title: Blog construction as an effective tool in biochemistry active learning.
abstract: To boost active learning in undergraduate students, they were given the task of preparing blogs on topics of clinical biochemistry. This "experiment" lasted for 12 teaching-semesters (from 2008 to 2013), and included a survey on the blogs' usefulness at the end of each semester. The survey (applied in the 2008-2010 period) used a Likert-like questionnaire with eight questions and a 1-to-6 scale, from "totally disagree" to "fully agree." Answers of 428 students were analyzed and indicated overall approval of the blog activity: 86% and 35% of the responses scored 4-to-6 and 6, respectively. Considering the survey results, the high grades obtained by students on their blogs (averaging 8.3 in 2008-2010), and the significant increase in average grades of the clinical biochemistry exam after the beginning of the blog system (from 5.5 in 2007 to 6.4 in 2008-2010), we concluded that blogging activity on biochemistry is a promising tool for boosting active learning. © 2016 by The International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 45(3):205-215, 2017.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Biologia Celular, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil.|Hospital Universitário de Brasília (HUB), Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, Brazil.
authors.forename: Estêvão
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cubas Rolim
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Biologia Celular, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil.|Hospital Universitário de Brasília (HUB), Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, Brazil.
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Martins de Oliveira
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Biologia Celular, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil.
authors.forename: Luana T
authors.initials: LT
authors.lastname: Dalvi
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Biologia Celular, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil.
authors.forename: Daniel C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Moreira
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Biologia Celular, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil.|Hospital Universitário de Brasília (HUB), Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, Brazil.
authors.forename: Natasha
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Garcia Caldas
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Biologia Celular, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil.|Hospital Universitário de Brasília (HUB), Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, Brazil.
authors.forename: Felipe
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fernandes Lobo
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Estatística, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil.
authors.forename: Démerson
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: André Polli
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Biologia Celular, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil.
authors.forename: Élida G
authors.initials: ÉG
authors.lastname: Campos
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Biologia Celular, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil.
authors.forename: Marcelo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hermes-Lima
mesh_terms: D001671:Biochemistry / Q000145:classification / Q000193:education*; D057218:Blogging; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D018794:Problem-Based Learning; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Education 2.0; active learning; medicine; metabolism; nutrition