References 1 Mconf video conferencing tool http://mconf.org/ 2 Vula project management platform https://vula.uct.ac.za/portal 3 Introduction to Bioinformatics course website http://training.h3abionet.org/IBT_2016/ 4 Google Analytics www.analytics.google.com The faces of Introduction to Bioinformatics – a few ‘class of 2016’ photos* *Consent to publish these images was obtained from all individuals imaged Zagazig University, Egypt Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Tunisia University of Cape Town South Africa International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Kenya NMIMR, University of Ghana, Ghana NABDA Ibadan, Nigeria University of Khartoum, Sudan Uganda Virus Research Institute, Uganda Skills-based course • Basic Bioinformatics tools and resources Distance learning • 3 months of intensive biweekly contact sessions • Local classrooms with teaching assistants + pre-recorded lectures compiled by Bioinformatics experts (trainers) Virtual classroom • Classrooms and trainers connect via Mconf 1 platform • Discussion via online forums hosted on course management site, Vula 2 • Assignments and assessments administered via Vula Distance-based, online Bioinformatics training in Africa: the H3ABioNet experience Kim Gurwitz 1,5 , Shaun Aron 1,2 , Sumir Panji 1,5 , Suresh Maslamoney 1,5 , Pedro Fernandes 3 , David P Judge 4 , Nicola Mulder 1,5* 1 H3ABioNet – the Pan African Bioinformatics Network; 2 Sydney Brenner Institute for Molecular Biosciences, University of the Witwatersrand; 3 Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia; 4 Independent Bioinformatics training specialist; 5 Computational Biology Division, University of Cape Town; *[email protected] Acknowledgements We would like to thank the Introduction to Bioinformatics working group; the expert trainers; the dedicated and motivated volunteer staff at the 20 classroom sites; and the Mconf and Vula help teams. Course design The Need Basic Bioinformatics training for Molecular Biologists The classrooms in 2016 • 20 sites • Across 11 African countries • Over 550 applicants in total • Over 350 enrolled participants (5 – 40 per classroom) • 70+ volunteer staff (trainers, teaching assistants, system administrators, consultants) Open access materials • Lecture recordings, lecture slides and practical assignments are publicly available on the course website 3 • Course modules: Resources and Databases; Linux; Sequence Alignment; Multiple Sequence Alignment; Genomics, Molecular Evolution and Phylogenetics; Protein Structure Bioinformatics Challenges in Africa Action Plan • Lack of access to local Bioinformatics expertise • Lack of access to Bioinformatics training • Internet access instability • Distance learning • Virtual classroom • Online discussion forums • Pre-recorded lectures Course website: http://training.h3abionet.org/IBT_2016/ Above: Number of times the course website was accessed (simultaneous website sessions*) between 13 July and 10 August 2016. The peaks correspond to Wednesdays and Thursdays = days when our classrooms meet. Left: Total number of website sessions* per country for the same period as above – people from all over the world are accessing these open access Bioinformatics materials! *login not required Data captured, and images, generated by Google Analytics 4 H3ABioNet – the pan African Bioinformatics network VIRTUAL CLASSROOM classroom site H3ABioNet comprises 32 Bioinformatics research groups distributed amongst 15 African countries. The network aims to support H3Africa researchers and their projects while developing Bioinformatics capacity in Africa. Classrooms meet each other virtually to widen the scope and improve the depth of bi-weekly discussions
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References1Mconf video conferencing tool http://mconf.org/2Vula project management platform https://vula.uct.ac.za/portal3Introduction to Bioinformatics course website http://training.h3abionet.org/IBT_2016/4Google Analytics www.analytics.google.com
The faces of Introduction to Bioinformatics – a few ‘class of 2016’ photos**Consent to publish these images was obtained from all individuals imaged
Zagazig University, Egypt Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Tunisia
University of Cape Town
South Africa International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Kenya
NMIMR, University ofGhana,Ghana NABDA Ibadan, Nigeria
University of Khartoum, Sudan
Uganda Virus Research Institute, Uganda
Skills-based course• Basic Bioinformatics tools and resources
Distance learning• 3 months of intensive biweekly contact sessions• Local classrooms with teaching assistants + pre-recorded
lectures compiled by Bioinformatics experts (trainers)Virtual classroom
• Classrooms and trainers connect via Mconf1 platform• Discussion via online forums hosted on course management
site, Vula2
• Assignments and assessments administered via Vula
Distance-based, online Bioinformatics training in Africa: the H3ABioNet experience
Kim Gurwitz1,5, Shaun Aron1,2, Sumir Panji1,5, Suresh Maslamoney1,5, Pedro Fernandes3, David P Judge4, Nicola Mulder1,5*
1H3ABioNet – the Pan African Bioinformatics Network; 2Sydney Brenner Institute for Molecular Biosciences, University of the Witwatersrand; 3Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia; 4Independent Bioinformatics training specialist; 5Computational Biology Division, University of Cape Town; *[email protected]
Acknowledgements We would like to thank the Introduction to Bioinformatics working group; the expert trainers; the dedicated and motivated volunteer staff at the 20 classroom sites; and the Mconf and Vula help teams.
Course design
The NeedBasic Bioinformatics training for Molecular Biologists
The classrooms in 2016• 20 sites • Across 11 African countries• Over 550 applicants in total• Over 350 enrolled participants (5 – 40 per classroom)• 70+ volunteer staff (trainers, teaching assistants,
system administrators, consultants)
Open access materials• Lecture recordings, lecture slides and practical assignments are
publicly available on the course website3
• Course modules: Resources and Databases; Linux; Sequence Alignment; Multiple Sequence Alignment; Genomics, Molecular Evolution and Phylogenetics; Protein Structure Bioinformatics
Challenges in Africa Action Plan• Lack of access to local
Bioinformatics expertise• Lack of access to
Bioinformatics training• Internet access instability
• Distance learning
• Virtual classroom
• Online discussion
forums
• Pre-recorded lectures
Course website: http://training.h3abionet.org/IBT_2016/
Above: Number of times the course website was accessed (simultaneous website sessions*) between 13 July and 10 August 2016. The peaks correspond to Wednesdays and Thursdays = days when our classrooms meet. Left: Total number of website sessions* per country for the same period as above –people from all over the world are accessing these open access Bioinformatics materials!*login not requiredData captured, and images, generated by Google Analytics4
H3ABioNet – the pan African Bioinformatics network
VIRTUAL CLASSROOM
classroom site
H3ABioNet comprises 32 Bioinformatics research groups distributed amongst 15 African countries. The network aims to support H3Africa researchers and their projects while developing Bioinformatics capacity in Africa.
Classrooms meet each other virtually to widen the scope and improve the depth of bi-weekly discussions
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