基于数量数字课程的植物生物学本科研究经验
Courtney J Murren1, Danielle Jensen-Ryan2, April Bisner1
1Department of Biology, College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, USA.
Journal of microbiology & biology education
|February 19, 2026
概括
使用Arabidopsis thaliana图像的基于数字课程的本科研究经验 (DCURE) 增强了STEM教育. 这种可访问的模型提高了学生的技能和概念理解,使研究经验更加公平.
科学领域:
- 学士学位的STEM教育教育.
- 植物生物学研究 植物生物学研究
- 数字学习技术数字学习技术
背景情况:
- 传统的CURE提供了真实的研究,但在可扩展性和可访问性方面面临限制.
- 随着COVID-19的流行,人们越来越需要灵活的,远程可访问的生物学教育工具.
- 现有的基础设施要求 (温室,生长室) 可能会限制获得研究经验的机会.
研究的目的:
- 为本科生植物生物学研究开发和实施数字CURE (DCURE).
- 用植物图像和数字平台将活植物操纵实验改编为数字格式.
- 评估DCURE对学生学习,技能发展和不同机构的参与的影响.
主要方法:
- 将活植物CURE改编为数字格式,专注于Arabidopsis thaliana的研究.
- 利用数字平台和实验植物图像来模拟研究活动.
- 在基础和高级生物学课程中在社区学院和4年制机构实施DCURE.
主要成果:
- 在5个学期的1,300多名学生在技术能力,数据分析信心和植物生物学概念理解方面取得了显著的进步.
- 学生参与真正的研究过程:数据收集,假设生成,分析和数据库贡献.
- 教师报告了通过代反增强的学生协作和改进的教学设计.
结论:
- DCURE提供了一个灵活,可访问和严格的模型,用于将数字研究整合到本科教育中.
- 这种数字化方法扩大了对研究经验的公平获取,特别是对于缺乏实体基础设施的机构.
- DCURE为学生提供了现代生物学工作人员必不可少的计算和分析技能,并且可以适应其他生命科学系统.
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