Blended/flipped biology classes during COVID-19

IF 1.2 4区 教育学 Q4 BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education Pub Date : 2023-06-07 DOI:10.1002/bmb.21753
Iman Mostafa, Andreas Kakarougkas
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Higher education has been significantly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, disrupting universities worldwide. Unexpectedly, the global academic community was forced to transition to remote and online learning. In many cases, fragilities in the systems of the higher education institutions were exposed, pointing to the need for investment in developing more digital solutions, infrastructure, and teaching modalities. In the post-COVID-19 era, the development and adoption of robust pedagogical modalities is crucial to provide the education systems with effective strategies for designing high-quality courses. Since 2008, MOOCs have been widely used to support billions of students worldwide with flexible, accessible, and high-quality learning experiences. This study attempts to investigate the effectiveness of adopting the MOOC-based flipped approach. We present findings and lessons learned from adopting this approach in two different biology classes using the MITx online materials. Findings on students' preparedness, students' performance, MOOCs integration evaluation, and during-pandemic approach assessment are also explained. In general, the results indicated that students favored the overall experience and the implemented approach. Since the online learning is currently at an evolving stage in Egypt, we believe this study's results might be beneficial for policymakers and Egyptian education institutions in designing strategies to improve the education process.

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新冠肺炎期间的混合/翻转生物课程。
高等教育受到新冠肺炎疫情的严重影响,扰乱了世界各地的大学。出乎意料的是,全球学术界被迫向远程和在线学习过渡。在许多情况下,高等教育机构系统的脆弱性暴露出来,这表明需要投资开发更多的数字解决方案、基础设施和教学模式。在后COVID-19时代,开发和采用稳健的教学模式对于为教育系统提供设计高质量课程的有效战略至关重要。自2008年以来,慕课已被广泛用于为全球数十亿学生提供灵活、方便和高质量的学习体验。本研究试图调查采用基于MOOC的翻转方法的有效性。我们使用MITx在线材料,在两个不同的生物学课堂上展示了采用这种方法的发现和经验教训。还解释了学生准备情况、学生表现、MOOC综合评估和疫情期间方法评估的结果。总体而言,研究结果表明,学生更喜欢整体体验和实施方法。由于埃及的在线学习目前正处于发展阶段,我们相信这项研究的结果可能有利于决策者和埃及教育机构设计改进教育过程的策略。
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Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education 生物-生化与分子生物学
CiteScore
2.60
自引率
14.30%
发文量
99
审稿时长
6-12 weeks
期刊介绍: The aim of BAMBED is to enhance teacher preparation and student learning in Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and related sciences such as Biophysics and Cell Biology, by promoting the world-wide dissemination of educational materials. BAMBED seeks and communicates articles on many topics, including: Innovative techniques in teaching and learning. New pedagogical approaches. Research in biochemistry and molecular biology education. Reviews on emerging areas of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology to provide background for the preparation of lectures, seminars, student presentations, dissertations, etc. Historical Reviews describing "Paths to Discovery". Novel and proven laboratory experiments that have both skill-building and discovery-based characteristics. Reviews of relevant textbooks, software, and websites. Descriptions of software for educational use. Descriptions of multimedia materials such as tutorials on various aspects of biochemistry and molecular biology.
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