A genomics learning framework for undergraduates
Genomics is an increasingly important part of biology research. However, educating undergraduates in genomics is not yet a standard part of life sciences curricula. We believe this is, in part, due to a lack of standard concepts for the teaching of genomics. To address this deficit, the members of the Genomics Education Alliance created a set of genomics concepts that was then further refined by input from a community of undergraduate educators who engage in genomics instruction. The final genomics concepts list was compared to existing learning frameworks, including the Vision and Change initiative (V&C), as well as ones for genetics, biochemistry and molecular biology, and bioinformatics. Our results demonstrate that the new genomics framework fills a niche not addressed by previous inventories. This new framework should be useful to educators seeking to design stand-alone courses in genomics as well as those seeking to incorporate genomics into existing coursework. Future work will involve designing curriculum and assessments to go along with this genomics learning framework.
Authors
- Anne Rosenwald (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0144-8515)
- Jason Williams (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3049-2010)
- Juan-Carlos Martinez-Cruzado
- Arthur G. Hunt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0008-4158)
- Douglas L. Chalker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0285-3344)
- Adam J. Kleinschmit (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3820-524X)
- Vincent P. Buonaccorsi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6843-8613)
- Christopher J. Jones (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5031-3839)
- Laura K Reed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4381-494X)
Institutions
- University of Kentucky (US)
- University of Dubuque (US)
- University of Alabama (US)
- Georgetown University (US)
- Washington University in St. Louis (US)
- Moravian University (US)
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (US)
- Juniata College (US)
- University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez (PR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2025-01-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0313124
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.81
Funders
- Washington University in St. Louis
- Illinois State University
- California State University San Marcos
- California State University Long Beach
- Division of Undergraduate Education