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 Drexel University School of Education and Drexel University's Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design.
Peer-reviewed publications and abstracts
Peer-reviewed Publications
"Digital Gaming, the HIV Replication Cycle and Biomedical Graduate Education"
C. Brown, A. Foster, B. Wigdahl, and S. Urdaneta-Hartmann
Proceedings 2016 European Game Based Learning Conference (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
10th European Game-Based Learning Conference. 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
ASM Microbe 2017, 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
ASM Microbe 2017, 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, Drexel University College of Medicine (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
10th European Game-Based Learning Conference. Paisley, Scotland (October 2016)
"An Interdisciplinary Approach to Innovative Biomedical Education and Training" (seminar by invitation)
S. Urdaneta-Hartmann
University of St. Andrews. 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. Drexel University College of Medicine, 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
E-Learning Conference: Technology use in teaching and learning. Drexel University, 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
E-Learning Conference: Technology use in teaching and learning. Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA (March 24, 2016)
"From paper to online proctored exams in the MS in Molecular Medicine Program"
S. Urdaneta-Hartmann.
E-Learning Conference: Technology use in teaching and learning. Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA (March 27, 2014)
Note: * peer reviewed
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