When the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile sent students home during the COVID-19 pandemic, Fernán Federici needed to find a new way to teach his biochemistry lab course. Using open-source ...

The rapid transition from college classrooms to online classes in the wake of COVID-19 has given faculty members little to no time for planning and preparation. Challenging pedagogical issues must ...

As schools across the US and world transition to online learning because of COVID-19, the coronavirus disease, some disciplines are an easier fit than others. Lab courses in the sciences rely on ...

Physics lab courses are vital to science education, providing hands-on experience and technical skills that lectures can't offer. Yet, it's challenging for those in Physics Education Research (PER) to ...

Faced with the challenge of teaching lab classes online, science and engineering instructors are shipping lab kits and using virtual simulations in an effort to recreate the hands-on experience for ...

In the vast shift to online teaching caused by the new coronavirus, one of the most common questions raised was: But what about lab classes? Is it even possible to move a lab course quickly online and ...

The backbone of any high-performing laboratory is a set of well-defined and consistently executed lab operations. These principles govern the daily activities that keep research moving forward ...

A new, modernized water technology classroom is in final planning stages for the Santiago Canyon College campus that will feature state-of-the-art equipment to help train students for well-paying ...

World map of number of survey responses. Shown on a log scale, each colored country has at least one response; countries in gray have no responses. Physics lab courses are vital to science education, ...