Educational program

Janneke van Seters

Hans Tramper

Workshop on environmental, social and economic impacts of biofuels

November 25, 2010

Aim educational program

Development, implementation and evaluation of innovative curricular components for all school levels

Contribute to the knowledge of students about a bio-based society and enthuse them for a career in the field of biotechnology

Components educational program

• Education for:

Secondary school

BSc

MSc

PhD

• New CMS for development digital learning material

Secondary school

Digital learning material

Heterogeneity of student population

Nature of experiments

Adaptivity

• Differences in learning path

• Feedback

• Just In Time information

Heterogeneity of student population

Feedback

Question

Answers

Feedback

Just In Time information

JIT

• Virtual design of experiments

• Simulation of equipment

• Allowing mistakes

Nature of experiments

Modules

• All modules available at the Internet:

http://www.be-basic.org/program.html

Microscopy module

• Simulation structure

• Vector design

• Microscope simulation

• PhD/MSc

Down Stream Process Designer

• Case structure

• Special design elements

• BSc phase

Bio-ethanol production

• Case structure

• PhD course

Proteus modules

• Adaptive structure

• Secondary school/BSc/MSc

NLT Enzyme kinetics

Fermentation technology

PCR

Proteus modules

• Intelligent Tutoring System containing questions with answers and feedback

• Adapts to the level of the student

Flow of actions Proteus

Planned components

• Development curricular components- Teaching materials- Courses

• Research- Adaptive modules in enzyme kinetics

International collaboration

• Use & peer review of existing modules

• Collaboration in design of new modules

Use our material

• Contact me: Janneke.vanSeters@wur.nl

• Demo’s:

http://www.be-basic.org/program.html