R Course 22 (aka Exercise: Genetic and Quantitative Analysis of Stem Cell Biology 2022): Dr. Fabian Rost (#FR1)

Brief Description

Participants of this course learn practical data analysis using the R programming language. Students are taught the basis of using this programming language, how to read and process data, how to calculate statistical parameters, how to create illustrations that can be used in publishing, how to perform statistical tests and how to analyze genomic sequencing data.

Keywords

Data Analysis
Statistics
Programming

12. Veranstaltung

What makes this gem special?

Work is carried out almost exclusively on the computer in this seminar, so that students can learn how to use the R programming language. Students also use computers themselves during the seminar so that they can work on exercises. After giving the seminar online in 2021, there were certain ideas that I wanted to carry over to on-site teaching: Participants should be able to share their screen when presenting their solutions (flipped classroom) and when questions arise. For this reason, when meeting in person, we also set up a virtual classroom via BBB or Zoom, in which all participants were present. This also enabled me to carry out live surveys to monitor learning progress. Using this strategy, it was also straightforward to make seminars hybrid or virtual as needed. In hybrid seminars, those attending the class online were also able to ask questions (verbally) during the seminar. I recorded an online seminar at the request of the participants. So, bringing the virtual classroom into the real-world classroom was a game changer!

I used a variety of tools – I used a Matrix Space to organize the course and for homework submission and feedback. I set up an anonymous Etherpad (inspired by the 2021 winners Poetsch&Haase) to allow students to ask questions and leave comments anonymously. Participants were able to use this to help each other out. I used various teaching materials in the seminar – I introduced new concepts on the board or using slides and I also programmed during the seminar, sharing my screen at the same time. I shared slides and tasks via Cloudstore.

In addition to the 25 students in the degree program, I also admitted 5 PhD students. I had the participants fill out a teaching analysis poll (also hybrid). The feedback was very positive. I have reduced the amount of in-class practicals based on the feedback.

Contact

Dr. Fabian Rost

Organizational unit

CMCB

Course size

Up to 30 students

Voting ID

#FR1