Nicholas Skiados, Rabeea Summer Rehman, Megan Riley, Kersten T Schroeder
Methods of biotechnology Biotech BioBrawl: A competition-based learning approach to biotechnology
Biochemistry and molecular biology education : a bimonthly publication of the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
humancentered activelearning approaches help students develop core competencies biology stem fields including ability conduct research use quantitative reasoning communicate across disciplinary boundaries connect science education pressing social environmental challenges promising approaches incorporating active learning biology courses include use coursebased research community engagement international experiences disruption higher education due covid19 pandemic made approaches challenging impossible execute describe scalable coursebased undergraduate research experience cure animal behavior course integrates research community engagement remote international experience students courses two us universities worked community partners analyze behavior african goats grazing near informal settlements western cape south africa partners established relationship goat herders created 2min videos individual goats differed criteria goat sex time day specified students students worked small groups choose dependent variables compared goat behavior across criteria using factorial design postcourse surveys students universities indicated overall enthusiasm experience general students indicated laboratory provided somewhat researchbased experience compared biology laboratories taken similar length somewhat much communityengagement international experience educational benefits complemented fact international educational partners facing economic hardship due pandemic received payment services future iterations cure focus goat behavior differences across ecological conditions help herders increase production face continued environmental social challenges generally applying structure cure could facilitate mutually beneficial collaborations residents underresourced areas around world