Eleven years ago, SimBio received a grant from the National Science Foundation to “develop techniques for automatically providing immediate formative …
Big Ideas from SABER
Finding inspiration at my first in-person conference in over two years. One silver-lining of the pandemic was not getting on an airplane for over two …
Using Simulations to Teach Cell Biology
Challenges & Rewards Every few years we poll our community of biology educators to find out what topics they’re finding particularly tricky to …
Helping Students Become Better Graphers
Biology education research is a core aspect of SimBio’s teaching tools, and many SimBio content developers participate in our research …
Beyond Multiple Choice
The Answers are in the Questions! One of the reasons I enjoy working at SimBio (after three decades of building biology education software) is that …
Virtual Labs vs. Wet Labs?
Study finds they help students learn different (and in both cases important) skills! Biology instructors sometimes ask me why they should use virtual …
Beyond Curriculum
Bridging Gaps in Science Education Over the past decade, the University of Western Ontario quietly built an excellent science education conference …
Helping Undergraduates Understand Natural Selection
Our Research is Making a Difference! Most SimBio authors, myself included, come from biology research backgrounds, so it’s not good enough for us to …
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An Undergraduate Intern’s Summer at SimBio
I'm turning my blog over to Claire Drysdale, an undergraduate at UNC, Chapel Hill. After using SimUText as a student, Claire contacted us to see if we …
