BioInformatics Tutorial Series (website)<\/a><\/p>\nStatement of the problem or issue<\/h2>\n
Students need research skills to wade through the large amount of information available to them. Yet they are busy, overwhelmed, and do not have time to visit a librarian to learn how to do research for a particular class project or paper.<\/p>\n
Faculty do not have spare time during their lectures for librarians to visit and teach students how to search scientific literature. Researchers are busy with lab experiments and need services that are convenient to their schedules.<\/p>\n
Description of activity, project, solution, and outcome<\/h2>\n
The MIT Libraries use video tutorials to provide information in a convenient, logical and familiar way. Information on finding library items, which database to use, and the best search strategies are delivered to library users via video tutorials. Videos teaching science research skills have been embedded in the curriculum of a Chemistry GIR course. Additionally, a series dedicated to bioinformatics research tools is available.<\/p>\n
Videos are convenient because they can be viewed anytime, anywhere and replayed when needed. They are task based and short so students can chose which video best fits their needs. Students are comfortable with the video format since most are familiar with video websites.<\/p>\n
The MIT Libraries currently have 49 videos available in MIT\u2019s TechTV. Videos highlighting specialized subjects, such as bioinformatics or patent searching, are among the top viewed videos in the Libraries collection.<\/p>\n
Importance or relevance to other faculty, staff, students, departments, and programs<\/h2>\n
Videos have been proven as an effective way to teach information seeking skills in a Chemistry GIR course- a skill that most students lack when entering MIT. Professors assign students to watch videos on their own time, leaving the faculty\u2019s lecture undisturbed. Professors can link to relevant videos or embed them on course pages.<\/p>\n
The bioinformatics video series fits in with busy lives of scientists who need to understand how to use specific tools quickly and right from the bench. Video tutorials help researchers navigate complicated system biology tools without interruption from daily lab experiments.<\/p>\n
Courtney Crummett, MIT Libraries
\nAngie Locknar, MIT Libraries
\nDarcy Duke, MIT Libraries
\n(Presented at MIT Educational Technology Fair 2009)<\/p>\n
Topic Area(s)<\/h2>\n
1.\u00a0Using video and clickers for teaching large classes more effectively<\/em>
\n 2.\u00a0Finding and integrating digital content into the curriculum<\/em>
\n 3.\u00a0Supporting global learning experiences<\/em>
\n 5.\u00a0Open educational tools and resources<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Poster Presentation\/Demo Abstract The MIT Libraries use videos as a tool inside and outside of the classroom. Videos help students learn how to use the libraries; videos highlighting bioinformatics resources provide learning at the research bench; and undergraduate students learn information searching skills from videos embedded in the curriculum of a GIR course. Video Tutorials […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-edtech-fair-2009","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mitcet.mit.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mitcet.mit.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mitcet.mit.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mitcet.mit.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mitcet.mit.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1328"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mitcet.mit.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1328\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2378,"href":"https:\/\/mitcet.mit.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1328\/revisions\/2378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mitcet.mit.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mitcet.mit.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mitcet.mit.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}