Modern-day science is a collaborative enterprise. That's true of most other professions as well, so learning to work and solve problems with others is …
Better feedback through Cyberlearning
With the start of a new academic year comes the dreaded, seemingly never-ending stream of grading. Grading, and providing feedback to students in …
Cyberlearning helps students with experimental design
Students, and much of the general public, have trouble understanding what makes a good scientific experiment, and changing that is a major goal of …
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Evolutionary Evidence
Making biology education software, like teaching, is a passion rather than a path to riches. What drives us is the idea that we can make learning …
Tips on Tests
I'm just returning from what is becoming one of my favorite conferences, the SABER meeting on biology education research. As a company that is driven …
Mitosis Explored – SimBio’s new tutorial
If you want your students to remember the stages of mitosis, the above mnemonic device would probably be useful. But does rote memorization of the …
Education and equity – which goal comes first?
A tiny northern European country half above the arctic circle has become the latest fad in the what-should-we-do-to-fix-American-schools conversation. …
New Respect for Opossums
Driving home just now through my neighborhood, I encountered an opossum crossing the road. I try not to think or speak ill of any creature (except …
Sound Science: Simulating at Blind Youth Slam
One problem with biology labs in general, including our own virtual labs, is that students who can't see are excluded from using them. That's a shame, …
