College Faculty Toolbox

Next-Gen Bio Learning Network

As part of an NSF Research Coordination Networks in Undergraduate Biology Education (RCN-UBE) project, a network of biology educators from community colleges  and scientists from Washington state engage in professional learning experiences with the following goals:

• Increase college students’ awareness and learning of biological data literacy skills and quantitative biology research methods in intro biology courses;
• Expand college faculty knowledge of contemporary biology methods and consequently enhance their confidence to teach biological data literacy skills and quantitative biology research methods; and
• Promote faculty and scientists’ awareness and agency to support students to engage with questions including:
  • Who benefits from this research?
  • How does this research get translated to help society?
  • What are the economic drivers affecting the impact of this work?
  • What are the barriers to generating open-access data and publications?
  • What are the benefits?

Participants in the program join communities of practice to collaborate with a focus on student learning.

We are currently recruiting!

To learn more check out our Quick Start Guide, or email Jen Eklund, jen.eklund@isbscience.org.

This work is supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 2019088 and 2217348. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.