Comparison of online learning designs during the COVID-19 pandemic within bioinformatics courses in higher education.
Bioinformatics
; 37(Suppl_1): i9-i15, 2021 07 12.
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| ID: mdl-34252967
ABSTRACT
MOTIVATION Due to the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, new strategies had to be adopted to move from classroom-based education to online education, in a very short time. The lack of time to set up these strategies, hindered a proper design of online instructions and delivery of knowledge. Bioinformatics-related training and other onsite practical education, tend to rely on extensive practice, where students and instructors have a face-to-face interaction to improve the learning outcome. For these courses to maintain their high quality when adapted as online courses, different designs need to be tested and the students' perceptions need to be heard. RESULTS:
This study focuses on short bioinformatics-related courses for graduate students at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, which were originally developed for onsite training. Once adapted as online courses, several modifications in their design were tested to obtain the best fitting learning strategy for the students. To improve the online learning experience, we propose a combination of (i) short synchronized sessions, (ii) extended time for own and group practical work, (iii) recorded live lectures and (iv) increased opportunities for feedback in several formats. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Educação a Distância
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COVID-19
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Bioinformatics
Assunto da revista:
INFORMATICA MEDICA
Ano de publicação:
2021
Tipo de documento:
Article
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Suécia