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Studentsourcing - aggregating and re-using data from a practical cell biology course

Goedhart, J.
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Practical courses mimic experimental research and may generate valuable data. Yet, data that is generated by students during a course is often lost as there is no centrally organized collection and storage of the data. The loss of data prevents its re-use. To provide access to these data, I present an approach that I call studentsourcing. It collects, aggregates and reuses data that is generated by students in a practical course on cell biology. The course runs annually, and I have recorded the data that was generated by >100 students over 3 years. Two use cases illustrate how the data can be aggregated and re-used either for the scientific record or for teaching. As the data is obtained by different students, in different groups, over different years, it is an excellent opportunity to discuss experimental design and modern data visualization methods such as the superplot. The first use case demonstrates how the data can be presented as an online, interactive dashboard, providing real-time data of the measurements. The second use case shows how central data storage provides a unique opportunity to get precise quantitative data due to the large sample size. Both use cases illustrate how data can be effectively aggregated and re-used. O_FIG O_LINKSMALLFIG WIDTH=200 HEIGHT=169 SRC="FIGDIR/small/561479v2_ufig1.gif" ALT="Figure 1"> View larger version (23K): org.highwire.dtl.DTLVardef@13c8973org.highwire.dtl.DTLVardef@1641e47org.highwire.dtl.DTLVardef@1fff83eorg.highwire.dtl.DTLVardef@2c1ef_HPS_FORMAT_FIGEXP M_FIG C_FIG

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Goedhart, J.. 2023-10-10. Studentsourcing - aggregating and re-using data from a practical cell biology course. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.10.09.561479

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