Neuromatch Academy: Teaching Computational Neuroscience with Global Accessibility

van Viegen, Tara; Akrami, Athena; Bonnen, Kathryn; DeWitt, Eric; Hyafil, Alexandre; Ledmyr, Helena; Lindsay, Grace; Mineault, Patrick; Murray, John; Pitkow, Xaq; Puce, Aina; Sedigh-Sarvestani, Madineh; Stringer, Carsen; Achakulvisut, Titipat; Alikarami, Elnaz; Atay, Melvin; Batty, Eleanor; Erlich, Jeffrey; Galbraith, Byron; Guo, Yueqi; Juavinett, Ashley; Krause, Matthew; Li, Songting; Pachitariu, Marius; Straley, Elizabeth; Valeriani, Davide; Vaughan, Emma; Vaziri-Pashkam, Maryam; Waskom, Michael; Blohm, Gunna; Kording, Konra; Schrater, Paul; Wyble, Brad; Escola, Sean; Peters, Megan

doi:10.1016/j.tics.2021.03.018

Neuromatch Academy: Teaching Computational Neuroscience with Global Accessibility

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van Viegen T., Akrami A., Bonnen K., DeWitt E., Hyafil A., Ledmyr H., ...More

TRENDS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCES, vol.25, no.7, pp.535-538, 2021 (SCI-Expanded)

Publication Type: Article / Editorial Material
Volume: 25 Issue: 7
Publication Date: 2021
Doi Number: 10.1016/j.tics.2021.03.018
Journal Name: TRENDS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCES
Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, PASCAL, Compendex, EMBASE, ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Linguistic Bibliography, MEDLINE, Psycinfo
Page Numbers: pp.535-538
Middle East Technical University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Neuromatch Academy (NMA) designed and ran a fully online 3-week Computational Neuroscience Summer School for 1757 students with 191 teaching assistants (TAs) working in virtual inverted (or flipped) classrooms and on small group projects. Fourteen languages, active community management, and low cost allowed for an unprecedented level of inclusivity and universal accessibility.