A Constructivist-based Proposal for Bioinformatics Teaching Practices During Lock-down

Cristóbal Gallardo-Alba; Björn Grüning; Beatriz Serrano-Solano

Working Paper Review Version 2 This version is not peer-reviewed

Version 1 : Received: 23 August 2020 / Approved: 24 August 2020 / Online: 24 August 2020 (12:34:21 CEST)
Version 2 : Received: 17 December 2020 / Approved: 18 December 2020 / Online: 18 December 2020 (16:29:27 CET)

The COVID-19 outbreaks have caused universities all across the globe to close their campuses and forced them to initiate online teaching. This article reviews the pedagogical foundations for developing effective distance education practices, starting from the assumption that promoting autonomous thinking is an essential element to guarantee full citizenship in a democracy and for moral decision making in situations of rapid change, which has become a pressing need in the context of a pandemic. In addition, the main obstacles related to this new context are identified, and solutions are proposed according to the existing bibliography in learning sciences.

constructivism; e-learning; online teaching; social constructivism theory; cognitive learning theory; transformative learning theory

Social Sciences, Education

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Received: 18 December 2020
Commenter: Beatriz Serrano-Solano
Commenter's Conflict of Interests: Author

Comment: The manuscript has shifted the focus to bioinformatics education.

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A Constructivist-based Proposal for Bioinformatics Teaching Practices During Lock-down

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