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Designing an open course to highlight the work of underrepresented STEM scholars

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Conference

2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

Location

Arlington, Virginia

Publication Date

February 25, 2024

Start Date

February 25, 2024

End Date

February 27, 2024

Conference Session

Track 8: Technical Session 7: Designing an open course to highlight the work of underrepresented STEM scholars

Tagged Topics

Diversity and CoNECD Paper Sessions

Page Count

12

DOI

10.18260/1-2--45443

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https://peer.asee.org/45443

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19

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Brianna B Buljung Colorado School of Mines Orcid 16x16 orcid.org/0000-0002-3376-0757

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Brianna is the Teaching and Learning librarian at the Colorado School of Mines. She collaborates with faculty to design and implement information literacy throughout the curriculum. Prior to her work at the School of Mines, she was the Engineering and Computer Science Librarian at the US Naval Academy and a contract Reference Librarian assigned to the National Defense University. She earned her MLIS at the University of Denver in 2011.

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Seth Vuletich Colorado School of Mines Orcid 16x16 orcid.org/0000-0002-7086-8687

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Seth Vuletich is the Scholarly Communications Librarian the Colorado School of Mines. Seth provides specialized support to graduate students through all stages of the research lifecycle. Prior to entering the field of librarianship, Seth was a professional woodworker and earned a bachelor's degree in geology from the University of Colorado, Boulder. Seth earned his Master's in Library and Information Science from the University of Denver in 2021.

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Madison Schaefer

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Abstract

Keywords: disability, gender, race/ethnicity, LGBTQIA+

Faculty across science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) disciplines are interested in making their instructional materials more representative of their students’ identities. However, they often lack guidance and time for finding these materials. Utilizing our specialized skills in finding resources as librarians, we developed the Representation in STEM (RIS) course to provide resources and guidance on finding and using more representative materials across STEM disciplines. The course is comprised of pages that can be adopted as micro-lessons in disciplinary courses, lowering the barrier for faculty to participate in more inclusive instruction. To ensure RIS is as useful as possible for faculty and students, pages from the disciplines and special topics sections of the course were sent to faculty at Colorado School of Mines and STEM librarians across the United States and Canada for review. We sought feedback on organization, breadth of coverage, and content depth that can be incorporated in the ongoing development of the course. This paper describes the development of RIS, initial feedback received, and lessons learned in the design process that could inform similar projects at other institutions.

Buljung, B. B., & Vuletich, S., & Schaefer, M. (2024, February), Designing an open course to highlight the work of underrepresented STEM scholars Paper presented at 2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD), Arlington, Virginia. 10.18260/1-2--45443

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