Summary of the project
Since the students at the faculty of BME have been starting their first projects, they have encountered difficulties in choosing the right microscope. Often, they have ended up selecting what was thought to be "the best microscope" rather than the most suitable one for their scientific question. The project has aimed to redesign an existing theoretical course about the basics of optical microscopy, transforming it into a challenge-based format where theory is immediately put into practice. Students have been challenged with a biomedical question requiring imaging, and tasked with designing and building the optical microscope necessary to address this challenge.
Aim of the project
The aim of the project has been to support learning goals in optics by immediately applying them, preventing disconnection between theory and practice. Additionally, the project has aimed to engage students more effectively, as optics theory can be perceived as too abstract. Working in teams within a challenge-based course has motivated students and better prepared them for future, more challenging tasks like bachelor and master end projects, where a large fraction of students need to use optical microscopes.
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