Student Annotations of Published Data as a Collaboration between an Online Laboratory Course and the C. elegans Database, WormBase
| Autor: | Christian A. Grove, Samiya Ismail, Heino Hulsey-Vincent, Caroline L. Dahlberg |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
QH301-705.5 MEDLINE Qualitative property computer.software_genre General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology Education 03 medical and health sciences ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION genetics Biology (General) 030304 developmental biology 0303 health sciences General Immunology and Microbiology Database LC8-6691 Online learning 05 social sciences 050301 education Teaching in a Time of Crisis Research opportunities Special aspects of education Undergraduate research General partnership WormBase General Agricultural and Biological Sciences Psychology 0503 education computer |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education, Vol 22, Iss 1 (2021) Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education |
| Popis: | Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs) provide the same benefits as individual, mentored faculty research while expanding the availability of research opportunities. One important aspect of CUREs is student’s engagement in collaboration. We developed a partnership with the Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) database, WormBase, in which students submitted annotations of published manuscripts to the website. This activity provided students with a collaborative research activity that benefitted the greater scientific community and enhanced students’ understanding of molecular genetics during the COVID-19 pandemic. WormBase relies on community annotators to read published articles and input phenotypic data. Students submitted a total of nine annotations directly to WormBase, which were curated by WormBase to ensure correctness and to reduce overlap from redundant annotations. Due to the stress on students during this time of crisis, qualitative data were collected in lieu of quantitative pre-post analyses. Students described their learning experiences in terms of interactions with the scientific community and the “real world”, content knowledge and competencies, and changes in perspectives and use of resources. Students also reported that this activity was helpful in their understanding of critical molecular genetics concepts. Most students reported on cognitive processes that represent mid-level Bloom’s categories. The shift to online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic created an immediate need for meaningful, collaborative experiences in CUREs. By partnering with WormBase, students gained insight into the scientific community and contributed as community members. We describe possible modifications for future courses, potential expansion of the WormBase collaboration, and future directions for quantitative analysis. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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