RIOS has a new Learning Community starting soon! Drs. Desiree Forsythe & Meg Jones will facilitate a community focused on: How Queer Histories Impact the Science Classroom. Learn more and apply (deadline 1/25/26): bit.ly/4bx7rdi

The Center for Grading Reform promotes effective grading reform to advance education nationwide. Right now, they are accepting abstracts for their 2026 grading conference. Abstract information: lnkd.in/eU3EYC4r More info on Center for Grading Reform: lnkd.in/e4YpfrDr

Deadline to join one of the many spring 2026 opportunities our community is hosting is approaching! Consider an FMN, maybe a book club, or mentorship group, plus other options. Check them out here: qubeshub.org/news/newslet...

Very excited for this conversation with @annamillsoer.bsky.social and her work on an #OER book that examines #GenAI & #Writing…check out the interview & consider adopting her #OpenTextbook #HigherEd #EdTech #AIEdu open.substack.com/pub/aiedusim...

Our final Brew & Banter session of 2025 is coming up. Dr. Lance Eaton will explore how open education and artificial intelligence can work together to expand access, creativity, and student agency in teaching and learning. Learn more and register: bit.ly/43tIkDv

Sharing open educational resources amplifies our commitment to improving STEM education. This resource is based out of CourseSource & focuses on encouraging students to develop analogies, to challenge them to defend their understanding of genetic terms: bit.ly/3zf2DZx

Happy Tuesday! It's time for our #RIOSTuesTalks (where we explore ideas related to social justice, #OpenEducation & social change). We are constantly learning from activists who paved the way and impacted history. Who are the social justice advocates and change-makers in history that you admire?

RIOS Brew and Banters are a virtual series where people come together for informal conversations about current topics in STEM education. On Nov 6, Dr. Nate Emery will have a session about advocating for curricular change within and across disciplines. Learn more and register here: bit.ly/4nY4h5L

RIOS Brew and Banters are a virtual series where people come together for informal conversations about current topics in STEM education. On Nov 6, Dr. Nate Emery will have a session about advocating for curricular change within and across disciplines. Learn more and register here: bit.ly/4nY4h5L

Jude is the Chief Operating Officer of @qside.bsky.social . Last year, QSIDE had a #RIOSWorkingGroup. Their group created a Social Justice Advocate Manual for Survival (SJAMS). This manual offers proactive strategies to counter the anti-DEI/anti-woke hostility from bullies against advocates.

We are still accepting applications for our upcoming Learning Community: "Science Education as Civic Education". This LC will interrogate the claim that science and democracy share an “indissoluble” bond. Learn more and apply here: bit.ly/4o0AA4k

RIOS Brew and Banters are a virtual series where community members come together for informal conversations about current topics in STEM education and/or the education system as a whole. We have two upcoming sessions.

We have a new Learning Community coming up: "Science Education as Civic Education". The focus of this LC is to use primary documents & secondary sources to interrogate claim that science & democracy share an “indissoluble” bond, as well as an “ethical orientation”. Apply by Oct 27: bit.ly/4o0AA4k

There are so many organizations and projects working to make education more inclusive & accessible. The Environmental Education Initiative is one of them. They offer a curated collection of free environmental education resources for K-12 classrooms: bit.ly/40EumO2

Sharing open educational resources amplifies our mission to improve accessibility in STEM education. The resource we are sharing today is based out of CourseSource & focuses on getting students comfortable with R, data literacy & statistical concepts: bit.ly/3XkxZ8V

We are still accepting applications for our upcoming Learning Community. This community will focus on alternative grading. Participants will put together an implementation plan to incorporate an alternative grading into their next course. Learn more and register here: bit.ly/4gCUz61

Reminder: we have our next Brew and Banter event coming up this week! During this session, Drs. Desiree Forsythe and Meg C. Jones will briefly reflect on past sessions of their recurring Learning Community that focuses on difficult dialogues. Join us on October 2nd (1pm ET): bit.ly/4nKnveN

