Online discussions in biochemistry to increase peer interactions and student interest

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Abstract

The online environment poses a number of challenges, including creating opportunities for students to interact and get to know each other. I propose adding online discussions that can allow students to explore the real-world implications of biochemistry to provide course context, build the classroom community, diversify student assessment, and practice communication and information literacy skills. Utilizing current events and elements of students' daily lives can help students interconnect what they are learning and increase student interest in the course. These discussions ask students to explore a topic, reflect on what they would like to learn, find information, and report back on what they have learned. Herein I provide an example of a discussion prompt, a table of other potential discussion topics that are aligned with common biochemistry course topics, and results from student survey supporting discussion format.

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Wilson, K. J. (2021). Online discussions in biochemistry to increase peer interactions and student interest. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 49(2), 298–300. https://doi.org/10.1002/bmb.21487

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