Applying instructional design theories to bioinformatics education in microarray analysis and primer design workshops

Cell Biology Education

Volumn 4, Issue FALL, 2005, Pages 199-206

  Shachak, Aviv ^a   Ophir, Ron ^b   Rubinz, Eitan ^c  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioinformatics; Conditions of learning; Gagne; Graduate; Instructional design theory

Indexed keywords

BIOINFORMATICS; BIOLOGY; DNA MICROARRAY; EDUCATION; HUMAN; LEARNING; REVIEW; TECHNOLOGY; TRAINING;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CURRICULUM; DNA PRIMERS; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; HUMANS; LEARNING; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; RESEARCH DESIGN; TEACHING;

EID: 24344437234     PISSN: 15367509     EISSN: 15367509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1187/cbe.04-11-0055     Document Type: Review

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