Evaluating the impact of a laboratory teaching innovation: the case of the Bioskills at home kit
Bunmi B. Omorotionmwan, Sarah Rayment, Karin Garrie, Ishwinder Kaur, Gareth McVicker, Jody Winter, David Negus · 2026
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Bunmi B Omorotionmwan, Sarah Rayment, and their co-authors evaluated a take home lab kit built so first year bioscience students could train during lockdowns. Their 2026 study covers the Bioskills at home kit, made when the COVID pandemic closed teaching labs. Each kit held tools and guided tasks on pipetting, microscope use, study design, and growth curves of microbes.
Surveys and a focus group covered three cohorts, from 2020 to 2025. The study scored the kit's effect on what students knew, how they felt, and the hand skills they gained. It also gathered views on perks, barriers to taking part, and fixes students wanted. The kit's lessons reach beyond the pandemic, for any course where lab seats are scarce.
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| CREATOR | Bunmi B. Omorotionmwan, Sarah Rayment, Karin Garrie, Ishwinder Kaur, Gareth McVicker, Jody Winter, David Negus |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 44 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |