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Mickle, James [1].

Developing a Hands-on Distance Education Botany Lab Course.

This workshop focuses on the process of generating a distance education (DE) version of an introductory botany course that includes a hands-on DE lab. Course instructor James Mickle will share his experiences of working collaboratively with NCSU instructional designers and co-instructor Chad Jordan to develop lecture modules and labs that effectively address the same learning outcomes as an on-campus course. He will also discuss the series of labs that were modified from the on-campus course to be safely carried out in the home environment using a combination of materials supplied in a lab kit and low-cost items that can be found at home or in a grocery. The presentation will feature examples of novel learning objects developed by NCSU's multimedia specialists for both the lecture and lab components of the course, including a novel animation on plant secondary growth, digital flashcards, a slide virtual viewer, and online videos.  Demonstrations of and hands-on lab activites will be included. 


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1 - North Carolina State University, Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, Campus Box 7612, 2115 Gardner Hall, Raleigh, NC, 27695-7612, USA

Keywords:
distance education
teaching laboratory
laboratory exercise.

Presentation Type: Workshop
Session: WS07
Location: Pines North/Boise Centre
Date: Sunday, July 27th, 2014
Time: 8:00 AM
Number: WS07001
Abstract ID:16
Candidate for Awards:None


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