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A Biotic Game Design Project for Integrated Life Science and Engineering Education

Engaging, hands-on design experiences are key for formal and informal Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education. Robotic and video game design challenges have been particularly effective in stimulating student interest, but equivalent experiences for the life sciences are no...

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Autores principales: Cira, Nate J., Chung, Alice M., Denisin, Aleksandra K., Rensi, Stefano, Sanchez, Gabriel N., Quake, Stephen R., Riedel-Kruse, Ingmar H.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4373802/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25807212
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002110
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author Cira, Nate J.
Chung, Alice M.
Denisin, Aleksandra K.
Rensi, Stefano
Sanchez, Gabriel N.
Quake, Stephen R.
Riedel-Kruse, Ingmar H.
author_facet Cira, Nate J.
Chung, Alice M.
Denisin, Aleksandra K.
Rensi, Stefano
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Riedel-Kruse, Ingmar H.
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description Engaging, hands-on design experiences are key for formal and informal Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education. Robotic and video game design challenges have been particularly effective in stimulating student interest, but equivalent experiences for the life sciences are not as developed. Here we present the concept of a "biotic game design project" to motivate student learning at the interface of life sciences and device engineering (as part of a cornerstone bioengineering devices course). We provide all course material and also present efforts in adapting the project's complexity to serve other time frames, age groups, learning focuses, and budgets. Students self-reported that they found the biotic game project fun and motivating, resulting in increased effort. Hence this type of design project could generate excitement and educational impact similar to robotics and video games.
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spelling pubmed-43738022015-03-27 A Biotic Game Design Project for Integrated Life Science and Engineering Education Cira, Nate J. Chung, Alice M. Denisin, Aleksandra K. Rensi, Stefano Sanchez, Gabriel N. Quake, Stephen R. Riedel-Kruse, Ingmar H. PLoS Biol Education Engaging, hands-on design experiences are key for formal and informal Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education. Robotic and video game design challenges have been particularly effective in stimulating student interest, but equivalent experiences for the life sciences are not as developed. Here we present the concept of a "biotic game design project" to motivate student learning at the interface of life sciences and device engineering (as part of a cornerstone bioengineering devices course). We provide all course material and also present efforts in adapting the project's complexity to serve other time frames, age groups, learning focuses, and budgets. Students self-reported that they found the biotic game project fun and motivating, resulting in increased effort. Hence this type of design project could generate excitement and educational impact similar to robotics and video games. Public Library of Science 2015-03-25 /pmc/articles/PMC4373802/ /pubmed/25807212 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002110 Text en © 2015 Cira et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4373802/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25807212
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