Project 4: Pedagogical Research, Training, and Outreach
Project 4 encompasses multi-faceted pedagogical research, training, and outreach. Objectives: (1) deduce best practices for integrative biology learning using design-based research; (2) develop Community of Practice for training connecting research and education; (3) develop integrative biology curricular redesign via computational apprenticeship; (4) foster environment where all increase appreciation of different identities in STEM; (5) identify features, development, and supports of interdisciplinary thinking.
Research Outputs
The Reflective Modeling Practitioner
Team-based modeling intervention improved self-regulated learning and confidence.
Arigye, J., et al. The Reflective Modeling Practitioner. International Journal of Engineering Education, 40.1.
Introductory Computational Biology Course
New course teaching computational modeling in biological contexts.
Figure 29. Overview of a new introductory course targeting undergraduate and early graduate students in the biological sciences tilted Computational Understanding of Biological Systems and Data.
Competency Framework for Training
Framework covering technical, biological, research, and professional domains.
Figure 33. Competencies Framework with four primary categories: Technical, Biology disciplinary, Research, and Professional, with each of the four primary categories containing three topic training areas that our research derived showing their importance to the development of an interdisciplinary researcher
Mukherjee, S., et al. 2024. Competency Framework for Training. Poster, Assessment Institute, Indiana University.
Teamwork in Modeling Projects
Study of graduate teams revealing collaborative dynamics in computational modeling.
Udosen, A.N., et al. 2024. Teamwork in Modeling Projects. ASEE Annual Conference, June 23–26, Portland, OR.
Interdisciplinary Thinking in Institutes
Qualitative study documenting evolution of interdisciplinary collaboration.
Figure 31. The study design and associated objectives for elucidating the emergence and maintenance of an Interdisciplinary Community of Practice (ID CoP), and the characteristics of participation and member integration into the ID CoP.
Mukherjee, S., et al. 2024. Interdisciplinary Thinking in Institutes. Poster, SABER, Twin Cities, MN.