The BEN (BiosciEdNet) Digital Library Portal Overview

What is BiosciEdNet (BEN)?A collaboration of professional societies that is

building an online library of digital resources for pedagogic materials pertaining to biology

Established in 1999 by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Funded by NSF grants

Serves as a catalyst for strengthening teaching and learning in the biological sciences.

Aims of BiosciEdNet (BEN)

Focused on undergraduate level

Promote active learning

Materials are peer-reviewed before being made available

Access is through http://www.biosciednet.org

BiosciEdNet (BEN) CollaborativeBEN serves as a catalyst for professional societies or

coalitions that seek to:

Build biological sciences education-focused digital libraries that include high quality, inquiry-driven, active, and engaging STEM education

Contribute resources to the BEN portal.

Collaborate in terms of pedagogy, authentic assessment, and development of multidisciplinary biological sciences resources.

BEN provides resources for...

Guided Inquiry

Open Inquiry

Inquiry online

Inquiry as part of a learning cycle unit

Transforming “Cookbook” labs into guided/open inquiries

2005 Practice

Portal for biological sciences

~10,000 peer reviewed resources

11 societies and centers

National Science Digital Library

NSDL Pathways Slide coming soon…….

WHY USE BEN?Peer-reviewed resources:

• Active learning activities• High-quality images• Data sets• Animations• Assessments• Journal articles• Lesson plans• Laboratory activities• Teaching strategies• Rubrics

WHY USE BEN?Diverse biological fields represented:

• over 75 fields of study• over 21 professional societies

including: AAAS ESA AIBS APS BSA SICB ASM ASCB

Collaborators (*Founding Collaborators)

AAAS-American Association for the Advancement of Science (EHR, STKE, Science)* ABLE-Association of Biology Lab Educators AIBS-American Institute of Biological Sciences* APS-American Physiological Society* APS-American Phytopathological Society* ASBMB-American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology* ASCB-American Society for Cell Biology ASM-American Society for Microbiology* BCC-BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium Bio-Link-the NSF Advanced Technological Education Center for Biotechnology BSA-Botanical Society of America ESA-Ecological Society of America* EntDL-Entomology Digital Library FUN -Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience HAPS-Human Anatomy and Physiology Society MLER-Microbial Life Education Resources NABT-National Association of Biology Teachers* NAHSEP-National Association of Health Science Education Partnerships NBII-National Biological Information Infrastructure* NLM-AE-National Library of Medicine-Access Excellence* SDB-Society for Developmental Biology SICB-Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology SOT-Society for Toxicology*

WHY USE BEN?Efficient search engine:

• Advanced search feature• Browse by subject and topic resource type audience level

How can faculty benefit from BEN?

By downloading and utilizing existing resources from the library

By contributing pedagogic materials to the library

By collaborating in terms of pedagogy, authentic assessment, and development of multidisciplinary biological sciences resources.

What if you want to contribute a resource?

Generally go through collaborator society

Submission involves completing online form

Copyright may be claimed, but generally disseminated for free

Item will be reviewed, based on society’s protocol

Accepted items can count as a form of publication!!

Resource is not worth collecting if it can’t be…

FOUND

SHARED

ASM Server

ML ResourceML Catalogue Info

AAAS Server

ML Catalogue Info

CatalogueInfo

CatalogueInfo

CatalogueInfo

Learning Resources TypesAnimation Application Audio Diagram

Digital Presentation Discussion Group Graph/Chart Illustration

Image Map Online tool Photograph

Simulation Software Table Video

   

Abstract Book Book Chapter Journal

Journal Article Meeting Presentation Memo Newsletter

Non-journal Article Pamphlet/Brochure Proceedings Report

     

Bibliography Database Dataset Dictionary/Glossary

Discussion Archive Index Manual Review

   

Assessment: Exam Assessment Tool Assignment (non-lab) Career materials

Course Syllabus Education Standards Field Trip Guide Laboratory Manual

Lecture/Lecture Outline Lesson Plan Teaching Strategies  

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bioinformatics

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biotechnology

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metabolism

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systematics

taxonomy & classification

theoretical biology

toxicology

vertebrate biology

virology

wildlife science

zoology