Tunes in the Zoom Room: Remote Learning via Videoconference Discussions of Physiology Songs.

ABSTRACT: As most instruction has been forced online, biology instructors have become acutely aware of the many advantages and limitations of online teaching. Here, we investigate one possible advantage of online education: the ease of allowing remote guest speakers to interact with students in real time. In particular, we piloted a model in which guest speakers could facilitate direct music-related interactions with students, possibly benefiting students' content knowledge and sense of community. In the context of an undergraduate animal physiology course, face-to-face lessons on arterial blood gases and the renal system were supplemented with videoconferences with a guest speaker who presented relevant content-rich songs and led class discussions of the lyrics. Survey and test data suggested that,

SUBMITTER: Halpin PA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8046665 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature