The why, when, and how of computing in biology classrooms

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dc.contributor.authorWright AM
dc.contributor.authorSchwartz RS
dc.contributor.authorOaks JR
dc.contributor.authorNewman CE
dc.contributor.authorFlanagan SP
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-23T20:38:11Z
dc.date.available2021-05-23T20:38:11Z
dc.date.issued2020en
dc.date.updated2020-06-04T21:54:00Z
dc.description.abstractMany biologists are interested in teaching computing skills or using computing in the classroom, despite not being formally trained in these skills themselves. Thus biologists may find themselves researching how to teach these skills, and therefore many individuals are individually attempting to discover resources and methods to do so. Recent years have seen an expansion of new technologies to assist in delivering course content interactively. Educational research provides insights into how learners absorb and process information during interactive learning. In this review, we discuss the value of teaching foundational computing skills to biologists, and strategies and tools to do so. Additionally, we review the literature on teaching practices to support the development of these skills. We pay special attention to meeting the needs of diverse learners, and consider how different ways of delivering course content can be leveraged to provide a more inclusive classroom experience. Our goal is to enable biologists to teach computational skills and use computing in the classroom successfully.en
dc.identifier.citationWright AM, Schwartz RS, Oaks JR, Newman CE, Flanagan SP (2020). The why, when, and how of computing in biology classrooms. F1000Research. 8. 1854-.en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.20873.1
dc.identifier.issn2046-1402
dc.identifier.issn1759-796X
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10092/101929
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherF1000 Research Ltden
dc.rightsCopyright: © 2020 Wright AM et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.en
dc.rights.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10092/17651en
dc.subjectbiologyen
dc.subjectcomputationen
dc.subjecteducationen
dc.subjectundergraduateen
dc.subject.anzsrcFields of Research::31 - Biological sciencesen
dc.subject.anzsrcFields of Research::39 - Education::3901 - Curriculum and pedagogy::390113 - Science, technology and engineering curriculum and pedagogyen
dc.subject.anzsrcFields of Research::39 - Education::3904 - Specialist studies in education::390405 - Educational technology and computingen
dc.titleThe why, when, and how of computing in biology classroomsen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
uc.collegeFaculty of Science
uc.departmentSchool of Biological Sciences
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