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Item Examining Virtual Reality as an alternative to in-person and online learning environments(Springer Nature, 2023) Shinde, Pranali; Murillo, Angela P.; Wood, Zebulun M.The continuous advances in virtual reality (VR) technology have increased its potential for tasks that require hands-on learning. One potential target for VR is its use as an alternative to online learning when a physical lab cannot be accessed due to learner’s financial, travel, or pandemic-related constraints. We enrolled 15 participants to assess VR’s feasibility as a modality to teach A+ certification skills. Each participant was randomly assigned to three groups (in-person lab, online lab, virtual reality lab). Participants completed System Usability Scale (SUS) and User Burden Scale (UBS) surveys and interviewed about their lab experience. In addition, VR participants completed a Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) survey. Participants reported the VR experience with lower system usability and higher user burden than other learning modalities. Virtual Reality participants in the study scored VR highly in its perceived usefulness, average for its perceived use, and high in perceived usefulness for learning and engagement. Learner adoption and onboarding of VR is a challenge worth surmounting. VR retains attention, increases learner retention, and incentivizes failure recovery. This study provides preliminary evidence supporting that further development of VR for training in spatial tasks holds promise over traditional learning modalities.Item Broadening Student Participation in Cyberinfrastructure Research and Development(Association for Computing Machinery, 2022) Murillo, Angela P.; Deelman, Ewa; Nabrzyski, Jarek; Pottier, LoïcThis poster presents preliminary observations from the pilot year of a CI Compass Fellowship Program (CICF) that was created to broaden student participation in cyberinfrastructure research and development. CICF is part of the CI Compass project, which is the National Science Foundation (NSF) Cyberinfrastructure Center of Excellence, created to provide support and enhance the data lifecycle of NSF Major Facilities (MFs) [1]. MFs are the largest-scale scientific efforts that the NSF supports and are highly diverse, have heterogeneous data, and a wide range of cyberinfrastructure for capturing, processing, archiving, and disseminating data, as well as providing access to sophisticated instruments and computational capabilities. MFs span many science domains, including astronomy, climate, ecology, natural hazard, ocean science, physics, and seismology [2]. Due to the complexity of the cyberinfrastructure and data that supports MFs, it is critical that we create educational opportunities for students interested in pursuing a career in this specialized cyberinfrastructure that supports large-scale science. The CICF program aims to provide students the opportunity to learn about cyberinfrastructure development and MFs, develop cyberinfrastructure-related skill sets important to the work of MFs, and engage directly with the MF CI professionals.Item Broadening student engagement to build the next generation of cyberinfrastructure professionals(Association for Computing Machinery, 2023) Murillo, Angela P.; Brower, Don; Hossain, Sarowar; Kee, Kerk; Mandel, Anirban; Nabrzyski, Jarek; Scott, Erik; Ewing, Rodney; Deelman, EwaThe CI Compass Fellowship Program (CICF) was developed to broaden undergraduate student participation in cyberinfrastructure (CI) research, development, and operations. CICF is a distinctive program for undergraduate students pursuing studies in computer science, information science, data science, and other related fields. During year one of the program, CICF had six students participate from two institutions. During year 2 of the program, CICF had fourteen students participate from nine institutions. This poster provides details of the CICF program development and summarizes the impact of the first two years.Item Data Curation Education: Cross-Disciplinary Analysis of Master’s Programs(University of Toronto Press, 2023) Yoon, Ayoung; Murillo, Angela P.; Jettpace, ThomasWith growing emphasis on data curation practice in both science and industry, there has been a call for information professionals to take on a substantial role in data curation. Library and information science (LIS) education has been responding to this call by offering various training opportunities from Master’s education to professional development. The most recent effort to systematically review a data curation curriculum offered by ALA-accredited LIS schools was in 2012, so it is time to revisit the progress and evolution of data curation education. The main goal of this study is to analyze the course content from the syllabi of various programs to understand what is being taught in LIS schools throughout graduate-level education. Further, because the need for data curation is apparent across different disciplines, and thus not only LIS but also other disciplines have been offering data curation courses, this study also analyzed syllabi from other disciplines. A total of 80 syllabi were analyzed in this study: 15 syllabi from 9 ALA-accredited institutions and 65 syllabi from 53 institutions of Carnegie Classification (CC). Our findings suggest a notable growth in LIS education in data curation since 2012, but LIS education still provides less training in technical skills. There was also a distinctive difference in educational approach to teach data curation between LIS (user- and service-oriented) and other disciplines (technical skills−focused), which brought different strengths and weaknesses in curriculum.Item Thematic Trends in Data Curation Literature(Wiley, 2024) Murillo, Angela P.; Yoon , AyongThe field of data curation is rapidly changing due to new developments in technologies and techniques for conducting data work. As the field of data curation evolves, researchers, practitioners, and educators need to be able to respond to these developments. One way to understand trends in a field is by examining published literature. This study first gathered data curation literature through a modified systematic literature review with the framing question, ‘What competencies, skill sets, and proficiencies are needed to conduct data curation activities?’