Digital Marine: An online platform for blended learning in a marine experimental biology module, the Schmid Training Course

Haley Flom, Maja Adamska, Raphaël Lami, Eve Gazave, Salvatore D'Aniello, Bernd Schierwater, Agnès Boutet*

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    Abstract

    For over 20 years, the Schmid Training Course (STC) has offered unique opportunities for marine biology students from European universities to learn about marine model organisms. While the topics of the course have continuously changed over the years with the advent of new research techniques and discoveries, the pedagogical approach has remained largely the same – a combination of lectures, lab practicals, and field excursions. Several life science researchers, who have taught in the STC for many years, sought to bring the course's pedagogical approach into the 21st century, and with the support of Erasmus+ Programme of the European Community funding, the Digital Marine project was developed. Digital Marine began in 2018 as an international partnership between the six research centers from which the STC instructors hail, and its main objective was to introduce a flipped, blended approach to learning and teaching with respect to established and emerging marine biological model systems. The Digital Marine platform, which covers 12 marine model organisms, is now publicly available.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number2100264
    JournalBioEssays
    Volume44
    Issue number5
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - May 2022

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