Explain the Brain: Websites to Help Scientists Teach Neuroscience to the General Public

Chudler, Eric H.; Bergsman, Kristen Clapper

doi:10.1187/cbe.14-08-0136

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“…CNT education staff have extensive experience developing curriculum resources related to neuroscience and neural engineering. 1 , 2 We decided to create an innovative program that leveraged existing online learning resources from other organizations packaged with at-home learning resources we would design ourselves. An added strength of our plan was to use our existing connections with affiliated faculty members across engineering departments who we had previously identified as being engaging speakers for pre-college audiences.…”

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Adapting a Neural Engineering Summer Camp for High School Students to a Fully Online Experience

Bergsman

Chudler

2020

Biomed Eng Education

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The COVID-19 pandemic and its resulting health and safety concerns caused the cancellation of many engineering education opportunities for high school students. To expose high school students to the field of neural engineering and encourage them to pursue academic pathways in biomedical engineering, the Center for Neurotechnology (CNT) at the University of Washington converted an inperson summer camp to a fully online program (Virtual REACH Program, VRP) offering both synchronous and asynchronous resources. The VRP is a five-day online program that focuses on a different daily theme (neuroscience, brain-computer interfaces, electrical stimulation, neuroethics, career/academic pathways). Each day, the VRP starts with a live videoconference meeting (lecture and interactive discussion) with a CNT faculty member. The online lectures are supported by at-home learning resources (e.g., text, videos, activities, quizzes) embedded within a digital book created using the Pressbook platform. An online bulletin board (Padlet) is also used by students to share artifacts and build community. Program evaluation will be conducted by an external evaluator. A summative survey will collect information on participants' experiences in the VRP and will help inform future iterations of the program. Although significant time was required to create a digital book, the VRP will reach a larger audience than the prior inperson program and resulted in the creation of learning tools that can be used in the future.

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Adapting a Neural Engineering Summer Camp for High School Students to a Fully Online Experience

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Chudler

2020

Biomed Eng Education

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“…Secondary science teachers can implement engaging curricula and activities to meet the challenges of the new vision for science and engineering education while also motivating their students to consider STEM careers. Neuroscience websites for students and teachers have been reviewed in a previous WWW.Life Sciences Education Feature ( Chudler and Bergsman, 2014 ) and will not be discussed here. Rather, this Feature focuses on resources about neural engineering that can be used by precollege educators and students, as well as scientists and engineers who engage with the public.…”

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Brains–Computers–Machines: Neural Engineering in Science Classrooms

Chudler

Bergsman

2016

LSE

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“…Using this medium, instructors can effectively reduce cognitive load for their students and enable quicker, better-retained learning ( Mayer and Moreno, 2003 ; Mayer, 2008 ; Evans and Gibbons, 2007 ; Domagk et al , 2010 ). A multitude of examples show that online multimedia learning not only helps students to improve their understanding of the concepts presented but also allows them to integrate new concepts with their existing knowledge base ( Carpi, 2001 ; Carpi and Mikhailova, 2003 ; McClean et al , 2005 ; Silver and Nickel, 2005 ; Chudler and Bergsman, 2014 ; Goff et al , 2017 ).…”

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Design and Assessment of Online, Interactive Tutorials That Teach Science Process Skills

Kramer

Olson

Walker

2018

LSE

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Explicit emphasis on teaching science process skills leads to both gains in the skills themselves and, strikingly, deeper understanding of content. Here, we created and tested a series of online, interactive tutorials with the goal of helping undergraduate students develop science process skills. We designed the tutorials in accordance with evidence-based multimedia design principles and student feedback from usability testing. We then tested the efficacy of the tutorials in an introductory undergraduate biology class. On the basis of a multivariate ordinary least-squares regression model, students who received the tutorials are predicted to score 0.82 points higher on a 15-point science process skill assessment than their peers who received traditional textbook instruction on the same topic. This moderate but significant impact indicates that well-designed online tutorials can be more effective than traditional ways of teaching science process skills to undergraduate students. We also found trends that suggest the tutorials are especially effective for nonnative English-speaking students. However, due to a limited sample size, we were unable to confirm that these trends occurred due to more than just variation in the student group sampled.

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Explain the Brain: Websites to Help Scientists Teach Neuroscience to the General Public

Abstract: Increased public awareness of neuroscience often results in requests to neuroscientists to share their knowledge with lay audiences. This Feature showcases Internet-based resources to help neuroscientists explain their work to the general public and K–12 audiences.

Cited by 9 publications

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Adapting a Neural Engineering Summer Camp for High School Students to a Fully Online Experience

Adapting a Neural Engineering Summer Camp for High School Students to a Fully Online Experience

Brains–Computers–Machines: Neural Engineering in Science Classrooms

Design and Assessment of Online, Interactive Tutorials That Teach Science Process Skills

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