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Volume 1: 22-25, 2001.
Development of a web-based informatics educational exercise in genomics
Flower R
A/Professor,
Department of Haematology and Transfusion Medicine,
University of Sydney and Principal Scientist, PaLMS
Transfusion Services, Northern Sydney Health.
ABSTRACT
Development of a Web-Based
Informatics Educational Exercise in Genomics: Flower R, Online J Bioinformatics
1: 22-25, 2001. This
is a report of development of an internet based activity to assist online
participants in conceptualising ways in which
sequence data can be used to determine the structure and function of molecules
of biological importance. The activity was evaluated with several small groups
and the responses of these groups used as a basis of redesign. The redesigned
exercise is available free via the Internet (www.designcad.com.au/heme).
It was notable that on completion of a pilot workshop, 90% of participants felt
that they had acquired "confidence and skills in use of databases on the
internet". While there were a relatively small number of participants in
the pilot evaluation and the experiences reported mirror those already in the
literature, this report is intended to inform designers of similar activities
of outcomes of the process of design of an interactive web-based exercise
incorporating hypothesis testing.
Key-Words:
Web, informatics,
genomics