METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TEACHING BIOLOGICAL PATHWAYS

摘要

Described herein is an educational tool designed to teach a learner about biological pathways. The tool, in the form of an interactive learning module, allows a user to choose how to allocate limited resources. These allocation choices then have consequences, which result in a learner progressing closer to his or her goal or regressing further from the goal. In this fashion, the learner can learn, through trial and error, what resource allocation is optimal for reaching the goal.

主权项

1. A method of teaching biological pathways, the method comprising the steps of:
a. providing a learner with:
i. one or more resources,ii. one or more pathways, andiii. one or more goals, b. establishing:
i. an initial amount of the one or more resources,ii. a cost of the one or more resources needed to operate the one or more pathways,iii. a product of the one or more pathways, andiv. an effect the one or more pathways on the one or more goals, c. allowing the leaner to allocate the one or more resources to the one or more pathways, and d. providing feedback to the learner regarding the one or more goals as a result of the learner's allocation of the one or more resources.