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'How Do We Do This at a Distance?!' A Descriptive Study of Remote Undergraduate Research Programs during COVID-19

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العنوان: 'How Do We Do This at a Distance?!' A Descriptive Study of Remote Undergraduate Research Programs during COVID-19
اللغة: English
المؤلفون: Erickson, Olivia A., Cole, Rebecca B., Isaacs, Jared M., Alvarez-Clare, Silvia, Arnold, Jonathan, Augustus-Wallace, Allison, Ayoob, Joseph C., Berkowitz, Alan, Branchaw, Janet, Burgio, Kevin R., Cannon, Charles H., Ceballos, Ruben Michael, Cohen, C. Sarah, Coller, Hilary, Disney, Jane, Doze, Van A., Eggers, Margaret J., Farina, Stacy, Ferguson, Edwin L., Gray, Jeffrey J., Greenberg, Jean T., Hoffmann, Alexander, Jensen-Ryan, Danielle, Kao, Robert M., Keene, Alex C., Kowalko, Johanna E., Lopez, Steven A., Mathis, Camille, Minkara, Mona, Murren, Courtney J., Ondrechen, Mary Jo, Ordoñez, Patricia, Osano, Anne, Padilla-Crespo, Elizabeth, Palchoudhury, Soubantika, Qin, Hong, Ramírez-Lugo, Juan, Reithel, Jennifer, Shaw, Colin A., Smith, Amber, Smith, Rosemary, Summers, Adam P., Tsien, Fern, Dolan, Erin L.
المصدر: CBE - Life Sciences Education. Mar 2022 21(1).
الإتاحة: American Society for Cell Biology. 8120 Woodmont Avenue Suite 750, Bethesda, MD 20814-2762. Tel: 301-347-9300; Fax: 301-347-9310; e-mail: ascbinfo@ascb.org; Website: http://www.ascb.orgTest
تمت مراجعته من قبل الزملاء: Y
Page Count: 16
تاريخ النشر: 2022
Sponsoring Agency: National Science Board (NSB) (NSF)
Contract Number: DBI2030530
نوع الوثيقة: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
Postsecondary Education
الواصفات: COVID-19, Pandemics, Distance Education, Undergraduate Students, Research Projects, Biological Sciences, Student Attitudes, Asynchronous Communication, Synchronous Communication, Interpersonal Relationship, Mentors, Knowledge Level, Sense of Community, Social Networks, Social Justice, Student Experience, Program Evaluation
DOI: 10.1187/cbe.21-05-0125
تدمد: 1931-7913
مستخلص: The COVID-19 pandemic shut down undergraduate research programs across the United States. A group of 23 colleges, universities, and research institutes hosted remote undergraduate research programs in the life sciences during Summer 2020. Given the unprecedented offering of remote programs, we carried out a study to describe and evaluate them. Using structured templates, we documented how programs were designed and implemented, including who participated. Through focus groups and surveys, we identified programmatic strengths and shortcomings as well as recommendations for improvements from students' perspectives. Strengths included the quality of mentorship, opportunities for learning and professional development, and a feeling of connection with a larger community. Weaknesses included limited cohort building, challenges with insufficient structure, and issues with technology. Although all programs had one or more activities related to diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice, these topics were largely absent from student reports even though programs coincided with a peak in national consciousness about racial inequities and structural racism. Our results provide evidence for designing remote Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REUs) that are experienced favorably by students. Our results also indicate that remote REUs are sufficiently positive to further investigate their affordances and constraints, including the potential to scale up offerings, with minimal concern about disenfranchising students.
Abstractor: As Provided
Entry Date: 2022
رقم الانضمام: EJ1336419
قاعدة البيانات: ERIC
الوصف
تدمد:1931-7913
DOI:10.1187/cbe.21-05-0125