Open Educational Practices and Virtual Labs: Redesigning STEM laboratory courses with virtual labs (open or not) is becoming an emerging requirement. Openly sharing educational practices with virtual labs could accelerate the scaling of the effective adoption of virtual labs. MERLOT's Virtual Labs portal provides guidance and collections of OER and non-OER virtual labs for you to explore. Check out SkillsCommons' collection of augmented reality OER healthcare scenarios too.
Explore the collection of over 50 open teaching ePortfolies by faculty who adopted virtual labs, participated in learning communities, and captured their plans, implementations, and assessments of the student learning outcomes. The faculty also video recorded their reflections on their redesign of their lab courses as part of the open educational practice.
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Biomechanics Takehome Labs: Build-Your-Own Test System The hands-on activities introduced through the LIT-redesign will provide a stronger foundation in the basics of biomechanics, as well as an introduction to the essential hardware required for empirical data acquisition, thereby preparing the students to more easily draw connections between these fundamentals and the more complex applications in Biomedical Engineering. |
Leineweber, Matthew | Video | Biomedical Engineering | San Jose State |
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Biology 101L Hybrid Labs Pilot The goal of this project is to pilot the use of hybrid labs to expand the maximum enrollment that can be supported within the current space limitations, so that students will be able to fulfill their GE B.3 graduation requirement without delays. |
Chaffee, Carol L. | - | Biology | Cal State Fullerton |
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MiXR in Kinesiology KINE301 Motor Control and Learning: Movement in eXtended Reality Lab (MiXR) is developed to serve to enable students experience scenerios, otherwise would be limited or impossible in a traditional learning environment. |
Tumay, Tunur | - | Kinesiology | CSU San Marcos |
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Biology Course Redesign for Virtual Labs to Supplement On Campus Labs for Student Success I propose to implement a number of virtual labs in Spring 2016 to test feasibility, effectiveness, student attitudes, and student success with virtual anatomy/cadaver labs. It is hoped that virtual labs that incorporate drawing exercises may also improve student success in the course. |
Ernst, Alan | - | Biology | Sacramento State |
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Virtual Labs for GE Biology We redesigned a GE biology course by using existing web-based software to replace traditional wet labs. |
Desharnais, Bob | - | Biology | Cal State LA |
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Biol1BL Inquiry-Based Hybrid Labs This project seeks to redesign the Biology 1BL Lab course, which is part of the Introductory Biology sequence for Biology Majors, to incorporate more active-learning modules in combination with computer simulations to effectively engage students. |
Lent, David | - | Biology | Fresno State |
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Virtual Clinical Labs in Medical Surgical Nursing Course This project aims to redesign the NURS220 course, a 4 unit intermediate medical surgical nursing theory course, that is offered in the spring and fall quarters of each academic year, it is a required course for nursing major. |
Abuatiq, Alham | - | Nursing | Cal State San Bernardino |
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Virtual Lab Biology 104: Human Biology BIOL 104 (4) Principles of Biology: Human Emphasis Principles of cellular, organismal and population biology with primary representation relating to the human organism. Includes study of cells, tissues, and mammalian organ systems. Enrollment restricted to Kinesiology majors. Three hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory. |
Robertson, Lyndsey | - | Biology | CSU San Marcos |
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Virtual Exercise Physiology Lab The purpose of this project was to compare student learning outcomes from the Virtual Exercise physiology lab with that from traditional exercise physiology laboratory activities. These findings support that virtual laboratories instruct students as effectively as traditional laboratories. |
Kwon, Young Sub | - | Physiology | Humboldt State |
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Virtual Labs for Biostatistics Biometrics (BIOL 300) was redesigned by replacing the weekly face-to-face laboratory sessions, which are held in a computer classroom, with online labs. Virtual lab activities were developed and integrated into the assignments so that students were involved in both data collection and data analysis. |
Desharnais, Robert; Son, Ji | - | Biology | Cal State LA |
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Embedding Virtual Content into Physical Chemistry Chemistry 160: Physical Chemistry; P-Chem covers fundamental topics in Thermodynamics, Kinetics, Quantum Mechanics and Spectroscopy: Redesigning of Physical Chemistry at San Jose State University with virtual and augmented reality is needed to decrease DFW rates and increase learner outcomes. |
