TY - GEN
T1 - A web-based introduction to bioinformatics
T2 - International Conference on Bioinformatics Models, Methods and Algorithms, BIOINFORMATICS 2012
AU - Lirk, Gerald
AU - Kulczycki, Peter
AU - Winkler, Stefan
AU - Zumbach, Jörg
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - An OpenLab learning course, taking place in both class room and wet and computer lab, was used to reflect the students' and undergrads' impression of bioinformatics. Three main aspects were investigated. First, what is their opinion about the bioinformatics working environment? Second, how can biological, mathematical and scientific knowledge increase and third, do epistemological beliefs change during attendance of a specific course? A total of 735 persons were surveyed with two different, newly designed, questionnaires. The participants consider bioinformatics more biological than graduated scientists. The increase of knowledge is significantly higher when doing additional data analysis and computer work than working only in the wet lab. We found also a significant change in the epistemological beliefs. Therefore, we recommend a data analysing lecture and online-support in an OpenLab-course. Respectively, we recommend an interdisciplinary introduction to bioinformatics.
AB - An OpenLab learning course, taking place in both class room and wet and computer lab, was used to reflect the students' and undergrads' impression of bioinformatics. Three main aspects were investigated. First, what is their opinion about the bioinformatics working environment? Second, how can biological, mathematical and scientific knowledge increase and third, do epistemological beliefs change during attendance of a specific course? A total of 735 persons were surveyed with two different, newly designed, questionnaires. The participants consider bioinformatics more biological than graduated scientists. The increase of knowledge is significantly higher when doing additional data analysis and computer work than working only in the wet lab. We found also a significant change in the epistemological beliefs. Therefore, we recommend a data analysing lecture and online-support in an OpenLab-course. Respectively, we recommend an interdisciplinary introduction to bioinformatics.
KW - Epistemological beliefs
KW - Knowledge
KW - Learning bioinformatic tools
KW - OpenLab projects
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84861980380&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84861980380
SN - 9789898425904
T3 - BIOINFORMATICS 2012 - Proceedings of the International Conference on Bioinformatics Models, Methods and Algorithms
SP - 378
EP - 385
BT - BIOINFORMATICS 2012 - Proceedings of the International Conference on Bioinformatics Models, Methods and Algorithms
Y2 - 1 February 2012 through 4 February 2012
ER -