Effectiveness of virtual laboratories in teaching and learning biology: a review of literature

C Byukusenge, F Nsanganwimana… - International Journal of …, 2022 - ijlter.myres.net
Scholars have debated whether virtual laboratories are educationally effective tools and if
they should be continuously developed. In this paper, we comprehensively review literature …

Investigating the effect of virtual laboratories on students' academic performance and attitudes towards learning biology

C Byukusenge, F Nsanganwimana… - Education and Information …, 2024 - Springer
Research has revealed that learning, especially in the field of science, is strongly affected by
various factors. These factors include students' attitudes towards the subject matter, and the …

[HTML][HTML] Pandemic teaching: Using the allen cell types database for final semester projects in an undergraduate neurophysiology lab course

YY Ho, A Roeser, G Law… - Journal of Undergraduate …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
We designed a final semester research project that allowed students to apply the
electrophysiological concepts they learned in a lab course to propose and answer …

Evaluating Universal Design for Learning and Active Learning Strategies in Biology Open Educational Resources (OERs).

K Wojdak, MK Smith, H Orndorf, ML Ramirez - Teaching & Learning Inquiry, 2024 - ERIC
With the onset of COVID-19, colleges and universities moved to emergency remote
teaching, and instructors immediately adjusted their curricula. Many instructors adapted or …

Solving a problem about cancer treatment: how does the use of the mitotic spindle model evolve during small group discussions?

T Esquivel-Martín, B Bravo-Torija… - Journal of Biological …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Cell division is one of the most relevant processes in Biology, for instance, to understand the
reproduction of species or the development of tumours. Learning this content requires not …

Using realistic visual resources to enhance science learning in bilingual contexts

T Esquivel-Martín, JM Pérez-Martín… - … and innovation in …, 2024 - taylorfrancis.com
This chapter provides biology teachers with a digital educational tool containing multiple
scaffolds (eg, images, text, animations) to enhance the bilingual teaching and learning of …

[HTML][HTML] Mapping Human Neuronal Diversity in the Search for New Therapeutics: Using Real Human Neuron Data Sets to Build Student Quantitative Skills

EC Milligan, K Casimo, L Buchanan… - Journal of …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Case studies are a high impact educational practice that engage students in collaborative
problem solving through storytelling. HITS, an NSF funded research coordination network …

Transitioning cell culture CURE labs from campus to online: novel strategies for a novel time

JL Sabel, K Wright, JJ Adler, G Bates… - … of Microbiology & …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) provide a way for students to
gain research experience in a classroom setting. Few examples of cell culture CUREs or …

Computer-based inquiry to enhance science process skills in undergraduate students using physiological data

E Leyva-Figueroa, M Orozco-Valdivia… - Advances in …, 2023 - journals.physiology.org
The analysis of spontaneous tail coiling (STC) in zebrafish embryos is a functional
parameter that allows the study of motor development. It has recently gained relevance as a …

[HTML][HTML] Does organelle shape matter?: exploring patterns in cell shape and structure with high-throughput (HT) imaging

CC Goller, GT Johnson, K Casimo - CourseSource, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Organelle structure has been studied and visualized for decades; however, publicly
available databases that use improved high-throughput microscopy of gene-edited cell lines …