STEM

Mar 11 2022

This paper provides a brief introduction to the Online Laboratories stream.

The COVID-19 pandemic restrictions presented teachers, students, and parents with unique challenges that were met with varying degrees of creativity, flexibility, and stamina and were dependent upon specific contexts and available resources. This ...

As more science courses in higher education are being redesigned to move online, there is growing interest in effectively handling required practical components such as teaching laboratories and field work. Athabasca University (AU) is an open ...

Higher education institutions are facing growing pressure to expand online course offerings. This has led to a need for alternative ways to provide laboratory learning experiences for science courses due to high demand for them by both major and ...

Teaching laboratories have been a fixture in science education since the mid-1800's. Considered essential for introducing students to the hands-on techniques and critical thought necessary to become practicing scientists, teaching labs have enjoyed ...

Course redesign has traditionally focused on lecture-style courses, while laboratory courses have received comparatively little attention. The Missouri University of Science and Technology's Delivering Experiential Labs to All initiative is a model ...

Nearly two years ago, I built the first prototype for a smartphone microscope conversion stand. Since the instructions were posted online, nearly two million people have watched the assembly video and teachers, students, and professionals have ...

Simulated learning environments (SLEs) have been used effectively in several health-related education programs. Few SLEs have been used in communication sciences and disorders (CSD). This paper describes a simple, interactive learning exercise ...