Biology Education

“Keeping all parties happy and equipped is important — happy teachers help students succeed. If our professors are dealing with fewer roadblocks because of OERs and Labster, then we keep more students, which helps with retention.”

“When they start working in my research lab or take my class, they’ve never held a pipette or streaked a plate before. But they do remember doing that in Labster. They’ll even say, ‘Oh, this is just like doing it in Labster!’”

“With the step-by-step reflection, it is easier for students to carry that knowledge forward so that they don't find themselves in an advanced class when they missed some basic concepts in their gateway class.”

“For non-science majors to come and tell a biology professor, ‘we love this, this is fun, this is interesting,’ it's great. It really does improve the students' learning experience. Happy student, happy teacher.”‍