User Resource:
Case It! Case-based learning via simulations of molecular biology techniques and internet conferencing
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This paper describes updates to the Case It! software including an electronic resource manual, an integrated web page editor, and an internet conferencing system.
The Case It! project has come a long way since it was first conceived at the 1995 BioQUEST summer workshop (Klyczek and Bergland 1996). At that time we had developed a DNA electrophoresis simulation as part of an NSF CCD-funded project, and during the workshop our group decided to generate case studies that would use the simulation software for DNA testing to analyze the cases. The DNA electrophoresis simulation became part of the BioQUEST Library with Vol. IV (Bergland and Klyczek 1998; Bergland et al. 2001). We subsequently received an additional NSF-CCLI grant to further develop the Case It! project, which now includes an enhanced version of the simulation software, an electronic resource manual, and an integrated web page editor and internet conferencing system. The newest version of the software, as well as tutorials, access to the web editor, and results of class testing, is available on the Case It! home page, http://www.uwrf.edu/caseit/caseit.html. The software can be downloaded free of charge for educational use.
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