Dear Colleagues, I hope this finds you well. We are in the process of shifting a 7-week research internship program for 50 high school students from the laboratory to the Internet. As the 50 faculty mentors are meting out bioinformatics and other data science projects of vastly different calibers, I need to develop a tool to assess students' preparedness and capabilities. Can you point me to resources that might help me accomplish this?
As much as possible, this survey should not only assess skills like familiarity with software (Excel - Beginner/Intermediate/Expert) and technological provisions (access to the Internet via Wifi vs. Ethernet). Rather, I would prefer to include questions that would provide information about the level of mastery of skills (opening Excel vs mastering pivot tables and macros). The same for the hardware (as in how long does it take with your specific set-up to download and/or to process certain files of certain complexities/sizes. In the best of all worlds, we would provide laptops that have been pre-equipped accordingly, with the appropriate type of conncetivity, and with an ISP that we know can handle the necessary loads. But, alas, we don't have the funds for that. Instead, we need to find out what the students can do with the technology, connectivity and ISPs they do have access to, to provide targeted support to bridge the gaps where necessary. I'd be grateful for any pointers you might have... Thank you. Uwe ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Uwe Hilgert, Ph.D. Associate Research Professor Director of Industry Relations, STEM Training & Workforce Development BIO5 Institute, The University of Arizona (O) 520-626-1367 | (F) 520-626-4824 (E) [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> | (W) http://www.bio5.org<http://www.bio5.org/> ------------------------------------------ The Carpentries: discuss Permalink: https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/Tfefdfa90fc4f92ba-M6f0e2371f72699a88a684b30 Delivery options: https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/subscription
