2018
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjm.2018.04.005
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Adopt a Bacterium – an active and collaborative learning experience in microbiology based on social media

Abstract: The “Adopt a Bacterium” project is based on the use of social network as a tool in Microbiology undergraduate education, improving student learning and encouraging students to participate in collaborative learning. The approach involves active participation of both students and teachers, emphasizing knowledge exchange, based on widely used social media. Students were organized in groups and asked to adopt a specific bacterial genus and, subsequently, submit posts about “adopted genus”. The formative assessment… Show more

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“…Inside the microbiology field, the 'Adopt a Bacterium' project is one example, promoting an interactive teaching experience using Facebook as a platform for shared and supervised discussions (Piantola et al 2018). Also, on LinkedIn, several open SynBio groups are found, such as the 'iGEM', 'CRISPR and Gene Editing Tools', 'DIYbio' groups.…”
Section: Social Mediamentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Inside the microbiology field, the 'Adopt a Bacterium' project is one example, promoting an interactive teaching experience using Facebook as a platform for shared and supervised discussions (Piantola et al 2018). Also, on LinkedIn, several open SynBio groups are found, such as the 'iGEM', 'CRISPR and Gene Editing Tools', 'DIYbio' groups.…”
Section: Social Mediamentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Several studies conducted by Kivunja (2015), Piantola et al (2018), and Timmis et al (2019) indicate that practicum activities have not maximally empowered students' thinking skills. In addition, other research findings indicate that practicum has small contribution towards the students' skills in solving real world problems (Biggs & Tang, 2011;Lent & Brown, 2006;McCune & Entwistle, 2011;G.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…With that in mind, in 2013 the #Adopt Project was created using Facebook ® as a didactic platform for teaching Microbiology, both in higher education – “Adopt a Bacterium” [13] - and in high school – “Adopt a Microorganism”. The latter was applied to students of the 2nd year of high school integrated to technical education in Business Administration of the Federal Institute of São Paulo, Campus Sorocaba, during the years 2019 and 2020.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%