Png Chin Wen, Goh Lih Ing, Chen Yuanxiang Kenneth, Yeo Huimin, Liu Haiyan
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, , Singapore.
J Microbiol Biol Educ. 2024 Aug 29;25(2):e0018123. doi: 10.1128/jmbe.00181-23. Epub 2024 May 3.
The COVID-19 global pandemic has prompted educators in universities to reconsider their teaching methods, mainly due to the social distancing measures imposed within the classroom settings. On the other hand, the growing importance of continuing education opportunities for adult learners after graduation has seen the need to transform traditional teaching modes that primarily depend on face-to-face interaction into virtual modes, which are deemed more time- and cost-efficient. These major shifts in social and economic developments have a significant impact on the evolution of curriculum planning in higher education. Education that has scientific inquiry components inevitably comes into question, as conventional beliefs that experiments should be hands-on and will not be as effective if conducted virtually cast doubts on the move to the online space. This paper discusses the background of an impending shift in a university's approach to more online-based laboratory classes in an immunology course, as well as the exploration of the potential of conducting online laboratory experiments based on student perceptions.
新冠疫情全球大流行促使大学教育工作者重新思考他们的教学方法，这主要是由于课堂环境中实施的社交距离措施。另一方面，毕业后成人学习者继续教育机会的重要性日益增加，这使得有必要将主要依赖面对面互动的传统教学模式转变为虚拟模式，这种模式被认为更节省时间和成本。社会和经济发展的这些重大转变对高等教育课程规划的演变产生了重大影响。包含科学探究内容的教育不可避免地受到质疑，因为传统观念认为实验应该亲自动手操作，而虚拟进行的实验效果不佳，这对转向在线教学提出了疑问。本文讨论了一所大学即将在免疫学课程中采用更多基于在线的实验课的背景，以及基于学生看法对开展在线实验的潜力的探索。
