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Late Nite Labs: Simulations for Chemistry and Biology
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Presenters:
Kathy Davis, Distance Learning Specialist, NCCCS – [email protected]
David Jaffe, President, Late Nite [email protected]
Tracy Cheatham, Instructor, Wake Tech [email protected]
Kimberly Metera, Ph.D., Instructor,Wake Tech – [email protected]
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Growth in Distance Learning
Curriculum increase for 2008-9 is 37.9%
Total Enrollments – 588,787
Cont. Education increase for 2008-9 is 27.5%
Total Enrollments – 80,822
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Curriculum Enrollment Increase in 2008-937.9%
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Responding to the Need
NCCCS licensed 600 chemistry student PINS in 2006-2007
NCCCS licensed an additional 600 student PINS in 2007-2008
NCCCS licensed 300 biology student PINS in 2008-2009
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Enrollments in BIO 111 & 112 2008, 2009
2008 BIO 111/112 11,884
2009 BIO 111/112 13,285
Total Enrollments 25,169
Increase of 1401 enrollments in 1 year
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Chemistry and Biology LNL Chemistry labs are being used
in CHM 090 through CHM 152; PHS 110; PHY 110
NCCCS/LNL Biology Pilot:BIO 111 – Fall 2009, Spring 2010BIO 112 – Spring, Summer 2010
Future pilots – Microbiology and Anatomy & Physiology…
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Colleges Utilizing LNL CHM Labs 2006 - 2010
A-B Tech Bladen Carteret Central Carolina Cleveland Coastal Carolina Craven Davidson County Durham Tech Gaston Guilford Tech
Isothermal Johnston Mitchell Montgomery Randolph Roanoke Chowan Rockingham South Piedmont Wake Tech Wayne Western Piedmont
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REACTOR - Chemistry
Tracy Cheatham, Instructor, Wake Tech
Uses Late Nite Labs for CHM 131, CHM 151, and CHM 152.
www.latenitelabs.com
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RADIANCE Biology Pilot
NCCCS/LNL Biology Pilot 2009-2010 Fall 2009 – BIO 111 Spring 2010 – BIO 111, BIO 112 Participants: Central Carolina,
Craven, Gaston, Johnston (Fall 2009), Mitchell, Roanoke-Chowan, and Wake Tech community colleges
RADIANCE: www.latenitelabs.com
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NCCCS/LNL Biology Pilot
Getting Started with RADIANCE…
Kimberly Metera, Ph.D., Instructor, Wake Tech Community College2009-2010 Pilot Participant
General Biology at WTCC•Used Late Nite Labs as a pre-lab exercise
Allows students to learn procedures that will be followed in the lab
Allows students to become familiar with vocabulary
Enables students to become interested and excited about the material being covered in lab
Diffusion and Osmosis Lab
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•Used Late Nite Labs as a post-lab reviewEnhances mastery of the topic that was coveredGreat review of terms and procedures coveredAllows students to repeat the lab as many times as they would likeIn some cases, students can generate results sooner---allows them to better analyze their data in the lab
•Bacteria Lab•Gram Stain procedure•Antibiotic susceptibility
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New Pricing Model
2007 – Summer 2010 1200 student PINS
licensed by NCCCS Office
All instructor PINS free of charge
300 PINS licensed by NCCCS Office for biology pilot
Fall 2010 - Forever Colleges will be
invoiced $15.00 per student PIN
Instructor PINS will continue to be free
1500 student PINS licensed by NCCCS for pilot programs and free to participating colleges
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LNL - Background
2002 – Start of Reactor Development 2005 – First Reactor Customers 2007 – Reactor Chemistry:
100 colleges and universities 75 full labs 50 pre-labs
2009 – Radiance Biology Launch
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LNL - Design Philosophy
Open-ended Labs Results calculated on-the-fly
Not scripted or checked step-by-step Student must follow procedures to get
good results Students can make mistake and get bad
results
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LNL – Experimental Design
Provide Full Lab Experience Set up equipment Use correct quantities Measure data with instrumentation Present data tables and graphs Analyze data and draw conclusions Submit a lab report
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LNL – Experimental Design
Proper Technique Required Burette Spectrophotometer
Skip Mechanical Manipulations Shortcuts to precise quantities Saves time Prevents those mistakes
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LNL – In the Future
Software Randomized Student Unknowns Automatic Grading
Integrated Web Resources Critical reading of scientific and popular
articles (see Lizard Evolution lab)
Connections to Real World Science impacts everyday living
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LNL – Beyond Experiments
New Subjects GOB Chemistry Microbiology Anatomy & Physiology
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