Affiliation:
1. Bioinformatics Core Facility, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, 405 30, Sweden
Abstract
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.
Funder
Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Subject
Computational Mathematics,Computational Theory and Mathematics,Computer Science Applications,Molecular Biology,Biochemistry,Statistics and Probability
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