A Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience for Bioinformatics Education in Undergraduate Students

Autor/inn/en	Gao, Lei; Guo, Miao
Titel	A Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience for Bioinformatics Education in Undergraduate Students
Quelle	In: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 51 (2023) 2, S.189-199 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Gao, Lei)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1470-8175
DOI	10.1002/bmb.21710
Schlagwörter	Undergraduate Students; Student Research; Student Experience; Biology; Genetics; Curriculum Development; Curriculum Implementation; Data Analysis; Visual Aids + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Studentenforschung; Studienerfahrung; Biologie; Humangenetik; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Auswertung; Anschauungsmaterial
Abstract	With rapid development of sequencing technology and the continuous accumulation of biological big data, people who are capable of using bioinformatic skills to analyze omics data and work out biological problems are urgently needed in the workforce, which highlights the importance of developing bioinformatics skills early in the undergraduate curriculum. Meanwhile, course-based undergraduate research experience (CURE) courses have been proved to be an effective teaching format that have many advantages over traditional labs and lectures. Here we introduced an implementation of CURE course of bioinformatics data analysis and visualization for undergraduate students in major of bioinformatics and evaluated the learning outcomes. We were able to address 10 out of 15 core competencies identified by Network for Integrating Bioinformatics into Life Sciences Education. Besides, results evaluated by Laboratory Course Assessment Survey demonstrated the goals of collaboration, discovery and relevance, and iteration were accomplished in our course. Meanwhile, a significant increase in scores of final examinations and a long-term improvement on students' research ability on bioinformatics data analysis and visualization were also observed. In summary, this CURE course is useful for undergraduate students learning related knowledge and participate in authentic research in the field of bioinformatics. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01