Research
Faculty and researchers at the Institute for Molecular Medicine and Infectious Disease Center for Business and Program Development hypothesize that learner experience can be enhanced by introducing in biomedical graduate programs existing and emerging trends in higher education (e.g., online learning, game-based learning or GBL).
Specific areas of research in e-learning in biomedical education include:
- Effective methods to teach graduate students online
- Methods for systematic development and management of online curriculum based on face-to-face curriculum
- Comparative assessment of student performance on traditional vs. online programs
- Implementation of flipped classroom methodology in biomedical sciences
Specific research interests include in GBL:
- Effectiveness of digital games as supplementary pedagogical tools for graduate biomedical education
- Students' perceptions of digital GBL for higher education in biomedical sciences
- Crucial components and features of effective educational digital games for biomedical education
- Innovative models for in-house digital game development in academic science institutions
Research collaborators include faculty at and 91ÖÆƬ³§'s .
Peer-reviewed publications and abstracts
Peer-reviewed Publications
C. Brown, A. Foster, B. Wigdahl, and S. Urdaneta-Hartmann
Proceedings 2016 (e-book, open access). Paisley, Scotland (October 2016)
Abstracts and Poster Presentations
INTERNATIONAL
"Interdisciplinary Postdoctoral Training on Game-Based-Learning for Biomedical Science Educators" *
S. Urdaneta-Hartmann, C. Brown, A. Foster, and B. Wigdahl
. Paisley, Scotland (October 2016)
NATIONAL
"Digital mini-games as pedagogical tools to supplement learning on the molecular mechanisms of HIV replication in graduate microbiology and related disciplines" *
C. Brown, V. Mills, B. Wigdahl, and S. Urdaneta-Hartmann
, New Orleans, LA. (June 1-5, 2017) ***Recipient of Outstanding Abstract Award***
"An interdisciplinary program for undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and faculty for research and development of digital games as an emerging e-learning strategy for biomedical education" *
S. Urdaneta-Hartmann, C. Brown, and B. Wigdahl
, New Orleans, LA (June 1-5, 2017)
REGIONAL
"Development of digital mini-games to supplement learning molecular mechanisms involved in HIV replication within the context of graduate education in the biomedical sciences"
C. Brown, A. Foster, M. Nonnemacher, F. C. Krebs, B. Wigdahl, and S. Urdaneta-Hartmann
Discovery Day, 91ÖÆƬ³§ (October, 2016)
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Oral presentations at meetings and events
INTERNATIONAL
"Digital Gaming, the HIV Replication Cycle and Biomedical Graduate Education" *
C. Brown, A. Foster, B. Wigdahl, and S. Urdaneta-Hartmann
. Paisley, Scotland (October 2016)
"An Interdisciplinary Approach to Innovative Biomedical Education and Training" (seminar by invitation)
S. Urdaneta-Hartmann
. Fife, Scotland (October 2016)
NATIONAL
"Effective methods for implementation and evaluation of Game-based learning (GBL) for microbiology education" *
C. Brown, V. Mills, E. Mosser, F. Sun, K. Adkins, B. Wigdahl, and S. Urdaneta- Hartmann
ASM Conference for Undergraduate Educators, Denver, CO (July 27-31, 2017)
"An Active Learning Approach to Reading the Primary Literature: Designing and Implementing a Bacteria and Bacterial Infections Online Course Using a 'Pet Pathogen'" *
E. M. Mosser, M. E. Bernui, K. Adkins, F. Sun, B. Wigdahl and S. Urdaneta-Hartmann
ASM Conference for Undergraduate Educators, Denver, CO (July 27-31, 2017)
"Formative Assessment for Online and Hybrid Classrooms" *
K. Adkins
ASM Conference for Undergraduate Educators, Denver, CO (July 27-31, 2017)
"PowerPoint Books: An Alternative to Online Lectures" *
K. Adkins and E. Mosser
ASM Conference for Undergraduate Educators, Denver, CO (July 27-31, 2017)
REGIONAL
"Use of the Flipped Classroom in the Online Environment"
S. Urdaneta-Hartmann
Flipped Classroom Symposium. 91ÖÆƬ³§, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Professional Studies (January 13, 2017)
"Interdisciplinary postdoctoral training on e-learning strategies for biomedical science educators"
S. Urdaneta Hartmann
. 91ÖÆƬ³§, Philadelphia, PA (March 24, 2016)
"From a brick and mortar classroom to online biomedical science curriculum: The odyssey of a Master of Science bacteriology course"
E. M. Mosser, M. E. Bernui, F. Sun, S. Urdaneta-Hartmann, and B. Wigdahl
. 91ÖÆƬ³§, Philadelphia, PA (March 24, 2016)
"From paper to online proctored exams in the MS in Molecular Medicine Program"
S. Urdaneta-Hartmann.
. 91ÖÆƬ³§, Philadelphia, PA (March 27, 2014)
Note: * peer reviewed
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