Upgraded Videos and Guides: enhancing chemistry practical preparation for a comprehensive learning experience
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May 14, 2024
Hands-on laboratory experiences are a core element of university chemistry education, creating important opportunities to engage students and build confidence during their practical sessions. To optimise student learning within these labs, it is crucial to address anxiety, enhance preparedness and bridge knowledge gaps among students with diverse backgrounds.
That’s why our team has revitalised our suite of Technique Videos and Content Guides, making them more accessible, visually stimulating and focused on the key knowledge students need to succeed in practical chemistry. These enhanced resources, alongside the chemistry LabSims, allow you to offer a dynamic, digital environment of resources for student success.
The updated Videos and Guides included alongside the chemistry LabSims.
Upgrading your digital chemistry toolkit
Our recent upgrades to the Videos and Guides have been implemented to ensure the content is accessible, engaging and informative.
A new modern design and updated accessibility for the Guides and Videos.
Enhanced accessibility
Our team has worked diligently to ensure an accessible experience for all students. The upgraded Guides comply with the latest accessibility standards (WCAG 2.2 AA), ensuring everyone can access and benefit from the content.
Modern, responsive design
A fresh, new look has been given to the Videos and Guides to ensure they are visually appealing, while responsive screen sizing means your students can access them on their mobiles, tablets and desktop devices.
Improved mathematical content display
Our improved Guides benefit from a vastly upgraded approach to displaying mathematical content using MathJax and MathML, providing an improved experience with assistive technologies as well as a host of optional accessibility features.
The full set of upgraded Guides and Videos will be available to use with students this Autumn.
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Creating a digital learning environment for impactful practical preparation
The Chemistry LabSims Library covers a diverse spectrum of topics in general, analytical and synthetic chemistry. With your subscription, you can build effective and engaging learning experiences that supplement your practical courses. The Videos and Guides, alongside the LabSims, all support students to understand practical and experimental procedures, ensuring they feel confident and prepared for their hands-on lab sessions.
Technique Videos and Content Guides
As part of the Chemistry LabSims Library subscription, we offer free access to over 30 instructional Videos and 50 scientific Guides, created specifically for practical chemistry instruction. These recently updated Videos and Guides are optimised for accessibility and ease of use across devices, and break down techniques and processes into easily digestible formats.
Technique Videos offer a step-by-step visual of procedures, highlighting the essential points students need to know for experimental success. Videos can be used alongside LabSims, bridging the gap between theory and real world practice.
Screenshot from Graduated Cylinder video. Key points are highlighted below the video, and detailed information offered as audio, captions and in the transcript.
The Guides act as succinct resources, providing focused information to enable students to successfully develop their subject knowledge. They offer targeted, comprehensive overviews of experimental procedures, safety protocols and calculations, facilitating students' understanding of how their experimental data relates to the underlying science.
Content Guides support students by providing engaging, focused information on chemical topics, procedures and techniques.
Interactive lab simulations
LabSims are engaging, targeted simulations designed to complement in-person lab work, empowering students to explore complex concepts and practise practical techniques in a safe, virtual environment.
Screenshots from the interactive LabSims included in the Chemistry LabSims Library.
With LabSims, students can engage in unfamiliar and new techniques without the constraints and risks associated with a physical laboratory. They can manipulate virtual apparatus with remarkable precision, follow detailed procedures step-by-step, and observe realistic consequences and outcomes in real-time. This dynamic and interactive approach to learning not only captures students' attention, but also fosters a deeper understanding of key chemical processes, empowering them to experiment and make mistakes without repercussions.
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Enhancing experiences with LabSims, Videos and Guides
These solutions, included as part of your Chemistry LabSims Library, offer a broad spectrum of resources for various chemistry topics, which can be used across courses to enhance practical experiences.
Accessible pre-lab materials
Engaging pre-lab activities establish a solid foundation for students, ensuring they are well-prepared entering the lab. With your Library subscription, you can create pre-lab experiences that offer students a safe environment to familiarise themselves with procedures and equipment, and practise them at their own pace, reducing lab-related anxiety.
Guides, Videos and LabSims can support preparation for practical chemistry topics, as individual resources or combined to make an engaging pre-lab experience.
Videos, Guides and LabSims can be combined into one pre-lab activity using LabSim Assessments, allowing you to assign a completion mark to the activity so you can track engagement and progress.
Practice for practical examinations
These resources can be implemented to support ongoing revision and practice. Students can use each of the solutions to revisit experiments, test their understanding of procedures and solidify their grasp of key concepts. This flexibility allows them to practise and perfect their technique outside of pressured lab environments, ultimately boosting their confidence and exam preparedness.
Supporting transitions in postgraduate studies
The LabSims Library isn't just for early-year students. Postgraduates can use the resources to refresh techniques or familiarise themselves with procedures they may not have encountered recently, especially when coming from a different undergraduate background.
Get inspired by fellow chemistry educators
If you want to know more about how fellow university educators have created impactful practical labs with LabSims, you can view our collection of case studies. These articles highlight how departments have used the Chemistry LabSims Library to build confidence, support skill development and increase lab efficiency.
Get started with the Chemistry LabSims Library
Ready to elevate your own practical chemistry teaching? To learn more about the Chemistry LabSims Library, get in touch with our team at sales@learnsci.com and discover how LearnSci Solutions can help you transform your chemistry education experience. Or you can book a training session covering your current subscription by contacting our team at support@learnsci.com.