Wolcott, Abraham | Video | Chemistry | San Jose State |
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Developing Novel Hardware Controllers for Hands-on Virtual and Augmented Reality Science Labs CHEM 105/105L (General, Organic, and Biochemistry) and CHEM 341 (General Biochemistry): The present project seeks to provide students with realistic tactile feedback in virtual, mixed, or augmented reality lab experiments. We are designing and testing a series of prototype hardware tools which augment the functionality of standard laboratory equipment and allow them to pass into the virtual environment while still allowing students to manipulate and sense them as they would in a traditonal hands-on lab. |
Hamadani, Kambiz M. | Video | Chemistry | CSU San Marcos |
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General Biochemistry with Labster Virtual Lab Modules We will use virtual labs created by Labster Inc to provide students with virtual exposure to key concepts in biochemistry including enzyme kinetics, metabolism, bioenergetics, regulation, and protein/nucleic acid structure-function. |
Kambiz, Hamadani | - | Biochemistry | CSU San Marcos |
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Adding a Virtual Lab into CHEM 120B In AY 2013-2014, we redesigned CSUF's second semester General Chemistry course, CHEM 120B, which includes concurrent lecture and laboratory components. Our redesign of the course involved a complete rewrite of the laboratory portion of the course, which included the incorporation of a virtual laboratory component to complement the students' wet lab experience. |
Bridges, Michael | - | Chemistry | Cal State Fullerton |
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Chem 100 Virtual Lab This is a one unit General Chemistry Lab for non-science majors that is offered online. The course requires students to run eleven virtual labs offered by external vendor, Latenitelabs.com and submit lab reports online. |
Sathianathan, Gita | - | Chemistry | Cal State Fullerton |
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Virtual Lab in Chemistry In AY 2013-2014, we redesigned CSUF's second semester General Chemistry course, CHEM 120B, which includes concurrent lecture and laboratory components. Our redesign of the course involved a complete rewrite of the laboratory portion of the course, which included the incorporation of a virtual laboratory component to complement the students' wet lab experience. |
Bridges, Michael | - | Chemistry | Cal State Fullerton |
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Incorporation of Virtual Labs and On-line Simulation Activities to an Upper Division General Education Science Course This course does not have a lab component. In order to enhance the student's learning experience, virtual labs and on-line simulation activities are adopted and implemented to the course. Submission Templates are developed and provided for students. Students are asked to submit filled activity template upon completion of the corresponding virtual lab. |
Ng, Karno | - | Chemistry | CSU San Marcos |
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Quantitative Analysis Virtual Prelab Course Redesign Principles and practice of analytical chemistry. Topics include error analysis and statistical treatment of data, gravimetric and volumetric analysis, electroanalytical techniques, chromatography, and selected quantitative instrumental techniques. |
Russell, Scott | - | Quantitative Analysis | Stanislaus State |
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Redesign Virtual Labs in Math 105 Statistics This is an introductory statistics class which covers the traditional introductory topics and uses StatCrunch as the statistical software package. This project entails creating virtual labs for the online portion of Math 105. |
Gray, Kathy | - | Math/Statistics | Chico State |
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Scientific Computing: Through the Learning Glass The goal was to redesign the course to take place in a computer lab for lecture and design customized Virtual Lab videos using the Learning Glass. |
Flores, Cynthia | - | Math | CSU Channel Islands |
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Hybrid Labs for Entry Level Math We focused on improving student success in entry level math classes in the California State University and California Community College System. Our consortium has developed an innovative, technology-enhanced hybrid course model that has significantly improved course completion and content mastery outcomes in entry-level mathematics courses. |
Stevenson, Katherine | - | Math | CSUN |
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Flipping Stats-Online Lectures and Supplemental Instruction Stat 250 is a general elective introductory statistics and data analysis course for students throughout the sciences, social sciences, health and human services, and business. This course redesign develops a flipped classroom format whereby students learn core statistical concepts in online videos created by the instructors and participate in computer data analysis labs and directed problem-solving discussions. |