Are you trying to implement alternative grading into your classroom? Then, this #RIOSLearningCommunity is for you. Participants will work through an implementation plan to incorporate alternative grading into their next course. It starts next month. Learn more & apply: bit.ly/4gCUz61

Earlier this year, RIOS funded the "Community Organizing for STEM Professionals" Working Group. This group read several books about community organizing. Check out their thoughts on the first book, Fearless Change, in their recent blog post: bit.ly/4nhMFS0

Our next Brew and Banter, featuring Drs. Desirée Forsythe & Meg C. Jones, is on Oct 2nd (1pm ET). They'll briefly reflect on past sessions of their Learning Community that focused on difficult dialogues and what difficult dialogues means to us in today's current climate. Register: bit.ly/4nKnveN

@melanielenahan.bsky.social and I are running another iteration of the Implementing Alternative Grading learning community starting next month! Details and sign up at qubeshub.org/community/gr...

This is Dr. Drew Lewis. He is a mathematician and education researcher. Last Fall, he organized a #RIOSLearningCommunity (with Dr. Lenahan) that explored alternative grading practices. This is what he said about it. #LetsLearnTogether

In response to retaliatory hostility towards justice advocates, QSIDE is sharing our Justice Advocate Manual for Survival (SJAMS). This resource offers proactive strategies to protect yourself and counter tactics often used to bully, intimidate, and discourage activists in the field: bit.ly/sjams

Last year, Bekah led a #RIOSWorkingGroup. Vecina was created out of her working group. It's a website, which visualizes environmental & community info for neighborhood advocacy. It's a guide that helps families through: registering their kids in school, finding health services, etc.

Happy Tuesday! It's time for our #RIOSTuesTalks (where we explore ideas related to social justice, #OpenEducation & social change). Science has been hit hard this year by the current administration. How are you coping with these uncertain times? What are you doing to take care of yourself?

Sharing open educational resources amplifies our commitment to improving accessibility & equity in STEM education. Based out of CourseSource, this lesson uses a sorting game to introduce students to the different types of algae, in an engaging way. Learn more: bit.ly/3Xkd85L

Sharing: 📢 The BioGraphI Project 🗓️Sept 24 🗣️ Drs. Desirée Forsythe, Bryan Dewsbury & Jeremy Hsu 📝”Journeys into Justice-Centered Pedagogy” Join a talk on how STEM educators confront inequities & break barriers for students ☑️ Register by Sept 17 🔗 tinyurl.com/Fall2025Even...

Just a reminder: we are still looking for collaborators for the OCTOPUS Project. Application deadline: August 8 (this Friday): bit.ly/4fiK9bg

Join us to explore strategies for engaging faculty and students with open science principles and practices.

OER Posted! 30 min #AILiteracy online asynchronous tutorial co-authored w/3 Bates students. It includes 2 videos and instructor guide (an an example AI policy) qubeshub.org/publications... Also includes slides and video scripts to adopt and adapt for your own institution. @rioscommunity.bsky.social

Have you heard about the OCTOPUS Project? In collaboration with BIOQUEST (@bioquest.bsky.social), RIOS is working to create a set of openly licensed materials that can be adopted or adapted by faculty. We are looking for faculty collaborators to participate (deadline: Aug 8): bit.ly/4fiK9bg

This is Dr. Melanie Lenahan. She is a biology professor. She organized a #RIOSLearningCommunity (with Dr. Drew Lewis) that explored alternative grading practices. This is what she said about it. #LetsLearnTogether

RIOS student workers play a role in the direction of our goals, mission & more. Segev is a college student. He helps produce the RIOS Podcast: Knowledge Unbound. He edits the audio & video files, & makes sure the eps are in its highest quality. This is what he had to say about working on it.

