School supplies for some students in online biology classes at Arizona State University now include virtual reality goggles, a move toward further online science-lab instruction that many academics ...

Between lab requirements and the use of classroom equipment to conduct research, the hard sciences -- biology, chemistry and physics, to name a few -- may not initially seem suited for the online ...

Arizona State University will use Google's VR technology to offer the first completely online biology degree. While many schools offer online courses and degrees, some fields have remained ...

Peggy Wall, an online bachelor’s student in the for-profit American Public University System, had a fetal pig delivered to her doorstep last year, along with a dead frog and a grasshopper, among other ...

Virtual reality could be a dream come true, or a nightmare in the flesh. It could be anything that it is programmed to be with no real limitations. ASU, with its everlasting call to innovation, has ...

James DeFrancesco ’20, ’22 M.S. admits he was initially concerned when he learned at the start of the semester that his cell biology course would include some online lab work. He quickly found, though ...

Course content: The course provides a general education in basic biology, touching on ecology, chemistry, cell life, genetics, evolution, and other topics. Target audience: The course is offered to ...

Confronted with the explosive popularity of online learning, researchers are seeking new ways to teach the practical skills of science. The academic world is in upheaval over MOOCs: massive open ...