Fostering accessible online education using Galaxy as an e-learning platform

PLoS Comput Biol. 2021 May 13;17(5):e1008923. doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1008923. eCollection 2021 May.

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic is shifting teaching to an online setting all over the world. The Galaxy framework facilitates the online learning process and makes it accessible by providing a library of high-quality community-curated training materials, enabling easy access to data and tools, and facilitates sharing achievements and progress between students and instructors. By combining Galaxy with robust communication channels, effective instruction can be designed inclusively, regardless of the students' environments.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • COVID-19 / epidemiology*
  • COVID-19 / virology
  • Computational Biology
  • Computer-Assisted Instruction*
  • Education, Distance / organization & administration*
  • Humans
  • Information Dissemination
  • Pandemics
  • SARS-CoV-2 / isolation & purification

Grants and funding

This research received funding from Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (Grant No: 031L0101C), Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Grant No. SFB 1425/1 2020) and Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Grant No. EXC 2189). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.