Online Laboratory Experiment Learning Module for Biomedical Engineering Physiological Laboratory Courses
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Biomedical Engineering Education (Ó 2020) https://doi.org/10.1007/s43683-020-00034-9
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Online Laboratory Experiment Learning Module for Biomedical Engineering Physiological Laboratory Courses CHRISTINE E. KING , CASEY TREVINO, and PIYASHI BISWAS Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA (Received 20 June 2020; accepted 30 September 2020)
Abstract—By early spring 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic caused mandatory campus closures of academic institutions nationwide, prompting the rapid transition to online instruction. While lectures and exams were more straightforwardly administered online using video-chatting software, many hands-on laboratory-based courses were forced to develop creative solutions. In response to online instructional requirements, instructors at the University of California Irvine developed an online electroencephalography (EEG) laboratory to simulate the laboratory experiment for students unable to perform the experiment on campus. The laboratory experiment was performed and video recorded by the instructional team under three different scenarios to provide students with multiple data sets acquired under various experimental conditions often enacted by students. Students were required to complete a pre-lab quiz, analyze the acquired EEG data offline, complete a post-lab quiz, and submit their laboratory report to communicate their findings prior to final exams. Student performances compared to prior student performances, and qualitative survey responses, were examined to assess the effectiveness of and response to the online laboratory format. Based on student feedback and lab report grades, the majority of students responded positively and demonstrated an understanding of the EEG experiment’s learning outcomes. In summary, the online EEG laboratory enabled students to achieve the main learning objectives and become familiar with the laboratory experiment, indicating its success as an alternative laboratory experiment. Keywords—Online laboratory courses, Online laboratories, Electroencephalogram (EEG), Undergraduate education, COVID-19 education.
Address correspondence to Christine E. King, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA. Electronic mail: [email protected]
CHALLENGE STATEMENT In the era of the COVID-19 pandemic, access for students to be able to perform in-person laboratory experiments has become increasingly difficult.1 Combined with rapidly increasing biomedical engineering class sizes across the country, opportunities for undergraduate students to experience in person laboratory experiments will become scarce if not impossible. In order to allow all students the opportunity to learn how to perform physiological experiments for biomedical engineering applications remotely, online courses must be provided to students to be able to perform experimentation while practicing social distancing and to meet necessary learning outcomes for biomedical engineers.6 As a result of the challenges introduced due t
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