RCN-UBE: ImmunoReach - An interdisciplinary community of practice to promote immune literacy.

该项目将扩展免疫到达网络，以开发和测试大学生物学课程中教授免疫学的新工具。免疫学术语和概念是复杂的，每年都有新的发现。这可能会阻碍人们学习这个重要的话题，并使教师难以跟上主题。本项目将制定的课程计划将使免疫学概念更容易理解，并帮助教师在各级课程中轻松教授免疫学。ImmunoReach的这项工作将有助于提高生物学教育的质量，并支持公众对重要社会问题的理解，如抗击传染病、接种疫苗和气候变化的影响。ImmunoReach是一个跨学科的实践社区（CoP），旨在培养免疫素养并增加传统免疫特异性教室之外的免疫学教育机会。会议将确定各学科之间的共同语言，以便与更广泛的社区讨论和分享课程挑战和解决方案。为了实现这一目标，我们将着眼于《本科生物学教育的愿景与变革：行动呼吁》报告和《科学素养基准》（分别为美国科学促进会，2011年和1993年）中所描述的关键概念和能力。免疫到达网络将汇集致力于通过使用循证教学实践促进免疫素养目标的教育工作者。该网络将开发教学资源，整合与免疫学相关的跨学科学习成果，例如与微生物学、遗传学、生态学、进化、生理学和化学交叉的学习成果。经验不足的免疫学教育工作者，代表着不同的机构和学科专业知识，将与经验丰富的免疫学教育工作者配对，根据落后的设计方法和主动的学习策略，开发、实施和评估这些跨学科的教学资源。项目结束时产生的产品将通过ImmunoReach的QUBES中心网站、虚拟研讨会、会议报告、期刊出版物和其他外展活动与网络参与者和更广泛的社区共享。该网络将使教育工作者能够积极影响不同的学生群体，最终目标是培养免疫素养。该项目由生物基础设施司生物科学理事会和本科教育司STEM教育理事会共同资助，作为他们应对本科生物学教育的愿景和变化：行动呼吁（http://visionandchange/finalreport/）所提出的挑战的一部分。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。

This project will expand the ImmunoReach network to develop and test new tools for teaching immunology in college biology courses. Immunological terms and concepts are complicated and new discoveries are made every year. This can discourage people from learning about this important topic and makes it difficult for instructors to keep current in the subject. The lesson plans that will be developed in this project will make immunology concepts easier to understand and help teachers feel comfortable teaching immunology across all levels of courses. This work by ImmunoReach will help improve the quality of biology education and support public understanding of important societal issues such as combatting infectious disease, vaccination, and impacts of climate change.ImmunoReach is an interdisciplinary Community of Practice (CoP) that aims to foster immune literacy and increase access to immunology education beyond traditional immunology-specific classrooms. This CoP will identify a common language between disciplines to discuss and share curricular challenges and solutions with the broader community. To accomplish this, we will look towards the key concepts and competencies described in The Vision and Change in Undergraduate Biology Education: A Call to Action report, and Benchmarks for Science Literacy (AAAS, 2011 and 1993, respectively). The ImmunoReach network will bring together educators who are committed to the goals of fostering immune literacy, through the use of evidence-based pedagogical practices. The network will develop teaching resources that integrate immunology-related interdisciplinary learning outcomes, for example, those intersecting with microbiology, genetics, ecology, evolution, physiology and chemistry. Less experienced educators of immunology, representing diverse institutional and disciplinary expertise, will be paired with experienced immunology educators for developing, implementing, and assessing these interdisciplinary teaching resources, based on a backward design approach and active learning strategies. The products generated at the end of this project will be shared with the network participants and the broader community through ImmunoReach’s QUBES hub site, virtual symposiums, conference presentations, journal publications, and other outreach activities. The network will empower educators to positively impact diverse student populations with the ultimate aim to foster immune literacy. This project is being jointly funded by the Directorate for Biological Sciences, Division of Biological Infrastructure and the Directorate for STEM Education, Division of Undergraduate Education 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.