Join Wendy Riggs for a deep dive into the virtual Anatomy and Physiology Labs that she runs at College of the Redwoods and how she uses technology to facilitate meaningful learning opportunities for her students. Laboratory experiences play a fundamental role in a robust biology education, allowing students to experience and explore living systems through powerful hands-on activities. Lab activities present a luxurious opportunity for experiential learning that can be incredibly rich (and fun!). However, the lab component in a fully online science course is often viewed with skepticism by many, including administrators, counselors, students, and instructors. In fact, many professional programs in healthcare require that the lab component of prerequisite courses be completed in a face-to-face setting. In this webinar, Wendy will identify some of the core student outcomes of the anatomy and physiology laboratory experience, and then explore different ways to effectively address those outcomes in a fully online environment. This presentation will take an honest look at common barriers to hands-on lab activities in online classes and explore the pros and cons of various solutions. Key Topics Include: - Identify the important outcomes of laboratory experiences for anatomy and physiology students. - Discuss common barriers to hands-on laboratory experiences in fully online science courses. - Examine the pros and cons of common online laboratory solutions.

1. Examining the
Anatomy & Physiology
Lab Experience
Wendy Riggs
Associate Professor
College of the Redwoods

2. Examining the
Anatomy and
Physiology Lab
Experience
Wendy Riggs
College of the Redwoods

3. I am delivering this webinar from my home, which sits on Wiyot land in Eureka,
CA on the shores of Humboldt Bay. Eureka sits on land known in the Wiyot
language as Jaroujiji, where you sit and rest. This land is next to Humboldt Bay,
known as Wigi, after a story of how the bay became a saltwater bay. This is the
traditional homeland of the Wiyot peoples of the Wiyot tribe, Blue Lake
Rancheria, and Bear River Rancheria. Despite actions sanctioned by the local,
State and Federal governments designed specifically to remove the Wiyot (and
other indigenous peoples) from this land and destroy their cultural practices,
Wiyot people remain on these lands and practice ceremonies central to the
maintenance of their traditions, culture, and landscape. They continue to shape
the history and knowledge of this place and are actively working to restore the
land stolen from them.
Please educate yourselves about the humans whose lands you live on and the
cultural heritage of the people who have been forcibly removed.
(https://native-land.ca)
Source: http://www.clarkemuseum.org/nealis-hall.html

4. Engaging with
each other • Twitter
(#HAPSChat)
• Chat
• Questions via
“Ask a Question”

5. Purpose 1. Why labs?
(so many reasons)
2. Online?
(I wonder…)
3. Solutions!
(try this!)

6. 1-Why do we do labs?
a: So students can do science
2011 Report https://live-visionandchange.pantheonsite.io/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/aaas-VISchange-web1113.pdf
“Appreciating the scientific process can be even
more important than knowing scientific facts.
People often encounter claims that something is
scientifically known. If they understand how
science generates and assesses evidence bearing
on these claims, they possess analytical methods
and critical thinking skills that are relevant to a
wide variety of facts and concepts and can be
used in a wide variety of contexts.”
— National Science Foundation, Science and Technology
Indicators, 2008

7. 1-Why do we do labs?
b: So students work together
a: So students can do science

8. 1-Why do we do labs?
c: So students discover ideas
b: So students work together
a: So students can do science

9. 1-Why do we do labs?
c: So students discover ideas
b: So students work together
a: So students can do science
d: So students can apply course
concepts using hands-on experiences

10. c: So students discover ideas
1-Why do we do labs?
b: So students work together
a: So students can do science
d: So students can apply course
concepts using hands-on experiences
e: Fun!

11. c: Discover ideas
2-Can we do it online?
b: Work together
a: Do science
d: Apply course concepts using
hands-on experiences
e: Have fun!

12. c: Discover ideas
2-Can we do it online?
b: Work together
a: Do science
d: Apply course concepts using
hands-on experiences
e: Have fun!

