Adaptation of experimental practices in Microbiology to the virtual format without dying in the attempt

BRAVI V; PONCE PONTE, M; ROCCA D; SILVERO C MJ; ALOVERO F; BECERRA MC

Cordoba- modalidad virtual

Congreso; VI Reunion Internacional de Ciencias Farmacéuticas. RICIFA 2021; 2021

Dpto. Cs Farmaceuticas, FCQ UNC y Univ. Nac de Rosario.

The current global pandemic has triggered a paradigm shift in education, particularly in hard science teaching where the experimental practice always played a fundamental role. We described the Communication and Information Technologies (CIT) used to overcome the obstacles of teaching a course for undergraduate students (Microbiología General y Farmacéutica) completely online for the first time.The course included 5 laboratory activities and 6 exercise classes and analysis of clinical cases. The topics addressed were reorganized into 8 Virtual Integration Activities (VIA) supported in a Moodle website platform. Each VIA consisted of homework that the students had to do before a live class and final evaluation. Bibliography study material in audiovisual format and a Q&A forum was always uploaded in the Moodle platform with anticipation. In addition to the website, a Whatsapp group, a quiz mobile application and a competition that lasts all the course were also incorporated to improve the student-teacher interaction.The implemented CIT have brought many benefits to the course, which is reflected in the student learning process and the level of satisfaction in an end-of-course survey. Therefore, we are thinking of continuing using the CIT when we restart the regular activities. Keywords: experimental, strategies, virtual, pharmaceutical, microbiology