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Latebreaking Poster

Session: Education (Latebreaking)

LB 18-163 - QUBES: A science education gateway for STEM faculty

Thursday, August 10, 2023
5:00 PM – 6:30 PM PDT
Location: ESA Exhibit Hall

    Presenting Author(s)

  • SD

    Sam Donovan

    Director of Outreach and Strategic Engagement
    BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium
    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

    • Coauthor(s)

  • DL

    Drew LaMar

    BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium, United States

  • SP

    Sarah Prescott

    BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium, United States

The QUBES platform was conceived as a “science education gateway” and designed to accelerate innovation in undergraduate STEM education. The technical infrastructure was purpose built to provide more equitable access to professional resources, support learning that reflects authentic science, and promote open education practices. The use of the technical infrastructure (tools) is informed by a social infrastructure (practices) that provide a wide range of opportunities for faculty to participate in scholarship around teaching and learning. Four platform services (OER Library Access; Professional Learning; Partner Support; and Customizable Workspaces) support overlapping faculty user communities, provide multiple points of entry, and enable manifold use case scenarios. The integrated nature of the platform makes it possible to collect, curate, and disseminate a diverse array of reform resources in a scalable and sustainable manner. We believe that the QUBES platform has the capacity to broaden participation in scholarship around teaching and learning and, furthermore, that it can help to lower faculty barriers to the adoption of reform practices. The role of cyberinfrastructure in undergraduate STEM education is generally under appreciated and warrants further exploration.