Course | Let's Experiment: A Guide for Scientists Working at the Bench (Self-Paced) |
Course Link | https://courses.ibiology.org/courses/course-v1:iBiology+LE+SP/about
We encourage all educators to register for the online course and review it in the online platform to read the full course text and see the course components in context. |
Syllabus | Download Syllabus |
Educator Guide | Download Guide |
Course Level | Course content is for life science undergraduate and graduate students needing training in experimental design. |
Educator Audience | Faculty, administrators, laboratory PIs, and research mentors looking for resources to help teach life science trainees rigorous, reproducible and transparent experimental design. |
Preliminary Data |
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The resources here provided are a distillation of the learning elements of the online course “Let’s Experiment: A Guide for Scientists at the Bench.” Our goal is to make it easy to access and use the course’s videos, video transcripts, infographics, term sheet, assessments, and discussion questions. We encourage educators to use some or all of the materials for their training.
We have developed an Educator Guide that is meant to demonstrate how iBiology’s online course “Let’s Experiment: A Guide for Scientists Working at the Bench” (LE) can be used in multiple settings to assist when teaching experimental design. We give examples of how to use the whole course, as well as pieces of the course and materials associated with this course, to effectively teach important concepts and strategies behind experimental design, including aspects of rigor, reproducibility, and transparency as well as responsible conduct of research. The guide includes summary of the online course and evaluation outcomes, course learning objectives, model examples for training, and a complete list of references, recommended readings, resources and course components.
Here are some examples of how this course and related resources can be useful in training your students or mentees:
"Let’s Experiment: A Guide for Scientists Working at the Bench" (LE) is a free 6-week online course designed to help guide participants through the process of planning and executing experiments in biology. In the online course scientists from a variety of backgrounds give concrete steps and advice to help participants build a framework for how to design experiments. We use case studies to make the abstract more tangible. In science, there is often no simple right answer, and our course reflects the important nuances of research. Through the course, participants develop a general approach to experimental design and understand what they are getting into before they begin.
Here is a high level description of what participants learn in this course:
We have put together these resources in an attempt to be helpful, so we very much would like to know what you think, and/or how you might be using them. We would also like to know what you think is missing or what could be better. Please reach out to us at courses@ibiology.org and gives your thoughts and feedback. Thank you!
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