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ArticleCBE life sciences education2022

Sustainability and Justice: Challenges and Opportunities for an Open STEM Education.

Carrie Diaz Eaton, Kaitlin Bonner, Karen Cangialosi, Bryan Dewsbury, Maggie Diamond-Stanic, Jason Douma, Michelle Smith, Robin Taylor, Jeremy Wojdak, Krystie Wilfong

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Article in CBE life sciences education, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 7 institutions in 1 country.

Carrie Diaz EatonDigital and Computational Studies, Bates College, Lewiston, ME 04240.
Kaitlin BonnerDepartment of Biology, St. John Fisher College, Rochester, NY 14618.
Karen CangialosiDepartment of Biology, Keene State College, Keene, NH 03435.
Bryan DewsburyBiological Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, FL, 33199.
Maggie Diamond-StanicDigital and Computational Studies, Bates College, Lewiston, ME 04240.
Jason DoumaNatural Sciences Area, University of Sioux Falls, Sioux Falls, SD 57105.
Michelle SmithDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850.
Robin TaylorRTRES Consulting, Knoxville, TN 37934.
Jeremy WojdakDepartment of Biology, Radford University, Radford, VA 24142.
Krystie WilfongLibrary and Information Services, Bates College, Lewiston, ME 04240.
Bates College · USCornell University · USFlorida International University · USKeene State College · USRadford University · USSt. John Fisher College · USUniversity of Sioux Falls · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Open educational resources, or OER, are teaching materials that reside in the public domain and are available under an open license. While the creation of high-quality materials and cyberinfrastructure to share these resources is important, OER are much more than static resource repositories. Vibrant OER communities function as collaboration hubs and often include librarians, instructional technologists, instructors, education researchers, funders, open-source software developers, and college administrators. Together, these individuals work as a community to respond to changes in the education landscape, support student learning impacts both in terms of cost savings and student retention, and solve issues related to broadly sharing open resources on the web. This essay provides general information about OER, describes communities developing OER for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education, and presents insights about sustainability challenges. The sustainability challenges are organized according to multiple dimensions: cultural and social, economic and financial, and technological and environmental. In addition, OER provide important opportunities to address and promote social justice and open and accessible education philosophies. Knowing more about the OER landscape, sustainability challenges, and educational justice opportunities can help instructors use and contribute to this growing movement to reshape the landscape of undergraduate education.

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PMID35877981
PMCPMC9582817
OpenAlexW4288050094

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Registered trials

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