Student Annotations of Published Data as a Collaboration between an Online Laboratory Course and the C. elegans Database, WormBase.

ABSTRACT: 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 students' engagement in collaboration. The shift to online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic created an immediate need for meaningful, collaborative experiences in CUREs. We developed a partnership with the Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) database, WormBase, in which students submitted annotations of published manuscripts to the website. Due to the stress on students during this time of crisis, qualitative data were collected in lieu of quantitative pre- and postanalyses. Most students reported on cognitive processes that represent mid-level Bloom's categories. By partn

SUBMITTER: Dahlberg CL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8012049 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature