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The outbreak of COVID-19 at the beginning of 2020 resulted in a global impact on higher education. This instant change in the research, teaching, and training environment from on-campus to online influenced the “Research Experience in Psychology” courses offered by Purdue’s Department of Psychological Sciences. We report results of a survey of faculty members that contained closed- and open-ended questions relating to the changes and challenges faced by them with the transition that occurred in the spring 2020 semester. The survey also included questions regarding alteration of the activities for the course during the fall 2020 semester, when the university campus was re-opened with protective safety procedures and a curriculum consisting of in-person, hybrid, and fully online learning. The survey results showed not only negative aspects of the changes on the undergraduate research experience, but also positive outcomes associated with engagement in different activities and extensive use of online communication. Lessons learned from such knowledge and implications for renovating and developing undergraduate research experience programs in the future are discussed.
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We thank all faculty members who responded to our request and participated in our survey. We also thank graduate student lab members Jeongyun Choi, Tianfang Han, and Qi Zhong for assistance with the undergraduate students.
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Hung, YH., Proctor, R.W. (2021). From On-Campus to Online Undergraduate Research Experience in Psychology: Transition During the COVID-19 Pandemic. In: Yamamoto, S., Mori, H. (eds) Human Interface and the Management of Information. Information-Rich and Intelligent Environments. HCII 2021. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 12766. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78361-7_5
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