In Fall 2018, students in CHEM 456, General Biochemistry Laboratory, at Bridgewater State University employed an electronic laboratory notebook for the first time.  This change to the teaching laboratories was developed to provide enhanced student readiness for careers in the chemistry and biotechnology industries and to provide enhanced laboratory documentation and written communication skills. The e-notebook initiative used the Microsoft OneDrive platform to host the e-notebook and allowed enhanced direct student collaboration to share data with laboratory partners and the instructor.  Instructors can provide immediate feedback via electronic comments to students in real-time.  Students have enhanced data analysis tools as part of the OneDrive platform and can use a variety of MS office programs to annotate and analyze their laboratory work.   The use of e-notebooks has exhibited improvement in students’ grades, organization, and overall engagement in the course.  Students continued to use their e-notebooks in an Advanced Biochemistry Laboratory course (CHEM 466) during the Spring 2019 semester.  The Advanced Biochemistry Laboratory is taught as a course-based research experience (CURE) where students can apply the techniques learned in the General Biochemistry Laboratory.  This program is one of several programs at Bridgewater State University to enhance students’ career readiness and is part of a larger initiative to develop e-notebook portfolios across the chemistry curriculum.  In this presentation, the use of e-notebooks in this course and the current efforts to scaffold data analysis and written communication skills across all levels in the laboratory curriculum will be discussed.  The major goals of these projects are to prepare Bridgewater State University graduates with skills necessary to be successful in their first jobs after they complete their degrees.<br/>

Using electronic laboratory notebooks in Microsoft OneDrive to enhance career readiness and student engagement in biochemistry lab

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