BOL: Best practices in bioinformatics training for life scientists

Best practices in bioinformatics training for life scientists

Jitendra Narayan — Tue, 13 Aug 2013 15:47:34 -0500

Among life scientists, from clinicians to environmental researchers, a common theme is the need not just to use, and gain familiarity with, bioinformatics tools and resources but also to understand their underlying fundamental theoretical and practical concepts.

Find the detail paper at http://bib.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2013/06/25/bib.bbt043.full

Address of the bookmark: http://bib.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2013/06/25/bib.bbt043.full

Comment by Jit

Jit — Thu, 05 Sep 2013 14:30:37 -0500

Recently, a group of scientist investigated the effects of our Bio-ITEST teacher professional development model and bioinformatics curricula on cognitive traits (awareness, engagement, self-efﬁcacy, and relevance) in high school teachers and students that are known to accompany a developing interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) careers.

Find the detail paper at @ http://www.lifescied.org/content/12/3/441.full.pdf+html?with-ds=yes

Comment by Jitendra Narayan

Jitendra Narayan — Thu, 05 Sep 2013 14:23:47 -0500

Recently published paper "Teaching the ABCs of bioinformatics: a brief introduction to the Applied Bioinformatics Course" in Briefings in Bioinformatics journals by Jingchu Luo share his teaching experiences and the online teaching materials with colleagues working in bioinformatics education both in local and international universities.

Detailed information about the teaching strategies of the course are outlined in the ‘How to teach’
section. The contents of the course are briefly described in the ‘What to teach’ section with some real examples.

Find the paper @ http://bib.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2013/09/05/bib.bbt065.full.pdf+html