享数据，反映参与者达成的决议的进一步出版物，以及关于共享数据的自动化解决方案的研究。该项目由生物科学局和本科教育司教育和人力资源局联合资助，作为他们支持本科生物学教育愿景和变革的努力的一部分。

A number of research and education projects are working to bring real data into biology classrooms to build active, inquiry-driven learning opportunities so that students can discover patterns on their own through exploration, analysis and synthesis. This RCN-UBE project will bring together two communities critical in expanding student access to authentic science experiences: managers of data repositories and education specialists. Representatives from at least 15 organizations will participate in a two-day workshop to discuss strategies for enhancing data discovery and usability, to propose standards for data sharing, and to make recommendations for incorporating authentic data in inquiry-based teaching in biology.Intellectual Merit: The proposed meeting will bring together education and technical leaders from participating projects to 1) explore opportunities and solutions for integrated data-sharing and accessibility solutions among projects, and 2) explore common education and outreach goals to maximize the impact of each project through collaboration. Participating projects represent leaders in biological database management, structure, and sharing, and leaders in promoting authentic scientific exploration opportunities in undergraduate biology classrooms. At the proposed meeting these groups will tackle the following specific questions. 1) What challenges are associated with data sharing across biological databases? 2) What are potential and practical solutions to enable data sharing across databases? 3) How can datasets be enhanced to facilitate their discovery and usability in educational contexts? 4) How can education organizations best share practices and experiences to enable authentic inquiry and enhance their effectiveness?Broader Impacts: The proposed meeting will bring together communities critical to enhancing the accessibility and use of real data in undergraduate biology education. At the conclusion of this meeting a set of recommendations will be published online for community feedback, then compiled as a published resource for data management and education communities. Other outcomes include a coordinated network to continue exploring solutions for improved accessibility of real data in education, data sharing across organizations, further publications reflecting resolutions reached by participants, and research on automated solutions for sharing data.This project is being jointly funded by the Directorate for Biological Sciences and the Directorate for Education and Human Resources, Division of Undergraduate Education as part of their efforts towards support of Vision and Change in Undergraduate Biology Education.