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Innovative 3D microscope earns\u00a0top honor for ‘creative use of technology’<\/h2>\n

By Tyler Hansen<\/a><\/em>
\n<\/em><\/a>Nov. 1, 2016<\/em><\/p>\n

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A screenshot of the 3D microscope designed by Oregon State University Ecampus multimedia developers in collaboration with OSU faculty members Dr. Andrew Bouwma and Dr. Genevieve Weber.<\/p><\/div>\n

After six months of research and development and a yearlong 3D animation project, Oregon State University last year launched a series of three biology courses online that effectively puts a microscope in the hands of every distance student.<\/p>\n

Those prolonged efforts have resulted in national recognition for the university. In October,\u00a0Eduventures gave\u00a0Oregon State\u00a0a\u00a0national innovation award for the development of its\u00a0groundbreaking online biology lab series. The academic breakthrough is the result of a partnership between OSU’s\u00a0Department of Integrative Biology, the Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, and Oregon State Ecampus, the university\u2019s online education division.<\/p>\n

The award was given for creative use of technology to boost student success. The online labs eliminated a significant barrier to degree completion for place-bound Ecampus adult learners in non-medical science fields.<\/p>\n

The comprehensive development process was necessary to ensure the labs meet the same learning outcomes as OSU\u2019s on-campus labs.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had to create an alternative that gives students the foundational experience of being in a lab where they can maneuver a microscope\u2019s settings and adjust the images just as they would in a face-to-face environment,\u201d said Shannon Riggs, the Ecampus director of course development and training.<\/p>\n

To create the virtual lab experience<\/a>, Ecampus multimedia developers mounted a camera on top of an actual microscope and took pictures of what was on the slides. The photos are woven into 3D animation, which allows students to adjust the lighting, zoom and manipulate the images as they would if they were in a Corvallis laboratory.<\/p>\n

The classes, developed by Dr. Andrew Bouwma and Dr. Genevieve Weber, have reached enrollment capacity quickly each term. Bouwma and Weber also\u00a0received a teaching innovation\u00a0award from OSU<\/a>\u00a0in April 2016. The award from the Division of University Outreach and Engagement is given to those who have pioneered an innovative approach to the design or execution of teaching online.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

<\/span> 2<\/span> minute read<\/span><\/span>Oregon State Ecampus and faculty members from OSU’s College of Science received a national innovation award for the development of a groundbreaking online biology lab series and 3D animation project that effectively puts a microscope in the hands of every distance student.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":474,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[673],"tags":[26,172,25,24],"class_list":["post-391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archives","tag-distance-education","tag-eduventures","tag-online-education","tag-online-learning"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/news\/assets\/3D-microscope.jpg?fit=1200%2C627&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7BNSE-6j","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":608,"url":"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/news\/virtual-microscope-award\/","url_meta":{"origin":391,"position":0},"title":"Oregon State wins national innovation award for 3D virtual microscope for online biology labs","author":"Tyler Hansen","date":"September 15, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"It was a fundamental question in search of a much-needed answer: How can distance students in introductory biology courses online learn to operate a microscope without being in a physical laboratory? 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