TY - JOUR
T1 - Community development, implementation, and assessment of a NIBLSE bioinformatics sequence similarity learning resource
AU - Kleinschmit, Adam J.
AU - Ryder, Elizabeth F.
AU - Kerby, Jacob L.
AU - Murdoch, Barbara
AU - Donovan, Sam
AU - Grandgenett, Nealy F.
AU - Cook, Rachel E.
AU - Siriwardana, Chamindika
AU - Morgan, William
AU - Pauley, Mark
AU - Rosenwald, Anne
AU - Triplett, Eric
AU - Tapprich, William
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright: This is an open access article, free of all copyright, and may be freely reproduced, distributed, transmitted, modified, built upon, or otherwise used by anyone for any lawful purpose. The work is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 public domain dedication.
PY - 2021/9
Y1 - 2021/9
N2 - As powerful computational tools and ‘big data’ transform the biological sciences, bioinformatics training is becoming necessary to prepare the next generation of life scientists. Furthermore, because the tools and resources employed in bioinformatics are constantly evolving, bioinformatics learning materials must be continuously improved. In addition, these learning materials need to move beyond today’s typical step-by-step guides to promote deeper conceptual understanding by students. One of the goals of the Network for Integrating Bioinformatics into Life Sciences Education (NIBSLE) is to create, curate, disseminate, and assess appropriate open-access bioinformatics learning resources. Here we describe the evolution, integration, and assessment of a learning resource that explores essential concepts of biological sequence similarity. Pre/post student assessment data from diverse life science courses show significant learning gains. These results indicate that the learning resource is a beneficial educational product for the integration of bioinformatics across curricula.
AB - As powerful computational tools and ‘big data’ transform the biological sciences, bioinformatics training is becoming necessary to prepare the next generation of life scientists. Furthermore, because the tools and resources employed in bioinformatics are constantly evolving, bioinformatics learning materials must be continuously improved. In addition, these learning materials need to move beyond today’s typical step-by-step guides to promote deeper conceptual understanding by students. One of the goals of the Network for Integrating Bioinformatics into Life Sciences Education (NIBSLE) is to create, curate, disseminate, and assess appropriate open-access bioinformatics learning resources. Here we describe the evolution, integration, and assessment of a learning resource that explores essential concepts of biological sequence similarity. Pre/post student assessment data from diverse life science courses show significant learning gains. These results indicate that the learning resource is a beneficial educational product for the integration of bioinformatics across curricula.
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U2 - 10.1371/journal.pone.0257404
DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0257404
M3 - Article
C2 - 34506617
AN - SCOPUS:85114827593
SN - 1932-6203
VL - 16
JO - PloS one
JF - PloS one
IS - 9 September
M1 - e0257404
ER -