Wet labs for online biology courses using

LabPaqsSherry StewartNavarro College

Lab Science Classes On Campus

Biology classes on campus meet 6 hours a week3 lecture3 lab

Lab Science Classes On Campus

Expensive models/equipment

Students often work together (dissections)

Instructor guidance

Labs for Online Classes

Should we teach lab classes online?

Can we adequately duplicate the wet lab experience?

What are the choices for online labs?

Simulations

“Kitchen” labs

Paperwork

Wet labs

Biology 2404

One semester survey course in human anatomy and physiology originally only taught on campus

Originally offered to help prepare students for Biology 2401 and 2402; pre-requisites for nursing

Biology 2404 or Biology 2401 are allowed for the Occupational Therapy Assistant program

Navarro College OTA program is one of the few in our area

Biology 2404

Why offer an online version?

Some students live two hours from our campus

These students were taking Biology 2404 online from another college

Biology 2404

Wet labs are unique to science courses

Simulations do not adequately replace wet labs

Biology 2404

Online courses are a growing reality for colleges

Navarro College offers several online biology courses

Lab decisions are made by each instructor

Biology 2404

Enrollment has had exponential growth since it was first offered

Administration supports online courses within our new guidelines

Biology 2404

Student interaction between online and on campus is vastly different

Depending on the teacher, this can be good or bad for the student

Biology 2404 Assessments

On Campus

Paper testsNo time limitCan see all

questions and go back

Supervision in labParticipation

grades

Online

Online testing

Submit photos of work

Discussion Boards

Who’s doing the work?

LabPaq

Amino acid Glucose

LabPaq

Glucose Triglyceride

Dissections

Sheep Brain Dissection

Brain Dissection

Sheep Brain Dissection

LabPaq

Eye Dissection Brain Dissection

Ordering the LabPaqs

Financial Aid/Bookstore issues

Cost included as a fee of the course and assessed at registration

LabPaqs ordered directly from Hands on Labs and shipped to the students

LabPaqs are a very viable and flexible way to offer students wet labs in online lab science

courses