Advanced bioinformatics topics

Author: samuele.soraggi

Created: 2019-12-07 02:03am

Edited: 2019-12-09 07:14pm

Keywords: STREAM, small classroom teaching, computational thinking, coding, complexity

Description:

Course “Advanced topics in genomics” with 6 students enrolled for 10 ECTS. Each week two topics are presented in a 3-hours session. The form of final examination is a project that uses the tools discussed in the course on a specific topic of biological interest.

Problems:
*the topics are quite difficult
*standard class presentation is not successful
*Students’ focus decreases over 3 hours
*there is not enough time to discuss deeper technical aspects of the topics.

Intended Learning Outcomes:

Understand the basic of advanced methods
Translate theory in potential applications
Criticize results from state-of-the-art studies
Connect the use of methods in an analysis framework

Resources		Tasks		Supports
Out of class activities
Article to prepare		- Article study - Presentation preparation ↓	←	- Webinars and conference videos - Office hours
- Online interactive tools - other publications	→	-Find practical applications ↓	←	-Office hours
In class activities
		- Students' presentations ↓	←	- Teacher
Online tools to explore data and methods	→	- Discussion - Practical examples	←	- Teacher - Presenter students - Peer feedback