Resources
Faculty shared ideas for alternative activities/instruction
- Lab/experiment videos and simulations in place of the real thing.
- Labster - platform for virtual labs and simulations (Currently provides discounted pricing for the next several months, example course mapping and online training)
- While access is available, instructors work with TA’s to record demos and lab activities in the lab.
- Depending on type of experiments, record video using mounted GoPro.
- Utilize data sets from quality lab reports from previous semesters. Have students create their own reports based on these data sets.
- Provide students with limited period of time to complete and return work based around data sets (ex: 24 hours to complete calculations; week to complete reports)
- Have students think about the experimental design process, then walk them through it visually.
- Creating written sets of step by step instructions/procedures for running experiments (to accompany video content if possible) - dependent on goals.
- For undergrad students who were previously running experiments who no longer able to access labs
- Pair up with grad student to help w/ data analysis
- Require more intensive literature reviews or background research activities
Instructors are looking for other ideas to make students more productive in absence of lab work
- Provide Zoom office hours for individual labs.
- Consider simplifying/scaling back on student deliverables.
- At home data collection if appropriate.
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