The articles and publications below serve to highlight new resources about Virtual and Remote Labs, as well as archive previous resources published throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Topics include, but are not limited to, STEM courses, research in pedagogy, learning approaches, and comparisons between types of labs.
UCF Related Publications
Applying active learning in a virtual classroom such as molecular biology escape room (Alonso & Schroeder, 2020)
A case-based learning approach to online biochemistry labs during COVID-19 (Thiabut & Schroeder, 2020)
Higher Ed Publications
Faculty still harbor concerns about teaching STEM courses online (McKenzie, 2021)
Implementation and Evaluation of a Three-Dimensional Virtual Reality Biology Lab versus Conventional Didactic Practices in Lab Experimenting with the Photonic Microscope (Paxinou, Panagiotakopoulos, Karatrantou, Kalles, and Sgourou, 2020)
Production and Evaluation of a Realistic Immersive Virtual Reality Organic Chemistry Laboratory Experience: Infrared Spectroscopy (Dunnagan, Dannenberg, Cuales, Earnest, Gurnsey, and Gallardo-Williams, 2020)
Social distance teaching and learning: An online DNA nucleotide binding lab experience for health sciences and non-major students (Mahaffey, 2020)
Virtual laboratory lessons in enzymology (Quesada, 2020)
Design considerations for virtual laboratories: A Comparative study of two virtual laboratories for learning about gas solubility and colour appearance (Wastberg, Erikkson, Goran Karlsson, Sunnerstam, Axelsson, and Billger, 2019)
Employer and work-based student perceptions of virtual laboratory teaching and assessment resources (Smith, Coleman, and Ferrier, 2019)
Virtual Laboratory Simulation in the Education of Laboratory Technicians – Motivation and Study Intensity (Elvira de Vries and May, 2019)
Using Python as a toolbox for student-directed virtual labs (Lincoln, 2018)
Early Pandemic – Articles Archive
Chronicle of Higher Ed article: How to Quickly (and Safely) Move a Lab Course Online
Berkeley News – Coronavirus forces hands-on learning to go online and hands-off
How to Rethink Science Lab Classes
The Tech Edvocate – 4 Benefits of Virtual Labs
This Professor Uses Virtual Labs to Teach Real-World IT Skills That Employers Want
Campus Labs – Responding to the Online Classroom & COVID-19
EDUCAUSE – 7 Things You Should Know About Virtual Labs
University System of Maryland Rolls Out Virtual Science Labs Across All Campuses