Bacterial Unknown Project in the COVID-19 Era: Transition from In-Person Lab Experience to Online Environment.

ABSTRACT: The eruption of the COVID-19 pandemic forced many universities to quickly transition traditional in-person laboratory courses to an online format for remote learning. Consequently, learning objectives focused on hands-on laboratory skills shifted to ones that assess skills that could be recapitulated in the online format. We have transitioned a staple experiment in most undergraduate microbiology labs, the Bacterial Unknown Project, for online delivery using the university Learning Management System. We maintained the learning objectives suited for online delivery, such as creating an experimental design for identifying an unknown bacterium and communicating scientific results, while replacing or modifying those which could not be replicated, such as demonstration of sterile techniques, wi

SUBMITTER: Amrein J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8046654 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature