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Data-Rich Blogging in the Undergraduate Science Lab

Session Details

Tuesday, June 03, 2008
9:30 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
City Terrace 9 (Third Floor)

Session Type: Track 2

Speaker(s)

Stephen Gallik, Professor of Biology, University of Mary Washington
James Groom, Instructional Technology Specialist, University of Mary Washington
Session convener: Elizabeth M. Hosier, Special Assistant to VC ITSD, University of North Carolina Wilmington

Abstract

The laboratory component of the cell biology course at the University of Mary Washington employs experiments that require students to collect, record, analyze, and graph significant amounts of data. Generating a complete record of the experiment can leave a student with no time to think and generate thoughtful conclusions about the meaning of the experimental results. The creation and use of an original Flash application combined with student blogs is being used to solve this problem. In this presentation, a demonstration experiment will be performed to show how these tools are being used to facilitate student learning.

Additional contributor: Andrew Rush, University of Mary Washington

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