Labster Weekly Product Webinar

The state Chancellor’s Office has funded the Labster virtual lab simulations for all California Community Colleges through June 30, 2021.  Whether you're looking to move an entire course online or just complement your teaching with virtual labs, Labster can help you with simulations for biology, chemistry, physics, and engineering.

Labster offers informative and beneficial weekly product webinars for faculty.  Instructors can register on the Labster Webinars web page.  (In addition, Labster has provided this dedicated web page to support California Community college instructors.)

Labster, a leading provider in virtual lab simulations, has been contracted by the state Chancellor’s Office for all California Community Colleges through June 30, 2021. Labster offers students an immersive, true-to-life lab experience using a gamified platform and open-ended investigation. Students are able to interact with lab equipment, perform experiments and gain proficiency through theory-related quiz questions.

In this webinar, you will learn how to:
· integrate lab simulations into your course(s) via Canvas
· identify use cases for virtual lab simulations
· receive support/resources from Labster

While the Labster simulation catalog encompasses over 18 science disciplines, this webinar will be especially valuable to faculty in the areas of biology, chemistry and physics.

Please utilize the following Zoom link to access the webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6140504328

The California Community Colleges have partnered with Labster to provide virtual lab simulations to the colleges in its system. We invite you to join our webinar to help you get the most out of Labster this Fall semester.

Topics include:
- How Labster can help bring your science course online
- Implementing Labster into your course
- Overview of Labster best practices
- How / when to contact support
- Q&A

Register here: https://www.labster.com/webinars/cccs-fall-sep-8/

The California Community Colleges have partnered with Labster to provide virtual lab simulations to the colleges in its system. Join this webinar to learn best practices on engaging your chemistry students and reducing instructor workload with Labster’s virtual lab simulations.

Labster’s Head of Content and Research, Ainara Lopez-Cordoba, will be joined by Joann Latorre, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, at Dona Ana Community College, who will share her experience using virtual lab simulations and her recommendations for other community college instructors.

Topics include:

How Labster can help bring your science course online
An overview of Labster’s chemistry simulations package
Tips, recommendations, and lessons learned from teaching with virtual labs
How to access Labster today

Register here

Online lab sciences leverage innovative strategies and technology to meet traditional lab learning outcomes. Nick DeMello teaches chemistry lab classes online for both non-major students and science majors. Mark Blaser has been investigating resources for chemistry labs with potential use in both hybrid and fully online courses. In this Share Showcase webinar, Mark will share his list of resources and discuss their relative efficacy for online chem labs. Nick will discuss challenges, pedagogy, and methods of doing experimental chemistry with examples from his fully online chemistry course.

Presenters: Mark Blaser, Shasta College, Chemistry & Nick DeMello, Cañada College, Chemistry

Before attending this webinar, we recommend watching “Online Course Development & Delivery: Science Labs“, <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClXkO-MaanM&feature=youtu.be> a video archive of a session presented at OTC 2019 that provides a general introduction to teaching science lab courses online.

Register here to receive an email with a Zoom meeting connection: https://cccconfer.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAuf--spz0oEtDGSPWIetbISYoU9wfn7tXn

For real-time captioning services, please contact Marissa Jackson (mjackson@cvc.edu) at least 5 business days prior to the webinar/meeting.

This is an open “drop in” hour for CCC Canvas Admins to get support with integrating Labster into your local instance of Canvas.

Zoom Info:

https://zoom.us/j/9063740877

Meeting ID: 906 374 0877

Call in by phone: +1 669 900 6833 US 

This session is for CCC faculty who are transitioning lab sciences courses to remote instruction. It provides a helpful overview of Labster, the virtual lab provider that is now available to you with support from the CCC Chancellor’s Office.  The session includes an overview of Labster including a preview of discipline-specific virtual simulations and student assessments, as well as time for Q&A.

Zoom Info:

https://zoom.us/j/9063740877

Meeting ID: 906 374 0877

Call in by phone: +1 669 900 6833 US

Join the webinar to learn how to transition your science course online, including:

• Best practices and considerations for moving a course online
• How to interweave virtual labs into a science course
• Evaluating and engaging remote students
• Q&A