An Experience with Electronic Laboratory Notebooks in Real-World, Client-Based BME Design Courses

Puccinelli, John P.; Nimunkar, Amit J.

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“…This is much higher than the figures reported in the literature, where it was claimed that less than 5% of academic labs use ELNs [30]. In fact, this finding is acutely different to previous results from a Biomedical Engineering Laboratory surveying 200 students (sophomore and senior) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison [41], where 98% of students confirmed they never used them. Clearly, our students in China were aware of ELNs and have used them in the past.…”

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“…After consulting with other staff members in pedagogical research within the College of Science and Engineering, we developed an online survey to evaluate the effectiveness of ELNs via 20 carefully constructed questions, which were tested for clarity and relevance. Our survey questions were adapted from validated ELN questionnaires by Walsh [37], Riley [39], Puccinelli [41] and Okon [42], as well as general software questionnaires developed by Conde [5] and Jung [43]. Each of the previous ELN investigations relied on testing a particular ELN product.…”

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“…The first section consisted of four multiple-choice questions (MCQs) regarding laboratory notebooks in general. Similar to the investigations by Puccinelli [41], the first question asked students whether they were aware of what laboratory notebooks were using a simple Yes/No response. The next question asked students how they usually kept track of their experimental work.…”

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Supporting Team Based Learning Using Electronic Laboratory Notebooks: Perspectives From Transnational Students

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Today's engineering industries require graduates with a broad range of soft skills, which include teamwork, communication and integrity. Therefore, more accreditation bodies now recommend team-learning activities to be embedded in their engineering programmes. However, hardworking students often find group projects demotivating, especially if their contributions are not accurately reflected in their individual grades. To address these issues, we demonstrate that Electronic Laboratory Notebooks can be used to promote student collaboration and teamwork on a group project. They can also help instructors assess student contributions fairly. During our investigations, we noticed that students have used Electronic Laboratory Notebooks as social interaction tools that enable text, data, images and recorded audio to be exchanged. Consequently, the aim of this manuscript is to describe the experiences of 58 transnational undergraduate students in using six different software products for a team-based learning activity. According to our investigations, Electronic Laboratory Notebooks had a positive impact on supporting Team Based Learning in a new electronic engineering course. The outcomes of our investigations can help create effective teaching and learning resources for undergraduate students in Electronic Engineering. They can also help engineering faculty make informed decisions regarding the introduction of Electronic Laboratory Notebooks in undergraduate research activities.

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“…A link to the Monash University LabArchives electronic notebook, which Monash has implemented for higher degree supervision in 2016, provides this capacity. Eblen-Zayas (2015) has outlined the reasons for switching to Electronic notebooks and the considerations in selecting ELN software, while Puccinelli and Nimunkar (2014) reported instructor and student experiences and feedback from using Electronic Laboratory Notebooks in real world design courses. The electronic notebook offers a shared environment for students and supervisors to interact within, and for supervisors to keep track of their students' work, as well as an environment for independent work by students.…”

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A Fully Online Research Portal for Research Students and Researchers

2018

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Aim/Purpose: This paper describes the context, development, implementation, and the potential transferability of an integrated online research environment that allows its users to conduct all aspects of research online. Background: While the content of most traditional courses can be delivered online and learning outcomes can be achieved by adopting equivalents to face-to-face pedagogic approaches, certain courses, such as those that require a substantial research component, present significant constraints for delivery online. To overcome these limitations, Australia’s largest university developed and implemented a Research Portal. Methodology: The development team conducted a functional requirements analysis, identified the components that would be necessary to meet user needs, and reviewed existing solutions. The Monash University Psychology Research Portal was designed, tested, developed, tested for user experience, implemented, and reviewed. The Research Portal is structured according to the usual research sequence and provides users with access to supporting information and integrated capacities including research supervision, participant acquisition, and data collection, analysis, and storage. Contribution: This integrated online research environment is equivalent to and, in some ways, superior to an on campus/non-online research capacity. Findings: The usage of the Research Portal has grown rapidly and has satisfied the requirements and met the research needs of students of an online course that includes a research project, providing a common, ubiquitously accessible, and integrated online research environment. Recommendations for Practitioners: Further refinement, personalization, and expanded implementation and dissemination of the Research Portal components are required. The formation of networks and working partnerships to operate, maintain, and promote Research Portal initiatives is recommended to reduce operational costs, increase access, and create an impact. Impact on Society: The Research Portal is an efficient resource that provides easy access to a standard interface at any time and from anywhere and can potentially be used by other online research courses, as well as by online and non-online researchers.

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Electronic Research Notebooks in the Educational Setting: A Scoping Review

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J Sci Educ Technol

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An Experience with Electronic Laboratory Notebooks in Real-World, Client-Based BME Design Courses

Cited by 3 publications

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Supporting Team Based Learning Using Electronic Laboratory Notebooks: Perspectives From Transnational Students

Supporting Team Based Learning Using Electronic Laboratory Notebooks: Perspectives From Transnational Students

A Fully Online Research Portal for Research Students and Researchers

Electronic Research Notebooks in the Educational Setting: A Scoping Review

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