| Bioinformatics education dissemination with an evolutionary problem solving perspective. | |
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PMID: 21036947 Owner: NLM Status: In-Process |
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Bioinformatics is central to biology education in the 21st century. With the generation of terabytes of data per day, the application of computer-based tools to stored and distributed data is fundamentally changing research and its application to problems in medicine, agriculture, conservation and forensics. In light of this 'information revolution,' undergraduate biology curricula must be redesigned to prepare the next generation of informed citizens as well as those who will pursue careers in the life sciences. The BEDROCK initiative (Bioinformatics Education Dissemination: Reaching Out, Connecting and Knitting together) has fostered an international community of bioinformatics educators. The initiative's goals are to: (i) Identify and support faculty who can take leadership roles in bioinformatics education; (ii) Highlight and distribute innovative approaches to incorporating evolutionary bioinformatics data and techniques throughout undergraduate education; (iii) Establish mechanisms for the broad dissemination of bioinformatics resource materials and teaching models; (iv) Emphasize phylogenetic thinking and problem solving; and (v) Develop and publish new software tools to help students develop and test evolutionary hypotheses. Since 2002, BEDROCK has offered more than 50 faculty workshops around the world, published many resources and supported an environment for developing and sharing bioinformatics education approaches. The BEDROCK initiative builds on the established pedagogical philosophy and academic community of the BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium to assemble the diverse intellectual and human resources required to sustain an international reform effort in undergraduate bioinformatics education. |
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John R Jungck; Samuel S Donovan; Anton E Weisstein; Noppadon Khiripet; Stephen J Everse |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. Date: 2010-10-29 |
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Title: Briefings in bioinformatics Volume: 11 ISSN: 1477-4054 ISO Abbreviation: Brief. Bioinformatics Publication Date: 2010 Nov |
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Created Date: 2010-11-22 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 100912837 Medline TA: Brief Bioinform Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 570-81 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Biology, Beloit College, 700 College St, Beloit, WI 53511, USA. jungck@beloit.edu |
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