. These literatures were then analyzed using bibliometric analysis, visual analysis of the citation data, and topic modeling to understand trends in the data curation field.Item Data Curation Competencies, Skill sets, and Tools Analysis(Springer, 2024) Murillo, Angela P.; Yoon, Angela; Duncan, Mitch; Thomas-Fennelly, AdamThe project aims to extend the current understanding of data curation competencies by examining existing skill sets and tools through a systematic analysis of data curation literature. For this research, the researchers reviewed forty-two data curation-related documents, including peer-reviewed literature, conference papers, and book sections through descriptive quantitative analysis and inductive qualitative content analysis based on a systematically created document protocol to extract informational items about the documents, as well as competencies, skills, and tools relevant to data curation activities. This paper presents the preliminary findings of this analysis and future steps for this project.Item Trends in Data Curation: Competencies and Tools(Wiley, 2024) Murillo, Angela P.; Yoon , AyoungLibrary and information science has led data curation research and education for the last two decades, providing data curation education, professional development programs, and a robust professional opportunity. To keep current with the latest trends in competencies and tools needed to conduct data curation activities, this research conducted a systematic literature review of literature that captures competencies and tools to build a framework of current trends in data curation work that educators can utilize to ensure up-to-date educational materials for the next generation of data curation professionals. This poster presents the preliminary findings of this data curation competencies and tools analysis.Item How Did this Get to Be OK in the U.S. of A.?(IUI Office of Community Engagement, 2022) Copeland, Andrea; Library and Information Science, Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and EngineeringItem Optimal timing of venous thromboembolic chemoprophylaxis initiation following blunt solid organ injury: meta-analysis and systematic review(Springer, 2022-09-18) Murphy, Patrick B.; de Moya, Marc; Karam , Basil; Menard, Laura; Holder, Erik; Inaba, Kenji; Schellenberg, Morgan; Library and Information Science, Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and EngineeringPurpose: The need to prevent venous thromboembolism (VTE) following blunt solid organ injury must be balanced against the concern for exacerbation of hemorrhage. The optimal timing for initiation of VTE chemoprophylaxis is not known. The objective was to determine the safety and efficacy of early (≤ 48 h) VTE chemoprophylaxis initiation following blunt solid organ injury. Methods: An electronic search was performed of medical libraries for English language studies on timing of VTE chemoprophylaxis initiation following blunt solid organ injury published from inception to April 2020. Included studies compared early (≤ 48 h) versus late (> 48 h) initiation of VTE chemoprophylaxis in adults with blunt splenic, liver, and/or kidney injury. Estimates were pooled using random-effects meta-analysis. Odds ratios were utilized to quantify differences in failure of nonoperative management, need for blood transfusion and rates of VTE. Results: The search identified 2,111 studies. Of these, ten studies comprising 14,675 patients were included. All studies were non-randomized and only one was prospective. The overall odds of failure of nonoperative management were no different between early and late groups, OR 1.09 (95%CI 0.92-1.29). Similarly, there was no difference in the need for blood transfusion either during overall hospital stay, OR 0.91 (95%CI 0.70-1.18), or post prophylaxis initiation, OR 1.23 (95%CI 0.55-2.73). There were significantly lower odds of VTE when patients received early VTE chemoprophylaxis, OR 0.51 (95%CI 0.33-0.81). Conclusions: Patients undergoing nonoperative management for blunt solid organ injury can be safely and effectively prescribed early VTE chemoprophylaxis. This results in significantly lower VTE rates without demonstrable harm.Item FAIR Data for Large Research Facilities(IEEE Explore, 2023) Brower, Don; Butcher, David; Murillo, Angela P.This workshop will bring together data managers, repository managers, administrators, and others who are responsible for, or interested in research data management at large research facilities. These facilities have unique issues due to a variety of factors, such as an extreme data volume, variety, and velocity. The workshop aims to provide cross-pollination between facilities that have similar desires to realize the FAIR principles. The organizers of this workshop are members of the NSF CI Compass FAIR Data Working Group, and the outcomes from these discussions will become a white paper and topics for future CI Compass webinars.