A grant-funded partnership between Suffolk County Community College (SCCC) and Stony Brook University (SBU) led to the design and implementation of an interdisciplinary fully online as well hybrid course. This course directs students to apply scientific techniques to their ideas as they investigate today’s dilemmas in areas such as energy, health and the environment. Students enrolled in this online research methods course were introduced to several aspects of scientific research, including networking with practicing scientists, thinking about ethics in the context of research, interpreting and analyzing statistics, and reviewing current literature topics in multidisciplinary STEM fields. Furthermore, this course strengthens students’ team communications and collaborations via discussion boards, peer reviewing and critiquing skills. For an increasing number of community college science students doing summer research at various institutions, this course serves as a companion course for student research interns or as a means to accrue academic credits and research project experience. Students are enabled to further develop a range of transferable skills, particularly teamwork, oral communication, presentation skills, and scientific writing strategies. Preliminary results of student outcomes, course evaluations were performed via a newly designed online survey Student Assessment of their Learning Gains (SALG) assessment will be presented.

Design and implementation of an online and hybrid research methods course for freshman undergraduate students

251st National Meeting (2016)

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