Alex Devaux

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Title: How can we effectively teach science labs remotely?

Master's Project - 2020 Presentation:   Link to this virtual presentation room Links to an external site.

• Time:  Session 2,  ~3:10 pm (Central Standard Time)
•  Group Name:  Online! Looking into teaching practices of the virtual classroom
•  Audio only access via: 1-571-392-7650, PIN: 696 018 5675

Abstract: 

A key aspect of teaching and learning science comes from the laboratory experiences of students. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, schools were shut down and pushed online, and the fall will likely be taught remotely all over the country. Lab experiences are more difficult to replicate virtually than most other instructional methods. This presentation will address the value of laboratory experiences, as well as how they can be re-imagined to offer more value to students, even when taught remotely. Pushing labs into remote settings offers the chance to move away from a model of mindlessly following instructions or letting group mates do all the work without sufficient time to process. A discussion of different design and implementation strategies will be discussed, including virtual labs, home experiment designs, professionally assembled lab kits, and small in-person groups. Effective laboratory teaching can be pushed to a remote space, but it requires different approaches.

 

Contact: Alex Devaux,  adevaux@wisc.edu

MS, Curriculum and Instruction, Secondary Science