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.
Highlights
The current pandemic bares the harsh reality that online education is here to stay and universities need to face the challenge of adapting to a new paradigm in a very short period of time
We present Galaxy as a teaching platform in response to the recent changes in the education needs due to the COVID-19 world pandemic
Galaxy provides a wide variety of ready-touse features that facilitate the online learning process
Summary
The current pandemic bares the harsh reality that online education is here to stay and universities need to face the challenge of adapting to a new paradigm in a very short period of time. Chats, and shared documents are presented as the combination of tools for a successful online teaching activity [5]. We present Galaxy as a teaching platform that addresses the recommendations and features required for effective learning [7], such as sharing capabilities, formative assessment of the progress, and checking exams to keep the students engaged.
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