13. 2-Can we do it online?
https://www.qualitymatters.org/qa-resources/resource-
center/articles-resources/CHLOE-6-report-2021
https://www.qualitymatters.org/qa-
resources/resource-center/articles-resources/CHLOE-
5-report-2020

14. 2: What are the barriers in
online classes?

15. 2: What are the barriers in
online classes?
Boring…

16. 2: What are the barriers in
online classes?
Boring…
Canned content

17. 2: What are the barriers in
online classes?
Hoop jump-y
Boring…
Canned content

18. 2: What are the barriers in
online classes?
Harder to
help students
Hoop jump-y
Boring…
Canned content

19. 2: What are the barriers in
online classes?
Harder to
help students
Hoop jump-y
Lack of
equipment
Boring…
Canned content

20. 2: What are the barriers in
online classes?
Harder to
help students
Hoop jump-y
Tech adventures
Lack of
equipment
Boring…
Canned content

21. 2: What are the barriers in
online classes?
Harder to
help students
Hoop jump-y
Tech adventures
Lack of
equipment
Boring…
Canned content
So. Much. Work.

22. c: Wet labs (students prep)
b: Worksheets & discussions
a: Virtual simulations
d: LT Sensors
3: What about solutions?

23. 3: What about solutions?
Fall 2019 Fall 2020 Spring 2021 Fall 2021
TOTAL LABS 14 14 12 14
Simulations 29%
(4)
Worksheets/
discussions
14%
(2)
Wet labs 36%
(5)
LT Sensors 21%
(3)

24. 3: What about solutions?
Fall 2019 Fall 2020 Spring 2021 Fall 2021
TOTAL LABS 14 14 12 14
Simulations 29%
(4)
79%
(11)
Worksheets/
discussions
14%
(2)
21%
(3)
Wet labs 36%
(5)
0%
LT Sensors 21%
(3)
0%

25. 3: What about solutions?
Fall 2019 Fall 2020 Spring 2021 Fall 2021
TOTAL LABS 14 14 12 14
Simulations 29%
(4)
79%
(11)
75%
(9)
Worksheets/
discussions
14%
(2)
21%
(3)
17%
(2)
Wet labs 36%
(5)
0% 8%
(1)
LT Sensors 21%
(3)
0% 0%

26. 3: What about solutions?
Fall 2019 Fall 2020 Spring 2021 Fall 2021
TOTAL LABS 14 14 12 14
Simulations 29%
(4)
79%
(11)
75%
(9)
43%
(6)
Worksheets/
discussions
14%
(2)
21%
(3)
17%
(2)
14%
(2)
Wet labs 36%
(5)
0% 8%
(1)
14%
(2)
LT Sensors 21%
(3)
0% 0% 29%
(4)

27. 3: What about solutions?
c: Wet labs
(students prep)
b: Worksheets &
discussions
a: Virtual simulations
d: LT Sensors

28. 3: What about solutions?
c: Wet labs
(students prep)
b: Worksheets &
discussions
a: Virtual simulations
d: LT Sensors
c: Discover ideas
b: Work together
a: Do science
d: Apply course concepts using
hands-on experiences
e: Have fun!

29. A closer look at LT Sensors
Pro’s Con’s

30. Wrapping up…some advice

31. Wrapping up…some advice
1.Carefully evaluate why you are asking
them to do the work.

32. Wrapping up…some advice
1.Carefully evaluate why you are asking
them to do the work.
2.Be thoughtful about variety…

33. Wrapping up…some advice
1.Carefully evaluate why you are asking
them to do the work.
2.Be thoughtful about variety…
3.Be thoughtful about quantity…

34. Wrapping up…some advice
1.Carefully evaluate why you are asking
them to do the work.
2.Be thoughtful about variety…
3.Be thoughtful about quantity…
4.Be thoughtful about workload
(yours and theirs)…

35. Wrapping up…some advice
1.Carefully evaluate why you are asking
them to do the work.
2.Be thoughtful about variety…
3.Be thoughtful about quantity…
4.Be thoughtful about workload
(yours and theirs)…
5.Create community in your classes.

36. Wendy Riggs
Associate Professor
College of the Redwoods
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