Department of Microbiology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes, 1374, São Paulo, SP, 05508-000, Brazil.
Health and Society Management Unit, Centro Universitário do Sul de Minas-UNIS/MG, Avenida Alzira Barra Gazzola, 650 - Aeroporto, Varginha, MG, 37031-099, Brazil.
FEMS Microbiol Lett. 2024 Jan 9;371. doi: 10.1093/femsle/fnae033.
The COVID-19 pandemic has posed challenges for education, particularly in undergraduate teaching. In this study, we report on the experience of how a private university successfully addressed this challenge through an active methodology applied to a microbiology discipline offered remotely to students from various health-related courses (veterinary, physiotherapy, nursing, biomedicine, and nutrition). Remote teaching was combined with the "Adopt a Bacterium" methodology, implemented for the first time on Google Sites. The distance learning activity notably improved student participation in microbiology discussions, both through word cloud analysis and the richness of discourse measured by the Shannon index. Furthermore, feedback from students about the e-learning approach was highly positive, indicating its effectiveness in motivating and involving students in the learning process. The results also demonstrate that despite being offered simultaneously to students, the methodology allowed for the acquisition of specialized knowledge within each course and sparked student interest in various aspects of microbiology. In conclusion, the remote "Adopt a Bacterium" methodology facilitated knowledge sharing among undergraduate students from different health-related courses and represented a valuable resource in distance microbiology education.
新型冠状病毒肺炎疫情给教育带来了挑战，尤其是在本科生教学方面。在这项研究中，我们报告了一所私立大学如何通过积极的方法成功应对这一挑战，该方法应用于一门远程向兽医、物理治疗、护理、生物医学和营养学等各种健康相关课程的学生教授的微生物学学科。远程教学与“Adopt a Bacterium”（译： 领养细菌）方法相结合，该方法首次在 Google Sites 上实施。远程学习活动显著提高了学生对微生物学讨论的参与度，这不仅可以通过词云分析，还可以通过 Shannon 指数衡量的话语丰富度来体现。此外，学生对电子学习方法的反馈非常积极，表明它在激发和吸引学生参与学习过程方面非常有效。研究结果还表明，尽管该方法同时提供给学生，但它允许每个课程内获取专业知识，并激发了学生对微生物学各个方面的兴趣。总之，远程的“Adopt a Bacterium”方法促进了来自不同健康相关课程的本科生之间的知识共享，是远程微生物学教育的宝贵资源。
