Development of an Online General Biology Open Educational Resource (OER) Laboratory Manual

ABSTRACT Currently, many academic institutions are using one or more variations of online modalities due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and science educators face a unique challenge with distance-learning laboratories. Many resources to engage students in virtual, interactive laboratory activities exist,...

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Autores principales:	Dmitry Y. Brogun, Azure N. Faucette, Kristin Polizzotto, Farshad Tamari
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Publicado:	American Society for Microbiology 2021
Materias:	General Biology OER online lab manual Special aspects of education LC8-6691 Biology (General) QH301-705.5
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:7edf7ce599e34678a5057a8d0e8030bb2021-11-15T15:04:52ZDevelopment of an Online General Biology Open Educational Resource (OER) Laboratory Manual10.1128/jmbe.00133-211935-78851935-7877https://doaj.org/article/7edf7ce599e34678a5057a8d0e8030bb2021-09-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/jmbe.00133-21https://doaj.org/toc/1935-7877https://doaj.org/toc/1935-7885ABSTRACT Currently, many academic institutions are using one or more variations of online modalities due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and science educators face a unique challenge with distance-learning laboratories. Many resources to engage students in virtual, interactive laboratory activities exist, but we found that high costs and/or overlooked content left gaps for several topics typically taught in a general, introductory biology course for undergraduate biology majors (e.g., organismal biology). Additionally, resources for an online lab must be identified and curated from multiple sources, requiring intense demands on the instructors’ time. To meet this need and to overcome the financial burden of high-cost lab manuals or software, we developed, piloted, and revised a series of online general biology lab exercises. We have published these exercises as an Open Educational Resource (OER) digital laboratory manual under the Creative Commons License Agreement, and they are accessible online via Manifold, Creative Commons, and the CUNY Academic Works portal.Dmitry Y. BrogunAzure N. FaucetteKristin PolizzottoFarshad TamariAmerican Society for MicrobiologyarticleGeneral BiologyOERonline lab manualSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691Biology (General)QH301-705.5ENJournal of Microbiology & Biology Education, Vol 22, Iss 2 (2021)
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spellingShingle	General Biology OER online lab manual Special aspects of education LC8-6691 Biology (General) QH301-705.5 Dmitry Y. Brogun Azure N. Faucette Kristin Polizzotto Farshad Tamari Development of an Online General Biology Open Educational Resource (OER) Laboratory Manual
description	ABSTRACT Currently, many academic institutions are using one or more variations of online modalities due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and science educators face a unique challenge with distance-learning laboratories. Many resources to engage students in virtual, interactive laboratory activities exist, but we found that high costs and/or overlooked content left gaps for several topics typically taught in a general, introductory biology course for undergraduate biology majors (e.g., organismal biology). Additionally, resources for an online lab must be identified and curated from multiple sources, requiring intense demands on the instructors’ time. To meet this need and to overcome the financial burden of high-cost lab manuals or software, we developed, piloted, and revised a series of online general biology lab exercises. We have published these exercises as an Open Educational Resource (OER) digital laboratory manual under the Creative Commons License Agreement, and they are accessible online via Manifold, Creative Commons, and the CUNY Academic Works portal.
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Development of an Online General Biology Open Educational Resource (OER) Laboratory Manual

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