Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching (ABLE Proceedings)

Title:

Flipping Virtual Labs into Team-Based Learning Tools

Url:

http://www.ableweb.org/volumes/vol-37/v37reprint.php?ch=22

Author:

Ellie Steinberg
Eli Meir
Andrew R. Whiteley

Author's Address:

University of Montana, Wildlife Biology Program, Department of Ecosystem and Conservation Sciences, College of Forestry and Conservation, Missoula, MT
SimBio, Cambridge, MA
SimBio, Missoula, MT

Email Address:

andrew.whiteley@umontana.edu

Description: Support is growing for ‘flipped classrooms’, wherein the majority of instruction occurs via inquiry-based
team activities with very little lecture content, as an effective way to promote student learning. We
demonstrate how interactive simulations in virtual labs can be incorporated into the Team-Based Learning
(TBL) flipped classroom framework. We adapted three SimBio Virtual Labs for use in a 300-level TBL
course. Students complete structured portions of the labs on their own and an open-ended inquiry in class
as part of a team activity. Our approach could be implemented across undergraduate course levels.

Keywords:

Conservation
evolution
team-based learning
flipped classroom
virtual lab

Topic:

Ecology
Evolution
Teaching Tools and Techniques

BEN Subject/Discipline Taxonomy:

Evolutionary Biology
Conservation Biology
Teaching Tools and Techniques

Learning Resource Type:

Laboratory exercise (DCMI Type Vocabulary)

Context:

Undergraduate upper division 15-16

Format:

pdf