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.

免疫学是一个内容丰富、发展迅速的领域，这使得教师很难“跟上”。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，在入门级的本科生物学课程中包含免疫学相关主题是有限的。然而，免疫学对培养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知识的神秘面纱，鼓励公众对话，有可能对许多社会问题产生积极影响，例如促进对疫苗的接受，从而提高免疫接种率。由免疫学培养的跨学科思维对于解决当前的社会挑战也至关重要，例如全球气候变化对新出现的传染病的影响。免疫学网络将连接致力于跨学科本科免疫学教育和主动学习的教育工作者。该网络将开发整合免疫学相关跨学科学习成果的教学资源，例如与生态学和化学交叉的学习成果。这些跨学科的学习成果与《本科生物学教育的愿景与变化：行动呼吁》报告中提到的关键概念和能力相一致，将与教育工作者社区的反馈相一致。代表不同机构和学科专业知识的非免疫学教育工作者将与免疫学教育工作者配对，根据落后设计方法和主动学习策略开发这些跨学科教学资源。在RCN-UBE孵化器结束时产生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本科教育者会议上传播给教育者使用，并通过QUBES中心网站作为开放教育资源。该网络将为教师带来重要的专业发展机会，并使他们能够积极影响不同的学生群体，包括代表性不足的第一代学生和退伍军人。该项目由生物基础设施司生物科学理事会资助，作为其应对《本科生物学教育的愿景与变革：行动呼吁》（http://visionandchange/finalreport/）所提出的挑战的努力的一部分。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

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.