Duncan, Kristin | - | Statistics | San Diego State |
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Flipping a Stats Course-Online Lectures and Supplemental Instruction This course redesign develops a flipped classroom format whereby students learn core statistical concepts in online videos created by the instructors and participate in computer data analysis labs and directed problem-solving discussions. |
Levine, Rich | - | Statistics | San Diego State |
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Enhancing Higher Level Thinking in Introductory Electricity and Magnetism Lab Physics 204B: Physics for Students of Science and Engineering: Charge and matter, electric field, Gauss' law, electric potential, capacitors and dielectrics, current and resistance, magnetic field, Ampere's law, Faraday's law of induction, magnetic properties of matter, electromagnetic oscillations and waves. Calculus used. 3 hours discussion, 3 hours laboratory. |
Pechkis, Hyewon and Arpin, Paul | Video | Physics | Chico State |
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Physics Hybrid Lab PHYS 100AL is the laboratory that accompanies the first algebra-based introductory course on Physics. Due to increased demand, we are having difficulty offering enough sections of this laboratory course unless we renovate and create a new physical laboratory. A way to solve this problem is to "hybridize" the PHYS 100AL. This will allow us to double the capacity of these labs so we can offer fewer sections but still accommodate more students. |
Lim, Say-Peng | - | Physics | CSUN |
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3D Lab: Design, Discover, Discuss Lab The Virtual Lab for Electricity and Magnetism is enhanced through team-based learning, which is an essential part of laboratories. It is based on an inexpensive (~$60) home kit and Koondis (social networking platform for small cooperative teams). |
Gredig, Thomas | - | Physics | Cal State Long Beach |
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Virtual Labs: PHYS 151 We have constructed a fully online course in introductory physics at the calculus-based level providing students an authentic means of interacting with both the instructor and their peers as members of a local scientific community while deeply engaging the scientific process. |
Pickett, Galen | - | Physics | Cal State Long Beach |
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Virtual Lab in Ordinary Differential Equations The use of an Online Homework Management System as a Virtual Lab provides ample opportunity to transition from practice to mastery�an opportunity that otherwise would be missed simply because there is a limitation to how much grading an instructor can complete while also being responsible to deliver knowledge to a diverse group of students throughout a semester. |
Flores, Cynthia | - | Physics | CSU Channel Islands |
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Implementing Next Generation PET and Learning Assisstants My lab innovation will be the implementation of a suite of new tools with the support of Learning Assistants (LAs). The hub for this transformation will implement the Next Generation Physical Science and Everyday Thinking (NGP) curriculum. |
Van Dusen, Ben | Video | Natural Science | Chico State |
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Virtual Labs Redesign for Physical Geography using Web Based Technology This course redesign project aims to integrate the virtual lab into the existing GE lecture course for the remaining quarter years until we start the semester system in Fall 2018. |
Huh, Kyung In | - | Geography | Cal Poly Pomona |
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Virtual Labs Redesign for Physical Geography using Web Based Technology We plan to develop web based tools and materials that can be incorporated into learning modules that intergrade self-guided field observation/data collection (e.g. sun angle, solar radiation, weather elements, plant associations, rock structures, etc.), with scientific data accessible via the web (e.g. from NASA, USGS, etc.) to help students to connect the concepts they are learning from textbooks to the real world they live in. We are exploring tools and software for this project. |
Wu, Lin | - | Geography | Cal Poly Pomona |
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Redesigning Geography Labs using Virtual Labs This project redesigns the existing face-to-face lab section so that it will be a virtual lab section. Some relevant existing content will be converted to virtual content, whereas new content will be added to enhance students' active learning without classroom meetings. |
Sato, Nori | - | Geography | Chico State |
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Online Science Course with Active Learning For this course redesign, I surveyed students about what worked and did not work for them in the online environment for this course. I redesigned components of the course to implement more engaging labs and discussions. I also incorporated aspects of proven course design such as discussion rubrics and LMS exam strategies. |
Zayas, Natalie | - | Environmental Science | CSU Monterey Bay |
