[Faculty] Resources for converting labs to online delivery

[Staten, Michael E - (statenm)]

Everyone,

One of the thorniest problems associated with our quick conversion to online delivery is what to do with lab sections.   Below, Melody Buckner offers some resources, including webinars this week.   There is no easy fix to this issue, but for those of you with lab sections you might find some helpful tips for your short-run problems, and some really useful ideas as you plan ahead for online delivery in the future.

I hope this helps.

Also, both Melody and Jim Hunt will be the guests on the Dial-the-Dean segment tomorrow at 2:00pm.   You’ve received separate email announcements about how to join.

Stay well!

Mike


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From: Buckner, Melody J - (mbuckner)
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Subject: Re: Need some clarification regarding on-campus meetings of lab sections

Shane and Mike-

Here are some resources we shared with Elliott last week:

We have been experimenting with Labster (https://www.labster.com/). I think the integration into D2L is working now, it had some bumps at the beginning of the semester. Labster is offering webinars this week: https://www.labster.com/webinars/bringing-learning-online-covid-19/. Another company some faculty have tried is https://www.carolina.com/.

I reached out to Josie Strahle this morning to get the latest update.  She will probably have other resources for getting labs online since this is her specialty.  We are meeting with Microsoft to explore what they are doing with HoloLens.  Here is an example from Case Western Reserve University - https://case.edu/hololens/

Another resource that have yet to explore is https://www.labxchange.org/.  It looks really interesting.

Finally, my friend and colleague Dietmar Kennepohl (http://science.athabascau.ca/staff-pages/dietmark/) has written books on putting labs online.  If you remember, he came to UA campus a couple of years ago to speak with faculty.  We had him on a panel.
D. K. Kennepohl (Ed) Teaching Science Online: Practical Guidance for Effective Instruction and Lab Work.<https://styluspub.presswarehouse.com/browse/book/9781620361887/Teaching%20Science%20Online> Stylus Publishing: Sterling, VA, 2016. (ISBN: 978-1-620-36187-0)
D. Kennepohl and L. Shaw (Eds) Accessible Elements: Teaching Science Online and at a Distance<http://www.aupress.ca/index.php/books/120162>, Canada: AU Press, 2010. (ISBN: 978-1-897-42547-3) Winner of the 2010 Charles A. Wedemeyer Award and is a freely available publication.
I will also be speaking on your broadcast “Dial the Dean” Forum.

Bear Down,
Melody Buckner | PhD
Associate Vice Provost | Digital Learning and Online Initiatives
Assistant Professor of Practice | TLS | College of Education
University of Arizona | Tucson, Arizona
(520) 360-9342


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Date: Friday, March 13, 2020 at 9:10 PM
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Subject: Re: Need some clarification regarding on-campus meetings of lab sections

Many experiments done in vet schools when I went through are considered morally and ethnically unacceptable today are replaced now by video computer simulations. Surely a faculty member can come in and video themselves doing the experiment and provide the data.


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On Mar 13, 2020, at 9:02 PM, Elfring, Lisa K - (elfring) <elfring at arizona.edu<mailto:elfring at arizona.edu>> wrote:
Hi Mike,
I am sharing some resources I gathered from some biology colleagues for online biology teaching, pasted below. I also found one from the CDC: https://www.cdc.gov/labtraining/training-courses/basic-microbiology/index.html. I was surprised not to find more resources for online microbiology. Let me know if you need me to call on my microbiology colleagues—I have quite a few.

A biochemistry colleague told me about his online lab strategy: he is going to do some description of the experimental setup and share data from previous semesters. Students will work in groups to analyze the data, troubleshoot, and write up the results and discussion—appropriate since two major course goals are analysis of experimental design and communication. I thought his plan was great. Something to think about if your instructors have datasets or can photo results with different media, etc that they set up themselves.

Let us know if we can help. I am copying my colleague Melody Buckner from Digital Learning—she and her colleagues have been putting together resources to support online lab instruction.

Best,
Lisa

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Amid the spread of COVID-19, we have been increasingly asked about our life sciences on-line modeling and simulation modules and how we could help instructors use them as part of their classes as they are moving to remote instruction.

In response, we are creating a number of ad-hoc webinars to help instructors get familiar with the modules, and our group is more than happy to provide as much one-on-one help as needed. The first zoom webinar will be held this Friday, March 13th at 12 PM Central Time; we will also make it available on YouTube for those who can’t attend. If interested, please register here: Cell Collective (Part I) Registration<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfygFqyvrkatvoxt6FR4QTl9uru2VbHr_qX6j3ukxQq08-kdA/viewform?usp=sf_link>

Overview of our online education resource:
Cell Collective (https://cellcollective.org) is a (free) research-grade computational modeling and simulation technology that enables life sciences students/instructors to learn/teach about biological processes in an experiential fashion ‘by doing’: by creating, simulating, and analyzing computer models of various biological systems. By design, the technology is accessible to students with a wide range of technical skills, including those with no prior training in modeling or computer science. This low learning curve also means that high school teachers and post-secondary instructors can incorporate technology into any curriculum. The modeling lessons are turn-key, self-contained for adoption without the need to modify the syllabus. We currently have modules for ~15 topics applicable to a variety of courses, including intro bio, immunology, molecular bio, biochemistry, etc. A more complete list of our topics can be found here: Cell Collective Modules/Course Alignment<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LtUpuQFNDj4mUd8GMr0KPeB9pM6h4q-sYdABJOK4V84/edit?usp=sharing>.
Please don't hesitate to let me know if you have any questions!

Best regards,

Tom Helikar





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