Electronic Lab Notebook for students – It is never too early to start using an ELN
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Technology adoption should start early in the education process. An electronic lab notebook for students could help them prepare for future careers in science.
The use of an electronic lab notebook for managing data, organizing work, writing reports and better collaboration can easily begin in high school and continue all the way through university and further career. Science is going digital, just like all other aspects of our lives and young generations will need to learn how to cope with growing amounts of digital data.
An electronic lab notebook for students can help them learn how to organize their work on projects and collaborate with other peers, while professors can oversee the activity logs of their students and add comments to their work. Experiments can be designed and protocols can be defined by professors or even students themselves. In a way, professors can use the electronic lab notebooks to teach their students about good laboratory practice, data traceability requirements and the importance of team collaboration when doing science. These are important aspects of scientific careers that students will have to face eventually.
“SciNote is an incredibly wonderful resource that opens up tons of possibilities for collaboration on experiments. I honestly wish that I had had a resource like this when I was teaching high school biology because I think it would have been enormously beneficial. Plus it’s a great way to give students a look into how science in the field is shifting in the digital age.” SciNote review by Michael Karlin – The Ed Tech Round Up
At SciNote, we understand that as a professor or a PI you should always have a good overview of students‘ lab work. We also firmly believe that students should be in touch with the latest digital solutions that enable them to get used to good laboratory practice, project management, handling research data and meeting deadlines.
That is why SciNote offers a special Classroom plan for professors and instructors who teach university classes, college classes and high school classes, and work with students on a low budget. You can find an example here of how you can set up SciNote to help you manage a lab course or a classroom session, also showing why SciNote can help students learn what’s involved in the experiment design process.
Get in touch with us about your educational needs, and we will work out the best solution to fit your budget.
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