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Studentsourcing-Aggregating and reusing data from a practical cell biology course.

Joachim Goedhart¹

¹Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, Section of Molecular Cytology, van Leeuwenhoek Centre for Advanced Microscopy, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

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Studentsourcing recovers valuable cell biology data from practical courses. This approach aggregates and reuses student-generated data for scientific records and enhanced teaching, preventing data loss.

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Area of Science:

Biotechnology
Educational Research

Background:

Student-led practical courses generate significant experimental data.
This valuable data is often lost due to a lack of centralized collection and storage.
Lost data cannot be reused, hindering scientific progress and educational enrichment.

Purpose of the Study:

To introduce 'studentsourcing,' a novel method for collecting, aggregating, and reusing data from student practical courses.
To demonstrate the utility of studentsourced data for both scientific discovery and pedagogical applications.
To address the challenge of data loss in educational settings.

Main Methods:

Implemented a studentsourcing system to collect cell biology practical course data from over 100 students across 3 years.
Developed two use cases to illustrate data aggregation and reuse for scientific and teaching purposes.
Utilized large sample sizes and diverse student inputs to discuss experimental design and advanced data visualization (e.g., superplots).

Main Results:

Successfully aggregated and reused student-generated data, demonstrating its value for the scientific record.
Created an interactive online dashboard for real-time data visualization from course measurements.
Achieved precise quantitative insights through a large sample size, enabled by central data storage.

Conclusions:

Studentsourcing effectively prevents data loss from practical courses, enabling data reuse.
Aggregated student data offers unique opportunities for scientific inquiry and data visualization.
This approach enhances both the scientific record and educational effectiveness by leveraging student-generated datasets.