There are so many organizations and projects working to make education more inclusive & accessible. The Open Education Network is one of them. They have a certificate program for librarians to develop tools and skills, to create sustainable and effective OpenEd programs: bit.ly/3BM7SBk

Sharing OER amplifies our mission to improve accessibility in STEM education. This is a hands-on activity based out of CourseSource. It teaches students (using multiple methods) how to estimate, compare & evaluate the size of a single population of animals. Learn more: bit.ly/3TnB0Eu

There is a free, virtual workshop in Civil Dialogue (how to have difficult conversations) with Bill Groner on June 25th. It's from noon-2pm ET/11a-1p CT/10a-noon MT/9-11a PT. Bill Groner is a retired attorney with years of experience in this topic. Register: bit.ly/4ecBoPm

The amazing Carlos Goller speaking about #metagenomics at the @alleninstitute.org #OpenScience in Undergraduate Education Symposium! @rioscommunity.bsky.social

This is Nate. Last year, he organized a #RIOSLearningCommunity (with Dr.Vargas Poulsen) that explored open science and open data through an equity and social justice lens. This is what he said about it. #LetsLearnTogether

Sam Donovan delivers an awesome keynote at the Allen Institute #OpenScience in Undergraduate Education Symposium. A brilliant articulation of the Open Ecosystem as connections between networks, gateways, community, science ed reform, #OER, #OpenScience & #OpenEducation providers, and so much more.

RIOS student workers play a role in the direction of our goals, mission & more. Yuhao was a RIOS Student Researcher. During his time with RIOS, he helped to evaluate the data collected from RIOS surveys, across various projects. #STEM #Education

🎉 Happy 39th to BioQUEST! For decades, BioQUEST has built a community for STEM educators. Grateful for all who’ve joined the journey. 🚀 ✨ Be part of it— Join us at BIOME 2025 - Applications are still open! 🗓️ Learn more + apply: qubeshub.org/community/gr... #BIOME2025 #BioQUEST #STEMM

If you teach ecology and evolution and you are not aware of #RIE2 (Resources for Inclusive Evolution Education) it is time to take a look. This blog post is a good intro to the project and their first round of modules. genestogenomes.org/unlocking-un... qubeshub.org/community/gr... #BioQUEST

We talk to Indigenous Studies teacher Greg Spottedbird Lamebull and Mariko Rooks. I cohosted this episode with Rae Solomon of KUNC, NPR's affiliate in Northern Colorado. You can catch all our episodes at knowledgeunbound.transistor.fm, youtube.com/@SEASProgam, and Spotify.

A unique new and open resource that brings a #Decolonization focus to teaching in #STEM #Ecology #EnvironmentalScience @rioscommunity.bsky.social qubeshub.org/publications...

There are so many organizations and projects working to make education more inclusive & accessible. Project CORA is one of them. It’s an education tool for librarians, faculty, and instructors, with downloadable, reusable research assignments: bit.ly/3GUSlkA

This week on Knowledge Unbound Jenny Mercado and Rebekah Greenwald from Nuevas Voces to talk about a collaboration with mathematicians on projects that empowered their community. Listen to all our episodes on our website knowledgeunbound.transistor.fm, Youtube youtube.com/@SEASprogram and Spotify.

Sharing OER amplifies our mission to improve accessibility in STEM education. This resource is based out of CourseSource. It introduces students to bioinformatics workflows by asking them to describe a common daily task: making toast. Learn more: bit.ly/4edmOWw

A new ep of our podcast #KnowledgeUnbound is out. We were joined by Dr. Sarah Cavanagh. She's an education developer & author of several books. She spoke about teaching, in regards to the emotional/mental health of students: bit.ly/3HpbWcT You can also find the podcast on Spotify and iHeartRadio.

This week we talk to Sarah Rose Cavanagh about her books on the psychology of ourselves and our students. We talk hiveminds, sparks, monsters, and even musical theatre. You can catch us at our website knowledgeunbound.transistor.fm, our Youtube channel youtube.com/@SEASProgram or Spotify.

This is Camila. Last year, she organized a #RIOSLearningCommunity (with Dr. Emery) that explored open science and open data through an equity and social justice lens. This is what she said about it. #LetsLearnTogether