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Incorporating Virtual Labs in Introductory Geology Courses Given that the number of EES1 sections offered each semester is limited by the lab, there is a huge potential to make EES1 less vulnerable to limitations on lab size and TA availability by offering hybrid labs, where half of the labs are online and half are hands-on. This redesign seeks to implement virtual labs to reduce bottlenecking while updating EES1 lab curriculum into something that engages students at more innovative, modern levels of learning. |
Weinman, Beth | - | Geology | Fresno State |
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Virtual Lab in Introduction to Earth Science The goal of the course re-design is to enhance science teacher preparation through the incorporation of virtual labs that engage students with Earth Science content and practices in ways that were not possible with previous lab activities. |
Brady, Mara | - | Earth Science | Fresno State |
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ME313L Fluid Mechanics Virtual Laboratory Reimagination This project is to develop pilot AR/VR fluid mechancis laboratory experiments that enrich students' lab experience, stimulate interests, and bring more individual exercise time. At the same time, the proof-of-concept hybric lab model will help alleviate the pressure on department staffing and facilities in the future. |
Zhao, Priscilla | Video | Engineering | Cal Poly Pomona |
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Implementation of Virtual Reality in Construction Graphics CMGT 110 - Construction Graphics |
Brittle, Patrick | Video | Construction Management | Chico State |
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EEE64-CpE64 Introduction Digital Logic Design The proposed model includes; simulation software, and instructional videos of lab equipment, tools, and lab assignments. The simulation software would include MultiSim. To facilitate student use initial logic circuit layout would be set up for the students and then show them how it relates to actual logic circuits. This way they can do the labs in simulation before the actual lab. The videos will help students "see" how to use the tools and equipment, and what the lab assignment is all about. |
Dahlquist PE, Dennis | Video | Electrical Engineering | Sacramento State |
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Virtual and Remote Industrial Robot Laboratory This project aims at creating a virtual industrial robot laboratory that has various robot configurations, so that students can operate these "robots" anytime anywhere. Most importantly, these virtual robots have exactly same features, functions, programing codes, control algorithms, and movement just like the real industrial robots do. |
Du, Winncy | Video | Engineering | San Jose State |
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Advanced Construction Structures: Virtual Lab Redesign using Technology for Adapted Models Through this course students are expected to learn and understand the techniques and effort involved in the mechanical testing of engineering materials; verify various principles and theories of mechanics of materials and their limitations; and gain experience in the acquisition, reduction and analysis of experimental engineering data. |
Luo, Vivien | - | Construction Management | Fresno State |
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Virtual Pre-Labs for Hydraulics Laboratory Hydraulics Laboratory is a required course for all civil engineering students at Sacramento State that examines six hydraulic phenomena via six experiments. The course redesign will add virtual "pre-labs" based on computational simulations of the physical phenomena covered in the course. These "pre-labs" will allow every student to perform extensive manipulations of the conditions affecting the hydraulic phenomena under study and are expected to increase student engagement and learning. |
Poindexter, Cristina | - | Civil Engineering | Sacramento State |
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Using Virtual Labs to Reinforce Learning in Transportation Engineering CE 147 (Transportation Engineering) is a 4 unit required course in the Civil Engineering curriculum. In this course redesign, the lab section of the course will be redesigned using two separate models of virtual labs. First, a number of pre-lab learning modules will be developed which will be used to introduce students to background knowledge and information on the concepts used in the upcoming labs. Second, students will be provided information and guidelines on how to effectively conduct field data collection for upcoming lab exercises to help them better prepare for the challenges associated with field data collection. |
Khan, Ghazan | - | Engineering | Sacramento State |
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Redesigning Maufacturing Automation Virtual Lab using Robot Emulation Technology This redesign will implement the use of emulation tools that will mimic PLC operation and robotic programming. The robot emulation tools are intended for robotics programmers who want to design their code and simulate the movements before uploading it and testing it on a physical robot. |
Anderson, Nathan | - | Engineering | Chico State |